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GroovMekanex Members Jaypee Diaz & Dennis Infante in Official “Callin’ Out” Music Video, by Lyrics Born

I still remember getting doubles of Callin’ Out 12”’s during the days of Hot Buttered Soul Sundays at the Cardiff Lounge. I never thought I’d one day meet Lyrics Born years and years later and even be in a music video for the same song, with my GroovMekanex brother, the funky Jaypee Diaz. It was…

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11/4: GroovMekanex 18th Yr. Anniversary Jam w/ 1v1 Locking

It’s that time of the year again! The Bay Area’s own, GroovMekanex will be celebrating their 18th yr. Anniversary! Same party vibe, with our unique GMX Locking battle format on the side. THE GROOVMEKANEX 18TH YR ANNIVERSARY JAM 1v1 LOCKING BATTLE (GMX STYLE!!) Grand Prize: $300 + GMx18 Custom Trophy *Flyer character design by LadyKai…

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7/29: Vancity Lockers 10 Year Anniversary: Celebration Of Funk

DJing for the Vancity Lockers 10 Year Anniversary Jam this summer! Will also be performing with my GroovMekanex brothers to rep that Bay Area locking flavor alongside the Bay Area Lady Lockers aka B.A.L.L. Special guest all the way from Korea the homie, Locking Khan! This is going to be another fun one! Guu Garden!!…

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11/19: GroovMekanex 17th Yr Anniversary Jam & Party

You’ve been asking!! Well, here’s the details. Come on out and join us as we celebrate GM (GroovMekanex) 17 YEARS STRONG!! Can you believe it??!! We are also trying to raise funds to cover costs and prize money. Please check out our GoFundMe page in the link below if you’d like to contribute. Any amount…

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2016 Las Vegas Locking Camp

Truly honored and humbled to be teaching at the 2016 Las Vegas Locking Camp, alongside my GroovMekanex brother, Jaypee Diaz. We are grateful for this opportunity to share locking from our Bay Area perspective. To be even considered to teach on the same bill as the creator Don Campbell, pioneers like Scoo B Doo, Sundance,…

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10/3: GroovMekanex 16th Yr Anniversary Jam | 1v1 Locking #GMx16

Come celebrate a funky good time with us, The GroovMekanex, on our 16th year anniversary! GET DOWN TO THE FUNKINESS !!! Locking Competition | Performances | Party | Celebration | Community Saturday, October 3rd @ Distrct SF, 586 6th St. San Francisco 6pm-12midnight $12 ***** Locking Competition ***** 1v1 Locking (GMx16 Style!!) DJ: Dennis Infante…

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9/5: Renegade Rockers 32nd Anniversary

Will be performing a Locking piece with GroovMekanex at the 32nd Anniversary of one of the Bay Area’s OG B-Boy crews, The Renegade Rockers! —- Renegade Rockers 32nd Anniversary! Presented by: The Pro Breaking Tour & Sanctioned by UDEF …………..PRO BREAKING TOUR UDEFtour.org…………. – – Powered by Monster Energy – – Renegade Rockers 32nd Anniversary…

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12/6: CityDance Onstage 2014

Performing with GroovMekanex and also with my Old School Hip-Hop Class! —– Please NOTE! This year we are doing two performances on Dec 6th. A Matinee at 3:30pm and an Evening show at 8pm. Tickets are available now at http://www.citydanceonstage.brownpapertickets.com/ ATTN: For some weird reason, you must click “Let me choose my Seats” at the…

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SF Int’l Hip-Hop Dance Fest 2014

Performing the whole weekend this year with The MuthaFunkers (program A), and GroovMekanex (program B). Kool Raul and I will also be the DJ’s for the official after-party. Always a fun diverse crowd at SFHHDF. For more info, or to buy tickets go to www.sfhiphopdancefest.com PROGRAM A (Fri No 14 8pm AND Sun Nov 16…

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GroovMekanex Performance, City Dance Onstage 10 yr Anniversary

Our performance from City Dance’s 10 yr Anniversary. Thank you Sandy for having us! Congrats on 10 years for City Dance! In this show we have: Chaz Doc Lock Jaypee Myself Ka Lok One Just a fun little freestyle show.

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GroovMekanex Performance at Renegade Rockers 30 yr Anniv

Here is our show we did at the Renegade Rockers 30 yr Anniversary. We pretty much winged it, but had a lot of fun. Was an honor to get down for the Renegades jam. Much respect to those guys for inviting us to perform. This was also the night we brought in our boy Alan…

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GroovMekanex: SF Get Down 2013

So our one and only Mimi-Lock came to the USA to visit all the way from Paris, France. It’s rare that we get to see her so we all met up and did a little shoot of us getting down at the Treasure Island area in SF. Nothing crazy, just a casual get down. In…

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Keep On Dancing 2013 Locking Battles: GroovMekanex

Long overdue, but here’s the footage from our trip down to Keep On Dancing (USA). First time battling as a crew and it felt great! Had a lot of fun just showing our Bay Area flavor with Lockin’! Also great bonding time with the fellas during this road trip. GroovMekanex here is Jaypee, Charlie Hustle,…

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Bay Area Harlem Shake (Funk’d Up TV)

I never thought I would be in one of these dumb harlem shake meme videos, but when Funk’d Up TV wanted to do a Bay Area version with the dance community homies, I thought it would be fun. Jardy Santiago taught us the real harlem shake too, and showed us how it’s done. I think…

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10/6: Oaktoberfest

GroovMekanex will be back performing at this year’s Oaktoberfest in Oakland! We’ll be doing a lil tribute to Earth Wind & Fire. Come out! So much fun at last year’s event.

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GroovMekanex Performance at Culture Shock DC 10 yr Anniv

Here is our performance at Culture Shock DC’s East Coast Dance Concert held at Rock Creek Park. This was a really fun performance as I finally got to meet and perform with OG GroovMekanex, Esperonto Bean, and even Mikey P came down from NY to perform with us. Thanks to the CSDC family for having…

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8/11: Culture Shock DC’s East Coast Dance Concert

Performing with my crew GroovMekanex for CDDC’s East Coast Dance Concert! I’m looking forward to finally meeting the rest of the east coast GroovMekanex members. I will also be DJing the open cyphers before the event! East Coast Dance Concert at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre * Open Cyphers DJ’d by Dennis Infante & Opening act:…

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8/12: Culture Shock DC’s ECDC 2012 Workshops

Teaching a locking workshop for Culture Shock DC’s East Cast Dance Concert weekend. It’s their 10th yr anniversary and I’m thankful and honored to be able to share and dance with everyone there. Classes take place before their ECDC Jam. ECDC Workshops & ECDC Jam Dansez Dansez | 8020 Norfolk Ave. Bethesda, MD Registration starts…

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City Dance On Stage Spring Show 2012: Dennis & Jaypee Locking Performance

Here’s a locking performance Jaypee and I did for City Dance Studios. Last year we did a show with our students and decided to just do a teacher’s showcase this time around. Footage courtesy of Sandy Lee/City Dance. Check out more classes through City Dance’s website at www.citydance.org

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City Dance LIVE Battles: Jaypee & Dennis Showcase

Here’s a little locking showcase Jaypee and I did. I wasn’t feeling it much during my solo, but actually turned out not as bad than I thought in my head. I still could’ve done more though. Jaypee freakin killed it ofcourse as always! I hate that guy hahah.

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