SpinTO is a fundraising project that kicks off with a party on May 15 celebrating the Friends for Life Bike Rally from Toronto to Montreal in support of the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation.

SpinTO in Photos and Video

Boas!

Now that people have had a chance to recoup and empty their digital cameras, we’re seeing a ton of great photos and videos making their way into the SpinTO Flickr Group – add yours now if you haven’t already! Photo above by Rannie Turingan from the SpinTO Photobooth.

A great montage video by RJToronto gives a good feel of the vibe overall at SpinTO. See more photos and video after the jump!

SpinTO Crowd

The crowd at SpinTO looks on in delight at one of the many performances of the night. Photo by Duarte

Joey

Accordion Guy Joey deVilla rocks dual boas. One can only guess what tune he sung to this shot. Photo by Rannie.

Goldsprints Racers

Friends for Life Bike Rally participants Greg (left) and Mike (right) race outside of the Mod Club in the Goldsprints Racing Arena for $1,000 towards their personal fundraising goal for the Bike Rally. Mike ended up walking away with the $1,000 which will go directly to the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation in his name. Photo by Qasim.

SpinTO volunteer cheerleader Casie Stewart takes her turn on the Goldsprints bike race on College Street.

Rochelle

Volunteer Co-ordinator Extraordinaire Rochelle looking fab in a beautiful floral dress. Photo by Rannie.

Boylesque Bike

Boylesque TO’s fabulous gold bike awaits its moment in the spotlight with performer Corey Swelling on stage. Photo by Duarte.

Surmans and Crow

The infamous photo in which Mozilla’s Mark Surman and Microsoft’s David Crow simultaneously take a run at the Toronto Centre for Social Innovation‘s Tonya Surman. Photo by Rannie.

Corey Swelling from BoylesqueTO performs his bike-themed act for the first time at SpinTO. Video by Wrong Note Rusty

DJ Abdul Smooth

DJ Abdul Smooth (aka Qasim Virjee) works the crowd with Photojunkie‘s (Rannie Turingan) light-up shirt illuminating the crowd. Photo by Martin.

Dance!

Hair was bouncing as few could resist getting into the beats from DJs Da Silva, Abdul Smooth and Ryanah Taylor. Photo by Lee.

Ryanah and Mimi

Fair Trade Jewellery Company‘s alter-ego Ryanah Taylor wearing her Gold Sponsor status well with partner in crime Mimi Penney. Photo by Photojunkie.

Jaime and Anita

SpinTO media sponsors were fully represented on Friday; I Want – I Got‘s Anita Clarke and Torontoist‘s Jaime Woo work it out. Photo by Lee.

SpinTO Co-organizers Mark Kuznicki and Adam Schwabe

SpinTO co-organizers Mark Kuznicki and Adam Schwabe say a few words before the evening’s main events get underway. Photo by Andrew.

Bike Rally Co-chairs Todd Ross and Michael Cress

Friends for Life Bike Rally co-chairs Michael Cress and Todd Ross at Photojunkie Rannie Turingan’s Photobooth at SpinTO. Photo by Photojunkie.

Corey Swelling

BoylesqueTO performer Corey Swelling shows off his best cycling moves at SpinTO to an adoring crowd. Photo by Andrew.

Lee

Miss Lee gets her face on in a candid shot by Rannie.

Dance-off

The SpinTO crowd forms a circle as dance crew Right Click makes their way into the crowd. Photo by Martin.

Right Click takes the stage in a big way at SpinTO. Video by Slava.

Zoocasa's Jason and Saul

SpinTO silver sponsor Zoocasa‘s Jason Lewin and Saul Colt strike a pose. Photo by Photojunkie.

DJ Equipment

The SpinTO DJs’ tools of the trade as shot by DJ Da Silva himself, Duarte.

Qasim

Qasim Virjee (aka DJ Abdul Smooth) looking very GQ at the Photobooth. Photo by Rannie.

Mahogany Storm

First-time BoylesqueTO performer Mahogany Storm invites the crowd on stage to get in on the action. Photo by Duarte.

Mark Kuznicki and David Crow

SpinTO co-organizer Mark Kuznicki and Toronto Barcamp mastermind David Crow get into the spirit at SpinTO. Photo by Rannie Turingan.

Anita Clarke

After her two drool-worthy posts about SpinTO outfit selections for the girls and the boys, Anita herself was looking stunning in a very colourful outfit on the dance floor. Photo by Lee.

Jason

A fierce looking Jason gives us a growl in a photo by Rannie.

If you have any photos you’d like to share with us please add them to the SpinTO Flickr Group. For videos, Flickr works great as well, or you can tag them with SpinTO on any video service like YouTube, Vimeo and so forth.

3 Responses to “SpinTO in Photos and Video”

  1. totally hot. I had some pix & vids too :) http://www.casiestewart.com/?p=1633

  2. Abdul Smooth says:

    Great shots guys – even if you took em on an iPhone, keep uploading to the flickr group! (http://www.flickr.com/groups/pinkdiscoball).

    Also, for anyone interested in checking out some of the music we played that night, download my sampler mix which went out to the SpinTO massive a week before the gig – you can grab it on my blog:
    http://abdulsmooth.com/blog/080509/spinto-sampler-mix

    AS./

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