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Posted on Saturday, Jul 30, 2005 1:45AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by S. Abbas Raza

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Place: Flux Factory

Date: July 30, 2005

Time: 9:15 pm

Dress: Semi-formal

RSVP: In the comments area

Drinks/Dancing/DJ Dan Balis…

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