Breakin' Bread 7 (2015)
*Late post*
October 26th, 2015
Well another one is done. And happy to announce, I am still persevering through the years. Kid Dizon won the Breakin Bread award against Lil Sin. Kid Dizon also received the Alonzo Francisco Award which is given to the individual who continues to exemplify a bboy's work ethic in the 757. Much respect to him for pursuit to get better.
After planning close to 20 jams, its becoming clearly apparent that I am still learning from this ever-changing environment. This last venue was no exception.
I have been pursuing this venue for several years to no avail until divine intervention stepped in. Long story short, in June 2015, I had met the creative director and began to negotiate with him about having Breakin' Bread at his newly redeveloped-urban venue. It was a warm welcome initially with a complimentary drink. It was a well designed meeting from God. I went home feeling I had been guided by the angels once again. Another vision of mine had come true, as I envisioned this venue as a pinnacle of my success in venue hunting. This was the venue of all venues because of its urban feel, art community backing, and its political leverage in Norfolk (NFK). It reminded me of the Roxy Venue in Beat Street. However, I was soon to learn there are some tradeoffs to a nicer, reputable venue.
(end of transcript 2015)
(2017 cont’d)
It’s been 2 years since I have seen this unpublished post. And with any time passing, much has changed. The venue has changed its name and new staffing.
I’ll cut to the chase of where I was going with it:
"When you wish for the bigger, sometimes it isn't always what you expect" The venue was nice but not what I had expected. I began to remember the past venues and how hospitable they were to our bboy community.
Initially, we ran into a few sound issues at this venue in which we were blamed for poor planning and poor communication with the venue. However, I attempted to communicate via email several times with no real answers about sound checks and preparation. But in their defense, the energy was high and therefore, there was a lot of personalities who were very anxious on the preparation.
Unfortunately, the venue's frustration didn't hold very well with many of my dj's or bboys. We felt we didn't belong or we weren't wanted. We didn't fit the bill of what events they were looking for at that time. We knew we had to get thisevent done as quickly as possible and get out. The community was grateful for the opportunity to be there and shocked we had made it that far. But after all the smoke and screens, we were ready to return back to venues that were more raw, welcoming, and energetic. Dance is an energy. With bboys, its all about the energy, the dj, the atmosphere, the venue's energy, etc. Energy truly makes the jam memorable. So to all the future jam planners, make sure you get the energy right with the venue....it makes a huge difference.
Always, peace to everybody who came through. And big thanks to the venue for the opportunity; no hard feelings, just energy discussion. Jesus bless!
(finished excerpt 8/18/2018)
October 26th, 2015
Well another one is done. And happy to announce, I am still persevering through the years. Kid Dizon won the Breakin Bread award against Lil Sin. Kid Dizon also received the Alonzo Francisco Award which is given to the individual who continues to exemplify a bboy's work ethic in the 757. Much respect to him for pursuit to get better.
* Kid Dizon (left) and myself (right). He won both BB7 Glass trophy and the Alonzo Francisco Trophy *
After planning close to 20 jams, its becoming clearly apparent that I am still learning from this ever-changing environment. This last venue was no exception.
I have been pursuing this venue for several years to no avail until divine intervention stepped in. Long story short, in June 2015, I had met the creative director and began to negotiate with him about having Breakin' Bread at his newly redeveloped-urban venue. It was a warm welcome initially with a complimentary drink. It was a well designed meeting from God. I went home feeling I had been guided by the angels once again. Another vision of mine had come true, as I envisioned this venue as a pinnacle of my success in venue hunting. This was the venue of all venues because of its urban feel, art community backing, and its political leverage in Norfolk (NFK). It reminded me of the Roxy Venue in Beat Street. However, I was soon to learn there are some tradeoffs to a nicer, reputable venue.
(end of transcript 2015)
(2017 cont’d)
It’s been 2 years since I have seen this unpublished post. And with any time passing, much has changed. The venue has changed its name and new staffing.
I’ll cut to the chase of where I was going with it:
"When you wish for the bigger, sometimes it isn't always what you expect" The venue was nice but not what I had expected. I began to remember the past venues and how hospitable they were to our bboy community.
Initially, we ran into a few sound issues at this venue in which we were blamed for poor planning and poor communication with the venue. However, I attempted to communicate via email several times with no real answers about sound checks and preparation. But in their defense, the energy was high and therefore, there was a lot of personalities who were very anxious on the preparation.
Unfortunately, the venue's frustration didn't hold very well with many of my dj's or bboys. We felt we didn't belong or we weren't wanted. We didn't fit the bill of what events they were looking for at that time. We knew we had to get thisevent done as quickly as possible and get out. The community was grateful for the opportunity to be there and shocked we had made it that far. But after all the smoke and screens, we were ready to return back to venues that were more raw, welcoming, and energetic. Dance is an energy. With bboys, its all about the energy, the dj, the atmosphere, the venue's energy, etc. Energy truly makes the jam memorable. So to all the future jam planners, make sure you get the energy right with the venue....it makes a huge difference.
Always, peace to everybody who came through. And big thanks to the venue for the opportunity; no hard feelings, just energy discussion. Jesus bless!
(finished excerpt 8/18/2018)
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