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On July 26-31, 2011, eight of the country’s best young dancers, known as the group Legit Status will represent the Philippines in the 2011 World Hip Hop Dance Championship in Las Vegas, the most respected international hip hop dance competition.

The group will compete in the Varsity Division (for dancers eighteen and under) of the prestigious competition, which is operated by the world’s foremost authority on street dance, Hip Hop International, who is also the creators of the hit television show America’s Best Dance Crew.

Legit Status competes with the top dance crews from over thirty nations and with each performing their two-minute routines, all determined to earn the championship title, international bragging rights, cash and prizes at the Red Rock Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, in the US.  Thanks to the Philippine All-Stars, the first and only crew in the world to have bagged the world title twice in the Adult Division of the said competition (in 2006 and 2008), and prominent Filipinos in America’s Best Dance Crew winners Jabbawockeez and Poreotics as well as Filipino members in the USA and Canada dance teams, the Philippines has now become one of the most reputable countries in terms of street dance, winning the admiration of the international hip hop community. 

The potential to win is big. In the 2009 Varsity Division, Legit Status placed 7th out of 41 teams during preliminaries, and advanced to the finals. In 2010, Legit Status placed 6th out of 42. This is the third year that Legit Status was invited to be an official representative of the Philippines to the competition to compete in the Varsity Division.

The teams that competed in those three years were formed by coach Vimi Rivera, a core member of UP’s The Crew. Rivera is also the current coach of the Skechers Streetdance Battle 2010 Champion La Salle Greenhills Airforce, NCC Dance 2011 champion Saint Benilde Romançon Dance Company, and NCC Dance 2011 runner up AC Dance Troupe. 

The current line-up of Legit Status is composed of eight handpicked members from different prominent dance troupes: LSGH Airforce, AC Dance Troupe, Claret Hataw, and the CSA Dance Troupe. Most of the members are now incoming college freshmen, and all are full-time students juggling school with frequent training sessions, yet these eight teenagers choose to remain devoted to their passion—dance.

The team is seeking support to make their dreams of the bagging the championship for their country come true. Legit Status will be having a fundraising concert on June 25, 2011 at the Market! Market! Activity Center. Should you be interested in sponsoring this event, e-mail legitstatusonline@gmail.com or contact Gabby Dario at (0917) 570-9190. For more information, visit the Facebook page at http://facebook.com/LegitStatus or Tumblr at http://legitstatus.tumblr.com.

Click here to download the official press release.

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10 QUESTIONS FOR A JEEPNEY BARKER

Jeepneys are considered as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. This form of transportation is usually manned by two people: the driver and the barker. The barker is responsible for calling out route and destination and ushering the passengers.

Meet JUN-JUN (left), a young jeepney barker.

QUESTION 1: Ilang taon ka na? (How old are you?)

JUN-JUN: Ten. (Ten.)

QUESTION 2: Matagal ka na ba nagtratrabaho bilang barker? (Did you work as a barker for a long time already?)

JUN-JUN: Kakasimula ko pa lang po. Nagsimula ako nung nine years-old po ako. (I just started when I was nine years-old.)

QUESTION 3: Nag-aaral ka ba? (Do you go to school?)

JUN-JUN: Hindi na po. Tumigil na. Nahihirapan po kasi sila nay at tay sa pagpapaaral sa aming magkakapatid. (Not anymore. I already stopped. My parents are having a difficult time sending me and my siblings to school.)

QUESTION 4: Lahat kayong magkakapatid huminto na sa pag-aaral? (You and all of your siblings stopped receiving formal education?)

JUN-JUN: Yung kuya ko na lang po. Siya po ung panganay. (My eldest brother still goes to school. He is the first born.)

QUESTION 5: Anong grade ka tumigil? (At what grade level did you stop?)

JUN-JUN: Grade 5. (Grade 5.)

QUESTION 6: Hindi ka ba nahihirapan kasi ang bata mo pa lang pero nagtratrabaho ka na? (Aren’t you having a difficult time working since you are still young?)

JUN-JUN: Tinitiis po kasi kailangan. (I suffer but I just deal with it since I need to work.)

QUESTION 7: Magkaano naman kinikita mo kapag napupuno mo ang isang jeep? Tapos, nakakailang jeep ka sa bawat araw? (How much do you earn daily? Then, how many jeepneys are you able to fill each day?)

JUN-JUN: Sa isang jeep, inaabot lang sa akin, sampung piso hanggang bente pesos. Depende kasi sa driver. Ung iba masungit. Marami akong napupuno na jeep araw-araw. (For one jeepney, I earn ten to twenty pesos. It depends on the driver. Other jeepney drivers are unkind. I fill many jeepneys averyday.)

QUESTION 8: Kung mabibigyan ka ng pagkakataon magaral ulit, papasok ka ba? (If you were given the chance to go to school, will you study?)

JUN-JUN: Opo! Gusto ko po mag-aral. (Yes. I want to study.)

QUESTION 9: Ano ang pangarap mo? (What is your ambition?)

JUN-JUN: Ganyan po kuya. Katulad niyo. Mga nagiinterview. Ung parang sa TV. Gusto ko po kasi magsulat. (I want to become an interviewer like the one on TV. I want to write.)

QUESTION 10: Masaya ka ba bilang isang barker? (Are you happy as a jeepney barker?)

JUN-JUN: Opo, basta natutulungan ko lang ang mga magulang ko. (Yes as long as I am able to help my parents.)

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Featured writers include Paolo Chikiamco, Kenneth Yu, Eliza Victoria, Andrew Drillon, and Elyss Punsalan.

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