Center Stage.

Everyday rehearsals, sacrifices, fighting with other crew members, hand injuries, knee injuries, ankle injuries, blood, sweat, tears...it all came down to that 1 minute and 59 seconds. That's all we had to prove to everyone that our crew deserved it, that we could rep Canada better than anyone else one, and to make Yoshi proud.

In the end a whole 5.5 points separated us from first place. I know after Friday night some of you may think that all that we did was for nothing. But we can't just dwell on the lost opportunity. We beat out everyone in Vancouver, that is something I'm so proud to have accomplished with you guys. We all know it, but I'm going to say it anyways. No crew in Vancouver is like us. No one can match footwork like us, no one can do the tricks we execute, and no one pull off any of our past routines up until now. We've accomplished all of this and some of us have yet to even graduate high school.

I don't know what the future holds for this crew but for me it would be a shame to quit after being SO CLOSE to what we all want the most. But no matter what, Elktrik you're my number 1 crew. Always have and will always be, I love you guys.


I also want to thank our Mentor / Instructor / Choreographer Yoshi Hisanaga. We wouldn't be
Elktrik without you. You didn't just teach us breaking moves or how to dance. You taught us the real meaning of hip hop and taught us what it means to BE a dancer. You're hard work ethic, dedication, and drive inspired us all. No matter how much we tease and make fun of you- we all really respect you and hope to be as dedicated and hard working. We just don't show it. Most of all we love you Yoshi. To us you're more than a mentor, instructor, or choreographer- you're family. Thank you for being so patient with us and honing our skills and abilities to what they are now.



Elktrik, we destroyed that stage and everyone who danced on it.
Be proud.

Stay Hungry, Stay Humble.

I thought when we all agreed to do worlds we decided on 100% commitment. I'm not sure what 100% commitment means to everyone else but to me it means practicing as much as we can AS A CREW before prelims, working hard during practices even when yoshi isn't there, and coming together as crew because we truly are HUNGRY to make it. I guess some people just don't understand the concept of working hard because they get everything handed to them. All of us have other commitments and we are sacrificing so much just so we can have that 2minute window of opportunity to show that we deserve to go. But when a crew member misses practice to catch up on homework? I'm sorry but that's complete bullshit. Yeah, you could say it's just a practice without Yoshi, but I STILL WENT to a rehearsal without Yoshi even when I had a FINAL THE NEXT DAY. I had to pull an all nighter AND there was practice again the next day after I had WORK. Speaking of work I'm taking hours off work just to make it to practice. You probably don't understand the fact that I pretty much have to pay for everything on my own but that's probably why you don't understand the meaning of working hard.
You say you are hungry, you say you want it so bad, but in reality your actions don't reflect what is coming out of your mouth. You said you had to balance gr.12 with dance...it's not that hard. Hannah and Shannon are doing it AND they have jobs. I don't see why Matt J and Patrick aren't having problems but you are. I know you're parents want you to keep up a certain GPA, but in highschool I had to get Straight A's otherwise I couldn't dance, on top of that I had a job and three other crews. WE ARE ALL WANTING THIS SO BADLY and it just sucks when one person says they want it but doesn't show it. It kinda drags the groups morale down. You are so damn talented and if you just worked harder, you would have it made. But I guess you need to learn that for yourself. We're not going to make you come to practice or make it akward when you do. But just know that everyone in the crew is counting on you to be there and be committed just like everyone else. Because it's just not fair for a person to just show up when it's convenient while the rest of us are sacrifice so much.

We can't win if we're not on the same page. We are a crew, our moves, energy level, and confidence have to match just as much as our commitment, goals, and desire to win as well.

ELKTRIK 2010

So, Elktrik competed at Dance Power last night. Placed 1st with high gold and is currently #1 the top 7 for the finals on Wednesday. I forget how good it feels to be with my crew on and off stage. Elktrik; 2010 is our year!!!

SOPHISTICATED FUNK

For those of you who missed For The Luv of It last night- Here's Sophistifunk's practice footage!

P.S. YOU MISSED A DAMN GOOD SHOW

COME SUPPORT

ELKTRIK is competing at METROTOWN

SATURDAY APRIL 25 1:00pm-5:00

1st level atrium (near Homesense and T&T)





COME SUPPORT!

The FIGHT

Fight Before Christmas was ill. For those of you who weren't there you seriously missed out HELLA. This jam inspired me. Seeing my crew smoke cats in the cypher and battle and seeing that battle of 30 plus rounds between jbugz and Thesis...crazy.
RAW is the word I would choose if I had to describe the jam in one word. When the power went out Jbugz and Thesis were throwing down on some Man and Women made beats yo. Those cats have some kind of stamina especially to be sticking some of the shit they pulled out of nowhere.
I battled by myself because it's something I had to check off my New Years Resolution from the beginning of 2008. Personally, I think I did alright. Nothing amazing, just okay. But it was fun. I haven't been in that battle atmosphere in a while, I have to admit I'm a bit rusty.
Anyways, I finally got to spend some time with my boys from Style Force. It was cool & I'm excited to go to the free jam they are throwing in January because this one got cancelled due to the power outage. Props to Mike for throwing yet another dope jam, I always have the most fun at FBC.
Shout outs to my crew StyleForce and all the Surrey kids that keep holding it down on the real. For us new gen...it's up to us to hold down the scene and make it bigger and better!
WORD.

I'll see you in the Cyphers.

Kill Beats Volume 3 was pretty dope. There hasn't been a jam in a while and after last night...I'm pretty inspired. I forgot how good it felt to go nuts in the cyphers and the raw feeling you get when in battle. STYLE FORCE REUNION...WHAT?! haha. I miss dancing with you guys, all of you give me so much energy and inspiration.The whole night was all smiles. Although...I did forget my kicks at home and I was wearing flats!!!! Good thing Jillian brought me some chucks and Cas randomly gave me shoes haha. THANK YOU!!! Me, earl, and adrian made it to top 8 and lost against Floorstorm. I fucked up but I thought I did okay for not preparing. But for some reason this jam was different...before I used to be really self-conscious about going into the cyphers. This time it was different; good different. I wasn't self-conscious or scared. I just wanted to have fun- get lost in the music. It wasn't battling that I was hungry for..it was the wholesome feeling of rawness that comes out of dancing with your soul. Props to Mike who threw this jam..much love! AND I got in for free because I was one of the first 10 people to arrive, what a bonus! The 10 people were all filipino too haha! Props for being cheap....kidding!

Elktrik 09'

All I have to say after working on the intro last friday....WATCH OUT.
Shoot I swear Yoshi is on crack for coming up with all these
ingenious routines. I'm sooooooooo excited! Can't wait to work my ass of.

DSTARS RECITAL

YEUHHHH, personally I think the recital was a blast. Damn, I almost forgot how good it feels to perform and to be on stage. I had to perform about 12 times through out the two shows. It was stressful but I had a blast. Now that the dance season is over ELKTRIK only has one more competition left. DANCE POWER CHAMPIONSHIPS is kelowna. We are the defending champions so we gotta bring it home again. I'm leaving on Tuesday at friggin 6am in the morning. I packed all day today and it was HOT AS HELL. Holy shit and it's going to be even hotter in kelowna. I'm excited though! GET CRUNK! Anyways, it's hot and I'm sweaty so I'm keeping this short.
SUMMER BABY!