REVIEW: AHC 2011 Melbourne
The 2011 Melbourne Australian Hip Hop Championships (AHC) preliminary round was held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre last Saturday July 9th with around 300 dancers and their crews competing for their place in the finals held in October this year at the prestigious Crown venue, The Palms.
With this year's AHC attracting an even bigger crowd, AHC's vibrant host, MC Philly wowed the Melbourne audience with his witty freestyles and highly-acclaimed MC skills. The showcases this year including a polished, acoustic set by international singer/songwriter Jerome and an excerpt from the hip hop theatre show "Lucky Break" demonstrated why Melbourne is the city of arts. UEG again achieved its aim to nurture & provide local Australian talent the opportunity to perform at high quality events.
The Junior crews that competed for a place in the finals brought energy & fun to the AHC stage with JellyBeanz placing 3rd, Urban Force Juniors placing 2nd, and KStar Juniors scoring 1st place.
The ever-growing Varsity category saw more than double the number of dance crews entering compared to last year - 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th qualifying crews were KStar Varsity, Panty Droppas, A2D (who are representing Australia in Las Vegas this month) & Urban Force.
Finally the highly anticipated Open category crews included tough competition with the dance crews raising the bar to a new level - The Collektive & BKode secured their place in the finals and first place went to Sole Symphony for whom this is their first year dancing at AHC together as a crew.
UEG would like to thank all the dance crews for sharing their wonderful talents, MSAC for the venue, all those who helped out with the AHC event and most importantly the parents, friends & Melbourne audience who continue to support the local talent Australia has to offer and UEG Events. The next instalment of the 2011 Australian Hip Hop Championships will continue this weekend in Sydney and the WildCard winners being announced next week.
The finals for the 2011 Australian Hip Hop Championships will be held at The Palm, Crown Complex, Melbourne on Saturday October 1st.Tickets will be on sale soon and as Melbourne will be buzzing with sporting and cultural events that weekend, please book in early! For videos of all the 2011 AHC Melbourne dance crews visit UEG's YouTube channel – UEGTV.
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Qualifying Crews (VIC)
Juniors
1 Kstar Gen 2
2 Urban force Jnrs
3 Jelly beanz
Varsity
1 Kstar Varsity
2 Panty droppas
3 A2D
4 Urban force Varisty
Open
1 Sole symphony
2 Collektive
3 Bkode
