new beginning

Well it's finally the last day of the year. Thought I'd post some vids from our last sessions before the new year. I'm looking forward to 2009 and I hope The Workshop will blow up even bigger and better! Have a safe one today ya'll, peace and love!

the vinyl battle

So here I am at work, dunno why I had to even show up. I'm bored outta my mind. Anyways I remembered something that ya'll would maybe enjoy. It's a small film that was made a few years back called The Vinyl Battle. I didn't "star" in it but I was in it. The story is about a radio D.J. played by Patton Oswalt (you'll know who he is when you see him) who has a constant battle with people living in the records/cd's. It start from the 70's I beleive and comes all the way to present day. I'm in the 80's scene and can be seen bustin my flares. I look way different than I do now, I was hella skinny. Go check it out, it's not a very long scene of me but hey it's something. For those of you who may not beleive me go and check out the credits which can be found on the site. That was a fun shoot as far as I can remember except for the fact I had to do take after take of flares. Most of the film was shot on a green screen set and everything was superimposed so I apologize if it seems kinda cheesy. Here's the site http://vinylbattle.com/ just copy and paste to your browser cause I don't know how to create a hyperlink. Sorry! Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Well it's Christmas Eve and I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays or a very Happy Christmahanakwanzakkuh just to cover everyone, in case I don't get to write tomorrow. Enjoy this time of year. Just a quick note we will not be holding The Workshop until next year, we'll start up again on January 9th. Again, have a good one everybody we'll see you all next year! love

session this friday

Just a quick reminder we are holding a session on Friday December 19th from 7-9 p.m.
This is probably our last session of the year. With the holidays coming up I'm still debating if we'll be holding sessions, I doubt it though. =( So come through this Friday to get one last session in before the New Year!


The Workshop
Friday December 19th
7-9 p.m.
RHYTHM Dance and Fitness Studio
5708 Hollister Ave.#B Goleta 93117
For info. contact Lou
805-636-9239
theworkshop805@gmail.com
lou_at_powerhonda@yahoo.com

resources

Hey everyone! I don't know about you but I wish I could get more practice in, once a week sessions like ours are fun but to really get to that next level you've got to be constantly practicing and immersing yourself into the bboy scene. Now I'm sure most of you are like me, working full time jobs, so the chance to practice can be pretty tough. Now luckily for me I get studio time so I get to practice a little more. When I'm not practicing I'm usually looking through bboy websites, watching my bboy dvds and listening to music I usually will dance to during practices. Use whatever downtime you have to explore some of these resources. I have a whole list of links to bboy sites that you can check out. These are all for you. Check out videos, read other stories, join forums, you can even download some free tracks off of some of these sites. Use these tools to take you further. Bboying is not just about practicing, you need to be able to visualize the dance, understand its history and why we do some of the things we do. Soon as I put together my collection of dvds I'll be bringing them in for you all to borrow. I also had Jelani burn some cds if you haven't recieved one let me know. So there you go my point of the day, if you really want to get better faster then live the life of a bboy and use the tools and resources that have been provided.

Friday December 5th

Well seems like it's been awhile since I've written on anything on here. This is just a reminder that we will be holding The Workshop this Friday December 5th from 7-9 p.m. Would love to see you all there. Also we may not be holding The Workshop next week December 12th as The RHYTHM Dance team will be performing at a private function and I will be part of the production. Keep it posted here for any changes and I will of course be emailing you all of any new updates. Hope to see you all there!