Archive for July, 2010

Straight from Treatbot’s owner, Ryan Sebastian:

“I have some really exciting news to share with all of you. Starting Monday, Treatbot will be handing out 1,000 double scoops for free! Yes, free. We have partnered with the awesome team at Waze, the social mapping company, to make this happen. To participate, just download Waze (waze.com) to your iPhone, Android or other smartphone device and bring it to Treatbot! Waze provides free turn by turn navigation based on maps automagically created by Waze users. As a traffic engineer, I can certifiably say that this is awesome and the app is top notch. Download Waze today and have some free Treatbot (one free item per participant).”

Hopefully there’s be some free scoops leftover by the time FAME FW2010 comes around!

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Starting Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 both W/Th sessions will run from 7:00PM – 9:00PM instead of 6:00PM – 9:00PM. Please spread the word!

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Female Gone Rogue added as press coverage for FAME FW2010.

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The Fresh Stock added as press coverage for FAME FW2010.

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Fully Laced added as a store for FAME FW2010.

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Vega’s Integrated Tumbling going down again tonight!

WHERE:
Vega’s Integrated Tumbling
1111 Felipe Avenue
San Jose, CA 95122

WHEN:
2nd & 4th Mondays of the Month
9:00PM – 11:00PM
$5.00 General Admission

Come flip, fly, and train.

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Roy Masuko, founder and creative director of Unscripted, was kind enough to send me a thank you letter and two of their threads, a gray cardigan and a Huntsman Woven, soon after exhibiting at
FAME SS2010. As you may notice by the wrinkles on the paper, I need to work on doing a better job at returning the favor in a timely manner.

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It’s always good catching up with the folks. It’s even better when someone actually documents it. Thanks Ralph Buenconsejo! Peep The Jank for details.

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My longtime friend and supporter, Albert Le, is having a 10th Anniversary Dinner for his group, Far East Dragon Lion Dance Association. Please read the following for event details and help out in whatever way possible:

“Dear Friends, Family, Colleagues and Community,

I wanted to take this opportunity to invite you to our 10th anniversary dinner banquet on Friday August 20, 2010 at the India Community Center Banquet Hall! With a capacity of 450 people, the Banquet Hall at the India Community Center is larger than our previous banquet at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda, which sold out! Pictures from our previous banquet can be found at our website: http://www.fedliondance.org/

A CELEBRATION OF ART AND CULTURE
Once again, our event will be showcasing our students to the public and their families with a full program of lion dancing, dragon dancing, and martial arts performances including M Team Tae Kwon Do Demo Team, a youth oriented and operated group that is fresh off competing in Dallas, Korea, and Egypt among many other places around the world. New to this year will be an art auction showcasing cultural art not only by our own students, but also by local guest artists.

THEME AND TICKETS
Our theme this year “Bridging Youth and Culture” continues in our celebration of youth professional lion dance only group founded and 501(c)3 incorporated by youth, but maintained with the support of our community. Of course, one form of supporting our cause is actually attending our event. Tickets are $50 per person, which is much cheaper than most non-profit benefit dinners. Special students rates are available $30 a ticket. Also, as a special offer, the first 150 guests to arrive for our dinner will receive a hanging lion head ornament perfect for car display.

For more ticket information, please contact Justin Sturm at dinner@fedliondance.org

SPONSORSHIP
Another form of support is also through sponsorship. We have several different levels of sponsorship and opportunities table sponsorships that can include special recognition, an ad in our program/promotional booklet and our organization website, and dotting of lion heads. A sponsorship package is attached.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Steven Le at steven.le@fedliondance.org

Help us spread the word to support local youth! Most importantly, I would love to see you all at our event to support our local youth with this dinner banquet.

Albert H. Le
Executive Director
Far East Dragon Lion Dance Association
contact@fedliondance.org”

Here’s a Nike SB front wallet from Atlas to thank one of the many people that have helped me along my journey.

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The venue for FAME FW2010 is confirmed on paper!

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Crack and peel stickers are now available in the shop.

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The future.

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News just in from Jason and Randy of Infinite SF:

“Third Thursdays is a monthly community gathering of “shops” supporting “shops”… 25% off entire purchase here at Infinite SF Thursday 7/22/2010.

646 Hyde St. SF, CA

415.674.7712″

Good peoples over there. Support if you’re free Thursday.

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Here’s a sneak peek at Clout’s showroom that’ll be opening up soon!

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Building an army of dancers.

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Photo: Justin M. Tran

I’m a little late at posting these pictures from Alex Bauzon, but here’s an update of the San Jose Bike Party that started at Shorty Fatz this past June.

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According to the Rose Garden Resident:

“Alma, ALUM ROCK, Gardner, Starbird and Washington community centers have survived the chopping block for one more year, and seniors at Alma and Gardner in the Willow Glen area will not have to worry about relocating this year.”

Just another day in the life of non-profits.

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A few weeks ago, John Agcaoili invited me to an event, United Streets of Fashion, where he was the lead photographer. Also covering the show alongside John was Patrick Khoumphonh of Common Giants. Here’s the aftermath. Enjoy!

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Tonight is another session at Vega’s Integrated Tumbling! If you haven’t been, here’s the info:

Every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month
9PM – 11PM
$5.00 Admission

I spoke to Christian Vega, the owner of the building, and worked out a pricing scale that will hopefully keep most people happy:

-20 additional minutes of practice time will be added for every 10 participants over the initial 20 people.
-20 participants = 2 hours of practice
-30 participants = 2 hours 20 minutes of practice
-40 participants = 2 hours 40 minutes of practice
….and so forth.

See you all soon!

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Clout added as an exhibitor for FAME FW2010.

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Nasty Ray has only taught two workshops in the States. One in San Jose and the other in Washington, DC. If you’re lucky enough to live in the San Diego area or willing to make the trip there, I highly recommend taking his workshop. It’s not often that a great dancer is also a great teacher.

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For those of you who have joined Bobbi Vie’s Bandwagon on Facebook, here’s July’s contest {thanks for being so patient!}:

If Bobbi Vie were a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, who would he be and why? Winner will receive a $10 gift card to Hannah.

Thanks thanks and thanks again for supporting!

Best,
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Anthony Sue just sent me an update of their label, Buddha. Peep the video below for the latest.

Cheers,
‘bv’