So on the day that Spring Break started for UIUC (3/18), I quickly packed and grabbed my bag from my apartment after class and rushed toward the bus stop in order to make it on time for Cypher Central.It is an event hosted by my high school crew called Midnight Rave. As an alumni, how can I miss such event? So off I went!
Ink Motionz picked me up at Oakbrook Mall around 3:30 because the bus driver just had to stop by a Jewel Osco and took a long dump that delayed my arrival by like 30 minutes ~.~ But either way Ink Motionz and I rushed to Akimbo's house to pick him up and then head over to Hinsdale Central to set up the event. To my surprise, my two Spanish Teachers became the sponsor of Midnight Rave O.o Well...just a little bit awkward but hey~ it was great to see that they are doing pretty well ^_^ Definitely miss those high school times :3 After everything seemed to be functional, we quickly decided to experience the floor after a stretching. Definitely forgot how unforgiving the floor was in the cafeteria..but I guess that's what made my fist tough LMAO!
Shortly after, people started to show up. This whole time I was looking out for members of Cypher Rangers because we were scheduled to have an exhibition battle in cypher central. The clash of the two suburban crews! The battle can be found here:
We didn't really do much in this event because this event was dedicated to high schoolers. And due to the tight scheduling of events, there really wasn't much time given to cypher. But we saw high school students from all over the place showing up for this event. As we were looking around assessing the crews' skill levels, I couldn't help myself but compare them to my old self back in high school. Gotta say, they were definitely much better than I was in high school. But Midnight Rave came a long way to make this event happen....ah...it's so sentimental T^T
When the battles begun, we quickly surrounded the center floor. We definitely observed some dope battles among those high school kids! Damn dude! Kids these days! So many mad original commandos/routines...so much flavor and so much spirit! This is definitely something that we need to learn from these kids! Mad props to Astronaughty Crew (bboy BeNice and bboy...Roo?)for bringing the crown home! Represented Midnight Rave hard! You guys made me proud! And not only me, the older generation Midnight Rave Alumnis as well! Great job for making this event happen!
To be honest, the event far exceeded everybody's expectations in terms of the turn out and bboy skill levels. But these high school kids just never ceased to surprise us! We witnessed the birth of growth of Hip Hop culture in Hinsdale on March 18th, 2011. I sure hope this will not be the last of it, because this is definitely something I would love to come back to!
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