Queen of the Hill 2017: All-Female Freestyle Dance Battle

May 29, 2017 @ 3:15 pm - 5:00 pm

QUEEN OF THE HILL – Seattle’s first all-female open-styles freestyle dance battle is back again for the third time at Seattle’s Northwest Folklife Festival! The line up is bomb. GET READY.

** THIS IS A FREE EVENT!!**

[M A I N E V E N T]
7-to-Smoke Dance Battle & Open Cyphers
Monday, May 29th (Memorial Day Weekend)

*Note: this battle is invite only! Next year, we will have a jam for those that would like to enter to be able to have a chance to compete for a wildcard slot*

WHERE
Mural Amphiteatre (Seattle Center area)
305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109

TIME
3:30pm-5pm
*Event starts right at 3:30pm and ends exactly at 5pm because we’ve gotta #respect Folklife Festival’s time*
*Plan to arrive by 3:15pm in case (parking, traffic, navigating around, etc) *

[ WORKSHOPS x DANCE PARTY x SHOWCASES ]
(see below for more info)

[ S O U N D S B Y: D J E M E C K S ]
#donttalktothecops #RealLoveDJs

[ M C ] Mac Tray

[ V I D E O G R A P H E R ]: Kaylen Jay So

[ P H O T O G R A P H E R ]: Justina Everline

[ P R I Z E S ]
1ST PLACE PRIZE:
– $300 | Trophy plaque | Seattle Streetwear from Moksha, People’s Republic of Clothing, and Find a Way

2ND & 3RD PLACE PRIZE:
– Streetwear from Moksha, PRC, and Find a Way

[ B A T T L E F O R M A T ]
7-to-smoke means you gotta get 7 points to be crowned ‘Queen of the Hill 2017’ OR if you have the most points after the time is up!

[ D O N O R S ]
– People’s Republic of Clothing
– Moksha
– Find A Way Threads

[ C O M M U N I T Y P A R T N E R S ]
– 206 Zulu
– Seattle Northwest Folklife Festival

[ W O R K S H O P S ]
(all proceeds go towards Queen of the Hill and/or supporting the teachers!)

THE CRUW WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 22nd | 3-6pm | The Beacon: Massive Monkees Studio
https://www.facebook.com/events/746344572214068/

DANCE HALL WORKSHOP W/ KIMIKO (JAMAICA) AND ALIA (PDX)
Saturday, May 13th | 6-8:30pm | The Beacon: Massive Monkees Studio
https://www.facebook.com/events/430889313926619/

LOCKING, HOUSE, AND HUSTLE WORKSHOP W/ KIM SATO AND DONNAMATION
Sunday, May 28th | 6-9pm | The Beacon: Massive Monkees Studio
6-7pm: House w/ Donnamatio
7-8pm: Locking w/ Kim Sato
8-9pm: Hustle w/ Donnamation
https://www.facebook.com/events/1777719632544154/

WAACKING & VOGUING WORKSHOP WITH MALICIOUS ALLURE
(coming soon)

[ D A N C E S H O W C A S E / D AN C E P A R T Y ]

STREET / CLUB-STYLES SHOWCASE & DANCE PARTY
Sunday, May 21st | 6:30-10pm
*Fundraiser for Queen of the Hill*
https://www.facebook.com/events/1286731514707318/

QUEEN OF THE HILL 2017 DANCE PARTY
Monday, May 29th (day of battle) | 8:00pm – 10:00pm |
Dance Party and Good Vibes Only ^o^ | FREE
(Event page coming soon)

*Shout out to 206 Zulu, Colleen Pele’ Ross-Washington and NW Folklife for helping to make this event possible!

Learn more about NW Folklife Festival here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1132132076896487/?ti=cl

Details

Date:: May 29, 2017
Time:: 3:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Organizer

: Tracey Wong

Venue

: Mural Amphitheatre
: SEATTLE Ctr
Seattle, 98119 United States

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.