Western’s Fall Cypher and O.N.E. Studio’s Movembreaks
UPDATE [Dec 4]: The recap & media for these events is now available here.
As mentioned in our previous blog post, this weekend London has a unique Fri/Sat combo with back to back dance events going down! This post will be a quick summary of the important details plus flyers for both events.
Western’s 2013 Fall Cypher presented by UWO Breakers
-2 on 2 breakin’ battle and 1 on 1 all styles battle
-Friday, November 29
-6pm – 10pm
-Physics & Astronomy Building Lower Atrium (UWO Campus)
-Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1434192403466321/
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Movembreaks presented by O.N.E. Dance Studio
-“Movembreaks” = Movember charity + Breaks music
-DJ + live drums providing R&B | HIP-HOP | BREAKS | HOUSE | FUNK
-Exhibition battles but generally it’s more of an open dance session than a battle
-Food and giveaways
-$5 at the door
-Saturday, November 30
-7pm – 11pm
-O.N.E. Dance Studio, 236 Dundas St., London, ON
-Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1410084819227194/
November 29 & 30 – Busy Weekend Filled With Dance & Fun in London
Ill At Will stays busy this weekend all around the London community. Nothing new about that though! Cyphers and battles at Western’s Fall Cypher on Friday, Grand Opening of Family Centre and Movembreaks Live Jam Session at O.N.E. (click the links to find more information about each event).
On Saturday, November 30th, members of ill at will & O.N.E. team up with some of The Dynamic Dozen youth to provide a small hip-hop / breakdance workshop & performance at the Grand Opening of Family Centre in Carling-Thames arena. We are collaborating with a talented young girl named Adina who will be dropping some rhymes, with DJ Woody Brown (DTWB) on the 1’s and 2’s, and of course, some wicked dancing provided by members of O.N.E. Hip Hop Studio and London’s finest Ill At Will Breaking Crew.
Opening of the Carling-Thames Family Centre
More details on the event can be found here on (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=355698991232182&set=a.192282457573837.46505.185115038290579&type=1&theater). Here, we hope to connect with more community-minded people of London and inspire a lot of youth to stay positive and active. Come join us at this celebration. There will be music, dance, food, lights, cameras, and action!
Scotiabank StairClimb – 472 stairs? Under 4:10 minutes? Don’t think so? Think again!
On Thursday November 7, 2013, roughly 2000 climbers took on 472 stairs at One London Place to help the United Way change the story for families and individuals in our community.
Ill at Will and O.N.E. Dance Studio made sure they attended and we did, with style!
And there she is: "a ferocious 472 steps"
JFX, Nick, and Joseph Yao were the attending members that participated in this year’s stair climb. They arrived at the One London Place location to immediately start their warm up. After some intense “punch dancing” warm-up, which JFX hosted and secretly took over from the Scotiabank StairClimb volunteers, the crew went up for their first climb.
Yes, you read that correctly, IAW didn’t only climb the whole 472 steps once, we actually did it twice, just to prove a point – and we did it under 4 minutes and 10 seconds.
Now in its 18th year, the StairClimb has become the United Way’s largest special event fundraiser with last year’s event raising over $200,000! Once again the event was a fun one and they will see IAW and O.N.E. back for next year’s climb!
Check out The Londoner’s article for a detailed report about the event: http://www.thelondoner.ca/2013/11/07/a-special-tribute-at-the-2013-stairclimb
For even more information about the event Ill at Will participated in, check out: http://www.uwlondon.on.ca/event/stairclimb-2013.html
After two climbs, we still had enough energy for a quick picture & freeze!
Pharrell Williams new Happy music video is 24 hours long!
Do the November blues got you down? Getting tired of cold weather, darkness before dinner time, and copious amount of snow? Enter Pharrell Williams and his new interactive music video: it’s catchy, full of infectious smiles and dancing, and is 24 hours long!
Don’t just watch the regular music video format above; go to the full featured version at www.24hoursofhappy.com!
The website has the 4 minute song on loop as different people sing and dance their way through the street of LA. Sometimes it’s Pharrell, sometimes random people, and sometimes a celebrity. Some of the cameos found so far are listed below:
A breaker doing flips and footwork: http://24hoursofhappy.com/10h52PM
Magic Johnson and his trophy room: http://24hoursofhappy.com/05h36AM
Jimmy Kimmel being quite smug: http://24hoursofhappy.com/11h48AM
Kelly Osbourne: http://24hoursofhappy.com/01h27AM
Keith Apicary (Nathan Barnatt): http://24hoursofhappy.com/11h16AM
Electric Hula hoop!: http://24hoursofhappy.com/11h40PM
Dancing chicken: http://24hoursofhappy.com/08h48PM
Dancing Minion: http://24hoursofhappy.com/04h40PM
Steve Carrell: http://24hoursofhappy.com/05h11PM
There are even more discoveries and cameos talked about in this Reddit thread.
I’ve also come across many people dancing and even a couple guys in suits tap dancing. What’s your favourite part of the video? If you find any hidden gems comment with the time stamp!
Artfusion 4 Year Anniversary
Over the last four years Artfusion has been involved with the London music, art, and business scenes providing a positive impact through 80+ events organized or participated in, 20+ murals completed, and 400+ artists represented!
Today at Hacker Studios (246 Dundas Street) they have 2 floors of local art and live music to celebrate the occasion. Details from the Facebook event are as follows:
Artfusion is very honored and proud to collaborate with the following collectives bringing to you our 4 year anniversary
Hacker Studios || N.E.C. Productions || Half a Dino || Forest City Beer Fest ||Downtown London || The Deep End || MOD Vision || 379 Collective || Fingers on Blast || Caesura Letters || Out of Sound || Top Billin’ Entertainment || Ill at Will / O.N.E. Studio || Craft Lab || The London Children’s Museum || Forked River Brewing Co. || Railway City Brewing Co. || Lake of Bays Brewing Co.
2 floors of local art and live music
12:00pm – 5:00pm
“Fam Jam” Bring The Kiddies!
– Featuring a special holiday CRAFT LAB with SASHA SCOTT
– AF Fam Jam with the London Children’s Museum7:00pm – 3:00am
Celebrate Good Times, c’mon
– 2 floors, hundreds of new art pieces, 14+ musical performances…Hacker Studios, 246 Dundas Street (Above Petrov Bridal)
$2 minimum suggested donation
$5 minimum suggested donation after 9pm 19+
(All proceeds support the Stephen Watson Memorial Mural)
For the musical performance times and full details view the event FB page by clicking here!
You can also learn more about Artfusion and its founder Ryan Mahy in an article titled Artfusion celebrates art, community and London’s largest mural.
KRNFX does Beatbox Cover of Get Lucky by Daft Punk ft Pharrell
Here’s a hot new beatbox remix to the hit song “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers. It was created by KRNFX using the BOSS RC-505 Loopstation.
The cover is by Canadian beatbox champion KRNFX and you can check him out online here:
KRNFX on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KRNFX
KRNFX on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KRNFX
KRNFX on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KRNFX
What are some of your favourite beatboxing songs or videos?
How about Doug E Fresh, Rahzel, or Justin Timberlake? Remember the Fresh Prince of Bel Air episodes where Will would beatbox?
Share your faves in the comments!