What
is it: Vancouver BattleZone
When: Saturday, July 7th, 2012.
Time: 2pm-10pm
Where: North Surrey Recreation Centre (next to Surrey
Central Skytrain station)- 10275 City Parkway, Surrey,BC
HEAVY HITTAZ CREW is back with Regime Productions to throw
VANCOUVER BATTLEZONE VOLUME 3. This will be our third year in total, bringing
in dancers from all over to battle for prizes and pride. Not only is this
going to be a fantastic event, helping to grow the Vancouver Dance scene, but
it’s for a very important cause as well. We plan to use the revenue
earned from this event to help finish building a cafeteria in Rwentutu Primary
School in Kasese, Uganda. We have been working on this project since
Battlezome Volume 1.
AJ (MegaMan) and his family are from Uganda. In the
summer of 2009, AJ traveled to Kasese, Uganda for missionary work to help teach
at Rwentutu Primary School. During lunch time, AJ would hang out with the
kids, but was greatly affected by the conditions in which these kids ate.
They were eating off the ground where flies and other insects would crawl in
and out of their food. “The school is built in my homeland,” says
AJ, “but I never had to experience some of the hardships that these children
have to. I was fortunate enough to be blessed to live in a first world
country such as Canada.”
But it
was exactly this appreciation of the life that AJ was given that allowed him to
feel even more determined to help these kids. He decided that it
would be his goal to build a cafeteria for them and the school, so that they
could eat in healthier, more sanitary conditions. “I didn’t know
how I was going to do it, so I started with a bottle drive,” explains AJ.
“This is where I raised my first thousand dollars for this project, and I sent
all the money to the school.” That money that AJ collected allowed the
foundation of the building for the cafeteria to be constructed. And AJ
wasn’t going to stop there.
The following year, he and his dance crew, along side Umoja
Operations (an organization began by his father), decided to throw their first
battle to continue raising money for the cafeteria. “We threw an event
called Vancouver Battlezone, Volume 1,” says AJ, “It was a huge success
and we raised $3000. All that money was sent to Uganda towards the project as
well.”
AJ was determined to keep going. So the following year, they
threw a Battlezone Volume 2 event as well, but still not enough money was
raised to finish the project. But here we are at 2012, and AJ and the
HEAVY HITTAZ are not going to give up on the goal- to finish building the cafeteria.
So this year, they are running an even bigger event , this THIRD ANNUAL
BATTLEZONE, and they are encouraging everyone to come out for it. They
have been working hard to help the kids at Rwentutu Primary School, but they
can’t do this alone. They need your help. EVERY contribution will
help get them closer to finishing this very important project.
If you
are a dancer, and would like to join the battle and compete, you are welcome to
register on the facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/events/457419327617925/ (The page also provides further
details about the event, Dj’s and competition).
Just sign up on one of the empty slots and you’re in!
There will be dancers from LA, Vegas, Seattle, Portland, New York, Toronto,
Mexico, Detroit and more attending the event.
But you don’t have to be a competitor or a dancer to attend.
Come and support the dancers by watching and just being present.
And you can help AJ and the rest of the group and the kids at the school
by donating any amount you can.
For more information about the school, the cafeteria project,
and the Umoja organization, feel free to visit http://umojaoperation.ca/
TICKET Info:
- May
29-June 12: $15 for competitors & $20 for spectators.
-
After June 12th: $20 for battlers & $25 for spectators
- At
the door: TBA (more than presale price)
Get them at the following locations OR off of any Heavy Hittaz
crew member.
- Pauls Boutique -Guildford Mall Surrey- (604) 951-7597
- Eastside Urban Wear - Metropolis at Metrotown- (604) 451-3310
- DIPT Outfitters - Downtown Vancouver-(604) 669-9990
- Beat Street Records - Downtown Vancouver -(604) 683-3344
Out of town dancers coming to compete, please contact Heavy Hittaz or AJ
for more ticket details.
You can also reach AJ at kkambere11@hotmail.com or by phone
at 604-317-4787 for tickets or if you have any further questions or inquiries.
