ThrowBack of the Week

 my girl Tamia. she is sooo underated and i cannot for the life of me figure out why. The woman has vocals and is gorgeous. So i had to take it back to when i first started my (no homo) love affair with Tamia. hope you love it just as much as i did and still do. 

oh yeah PS Tamia been on sum Disturbia type-ish waaay before Rihanna (also Kelis and other female artists) but i'll save that for another blog. anyway ENJOY!

my true love

Dance is a language that knows no bounds, it has no etiquette nor grammar editing. it speaks to the soul without speaking out of turn. It ask questions and gives answers. It breaks hearts and mends wounds. It is sexual and spiritual. It feeds the soul without utensils. It is the air i breathe.

ThrowBack of the Week

Okay i know there are people who remember CMC ( a show that played music videos local and national) that used to come on back in the days of The Box. Well it took me a long time but i finally found this lil ditty that i LOVED!. And the video on youtube  is hilarious bcuz of the clothes but hey it was the 90's so w/e.

Go Filipinas!!!!

Precious

people always say that you never realize how precious life is until it's almost gone or is gone.

this thought came to me in light of recent events in my life. grandparents are people who are old but you never really realize HOW old until their health starts to fail. you turn around and all of a sudden you have responsibility for their well-being. 

i always hear about other families having ill elderly family members, and i feel sad but i have never felt as torn up inside as i did last night and as i do right now. it always has to hit home and i think it's b/c i used 2 live with her and see her everyday that i was in a blur about her true state of health. but reality slapped me across the face when i listened to my mother tell me about my 83-year-old grandmother hitting her head and being taken to the hospital. 

tears dont do justice to my emotions racing inside

i wanna curl up in a ball, lay in a corner and hide

facing the reality of she is not an option for me

i ask the one above 4 answers as i fall on both knees

speaking in a voice i dont recognize as my own

begging to keep her from his heavenly throne

i'm not ready i say but the result is not mine to make

so much wisdom from her i still need 2 take

so i pray and cry until i can speak no more

thinking over my life, as my knees grow sore

Black Nativity

i'm feeling kinda sad b/c this year is the last year of "The Black Nativity". it's a play/musical written by Langston Hughes and produced& directed by Sis. Betty Gadling of Allen Temple Baptist Church. we've been putting on this production for 27 years and it's hard 4 me to believe that after this year i won't be dancing in it anymore.

We've traveled all across the Bay Area performing this. Our main stage used to be the Paramount Theatre. As a child i would run up and down the ramps and sit in all the balcony and mezzanine seats just releasing all the pint-up energy i had waiting for the show to start. About 6 years ago our church built a building that included a gym/auditorium/theatre :-)  so we moved into that building and i can definitely say it has been a lot more fun, being in those dressing rooms. 

If those dressing rooms could talk, oh man! So many good times laughing at some of the soloists, having deep talks, trying to have the makeup not look lyk hoe strollers, people falling, sometimes fighting but just backstage havoc going on!  so anyway this is the last season and i'm encouraging &inviting as many people as possible to come out. Even if you're not religious, just come out to see the awesome dancing! (myself included) :-)

What: 27th and Final Season of "The Black Nativity"

Where: Allen temple Baptist Church Family Life Center Auditorium

When: Dec.13. 2:30PM  (1PM Pre-Performance Appreciation Reception)

Dec.14. 6PM 

Dec.20. 2:30PM and 8PM

Dec.21. 3PM (Final Performance and Celebration)

How Much: Adults $15

Seniors/Students $8

Children Over Five $5

Final Performance and Celebration $25

Ticket Vendors: Allen Temple Baptist Church 8501 International Blvd. Oakland 510-544-9810

Marcus Book Store 3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Oakland 510-652-2344

Nu Revelations 10700 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland 510-632-1670

Reid's Records 3101 Sacramento St. Berkeley 510-843-7282

For more info and goup rates call 510-544-8924