ENTERTAINMENT
Team Philippines
are in the hunt
for hip-hop gold
THE Philippine national
street dance team is
coming to Sydney,
Australia to try and
capture Hip Hop gold
at the 14th Annual
World Supremacy
Battlegrounds (WSB)
Dance Championship.
By MARCO ANDRE
SELORIO
More than 400 Filipino street dancers
plus support staff and families are expected
to make their way to Bankstown Sports
Club on October 5-8 to compete against
some of the best teams from Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, USA, Malaysia,
Singapore, Solomon Islands and Papua
New Guinea.
Last year, 16 Filipino crews made the
grand finals.
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FMD Xtreme from Marikina City
bagged the only gold for the Philippines,
the Open Division title, the most
prestigious division in WSB.
An estimated 1,500 dancers will be
fighting it out across sixteen age divisions
during the four-day international meet.
Superstar celebrities judging or
performing at WSB include Buddha Stretch
(Michael Jackson and Will Smith music video
choreographer), Henry Link (Elite Force USA),
Lil Pat (Philippine Allstars), Parris Goebel
(Jennifer Lopez, Justin Beiber choreographer)
and Royal Family of New Zealand.
Filipinos across the globe will get a
chance to watch their national team online.
World Supremacy Battlegrounds will
be live-streamed again via Facebook.
More than a million viewers were
reached during the online coverage,
a record-breaking achievement for
organisers MAS Presents.
Tickets to come and support the
Philippine national team are now on sale
via www.trybooking.com.
For details, visit the official website
www.worldsupremacybattlegrounds.com.
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