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Swimming with the Sexy Fish: Alegria Memorial Day
Mark Thompson & Robert Doyle
May 27 2013
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Some people take the measure of a summer by the libidinous heat of a Memorial Day weekend - and if Alegria Memorial Day is any indication, 2013 is going to be a heartwarming scorcher.

Ric Sena's legendary party returned to Pacha, the scene of its halcyon youth, for an underwater fantasy that was swarming with neon jellyfish and fluorescent sea anemones and a gaggle of seahorse go-go boys.

Befitting the party's return to its youthful roots, Alegria Memorial Day was all about youth: schools of sleek and shirtless guppy boys swimming together in tandem, cavorting like Nemo through a Technicolor ocean.

The party was packed with the "Calagria" tribe, a posse of Alyson Calagna fanatics (including Tod and Gorm, two of Calagna's most dedicated devotées), who live for the deejay's Alegria appearances.

Alegria Memorial Day welcomed Calagna and DJ Danny Verde from Milan, playing together for the first time - and it was Verde who set the tone with his fist-pumping high energy that kept the boys bobbing and surfing the waves of his hands-in-the-air set. Verde has manic energy to spare and he bodysurfed the booth as Rob Montenegro's aquatic videos washed over the club's LED screens in complement to Stephen Wyker's resplendent light designs.

What was quickly noticeable - and anecdotal as well - was the abundance of happy-together couples, young boys with their brand-new summer loves. Or as one of Calagna's infectious mixes admonished the gorgeous guppies, "I been looking for you; you been looking for me. Let's get together and do what comes naturally."

Some of the big fish in the pond included Alegria residents and VIVA deejays such as Eddie Elias and Twisted Dee, as well as Eddie Martinez, and George Dellinger, and a raft of Task Force staff swimming for fun, as well as Broadway stars and sweet smiling starfish boys and boys like angelfish, so lovely to look at.

Long after the sun rose beyond the Alegria aquarium, the night fish swam on, happy little fishies swimming into the summer of 2013. "There's a time to be wild, there's a time to be free," went the lyrics to another of Calagna's contagious beats. Alegria Memorial Day was a reminder to jump into the water and soak up the joy. Here's to another hot and sexy New York summer.