Two of the upcoming events which had not announced their dates have finally set them. Unfortunately, it’s bad news for those of us that wanted to attend all the competitions. Dancekool will be on July 22, the same day as Raw Sounds. Peninsula Crew Challenge will be on September 15, the same day as Montanasa.

Dancekool is a battles-based all styles hip hop competition that has had a long tradition as the major competition in Sydney. 2007 is the first time Dancekool is coming to Melbourne so it will be a delight to see what the scene here has been lacking for years (namely official funkstyles battles).

Raw Sounds is a singing and dancing competition organised by the same people that brought us the Raw and Raw War series.

Montanasa is another hip hop battles based competition. Peninsula is a hip hop showcases competition. Groove 2nd heats are a week after, and it’s Grand-Final week the week after that. The dreaded exam period follows after the grand final week, by which time it would be questionable to run an event.
At the moment it looks like the event organisers won’t be able to change the dates, so it will be up to the dancers and supporters to decide which event they will be going to.

Groovedance can say that the organisers never had any intention for the event dates to clash, and it was simply a coincidence that the only dates the events could be run on were on the same days.

The schedule for major upcoming events now looks like this:
June 30 – Wanted (Aus Bboy Champs (Vic Qualifiers), Hip Hop Showcase Comp)
July 14 – The Game Part 2 (Krump Competition)
July 22 – Dancekool
July 22 – Raw Sounds (Sing/Dance Competition)
August 04 – Aus Bboy Championships (National Finals)
September 15 – Peninsula Crew Challenge (Hip Hop Showcase Dance Competition)
September 15 – Montanasa (Hip Hop Battles)
September ?? – Raw War (Hip Hop Battles)
September 22 – Groove Melbourne H2 (Hip Hop Showcase Competition)