Sunday, September 21, 2008

Block Party Canceled: Expected 200 people - Got 5,000


Wisconsin - Meet UW-Milwaukee English major Jimmy Lemke. "This isn't exactly what we wanted in the first place," Lemke said. He's a 21-year-old college kid who just wanted people to come to his party. "I think it got lost in the translation a little bit," he said. It all started several months ago when he created a Facebook page asking people to come to the first annual Frederick Avenue Block Party September 20. "We figured we get about 200 people, that's what we figured. By Thursday afternoon we got 5,000," he said. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Netflix