Medal Jam is an underground bboy/bgirl event that takes place at a different street venue each month. Focusing on pushing the city's established dance scene to new levels, it also encourages the next generation to get hungry and step up to the challenge.
Based on a unique format, Medal Jam gives each dancer the opportunity to hold the "City King" title and accompanying medallion for the duration of a month, at which point their rule will be threatened by a secret challenger at the next event. Aside from the City King Challenge, the jam also hosts a monthly battle series which varies in format from one event to the next.
Medal Jam is all about bringing the bboy community closer together and building bridges with the public, businesses and media outlets that support them. The event also aims to encourage bboys to uphold a strong sense of pride towards their city while offering friendship and support to the next generation of dancers.
We are pleased to announce the arrival ofwww.medaljam.com! The new site will aim to keep followers of the series updated with dance news in your city and update you all on the progress of current and future Medal Jams across Australia and now in Japan.
Over on the west coast Perth Medal Jam V drops on Saturday October 10 while In Adelaide there are a new series of 8 week bboy workshops happening across adelaide the same month. See the site for details on both events.
Also stay posted for info on the release of the Medal Jam DVD featuring footage and commentary from Adelaide events 1 through to 10 (including The Foundation and New[Blood]Call). Produced and Edited by Toblerone and Dro from Fresh Fools, this one is sure to be hype - with a big launch party and bboy battle to match.
So don't sleep, it's all getting back on track people! I also need to say a huge thanks to the team at Merge magazine for continuing to support our scene and for their fine piece of press in this months issue. peace
How are you doing? Just letting you know that we're
launching our new album "Laserdisc" at the Crown & Sceptre next
Saturday (5/9/09). Also playing will be Raph Boogie and Headstrong
Company - we've definitely got some good breakdancing music it would be great to see you there!
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aaaaarghhhh I can't make it, I gotta work, even though i'm wanting out of that place. Somebody, anybody please take some decent footage and post it up later. Best of luck to all!
