OH NO! MAJOR PROBLEM!

If you bought merchandise at the San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest last year (Nov 2008) PLEASE READ THIS!!!!

We made a huge error by NOT finalizing the sale on the credit card machine for merchandise sold on the last day of the SF Hip Hop DanceFest last year. We just realized this the other day when we were finalizing the credit card donations from last weekends' fundraiser.
When we printed out the credit card receipt for last weekends' donations, the merchandise sales from the last day of the 2008 SF Hip Hop DanceFest came up on the receipt as well. I checked the 2008 merchandise receipts and they matched exactly!

Somehow we did not finalize the final sale for the last day of merchandise sales last year and the charges were still in the machine! That means that if you purchased any merchandise on the Sunday of the SFHHDF last November by credit card, you were NOT charged for it then, will charged for it now in August! I double checked and these charges were NOT processed in November, you are not being charged twice. We just never did it properly in November.

I am so sorry!
This was such a huge mistake.
If you have any questions about this, please email me at info@sfhiphopdancefest.com

Love and respect-
Micaya

Great Weekend!

So sorry It has taken so long to report on whats up with the DanceFest after the big fundraiser weekend. The weekend was fantastic! Both shows were sold out, the party was packed, and everyone was super supportive!
Ok so the shows were so much fun. First of all, in between each performance, there were different people from the SFHHDF community who spoke about the DanceFest. They all had such amazing things to say that made me warm and fuzzy. It reminded me of the impact the SF Hip Hop DanceFest has had on the hip hop dance community AND to the youth dance community. It reminded me that these kids could have been focusing their attention and energy in many other much less positive areas. However, they remained focused on dance and because of it they thrived and also the audience thrived as well because to see them dance is a blessing!
All the performances were SO fucking good! It always blows my mind that the Bay Area is so incredibly rich with talent - it makes me proud!

Allright-- so at the end of the show, it was time to make the appeal to the audience for donations. On Friday it was Teela and I and on Saturday night , it was Allan and I. There was NO SHAME in what we did to try to raise money for the SFHHDF! We dropped it like its hot, we bumped and grinded! We asked people to get their wallets out and hand us their 20s,10s, 5s, 1s, and pocket change!

On Saturday I thought to myself, I know folks at the ballet and opera dont have to do all this to make money for their organization! Oh well, it was fun!

So all in all - before the fundraiser weekend, we were about $19,000 in debt-
NOW we are an estimate $10,000 in debt!
We made about $9000 last weekend for the SFHHDF! THANK YOU!!!
WOOO-HOOO!!!!!
Its time to do this show now!! This CAN be done! Im So excited to present the SFHHDF this year. There are SO many amazing companies that have submitted this year and I am ready to book them and finalize their contracts!!!

If you havent had a chance to help out yet, you still can- go to www.sfhiphopdancefest.com and go to the donate page.

Every little bit helps y'all!

Oh one more thing-TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE! www.cityboxoffice.com 415 392-4400 (Nov 20-22, 2009 )

Love and Respect
Micaya

SFHHDF updates

Heres whats up with the SFHHDF

1. We were funded by Grants for the Arts for this year!!! Yay!!

2. Now we are only about $19,000 in debt! Booo!

3. We hired a new PR rep, his name is Craig Lipton- Yay!

4. Tickets for 2009 SF Hip Hop DanceFest go on sale this Friday Aug 21- Yay!!! (www.cityboxoffice.com)

5. SFHHDF Fundraiser shows are this Fri and Sat at Dance Mission - Yay! (www.brownpapertickets.com)

6. SFHHDF Fundraiser party is Saturday after the show at Double Dutch in SF - Yay!

7. Deadline for submissions are coming up very soon - Aug 25 . Of course many companies are waiting to the last minute to submit. grrr!

8. SFHHDF live auditions for local companies are coming up in Sept. If your company has not booked a slot, contact the audition manager at auditions@sfhiphopdancefest.com and see if you can get a slot.

9. The panel has been booked for these auditions, This year the panel for the 2009 SFHHDF live auditions will be- Bionic , Robert Lupo, Mikey Disko, Teela Shine, Allan Frias, Darnell Carroll, Rauly Duenas, Dahrio Wonder, Micaya ---woohoo!

10. If you havent seen the new web site for the SFHHDF, check it out. its great! www.sfhiphopdancefest.com

11. Wanna make a donation? Did you know that you can go to the SFHHDF website and make a donation online?

12. We are working on the new graphics for the 2009 SFHHDF fliers/posters and t-shirts! stay tuned ..

Ok thats enough for now
thanks for reading

Love and Respect
Micaya

OOps I forgot to tell you what song im using this week

"He ain't with me now tho" by Richgirl

love and respect
Micaya

Tickets Still Left for Fundraiser Shows!

Hey so there are still some tickets left for the SFHHDF fundraiser shows next weekend. Get em quick though because they will probably going fast! Here is who is performing on each night.

Friday Aug 21
Imani's Dream
Human Creature
Diamond
SoulForce Dance Company
Human Toy
Funkanometry SF
Neopolitan
FBC
Loose Change

Saturday Aug 22
Shadow Optix
Imani's Dream
Human Creature
Mind Over Matter
Soul Conspiracy
Bliss Dance Company
SoulForce Dance Company
FBC

The after party got moved to Double Dutch which is on 16th street between Guerrero and Valencia. $5 donation at the door. Saturday Aug 22 10pm

Thank you to all of you who have supported the SF Hip Hop DanceFest through all these years. People come up to me at shows and tell me that they have been to EVERY year of the DanceFest! Many of the Bay Area hip hop dance community have been down with the SF Hip Hop DanceFest since BEFORE it even started!

I certainly want to continue this Bay Area epic landmark event and with some extra help with funding, I will!

Love and Respect-
Micaya

oh no

so i just realized that labor day this year is not at the end of August but the 7th of September. I also just found out that they are closing the Bay Bridge at 8pm on Sept 3 and not opening it until Tuesday am Sept 8.!
So the deal is this-
Thursday Sept 3 is SoulForce auditions at ODC until about 11:30pm
Sat Sept 5 I have to teach at ODC at noon
Sunday Sept 6 are SFHHDF live auditions at Dance Mission
I live in Oakland!- ARGH!

gonna have to figure out some alternatives huh?

just wanted to give you all the heads up as well.

love and respect
Micaya

So Far, here are the places that the SF Hip Hop DanceFest has received submissions from. It is amazing. We are now in the final process of deciding on which companies to book. (We also have live auditions next month for local companies.)

Sweden
Uganda
2 companies from Miami
5 companies from the UK
Illinois
4 companies from Los Angeles
2 companies from France
San Diego
Brooklyn
Virginia
Morocco
Norway

Love and Respect-
Micaya

***Im using the same music this week that I used last week in class