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Two Fantastic Days at R16 World Championship finals!!

South Korea is hosting R16 World B-Boy championships for 7th consecutive time!   Yet again, famous and agile B-boys from all over world gathered at Olympic Park hall  on July 13 and 14 to show off  "What they have got"!! Participating countries include Korea, USA, Japan, France, Taiwan, China, Kagazhistan, Philippines, Australia etc. First day of event was SOLO battle. B-boy solo battle, popping and locking competition was held. B-boy Solo Battle Final :    B-Boy Blonde ( Australia) vs. B-Boy Issei from Japan                                           Winner : B-Boy Issei Locking Battle Final :   Nao (Japan) vs  Luna from Korea                                             Winner : Nao  Popping Battle Final :  Josh from...

Puri - A mixture of traditional and Modern Korean Music

PURI : July 5, 2013 at National Theater of Korea , Seoul Korea   PURI!  Art Hall for special performances Using Drums, Gitars, Piano with Korean traditional Instruments  Concept of PURI is simple and straight-forward by using Korean traditional musical instruments with touch and glare of modern instruments. In conclusion  they have been successful to get attention of foreign audience. In my humble opinion, Korean youth prefers modern instruments over traditional instruments, therefore a performance like PURI can fascinate them. 1 Playing korean traditional instrument in a synchronized manner  I liked singing traditional songs with piano beat. It was unique yet mesmerizing.  We could feel Korean culture more closely and passionately. Epic ending with their powerful dance performance :) Cheered by crowd. Even i saw some people dancing. getting applaude from audience members  Special thanks to Korean Tour...

Drums and Cats - DrumCats performance in Korea

                                      Image courtesy :  skyeviewtraveler.wordpress.com DrumCats Performance  : June 29, 2013 at Gaon Hall Theater in Myungbo Art Hall With their special and glamour looks, powerful performance DrumCats rocks and amuses their audiences. It was worth attending a show by energetic group of Drum Girls. Show started by an amazing violin performance which receive a lot of applaude and praise from audience members mostly comprising of foreign nationals. I have always seen Men playing drums in Korea but this was my first experience seeing charming girls dressed in black, playing drums. They engaged audience throughout the performance. Not a single moment during show, we got bored. With their unique style of playing drums, we Performers!  Jin A was acting as MC during performance. She was successful in engaging Audience member...