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Inside The Second Annual Idle Hands Heavy Metal Holiday Party

January 30, 2014 , 10:51 am | By Bryan Reesman

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The holiday party crew shows its metal stripes. From left: Bryan Reesman, Marc Schapiro, Jö Schüftan, Heather Smith, and Bram Teitelman. Dave Ciancio was somewhere at the time. We just don’t where.
(Photo ©2014 by Bryan Reesman.)

As with my recent coverage of the annual Syfy holiday party, I’m a little late in posting these photos from the second annual Idle Hands Bar heavy metal holiday bash. But hey, it’s a headbanging fiesta all year round for these folks anyway. Despite bone-chilling temperatures on Dec. 12th, we lured in dozens of people to eat, drink, and raise the horns. The event was co-hosted by Attention Deficit Delirium, Drumhead magazine, Metal Insider, and Horns Up Rocks. With our awesome giveaway bags, we raised nearly $265 for Rock To The Rescue, collected by our own Mrs. Santa, Heather Smith. A raucous time was had by all.

Yes, Bram does come with his own red glow. You can decide why.
(Photo ©2014 by Bryan Reesman.)

Happy friends of mine (from left): John Catapano, Dawn Robinson, and Josh Hart.

Cheerful friends of mine (from left): John Catapano, Dawn Robinson, and Josh Hart.
(Photo ©2014 by Bryan Reesman.)

Happy party people.
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Kristi Colossi, Erik Garcia, and Marc LoCascio discussing the finer points of metal.
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Dave Ciancio enjoying a holiday Shiner not of the fistfight variety.
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My stupid Samsung phone output fails to perform, so I DJ off of Bram's Spotify account. Good enough. Alas, I cannot play Spinal Tap's "Lick My Love Pump" as planned.

My Samsung phone output fails to perform, so I DJ off of Bram’s Spotify account.
Alas, I cannot play Spinal Tap’s “Lick My Love Pump” as planned.
(Photo ©2014 by Bryan Reesman.)

Heather and Marc scream out the raffle prize options
over the boisterous crowd, which is hard to do without a microphone.
(Photo ©2014 by Bryan Reesman.)