FC and then Venezuela, P.R. and Wisconsin

Big shout to FC for going thru and gettin thru with us.. dance careers and musicians go thru it all and still live for the stage.. we offer up our talents hoping we can take the audience on a trip away from this crazy world.. De Paul University was fun and yet challenging on the technical tip.. but we still connected with the crowd and Hope to return one day soon.. big s hout to LADY CHAMP who blessed us with a throw down and to the twins of the CHAMPIONS crew.. Everybody loved the excerpt of the documentary ALL THE LADIES SAY.. we still workin on it.. the band kicked ass and we hope to have more chances to just jam and have fun in the studio..

FItchburg was a great residency as well.. western massachusetts gets down too.. we extended an invitation to a young dancer out there to please get in touch with us as soon as he finishes high school.. he is on the list.. Thank you to MARY CHAPin DUrling who hooked it up and went thru thick and thin with us as we planned the trip.. SHE made cookies that made us break our diets!! ROcism performed with us even tho his elbow was in pain and Carlos-ironman joined us for DE PAul.. RAfael X Zeeno ZEEn--who's in Brazil now workin on a top secret project-- trooped both shows with us.. oh and BRave Monk who had a cameo on the chicago show.. is our brother from another mother.. breakin brings a new layer of family everytime you travel.. and by family you know there's crazy relatives and crazier relatives.. ha ha..

so Venezuela was AMAZING.. the breakers out there die for this dance.. they give it their all and are so open to learning other moves and listening about what's going on..
two crews out there who made our trip possible--FLYING LEGS and SPEEDY ANGELS-- and then we saw like a zillion other crews out there for the JAM 2008 event.. teh winners were RISK BOYS-- youngins and b girls.. big shout to PIRATA and to B Girl Honey Rok(adrianna) N2Break, Black and White and to the embassy peeps --GABRIELA and EMILY and LORENA-- who trooped with us to the local practices, after hours for them.. but they could feel the vibe was intense. MARAcaibo was another beautiful stop on our trip.. big shotu to CRAZY LO and DR D who is the old skool DJ from out there .. wow the food was tasty healthy ..arepas and cachapas..!!!! we got to get on their train system and shop at the local indigenous kiosks.. the landscape was inspiring and the youth dance showcase "IMPETU" was inspiring. yet we couldn't leave teh country without experiencing a run in with "la policia" but we got thru just like we do in NYC..
our lec demos were well recieved .. the press was impressed at the information, mainly the message that dancers aren't criminals.. so please support them..
we headed to Puerto Rico after an emotional good bye to our extended family of breakers in Caracas.. The EXPRESS YOUR SKILLS event was successful in that it once again gathered the best graf writers and dancers to Canovanas.. DJ's Adam, VELcro.. we missed JUne BUG- big shout to Lil Man but MARia ISa kicked her rhymes and LADY KEYS got us on the MIC too.. BIg SHOut to MELISSA and ALEX and TIMe MACHINE SQUAD.. the winner was from BOSTOn-BBOY REK adn second place was BBOY SMOKE from CAGUAS.. it was not easy to eliminate bboys from 75 heads to 20.. In the finals we had to choose a non puerto rico bboy to take the trophy.. but he had it right to the end.. and of course there were some sore losers who did not agree with our decisions.. oh well.. in every contest there are winners and there are sore losers.. but we werent' goin to battle them cuz it wouldn't change the final results.. youtube and all.. we still keep it movin.. pa lante..
Madison, Wisconsin is doin some real youth work on the university level.. the university has a course where it fuses sppoken word with theater and hip-hop for its sutdents.. there were many panels where we learned so much as well and exhanged our knowledge of hip-hop aesthetics.. for sure we gots to get to the library and read up on some Pablo Frieres!!
BIG SHOUT TO Willey NEy, JOSh NEELy and MARk BAmuthi who have been hard at work to make this happen.. the best is yet to come..
Kwik and Rok got to perform on a line up with REnnie Harris and MArc BAmuthi... as well as Rha Goddess blessed us with her talents.. blessings to her on her life long artistic journey.
the BREAK the LAw event was amazing and the bgirls were on fire .. from other countries and american states.. big shout to DARIUS KING for dealin with all it takes to organize an event of that magnitude in MAdison...
we are so grateful to hip-hop culture for creating so many possibilities for so many of us who other wise would be lost in the sauce. WE got family.. really young or same age and even older relatives who live hip-hop and struggle to keep the balance.
life is goood. stay up.. breathe..!
PEACE.