Rick DeBanksB次元官网网址� video of a wild Surrey-area house party he attended almost 30 years ago has been viewed more than 12,000 times since he posted it to Youtube just one week ago.

The 33-minute clip shows a house full of rocking teens and young adults ringing in the new year at a residence in Newton, near 144th Street and Highway 10.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a time capsule, for sure,B次元官网网址� said DeBanks, who added the video to his on July 3.

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DeBanks says he used a camcorder to shoot the video with the help of a friend B次元官网网址� in an era before cellphone cameras were commonplace, of course.

The clip starts with eerie music for the first minute, then settles in a haze of smoke and booze as party-goers hoot and holler for the camera, to a soundtrack of Led Zeppelin, Tone Loc, AC/DC, Madonna, Poison and, in a group sing-along, John MellencampB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淛ack and Diane.B次元官网网址�

The video is posted with the description of B次元官网网址渁 house party on the last day of the 80B次元官网网址檚 in the Blue Collar town of Newton in Surrey, British Columbia,B次元官网网址� but DeBanks now acknowledges it was actually filmed on the final night of 1990, not 1989. One clue is that WarrantB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淐herry PieB次元官网网址� can be heard in the video, and the song wasnB次元官网网址檛 released until the fall of 1990.

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DeBanks said the video features a lot of Princess Margaret high school students and grads.

B次元官网网址淎 guy named Wayne lived in the house,B次元官网网址� DeBanks noted. B次元官网网址淗is parents were obviously gone for the weekend or something,B次元官网网址� he added with a laugh.

B次元官网网址淚t was just a real fun night. I almost got into a fight before I even got in, out in the driveway, and it kind of boiled over, but it was OK.B次元官网网址�

DeBanks, who lives in South Surrey, now runs and makes videos about the companyB次元官网网址檚 sports-nutrition products. In the mid-1990s, after broadcasting school, he co-hosted an B次元官网网址淚nside SurreyB次元官网网址� news program on community TV, and has posted one of those episodes B次元官网网址� focusing on the Melanie Carpenter homicide in 1995 B次元官网网址� on his Rick Richards account.

B次元官网网址淚 was a wrestler for awhile, as Rick Richards,B次元官网网址� explained DeBanks, who said he was known as Rick Brown in high school.

On Youtube, heB次元官网网址檚 also planning to post video of his days as a football player with the Surrey Rams.

As for the Surrey party video, DeBanks said heB次元官网网址檚 not entirely surprised by the reaction to it on social media.

B次元官网网址淚 knew itB次元官网网址檇 be fairly popular as a retro throwback for those who lived in that era, in that area,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淲hat I have been surprised by is the amount of people watching it who didnB次元官网网址檛 grow up in that era. ThereB次元官网网址檚 a fascination factor, a curiosity about it.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 funny because the video now has more views than any IB次元官网网址檝e ever posted for my company.B次元官网网址�

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