Keisha Garcia | Tambolina ;): October 2012

A Make Believe Achievement :) ..

"hashtag" Skechers

Hello!

It's been a long time since my last post. It's because I've been busy with acads and all that "agaw-buhay" preparation for our dance competition.

Late nights. daily training. damn tiring! --- also almost no time for online socials

Last October 13, LUCID Dance Troupe competed at the glorious (wow ha :D) Skechers Street Dance Battle 8 at SM San Lazaro. We are of the last leg of eliminations before the most awaited finals on November 17 at the MOA Arena.

So this is what it's all about.

Fifteen college schools competed along with us. Only four will make it to the finals. The great Philippine All-Stars members are the judges. Hundreds were watching. We are taking our school's name. Pressure and at the same time excitement ran through me especially that it's my first time to compete to Skechers also. Wait! It's my 3rd year in LUCID already so why only now? -- haha Idon'tknow. So there!

To all who made us feel we're not alone in the battle, a very big THANK YOU to you! :) <3

Breaking the record: It's the biggest number of supporters as far as I know for a Lucid competition :)

Photos of LUCID before the time! :)

Look at that crowd! That's us on the Black&White SWAT costume :)

Hosted by the Sam YG!

Skechers Mob dance to start up!

...

This is it!

@SkechersPH shared this instagram photo of us on Twitter with a caption

"Get ready for De La Salle Canlubang!"

In action :)

Check out the full routine :)

Dom and Fianne represent! Freestyle battle

Me and Ramon were the Streetstylers. Flaunt those Skechers shoes!

Note: The shoes we're wearing are so comfortable! Yes. Seriously we wanted to take them haha. How we wish it's a give-away for all Streetstylers =))

At backstage with Ramon

Before announcing the 4 finalist, the winners of the battle and streetstyle were first mentioned. The representatives of UDM (Universidad De Manila) won the Skechers Freestyle - seems to be in home court because of crowd cheers haha =))

For the Skechers Male Streetstyler, Bulacan State University's Hiroyuki Siki got the spot (nice name, wonder if he's Japanese). There's a male streetstyler so definitely there's a female streetstyler and that goes to (and still can't believe right now) to me! Seriously? I even slipped my foot and *wa poise* fell during rehearsals (haha). Everything went like a black-out to me at that moment. Really, had nothing to say but a "Thank You" :)

Happy to see this tweet that even other DLSC students retweeted it! :)

My prize? The limited edition Skechers Dance Battle 8 shirt and a pass at the finals. Cool :)

(I hope it's true haha. An event guy told me they'll contact me because streetstylers are supposed to walk in S shoes again during the finals. I feel hyped whenever I'm thinking of it!)

Now, the much awaited announcement...

I congratulate the schools who completed the 16 colleges to compete for the finals! They are:

FEU East Asia
Universidad De Manila
Olivarez College
Immaculate Conception International

Here are the finalist on the previous legs:

Sept. 29

Microlink Institute
PATTS College of Aeronautics
UP Los Baños
Lyceum of the Philippines Laguna

Sept. 30

Ateneo De Manila
UP Manila
De La Salle University -- wooo! :)
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

Oct. 7

La Consolacion College
De La Salle College of St. Benilde -- wooo! again :)
Assumption College
FEU Manila

Awww, no us? It's alright! :)

Are we really unfortunate for not winning? I guess not. The whole experience is worth our sweats! We are loved. That's enough for me. We might not made it to the finals but we've had our moment. Everything's unforgettable. So much to be thankful of.