X-MAS SHOW DAY - November 30th 2014 (By Heinrich "Henry" Herrmann)

X-MAS SHOW DAY - November 30th 2014  (By Heinrich "Henry" Herrmann)



Hello World,

As you might know we had our X-Mas Show today and it was so awesome. 
We started this intense day at 11:45 a.m. in the studio. 
We packed all our stuff for the shows and the stage together. 
Unfortunately the elevator was broken, so we had to carry all the things from the 5th floor to the basement so many times. 
Definitely the wrong day, to be broken mr. Elevator. 

The whole event took place in a Sports Hall right across the street, so we were very fast with bringing all the important things to the venue. 
Before we started building the stage we had a run through in the studio which was so funny because everybody tried to dance each others solos.
Omg it was so much fun. 

At 2pm we were allowed to get into the venue, so we did not waste time and started to build the stage. 

Because we were all so motivated time passed so fast. 
After only two hours of easy working together, everything was set up. 
Teamwork let the dream work as you know ;)

Around 4pm we started to make formations for the "Last Christmas choreography" in the studio with Lin. 
Because Zhian is the funniest dude of our group, he had the honor to stay in the center of the choreo and sing playback. 
So funny this boy. 
I like his kind of humor. 

Exactly at half past five we had the dress rehearsal on stage. 
Almost everything went good, and we had the chance to see the other groups who also performed with us. 
It is such an amazing thing that dance connects so many different people together. 
There were groups from Malmö, Lund, Copenhagen and one special guest from Los Angeles - Mr. Super Dave gave a little freestyle show. 
So dope this guy. 

At 7 o'clock the doors were open for the audience, and so many people came out to see us. 
That was such a good feeling to see all these people who support their family and friends. 
Shortly after 7:30, Karsten started the show with his moderation.

He said again that this is a free show for all of the audience but The Hip Drop will be thankful for any donations that would be supporting good cause. 
And then the show started with a little Locking piece choreographed by Karsten. 

Afterwards there were solos of all of us and in between a lot of other groups performed.
Everyone did an amazing job. 

I hope you (dear reader) will see it on youtube. 
I can not describe everything of the show because I was also part of it, and I was not able to see everything, but I will point out some highlights for you guys. 

Definitely the first highlight was when everyone of the 2YEP Crew entered the stage after Cedric's very emotional solo, to comfort him. 
That was a moment, which showed that we are a strong team and we help each other, whatever happens. 

My next highlight was the performance of our group, when we did Tony Tzars show. 
I think it is the best show we did so far. 
It was so much fun to dance his sick choreographies and an honor for all of us that he stayed just a week longer with us, than originally planned. 
This man is a true idol when it comes to dance, humanity and personality. 
Thank you Tony if you ever read these lines here. 

And the last moment that blowed our minds was, of course, Tony by himself performing a dope solo for us. 
This guy can do almost everything. 

After that we all performed "Last Christmas" on stage, and every dancer joined our massive step touch choreography. 
When the music stopped playing and the lights turned on, we cleaned up the stage and packed everything.
Also here we were working very effective as a team, so we were very fast with getting everything ready. 

This was another awesome day at The One Year International Education program.
Dance world out there save your money and apply for this amazing program. 
I promise you it will give you so much. 

See you soon

Heinrich aka "Henry" from Germany