Monday, November 3, 2008

Danzwar '08 @ St. James Powerhouse (featuring Wade Robson)

Okay, I've got to admit that I'm not very discipline when it comes to blogging. Haha! Anyway, here's an update of what I did during the weekend.
First up, I finally got my Adidas sports bag after so long, thanks to Celeste Han, who mailed me a 20% discount coupon.
Next up, Danzwar 2008 at St. James Powerhouse last Saturday night. I was quite excited about it since I missed Code Edge @ Zouk two weeks back. But the highlight of the whole event was Wade Robson himself; Emmy award winning choreographer and one of the giants in the hiphop dance industry.


Wade Robson

I think the whole event was spectacular, with brilliant performances from various competitors, Danzpeople and even invited guests. Sheena and Francis of Danzpeople were really good, and they really prove that age don't matter. Haha! I hope I can still move like them when I reach their age.

One of drawbacks was probably the space constraint. It was suffocating trying to cheer and root for the dancers amidst the crowd. Couldn't really get a good view too, but the atmosphere was hype.
The queue into the club was tormenting I feel, although I wasn't really affected since I was in the early queue. That said, the entry was only opened about half an hour after the scheduled time indicated.

If that was not bad enough, practically 90 percent of the audience did not get to claim their drink because the whole club was evacuated, in an effort to ensure no underaged clubbers are present. I seriously wonder if St James is runned by humans, or monkeys. Just thinking about it all over again, fumes me.

Anyway, Little White Hoods came in two groups this time round; Men Can Cook (a story about chefs) and You Got Served (a story on waiters). Dyscordia was great too, looking like prison convicts, only cooler and more funkier. haha!

Dyscordia

You Got Served!

Men Can Cook


Anyway, Men Can Cook won the competition; SGD5000 cold hard cash, and I really mean cold hard cash. I can vouch for it cause I cabbed back with Xiao that night, and he practically showed us the cash. Should hav just robbed him there and then. haha!

The teams were good, though my views were rather blocked. The sad part was that there was only one grand prize. I have to admit that Men Can Cook's win was unexpected to me. The top 3 teams in my list were actually You Got Served (sadly, there were a few mistakes in their stunts), Sick (they were wicked and gory, I like!) and Elecoldxhot (a Malaysian b-boy team). Maybe it's because the gimmicks weren't very surprising to me anymore, since we've had a preview during BLAST! Anniversary. haha!

Anyway, after Danzwar, we went Vivo BK for supper, afterwhich a bunch of us head back to St. James to shake our booty. I have to admit that it's been a while since I last clubbed. It was very packed and crowded though and not much room to shake.

Here's a funny incident which took place. Sometime in the middle of the whole thing, a guy came up to the girls and started whispering. We were confused at first and found out later that they wanted to have a dance battle with us, soft of. First thing that crossed my mind was, "Whatever for? There's hardly any room in here!"

Xiao must hate me for this because I volunteered him to represent us in the battle and the guy touched his face. Wakakakakaka!

Went back around 4am that night & slept the whole Sunday off.

Posted by jOzACh at 9:26 AM