Locking Hangout! - A Special Night!

Where?: Nanyang Polytechnic, Block E Level 3

When?: 28th July 2008, Monday
Time?: 7.30 PM (Battle Proper Starts 8pm) Participants must reach by 7.30pm or earlier!
Attire?: Anything. (Funky dressing encouraged)
Contact Persons: Chunky (94514625)

Judges: K-Lock, Fong & Ceekay
Emcee: Chunky
Music: Wei Jie
Scorekeeper: Sabrina Low
Logistics: Su Ling aka Forest
Supported By: Foreign Bodies
Wei Ming's Good Cupcakes And Muffins For You Pte Ltd

Agenda for the night:
7.30pm - Participants ballot for participation number
8pm - Commence Audition Rounds
8.30pm - Best 8 or Best 16(if available) rounds
9.30pm - Semi Final rounds, Best 4
9.45pm - Finals
10 pm - Debrief and discussion

Battle Formats:

Audition Round - Dance Freestyles

- Participants will ballot for their participation numbers.
- Participants will be called out in sequence according to their numbers.
- Depending on turnout, dancers might be called out individually or as a pair to perform their freestyle.
- Each dancer will be given 30 seconds to freestyle to the given music.
- Failure to respond to your turn when the emcee repeatedly summons your number will result in forfeit of your turn.
- After round is over, Judges will deliberate to choose the top scorers to proceed to the battle rounds.
- Depending on turnout, if there are between 8-15 participants, a BEST 8 battles will be commenced for the next round comprising of the top 8 scorers from the auditions.
- If there are more than 20 participants, we will commence a BEST 16 Battles for the next round comprising of the top 16 scorers from the auditions.

Battle Rounds - Best 8 or Best 16 (Depending on situation)

- Dancers will be paired randomly 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 out first.
- 50 seconds time limit each round per dancer.
- The winner will be decided by a panel of 3 judges. No point system.
- The winner will move on to the next battle round. The loser will be eliminated.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.

Battle Rounds - Best 4 (Semi Finals)

- Dancers will be paired randomly to do battle with each other.
- 2 round battles. Each dancer comes out twice.
- Emcee will do a 'bottle spin' to decide which dancer goes out first.
- 50 seconds time limit each round per dancer.
- The winner will be decided by a panel of 3 judges. No point system.
- The winner will move on to the next battle round. The loser will be eliminated.
- In the event of a draw, an extra round will be given to both dancers till a winner is decided.


Battle Rounds - Finals

- 2 round battles. Each dancer comes out twice.
- Emcee will do a 'bottle spin' to decide which dancer goes out first.
- 50 seconds time limit each round per dancer.
- The winner will be decided by a panel of 3 judges. 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

The is no specific judging score sheet criteria. However, the judges will look our for the following:

- Rhythm
- Techniques
- Musicality
- Character/Projection
- Originality
- Flow

Battle Rules

1. Lateness will result in your exemption of the event. Be punctual! (please?)
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. no act of rowdiness throughout the event
6. Have fun. Or else.
7. Look at point 6.

POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS PLEASE ADD A COMMENT TO THIS POST WITH YOUR NAME. (BELOW THIS POST)
THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR THE BATTLE. ITS FOR US TO GUAGE ATTENDENCE. THANKS!

Locking Hangout! - Republic Poly 14th Jul, Mon

When? : 14th July, Monday
Where?: Republic Polytechnic Block E4 (Main Building)
Time: 8pm till late (Meet 7.30pm @ Woodlands MRT Control)
Fee: Free (RP is opened to public)
Getting There: Nearest MRT is Woodlands Station. RP is a 7 minute walk from there.
Who Can Come?: Anybody. Everybody. Veterans, Beginners

Contact Persons:  Forest (91869083) & Chunky (94514625)

Lets Hit The Beaches!-6th July

When:Sunday 6th July

Meeting time & place:harbour front station at 11am

Location:SENTOSA beach

Fee:$3 entrance fee

Things to bring: extra clothes and FOOD to SHARE!

Who can go: ANYOne!Bring your friends along if you think they are Fun-Goings.

Contact person: Forest- 91869083

ps:this is not a locking session^_^

~*Spread D Fun*~

Locking Hangout! - 30th June 2008 Monday

Hey people, it's that time once again for a good ol' Locking hangout. This time once again at the cosy function room at NYP! This will mark the last time using NYP as a meeting ground and we might most probably do a permanent invasion of Republic Poly after this is out of the way!

Where?: Nanyang Polytechnic, Block E, Level 3, Room E308

When?: 30th June, Monday, 8pm

Fee?: No fee! 

Meeting Time: 7pm @ NYP McDonalds, Block A (Lets have dinner together 1st!)

Contact Persons : Ceekay (96212308)

Attire: Anything comfortable (and funky)

Itinerary:  Sessions,  jams, chilling & sharing (This is not a class!)

Who Can Come?: Anyone! Layman or Locker. Veterans and Beginners.

Ps. there is no mirrors for this room. Can only rely on glass window panels for upper torso reflection. But nothing can stop the nice funky vibes eh? See you guys there!

Locking Goes On The Mainstream Again!

The Superman Lovers Vs Delegations "You & I"

Directed by: Poloemaro

Not since the 1970s and grooving 80s, no group has ever appeared on mainstream television to feature the pure form of Locking. That silent streak is now gone with a super cool routine put together by France's very own Jeremy, Willow, P-Lock and Jimmy Soul. This video will seem pretty familiar to some of you who have been following up on The Lockers classic videos. It acts as a tribute to Toni Basil's dance concept video of Lockers and Ballerinas doing a dance fusion the the music of Swanlake. This was probably somewhere in the late 1970s. 

The modern touch of this revival still gives that similar feeling of the original concept. I love it. Great job in pushing Locking to the modern times. In many years to come, this video will be a classic in the name of another classic. Super funky.

Chunky Goes on Omy!

Chunky was surfing randomly over some article site and accidentally found his silly face on an online newspaper site. Interviewed by Wendy from MyPaper, here is a little something about the chunky man himself. Look, they even have a corny Vodcast.

ps. Chunky is not 19. he is 21.

The article is published in Mandarin. But fret not. Our funky secretary comes to our rescue. She translated the article and it looks something like :

can you imagine 'locking' your hands and legs when u're dancing?
dont worry, the locking over here is about stopping at a point .
locking have become the recent dance trend which is the youngsters favourites.

locking was discovered by an american don campbell.
locking mostly uses hands,emphasising on the sharpness of the dance.
its different from hophop because locking is a funk style which is a part of Old school

19 year old ian,one of the lockers have open classes for learners.
he have richful locking dance experience and have had been to other countries for performance.,even
performing for president nathan at the MCYS event .he is also the
champion for lock category at last year's stomp the yard dance competition.

talking about the process of learning locking, he said" initially i watched online videos and
learnt it step by step, because theres no professional instructor,thus i wont be able to know
whether i learnt the wrong thing.

for the sake of learning locking,ian have been to taiwan and have had interacted,exchanged
pointers with dancers from taiwan ,korea,france and america.

its defintely a tough learning process for any dance and of course gaining the ample satisfaction and fun .
especially in locking, its a kind of party atmosphers feeling and adding in own's flavour.

"i always encouraged my students not to only learn from me but also adding in flavour thru ownself discovery."

last year,october,ian started teaching locking at O-school.

he wish that thru teachings and videos,more people could know of the existence of locking.

he also started preparing a fliming plan,aiming to spread locking awide.
until now, he have uploaded over 70 dance videos on youtube,just search"locking singapore and chunky" and u'll find ian's video.

ps. as you probably can realize, the english was kinda weird. and seemed like it has been directly translated bluntly from mandarin. Which is part of the fun part of why we decided not to change any of it for visual grammatical humor sake. Good one Su Ling!

Locking Hangout @ Raffles - 16th June 2008, Monday

Hey guys. i know this is pretty last minute. you probably would have gotten an sms by Chunky or the others. But here is the breakdown for the next coming session!

When? : 16th June, Monday

Time? : 8.30pm till late

Meeting Time/Place : 8pm at Raffles MRT Station Control

Location: UOB Building. OCBC Club members Studio. (Anyhow hantam one the name)

Fees Per Person: $1 (Cheap Hor?)

Contact Persons : Chunky (94514625)