From: Christie Z & Jorge FABEL Pabon <toolsofwar@...>
The Friends of Crotona Park
NYC Council Member Joel Rivera
The Friends of St. Nicholas Park
Sat. AUGUST 1:
DMC USA FINALS 4-11pm. All Ages! Host: Kool DJ Red Alert. DJ Lord Finesse & more! Finalists include: DJ As One (MD), DJ Ohm (NM), Shiftee (NYC), Shmeeze (CA), DJ Ty Handswell (MD), DJ Lodus (CA), DJ Etronik (CA) and more tba! Showcase by DJ Precision. Santos Party House 96
Lafayette St. betw. Walker & White. NYC 10013. Trains. ACEJMNQRWZor 6 to Canal. $15 in adv at ticketweb.com.
$20 day of myspace.com/dmcusa
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Great news! We have ALL of the Thursdays in July at our most favorite, most magical Crotona Park in the Bronx for the Tools
of War True School NYC Summer Park Jam Series!
July 2nd is a raindate for the Boogie Down B-Boy/B-Girl Jams.
July 9th kicks off the official 2009 Crotona Park Jam Series - now in our 7th year of recreating the classic park jams from the 1970s and early 80s with a legends and pioneers only line up!
We've had 3 glorious park jams in June and we 2 more months of weekly jams to cherish and relish! We hope you'll join ups!
In the meantime, you can live vicariously through:
* Noisemaker Media's Mark Carranceja's footage: youtube.com
* The New York Times gave us love online and in print!
* Photos from June and our past 6 years of jams from Joe Conzo, Res One Francisco Reyes and more myspace.com/toolsofwar
* Join us on facebook too!
PRESS, please contact me for any interviews with any and everyone involved, images, etc. VENDORS: it is only $25 a night to vend so rsvp your dates asap! GrandMaster Caz is vending back in the day jams & concerts on cd + Joe Conzo will have Born in the Bronx books and Flyer King Buddy Esquire just might be selling t-shirts of his original flyers! So bring your money!! See you at the jams!
Christie Z-Pabon
park jam addict, events coordinator, publicist ++++
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JULY 2: Crotona Park, Bronx NYC Boogie Down B-Boy/B-Girl Jams
DJ Forrest Getemgump(Horsepower) GrandMaster Caz(Cold Crush Brothers) DJ Tony Tone(Cold Crush Brothers) + special guest DJs from NYC and the Netherlands!
5-9pm. FREE! All Ages! Host: GrandMaster Caz (Cold Crush)
Crotona
Park Amphitheater at Charlotte St & Crotona Park East, Bronx NYC
10457. 2 or 5 train to 174th St. or BX 11, 15, 17 or 55. itsmypark.org/brochures/crotona.swf. More info at myspace.com/toolsofwarand facebook.com
* We have space for vendors - ONLY $25 per night!
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2009 Crotona Park Jams: Bronx NYC July 9, 16, 23 & 30 - LEGENDS ONLY!
7 years strong!
Presented by NYC Council Member Joel RiveraandThe Friends of Crotona Park, Tools of War, Rane & Serato JULY 9 The Diabolical DJ Biz Markie (he's just our friend) GrandWizzard Theodore(The L Brothers, Fantastic Romantic) PopMaster Fabel(Tools of War, Rock Steady Crew,) plus we always have special guests * View this event on facebook
JULY 16 Afrika Bambaataa(Zulu Nation, Soulsonic Force) Kool DJ Red Alert (Zulu Nation, 98.7 KiSS FM) DJ Jazzy Jay(Zulu Nation, Soulsonic Force) No special guests because this line up cannot be improved!
Pure Zulu Funk and magic!
*View this event on facebook
JULY 23 DJ Jazzy Joyce DJ Scratch (88 NMS World Champion) DJ Rockin Rob (Mean Machine) GrandMaster Roc Raida (95 DMC World Champ + Busta's DJ) *View this event on facebook
JULY 30 DJ Cash Money(88 DMC World Champion) DJ Lord Finesse(DITC) GrandMaster Caz (Cold Crush Brothers) *View this event on facebook
Thursdays July 9, 15, 23 & 30 @ Crotona Park 5 - 9pm. FREE! All Ages! Host: GrandMaster Caz (Cold Crush) Crotona Park at Charlotte St & Crotona Park East, Bronx NYC 10457. 2 or 5 train to 174th
St. or BX 11, 15, 17 or 55. itsmypark.org/brochures/crotona.swf.
August: Digger's Delight
St Nicholas Park Harlem NYC
Held in association withThe Friends of St. Nicholas Park
AUGUST 4 DJ Lean Rock (Floor Lords) DJ Chuck City(Black Spades) DJ Rockin Rob(Mea
n Machine) View this event on facebook
AUGUST 11 Chairman Mao(Bump Shop, XXL) JBX (Big City Records) more tba View this event on facebook
AUGUST 18 DJ Forrest Getemgump(Horsepower) DJ Jazzy Jay (Strong City) Danny Dan the Beat Mann(Dusty Fingers) View this event on /span>facebook
AUGUST 25 DJ Lord Finesse(DITC) Miss Shing-A-Ling (Jazzman Records) more tba View this event on facebook
Aug. 4, 11, 18 & 25 @ St. Nicholas Park Every Tuesday in August from 4:30 - 8pm. FREE! All Ages. Host: GrandMaster Caz. Plaza @ 135th & St. Nicholas Ave, Harlem NYC 10027. B or C to W. 135th. stnicholaspark.org