Wednesday, March 31, 2010

R16 is HERE!!!!!!!



Date: April 10th 2010

Where: Padang, Singapore

Cost: Free for Audience, $20 for Locking entry, $20 for Popping entry, $30 for Breaking team.

DJ: Mulder and Smoke

MC: Jacky aka JK47

Judge: Khan, Pop JJ and Profo Won

So far we have 15 lockers joining from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Let's get more LCL in there~!

Workshops -

Locking Khan is hosting workshops in Singapore as well.
Details are at:
http://www.facebook.com/l/f7247;r16southeastasia.ning.com/events/popping-and-locking-workshop

To register for battles or for the workshops, leave a message in the forum section at
http://www.facebook.com/l/f7247;www.r16southeastasia.ning.com


Prize -
Winners of Popping and Locking get to represent at the R16 world finals in Seoul in July. Breaking winners get $500SGD.

Any questions, people can get at me on
r16southeastasia@gmail.com

Thursday, March 11, 2010

More Funky Good News!!!

Locking Workshop by AGA (Swift Lockers)!!!




14th March 2010 (Sunday),
1.30pm to 3.30pm, at Music Garage!

Price: $15 per person

One of the pioneer lockers from Taiwan, Aga (Swift Lockers) will be holding a locking workshop here! Having won many competitions and also judged for plenty of events such as Max Party, Dance@Live Taiwan, Ocean Battle Session and more, Aga will be sharing with everyone his insights and knowledge of locking!


To get to the workshop venue, refer to the video below!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiWgD4_4PaE

*Credits to Chris of KSDP for the guide!*


Hope to see you guys at the workshop! Let's have a funky good time with Aga!!!

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LOCKDOWN BATTLE NIGHT 2010 will have an ADDITIONAL GUEST JUDGE:

BOUI from SWIFT LOCKERS!!!




This is a video of both of guest judges Aga & Boui, of their participation in an event BOTY 2008 (Taiwan), with their respective partners Yaobai (So Funky, Steady Point) and Swift (Swift Lockers):



Let's get funky with Aga and Boui at Lockdown Battle Night!

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Lockdown Battle Night 2010 is also proud to announce that SEXY DIAMOND SINGAPORE will be sponsoring prizes for the event!

Winner of the event will get a $200 Sexy Diamond Voucher, while 2nd place will get a $100 voucher!!!

Thank you Sexy Diamond Singapore for the generous support!

For more information about Sexy Diamond, go to http://www.sexydiamond-sg.com, or visit their store directly, at #03-02 The Heeren!!!


Let's get funky with great outfits from Sexy Diamond!





Hope to see you at Lockdown Battle Night 2010, and also Aga's Locking Workshop!!!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Lockdown Battle Night 2010!

Lion City Lockers present:

Lockdown Battle Night 2010!!!
Yes that's right, the highly anticipated Lockdown is back!



This time round we have something special in store for everyone, especially since it's LION CITY LOCKERS' 2ND ANNIVERSARY!!!

Guest Judge: AGA & BOUI, both from SWIFT LOCKERS (Taiwan)!!!

Alongside Aga and Boui will be our very own judges, KS & Jin (Lock Out Loud, The Basic Fives)!!!

Not to forget our DJ who has been spinning mad funky tracks for our last 2 lockdown events - DJ SMOKE!

And our 2 funky, humourous (and maybe even nonsensical) emcees - Chunky & Prince Jack!

Battle format: 1 V 1!
**Audition will be held at 630pm sharp to choose the Top 16! **


Date: 13th March (Saturday)
Venue: Studio Wu (SMU Branch)
Time: 630pm - 10pm

Doors open at 6.30pm!

Admission fee: $15 (participants), $18 (audience)

Aga will also be holding a locking workshop on 14th March.
Details to be confirmed!

REGISTER FOR BATTLE ON OUR EVENT PAGE ON FACEBOOK:

Battle Details:

BATTLE FORMAT

Audition Round – Dance Freestyle/Showcase

- Please state if you are joining the battle when paying admission fee at the door.
- Proceed to the Battle Registration Counter to register your entry for the battle.
- Participants will receive a participation number, to be issued at the registration counter.
- Participants will be called out in sequence according to their balloted numbers.
- Depending on the turnout, dancers might be called out individually or as a pair to perform their freestyle piece.
- Each dancer will be given 30 seconds to freestyle to the given music.
- Failure to respond to your turn when the emcee summons your number, your turn will be forfeited and no points will be awarded.
- Judges will then deliberate to choose the top scorers to proceed to the battle rounds.
- A Best 16 Battles for the next round will commence, comprising of the top 16 scorers from the auditions.

Battle Rounds – Best 16

- Dancers will be paired randomly in no order to do battle with each other.
- 1 round battles. Each dancer comes out once.
- Emcee will do a ‘bottle spin’ to decide which dancer goes first.
- The winner will be decided by a panel of 4 judges. No point system.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.


Battle Rounds – Best 8 & Best 4 (Semi Finals)

- Dancers will be paired randomly in no order to do battle with each other.
- 2 round battles. Each dancer comes out twice.
- 2 sets of music will be played. 1 for each round
- 50 seconds time limit each round per dancer.
- Emcee will do a ‘bottle spin’ to decide which dancer goes first.
- A panel of 4 judges will decide the winner. No point system.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.
- Winner of each battle will face of in the next final rounds.

Battle Rounds – Finals

- 3 round battles. Each dancer comes out thrice.
- In case of a lack of time, the battle will only be for 2 rounds.
- 3 sets of music will be played. 1 for each round
- 50 Seconds time limit each round per dancer.
- Emcee will do a ‘bottle spin’ to decide which dancer goes first.
- A panel of 4 judges will decide the winner. No point system.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.

Judging Criteria

There are no specific judging score sheet criteria. However, judges may look out for the following:
- Foundation
- Rhythm
- Technicality
- Musicality
- Character/Projection
- Flow

BATTLE RULES

1. No act of rowdiness throughout the event
2. Do not obstruct your opponent’s dancing space when it is not your turn.
3. The judges decisions are final
4. No substitution will be entertained unless instructed by judges
5. Have fun. Or else.
6. Look at point 5.



Stay tuned to Lion City Lockers' official blog for updates!
http://lioncitylockers.blogspot.com/

Do sign up for our very own Facebook Group as well!



See you guys on 13th March!!!