Hey what's up guyz... this is Shana and I love you all.

I want to say first and foremost thank you so much for your
faithfulness and support over the years. From the early days of the
Life Zone club in Toronto, to the underground scene in Ontario, to
Cornerstone Festival, to outreach events by Illumination, Club
Worship, The Palace Cincinnati, Shine, Planet Jesus, Unified Soul,
Found Ontario, and more promoters and events than we can list, with
more artists and DJs than we could ever name here! You have been
with us through it all. You have shown your support by your emails
and by coming to the events and by reading our emails and by praying
for us.

The scene has grown from its humble beginnings several years ago when
events were scarce and hidden in the underground to a thriving
independent scene. Once people's jaws dropped to hear these events
took place, had never heard of Christian dance music, and gave us
blank stares when we mentioned the words 'God' and 'nightclub' in the
same sentence. Now artists and DJs are emerging from every corner of
the USA, Canada and the world and are getting noticed. Events and
clubs geared toward outreach are appearing all over the USA and
Canada and the worldwide scene is becoming one, linking together as
artists, DJs, promoters, ministers, volunteers and media come
together for a common purpose... to share the light of God's Love in
the dance culture.

As the scene has grown we have decided the events listings in
StreetBeatz are becoming redundant and there is no longer a need to
promote the events taking place through StreetBeatz anymore. We have
decided to turn the focus of StreetBeatz to the activities in the
heart of Toronto where Shana Gray (me!), Brandon Savard, Steve Crabb,
Stacey Gray, and all those people involved with us, are working to
make a difference locally and internationally through events and
music. For all other events listings we now recommend that people
check the listings at Tastyfresh (here's the link
http://www.tastyfresh.com/forums/default.asp?forumID=6 ) and we also
recommend that you check out the community there as it's a great
place to meet people.

Locally the events taking place downtown Toronto are 'The Revolution'
at Club 160 (above Metropolis Records, 160 Spadina, at the corner of
Spadina & Queen). The first event opened June 27th organized by
Brandon Savard. With only 4 days of promotion the club was packed
with people coming in and out from the street, artists improvising
over dance beats, singing, rapping and emceeing and we saw many
styles of music blend in a way we had never experienced before.
People were singing in the club and on the dance floor lifting up the
name of Jesus. New relationships were formed and a new movement
began as The Revolution's first night, as a glowing ember, took its
place in the heart of the city. The next event will take place on
September 5th at Club 160, and every two weeks following on Thursday
nights. We hope to see many of you there!

We are also seeing a new artist culture form through the events at
The Revolution and the numerous young adults meetings taking place
throughout Toronto. You will be hearing of some new music releases
in the coming months!

We also recommend you check out these great resources if you haven't
already:
www.DM4C.com - for people who are serious about making a difference
in the dance culture for Jesus
www.Dancechapel.com - new dance music from Christian artists worldwide
www.Tastyfresh.com - (as mentioned above) a hub for independent
artists and people who love dance music

As always we love to hear from you, we can't promise to write back
everyone personally though we wish we could! But we always love to
hear your thoughts, ideas and feedback, and we ask as always for your
prayers, and look forward to seeing many of you out at the events.

Thank you,
Much Love!
Shana Gray

"Look at the nations and watch - and be utterly amazed. For I am
going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even
if you were told." Habakkuk 1:5