Full Circle News: March 2005

Peace to da Hip-Hop world,

JANUARY CAME IN STRONG WITH A SHOWCASE AT CITY CENTER WHERE THE WONDER TWINS, B READY, ROCISM, SPEXX, KWIK AND ROK BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN WITH THE "SERMON". BIG SHOUT TO PEPATIAN FOR GIVING US SPACE ON THE LINE UP, MARTHA COOPER WHO SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS (AND IS WORKIN ON A BGIRL BOOK DUE OUT IN THE FALL) AND LADY K WHO DID THE GRAF BACKDROP.

WE THEN DID A TEACHERS PERFORMANCE/LEC-DEMO AT NJPAC PRIOR TO OUR MARCH PERFORMANCE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT WE BRING. WE EXPLAINED HOW HIP-HOP IS A POSITIVE EXPRESSION HELPING INNER CITY YOUTH TO FIND ARTISTIC POTENTIAL, THROUGH SELF ESTEEM AND DISCPLINE.

WE SHOT RIGHT FROM THERE TO A SIX WEEK WORKSHOP AT THE LEXINGTON SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN QUEENS. B READY WAS IN EFFECT THREE DAYS A WEEK BRINGING THE BBOY-ISM TO THE DANCE STUDENTS IN EXCHANGE THEY TAUGHT HIM SIGN LANGUAGE AND A NEW FOUND LOVE OF LIFE. TIME FLEW AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT, THE WEEK OF THE SHOW WAS UPON US. THE RICKY AND RAPLH LAUREN THEATER WAS BEAUTIFUL. THE ENTIRE STAFF WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH. BIG SHOUT TO ALINA BLOOMGARDEN WHO HELPED CREATE "BREAKIN THRU" AND GOT US CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL. TEARS FLOWED AFTER EACH PERFORMANCE BECAUSE WE KNEW OUR ITME TOGETHER WAS COMING TO AN END. WE WERE AMAZED HOW MANY OTHER STUDENTS CAME ON STAGE TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED THRU THE WORKSHOPS. HIP-HOP BROUGHT THE BEST OUT OF THEM.
BIG SHOUT TO SUPERINTENDENT GINA CARROLL WHO JUST LIKE US WAS A LTITLE SEKPTICAL AT FIRST BUT FELT THE LOVE ON STAGE..JUST LIKE WE DID.

THE "WE B GIRLS" COMPETITION HAD A GREAT TURN OUT AT THE SOLE LOUNGE IN FEBRUARY AND SIXTEEN BGIRLS ENTERED. THE WINNER WAS NADIA , THE SECOND PLACE WAS BOUNCE AND THE THIRD WAS BONGOROCK. ECKO GAVE APPAREL PRIZES TO THE WINNERS AND HAS BEEN SUPPORTING FULL CIRCLE WITH WARDROBE FOR ITS PERFORMANCES. BIG SHOUT TO SHA WHO HOOKED IT UP!!

**AS SOON AS WE CAUGHT OUT BREATHS WE WERE IN REHEARSAL MODE FOR SOULAR POWER'D AT NJPAC. THE WONDER TWINS WOULD PARTICIPATE FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WOULD B READY AND RIVAL! BABA, ANGEL SPEXX, ROCISM, ILL WILL BRISK, AND TOMOMI JOINED US AGAIN FOR A REVISED VERSION BUT THEY ARE VETERANS- BIG SHOUT TO THEM!! WE HAVE TO WELCOME GM ROC RAIDA TO OUR CAST AS THE CHARACTER DJ WITH TURNTABLE ISSUES.. HE WORKED IT WITH MARTIN-BRISK ON THE BOXING-BIG SHOUT TO THEM FOR THEIR ENSEMBLE WORK!! THE SCHOOL SHOWS WENT WELL AND WE HAD A GREAT TURN OUT FOR THE SATURDAY SHOW. UNFORTUNATELY KWIK AND ROK HAD CAUGHT THE FLU AND HAD TO DEAL … BUT THE JOURNEY WAS A GREAT ONE.. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE SUGGESTIONS GIVEN BY BENJI REID COME TO LIFE ON THE STAGE AND THEN TO SEE THE REACTIONS OF THE HEADS WHO HAD ALREADY SEEN THE SHOW LOVE IT EVEN MORE…

BIG SHOUT TO VERONICA AND STAFF AT LA TEA AND TO KATHY EDWARDS AND DAVID SHEINGOLD AT DTW FOR HOOKIN FULL CIRCLE UP WITH SPACE TO WORK. BELIEVE IT…GOOD SPACE IS LIKE GOLD TO A NYC COMPANY. BIG SHOUT TO OUR PEEPS IN THE TRENCHES WITH US -KALIF, DWAYNE, ALI, JANE, TINO, BROOKNAM FREDDY-FUARACAO, ROGER-FLIP CITY AND ANGEL POLANCO.

THE NEXT "GIG" WE ARE HEADED TO IS THE TILLES CENTER IN LONG ISLAND ON APRIL 2ND WHERE WE WILL BE PERFORMING "HIP-HOP TO DA HEAD". THE FIRST HALF OF THIS LONG ISLAND TRIP WAS DONE AT THE SCHRIEBER HIGH SCHOOL IN WHICH A NEW DANCER "CUBA" LINED IT UP WITH US.. WE WELCOME HIM AS HE IS A HITTER WITH U. S. A.- KLOWN- SO HE IS FAM. AFTER THAT THE NEXT "GIG" IS JUNE 10TH AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATER IN PEEKSKILL. STAY TUNED FOR THE HIP-HOP THEATER FESTIVAL'S FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WE WILL POST UP THEIR SCHEDULE SO YOU WON'T MISS A THING. WE RECEIVED THE DVD'S FROM BATTLE OF THEYEAR.. PLEASE G' HEAD AND ORDER YOURS --THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN AMERICAN DVD FORMAT- INFO@BATTLEOFTHEYEAR.DE .. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE MONTAGE OF FOOTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL BREAKERS.

SOON WE WILL HAVE NEW VIDEO SEGMENTS UP AND AUDIO AS WELL.. PLEASE BEAR WITH US AS WE TRY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST WEBSITE POSSIBLE.

CLASSES CONTINUE AT BX MUSEUM OF ART UNTIL WEEK OF APRIL 4TH WITH AN INFORMAL SHOWING ON THE 13TH. THE DOOR IS STILL IN EFFECT AND SO IS HIGH BRIDGE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT AND FOR BELIEVEING IN THE ALTERNATIVE REALITY WE ARE ALL ABLE TO CREATE!
CHECK OUT THE FLIX..MORE PHOTOS TO COME AND AN INSTRUCTIONAL SEGMENT IS IN THE WORKS.

CHECK IN WITH US LATER..

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