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09/10: All The Way Live Urban Dance Festival

DJing the popping/locking battles at this year’s All The Way Live! Special guests, THE GO-GO BROTHERS and ROCK STEADY CREW!! DAMN! Bboy/Bgirl team battle as well as 1on1 bgirl battles. Workshops, performances, etc, DO NOT sleep on this weekend long event! Details below: Dennis ————– All The Way Live Urban Dance Festival Where: Ohlone College…

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7/17: HOMELAND CULTURAL CENTER presents their annual jam: IMPACT

Looks like I’m DJing at Homeland’s annual jam, IMPACT! =) Featuring 2on2 popping, and 1on1 Locking, Waacking, Roboting categories. The battles are on the 17th, and the showcase is on the 18th. Super excited about the trip to LA in general just because I love doing the music for battles and also I get to…

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Groovmekanex performance at “Burn This Disco Out”

Here is our MJ tribute performance at BodiRock’s “Burn This Disco Out” MJ Tribute event. This took place a few hours before the Vitamin Water performance in SF. Thanks again to BodiRock for having us out! This clip is a little dark, but you can still see majority of the performance. I actually felt better…

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Groovmekanex performance at Vitamin Water MJ party

Here’s our Michael Jackson locking tribute that we performed at the Vitamin Water / All The Way Live Michael Jackson party. Fun event. Thanks to All The Way Live and Vitamin Water for having us out.

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Know Your Rank Workshop: Locking Music

Had a great time teaching the Locking class during the Know Your Rank Workshop. Mine was the first class at 11am, I’m glad everyone was able to come out! To the students who took today’s class, here is some of the music we were using, as promised. 3 separate mini mixes, 3 tempos each to…

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6/25: BURN THIS DISCO OUT: MJ Tribute

Come out this Friday and check out our Michael Jackson locking tribute. Groovmekanex will definitely bring that soul and funk, MJ & JFive style! Check out the line up! Housin Authority, Mix’d Ingredients, and of course BodiRock. We are first on the line up people! Should be on around 8pm or so. -Dennis —————– CELEBRATING…

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6/26: Know Your Rank Workshops

Teaching a locking workshop for KNOW YOUR RANK this Jun 26th. Planning on teaching an all level class good for basics, as well as intermediate to advanced who want to learn anything else from variations, power, etc. Something for everyone here. Get your pre-sales quick. The instructors line-up is sweeeeet! After teaching, gotta head over…

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Judges Showcase (Jardy, Crix, Dennis) @ Head Hunters 10 yr Anniv

Judges showcase for the All-Styles Category. Fun times getting down with Jardy and Crix. Some of my favorite dancers in the BAY! For this, I just felt like dancing. Didn’t strictly lock or stick to a specific style, but just danced to have fun and let the music tell me what to do. Gotta love…

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Groovmekanex Showcase @ Head Hunters 10 yr Anniv

Here is the footage from our performance at the Head Hunters 10 yr Anniversary. We did a locking tribute to The Temptations. Funkee Asiatic, Doc Lock, Jay Pee, Myself and Mikey P.

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Groovmekanex Performance @ WOD San Mateo 2009

Our performance at World of Dance San Mateo 2009. We did a locking tribute to the Temptations. Had so much fun with this piece.

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OneCypher.com Street Dance Website

Just re-launched the new and improved OneCypher.com.  Now revolving around all aspects of Street dance and culture, from History, classes, blogs, events, interviews.  Check it out!  onecypher.com

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It All Starts With The Soul (Locking & Soul Jams)

(*Fundraiser item for Journey 2 Origin 2009 Project. *Now free for download) Tracklist: 1. The Breakdown (live) – Rufus Thomas 2. Scorpio – Kashmere Stage Band 3. Taurus – Dennis Coffey 4. Getaway – Salsoul Orchestra 5. Me and Baby Brother – War 6. I Just Wanna Do My Thing – Edwin Starr 7. Do…

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DS Players on What’s Up Wit’ That?

DS Players appearance on KMVT show, What’s Up Wit’ That? Host, Andrew Willyoung, interviews Ceech and I about dancing. We also do short demos at 16:53 and the ending credits at 26:55

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5five’s “Homecoming” 1on1 Locking

First time entering a 1on1 Locking jam. Was super nervous. I felt like I kept repeating moves and still rushed through the dancing. I also wasn’t used to dancing to slow funk just yet. I learned a lot that night. It’s crazy looking back at this and seeing how much everyone has improved today. Had…

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GroovMekanex at Mighty 4 2007

My first performance with Groovmekanex. This was at Mighty 4 SF in 2007. It was me, Jaypee, Doc Lock, and Funkee Asiatic. Short clip from the event. This was filmed by the folks with IAMHIPHOP.com

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GroovMekanex at EXTREME AutoFest SF, Ca

GroovMekanex performance at the EXTREME AUTOFEST car show. Moscone Center, San Francisco, Ca Sat 12/1/07. Getting funky and Lockin’ it up for you here are: (order from left to right in opening) Dennis (Soulo) Doc Lock JayPee Mikey P Funkee Asiatic

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