Review : Singapore Dance Delight Vol. 1

Singapore Dance Delight.... It was something that was just a dream. A few years ago, SDD was like something we all wished would come to Singapore some day...And it did!!! so much sooner than expected. It is really one of my dreams coming true, to be able to take part in a Dance Delight. :) Im sure many would share my sentiments!!

SDD Vol.1 was organized by O-school with main sponsors F&N, AD HIP and as well as our very own Psyk's Sexy Diamond! SD!!! SDD = Sexy Diamond Delights?? hahaa

I must say that this competition is really one of the few times(Maybe only time) that ive seen the whole dance scene come together!!! Its like every group out there from everywhere is in this competition...even the overseas participants!! You can never find another competition (yet) that has this force of attraction!

WE NEED MORE OF THESE SORT OF THINGS SINGAPORE!!! CMON RICH INVESTORS...lets boost the scene with more crazy events!!

SDD Finals was held at Scape Warehouse....The stage is awesome man!!! JDD REPLICA...hahaha....more events should be held there. The only setback was that the audience space wasnt as much as expected. A stage like that can impact much more crowd.

Ohhh and actually, i wished there were more JUDGES !! hahaha...just to see them dance and get to meet them!! Itll be crazy if there were like 8 judges...WOW....crazy impact!!!

Oh and the groups! The groups were all tooooooooo crazy!!! I cant even start to name any cuz all were so good in their own style. Its times like these that I would like to say "It sucks to be the judge" hahaha... I mean, this is really a perfect example of our "Rojak" culture... Every group is strong in what they do best, and its really a plethora of styles!! I was telling some of the groups that maybe SDD should have like 10 winners....each category one...hahaha.

Anyways, do watch out for the DVD... GET IT! SUPPORT LOCAL SCENE AND KEEP A PART OF SINGAPORE DANCE HISTORY WITH YOU ALONG YOUR LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY SET...ahaha

-Marzipan

Marzipan Small Talk

Was just "day" dreaming awhile ago about those times when i just started popping, and how we(PAP) and the likes, used to hang out, used to be groupies...haha...those were the days. In an incredibly small popping scene back then, all we had were each other. All we knew were the poppers in Studio Wu. Back in those days, and up till somewhere in 2008, poppers still wore hush puppies, wore either dockers/dickies, wore baggy oversized Tees, wore cheap fedoras (except i liked to wear that hugeass straw hat) and carried or tried to carry Gregory/Northface Bags. As well as the early Carhartt sweatpants craze!!! Haha...Oh and michael aka Prince Jack swears by nike!

So if there was ever a history about popping culture in Singapore, that would do it for the fashion side..lol...nowadays its Puma clydes and Adidas Stan smiths/Superstars. And Chucks...oh yessss Chucks...gotta love em...Cheap and Great!!! For those of you who are wondering what are Chucks, its your standard run of the mill converse sneakers :)

For some, those baggy tees morphed to something more fitted, those baggy pants became baggy jeans and soon became fitted jeans....Those loud prints n colours too, soon toned down... Maybe its the shift of "culture" or just the blending into Singapore's regular crowd as everyone got older... Hahaha

Well, music, fashion, style, dance, and mentality have all changed. Lets see where itll take us! Exciting!

-Marzipan