Dance Out Loud 2010

Eight Count alumnus, Nami, has been active in the Bay Area dance scene for the last couple of years. She founded Purdance (www.purdance.com), and Purdance is throwing a huge dance party on Monday, December 6. There will be a DJ, plenty of pizza, and, of course, a whole a lot of dancing from dance battles to dance performances. The purpose of the party is to provide the opportunity for dancers to share their passion and build a strong dance community. Eight Count will be performing a small piece at the event.

Bring your family and friends. Come out and support Purdance and Eight Count. Help build a positive dance community. Come and join the party!

Event info:

• Date/Time: Monday, December 6, 2010, 7:00PM - 10:00PM.
• Location: Susan's Dance Studio 2146 Ringwood Ave, San Jose, CA.
• Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
• Ticket info: email director@purdance.com or call (408) 612-6345.
• More info: facebook event page.

GrX Christmas Banquet

Our home church, Great Exchange Covenant Church (GrX), is celebrating the Christmas season by hosting a banquet. Eight Count will be debuting a new dance set for the occasion!

Come out to enjoy a good show, good food, and good company!

Event info:

• Theme: Great Joy for All - Luke 2:10
• Date/Time: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 5:00PM - 8:00PM.
• Location: GrX Ministry Center - 2346 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA.
• Cost: $15 for adults, $20 at the door; $10 for children (between 3-12), free if parents bring food for their children.
• More info: facebook event page.

Kenya Missions Trip 2010

Eight Count Auditions 2010

Each year is a new and blessed experience for members of Eight Count - the hip hop dance ministry at GrX. Come join us as we are looking for new members at our auditions on Sunday September 19, with Callbacks on Tuesday September 21, both at 7:30PM at 2346 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051. Whether you are curious about the ministry, just want to take a free dance class, or are serious about joining our ranks, we'd love to see you there! All welcome! To RSVP contact info@eightcount.com.

Audition info:

• Audition Date/Time: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 7:30PM - 10:00PM.
• Callback Date/Time: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 7:30PM - 10:00PM.
• Location: GrX Ministry Center, 2346 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA.
• Cost: FREE!!!

Eight Count Pre-Audition Workshops (FREE!!!)

Eight Count is gearing up for the 2010-2011 season with some FREE workshops on Sunday 9/12 and Tuesday 9/14. Workshops are a great way to get to know us, and see what we're all about, especially if you might be interested in auditioning. Auditions will be held the following Sunday, 9/19! All events will be at 2346 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051, from 7:30-9:00pm. We'll be teaching a short piece of hip hop choreography as well as keeping the gym open to freestyling and chilling afterwards. (You don't have to be interested in auditioning ...to attend workshops!) Everyone and all levels welcome.

Workshops info:

• Workshop I Date/Time: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 7:30PM - 9:00PM.
• Workshop II Date/Time: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:30PM - 9:00PM.
• Location: GrX Ministry Center, 2346 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA.
• Cost: FREE!!!

Team Kenya 2010 Debrief Presentation

Asante sana! Thank you for all your love, prayer and support! The Eight Count members who had the opportunity to make it out to Kenya had an amazing experience. They had an amazing experience performing, teaching workshops, and building relationships with other dance ministries. And that is was only part of the trip.

The full Kenya team will be hosting a Debrief Presentation sharing their experiences of what happened over at Kenya. Hope you can make it out!

Even info:

• Date/Time: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 4:00PM - 6:00PM
• Location: GrX Ministry Center, 2346 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA.
• Online blog: gracetokenya.blogspot.com.

Eight Count members with a Kenyan dance ministry in the Mathare slums of Kenya.

Harborlight's Expressions Presents "Alive Dance Concert"

Show details:

• Date/Time: Sunday, August 29, 6-8PM.
• Location: Harborlight, 4760 Thornton Ave, Fremont, CA.
• Cost: FREE!

Auditions & Workshops Coming Soon...

Eight Count is gearing up for another exciting season with auditions lined up for mid-September. We are looking for committed people with strong desire to serve God in an outreach ministry centered around dancing and performing. If this sounds like you or anyone you know please help us spread the word!

Expect to see workshops starting in mid-August and continue leading up to auditions in mid-September. Workshops are a great way to meet us, see what we are all about, and learn a short routine from our lead choreographers. If you are planning on auditions, attendance to workshops is encouraged!

Eight Count in Kenya!!

Eight Count is sending 5 of our current members - Grace, Janette, Joseph, Tim, and Sharon - on a mission trip to Kenya. In a team of 11, we will be partnering with the Deliverance Church in Kawawa Sukari to host Vacation Bible School with the many orphaned children of the area. As well, we as Eight Count have a special mission while there, which is to use dance as a means of breaking down cultural barriers and reaching out to the children in the Mathare slums and in a rural village called Murang'a. We want these children to know that they are loved, even by strangers like us, and that they are special. We plan on teaching dance workshops and putting together dance routines for the kids to learn.

We are only a few days away from departure, and all of us are very excited, yet anxious. We continue to ask for your prayers in the following:

• Safety and health of the team.
• Spiritual preparation.
• Meeting the financial expenses of the trip.

In addition to prayers, if you feel led to help contribute financially to the mission, we would greatly appreciate any amount that will be split amongst us five. The date for contributions have been extended for another month!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of us, or click here for a detailed letter about our purpose and how we will be serving Kenya.

Grace is also keeping a blog (gracetokenya.blogspot.com), so feel free to read up on updates about our team!

Eight Count Team Kenya thanks you for your love and support!

"Life" at AADP's Hip Hop 4 Hope, San Francisco, 2010

Purdance Presents All Day Groove: Hip Hop Workshops

Eight Count alumni Nami Lofland is hosting the first ever "All Day Groove" workshop seeking to connect dancers in the South Bay dance community. She has brought together five South Bay choreographers to teach diverse hip hop styles in a back to back workshop series on Sunday June 27th at Susan's Dance Studio (2146 Ringwood Ave, San Jose, CA). Cost is $30 for the whole day with a $5 discount if you pre-register either by emailing director@purdance.com or RSVP "attending" on the facebook event page.

Two of our very own choreographers will be teaching: Joseph Cheng and My Nguyen. Please come out and support them! The line-up of other teachers features affiliations with the likes of Funkanometry SF, Beatz N Pieces Crew and more. Find bios of the teachers and more info about Nami's company Purdance at www.purdance.com.

The schedule for Sunday is as follows:

• 1:00-1:30pm Registration
• 1:30-2:30pm Joseph Cheng
• 3:30-4:30 My Nguyen
• 4:30-5:30pm MJ Serafica
• 5:30-6:30pm Sergio Suarez

AADP's Hip Hop 4 Hope Dance Competition

Eight Count will be competing at Asian American Donor Program's (AADP) first ever Hip Hop 4 Hope Dance Competition (HH4H). It will be our first dance competition - an entirely new experience! Please come out and support the team and the cause.

From the AADP website: "There are many amongst us whose lives have been deeply affected by blood cancers like leukemia or lymphoma. AADP strives to help save lives and give hope to many such patients and patient families in need of a donor match by raising awareness and registering more individuals of different ethnic backgrounds into the national bone marrow registry... Through HH4H, we hope to use dance as a medium to communicate to dance crews the need for more multi-ethnic donors on the Registry."

Performance info:

• Date/time: Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 7:00 PM.
• Cost: $15 presale (hiphop4hope.eventbee.com).
• Location: Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.
• More info: www.aadp.org.

More Workshops

Eight Count workshop series continue this Sunday at Dance Affair in San Jose. Come ready to learn a beg/int level hip hop routine, and ready to just chill and dance with us. Teacher will be Sharon Huang. Cost $7/$5 with GrX Bulletin.

Just added an additional workshop date set for Tuesday 4/28 same place, 8:00! Coming to Sunday's class will give you $2 admission to Tuesdays class. We're calling this Two dollar Tuesday .. =) So for all of you that said you can't do Sundays, nows your chance! ;) Double workshop, double awesome. Tuesday's class will be taught by Joseph Cheng.

Check out our YouTube page for past workshop videos & our website as always for more info.

Spread the word!

Workshop info:

• Sun, Apr 25, 2010 - 6:00 PM - Int Hip Hop, Sharon Huang.
• Tue, Apr 27, 2010 - 8:00 PM - Int Hip Hop, Joseph Cheng.
• Cost: $7 for one, $9 for both ($2 off with GrX church bulletin).
• Location: Dance Affair, 850 North Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA.

Choreographer bios:

	Sharon Huang: Sharon began dancing with the competing hip hop team 909 while attending UC Riverside. After moving back home in NorCal, Sharon joined Eight Count, and has been with the group for five faithful years. She is currently on the leadership team, and is an essential choreographer and member of the ministry. Sharon has a sharp and fun style, one that is friendly to dancers of all levels.
	Joseph Cheng: Joseph developed his skills as a dancer at MIT and danced with MIT's first hip hop dance crew, MIT Ridonkulous. He has been choreographing and dancing with Eight Count for three years and is now the director of the team. He is passionate about dancing and focuses on precision movements.

2010/04/04 - GrX Easter Service, Sunnyvale, CA

Eight Count after our performance.

Eight Count Family: current members and alumni.

Workshop Series Continues

Our workshop series continues this Sunday at Dance Affair. Come check out an intermediate level hip hop class taught by Eight Count's own Kathleen Kang! Cost is $7. Dancers of any level are welcome to join! Spread the word!

Look for more workshops every other Sunday! Spread the word!>

Workshop info:

• 6:00 PM - Int Hip Hop, Kathleen Kang.
• Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010.
• Cost: $7.
• Location: Dance Affair, 50 North Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA.

Choreographer bio:

Kathleen began dancing and training with Team Technique, a competing hip hop group affiliated with Rutgers University (NJ) almost five years ago. After her first year she became artistic director of the team until 2008, when she relocated to the Bay Area for graduate school. She is currently dancing and choreographing for Eight Count. Kathleen teaches groovy and energetic choreography with an emphasis on musicality. Don't forget to bring your swag.

"Blessed Be Your Name" at GrX Easter Service, Santa Clara, 2010

GrX Easter Service Performance

Eight Count has been blessed with a number of different performance opportunities, such as performing with Anastasis Ballet Company out in Tracy, CA and performing in Stanford's DV8 Showcase in Stanford, CA. The official Eight Count season is winding down, but we will certainly be finishing with a bang. We will be debuting a new piece this coming Easter at Great Exchange Covenant Church during the Sunday service. We have been hard at work on this piece. Please come out and support us!

Performance info:

• Date/Time: Sunday, April 4, 2010, 10:30 AM.
• Cost: Free!
• Location: King's Academy, 562 N. Britton Ave, Sunnyvale, CA.