Rhythm Stage

2011 Performers:

12:00-12:45 — Monster Breezy from Status Quo Dance

1:00-1:45 — Fred Villari Studios

2:00- 2:45 — Monster Breezy from Status Quo Dance

3:00- 3:30 — Troupe Al-Jawary Al-Hessan Middle Eastern Belly Dance (Raqs Sharki)

3:45- 4:30 — South End Show Stoppers

4:30-5:45 — Fame or Juliette

4:00-4:45 — Jah Jah Drummers

4:45-end — King Ilibash (Reggae)

Chris Auger, stage name Monster Breezy, is a dancer, singer, actor, and rapper hailing from Boston, MA. He has been dancing since the age of 15 and recently performed with Status Quo on the hit TV show America’s Best Dance Crew. Click here to see the performance. He has also performed at runway shows, talent shows, concerts, hotels, schools, clubs and various community events. He has also been featured in The Bay State Banner and Metro newspapers. Watch him perform here.

For more than 35 years, Fred Villari has been a pioneer in the martial arts. By bringing many styles together to form an effective unity of disciplines, he revolutionized the way martial artists thought about fighting. Over the years, he has founded more than 300 schools internationally, bringing Asian martial arts to the western world on unprecedented levels. He has developed many of the respected masters teaching today in the United States and Canada, and he has overseen the training of more than 15 million students. See more at www.villari.com.

An exciting and popular belly dance troupe known for their use of many of the traditional props of Middle Eastern dance. Renowned dancer Sardis is director and choreographer of this lively ensemble. View their Facebook page here.

The South End Show Stopperz is a hip-hop dance troupe made up of mostly girls aged nine to 14 from the Villa Victoria neighborhood. View their Facebook page here.

An ensemble of accomplished percussionists of the Caribbean African American black Diaspora. Jah Jah Drummers have been performing in the Boston area since 1996: their combined experience as drummers totaling 40 years. Artistic Director Glen Noel, himself a native of Trinidad and Tobago, has been an accomplished percussionist on the African Congo Drum for the past 30 years. His proficiency enables him to adroitly lead the ensemble in chants, traditional Afro Caribbean songs, and spirituals. See more at jahjahdrummers.blogspot.com.

Boston’s finest, DJ King Ilabash, is blazin’ up the dancehall with today’s hottest reggae, hip-hop, R&B, soca and calypso. For the past 12 years King Ilabash has not only moved masses but also set his own foundation as the Dancehall King. This island boy hailing from St. George’s Grenada is not only a DJ but a songwriter, performer and a promoter. See more at www.kingilabash.com.