{"id":5757,"date":"2013-08-15T00:19:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dancemogul.com\/news\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:32:10","slug":"compete-to-the-beat-majestic-street-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/compete-to-the-beat-majestic-street-dance\/","title":{"rendered":" Compete To The Beat | <\/strong>Majestic Street Dance Showdown<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Compete To The Beat<\/h2>\n

With the success of 2013,\u00a0“<\/strong>Compete To The Beat,” Majestic Street Dance\u00a0Showdown, <\/em>here\u2019s a peek at some of what happened. Take a look at our event\u2019s inspiration,\u00a0majestic<\/i> winners,<\/i> and guest performers. Enjoy the highlights!<\/p>\n

Our Inspiration:<\/strong> First, “Compete To The Beat” is the brainchild of Shock-a-lock, New York’s original locker. It was inspired by a mini locking competition organized by Shock-a-lock after the 2009 New York Dance Parade. He collaborated with Havic Squared Step Entertainment, Bboy Nemesis, who served as co-host, and Don “Campbellock” Campbell, who served as Grand Marshall at the parade with Lockism. Mr. Campbell was also the only judge for the locking showdown, held at Le Poison Rouge. Cirkulock, Inc., coordinated the event. The prize for the winner was a trip to Las Vegas to compete in the Hip-Hop International’s Locking Championship Battle. Firelock, the flying prince of locking, and loyal student of Shock-a-lock, won the local showdown. He went on to become the 2009 World Locking Champion of the Hip-Hop International event. Both Don and Shock-a-lock were proud that another generation of star lockers will go on. A few hurdles delayed plans for the new event, which was intended to honor legends and new world star lockers. Some of the intended honorees had personal issues that prevented them from traveling. Therefore, Shock-a-lock postponed the planning of the event until potentially 2013. Meanwhile, Firelock proved to be the winning formula once again by returning to win in 2010 and, recently, the 2013 Hip-Hop International Locking Championship.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the plan for the new event was revised. Shock-a-lock called the team back together. Nemesis was appointed to judge, Don Campbell served as locking judge, and honoree with Shock-a-lock and Dreamz, Pavan Thimmaiah, Director of PMT, joined the 2013 team as well. Dance Mogul Magazine’s CEO, Basil Harris<\/a> was a co-host, while Anthony Harris, Director of Marketing<\/a>, provided media coverage for the event, along with Ashani Mfuko of Inside NYC Dance. The new name for the event became “Compete To The Beat,” New York’s majestic street dance showdown. The words said what we wanted the dancers to do, and the tagline expressed what the event would be. The event helps young people to see how they must see themselves and others. More importantly, it serves to inspire them to be great.<\/p>\n

Our Majestic Winners:<\/strong> For this event, judges included: Don “Campbellock” Campbell, Creator of Locking, Dreamz, NY Krump King, Shock-a-lock NY’s Original Locker, and Bboy Nemesis. The majestic winners from their respective categories are Alan O. Watson, aka Kilowatts in locking, Nightmare in krumping, Angel McNeal, aka Angel in popping, and Hannibal in top rock.<\/p>\n

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Our majestic guest performers were: Frantz Carty, who performed a dynamic foot stomping stepping solo that wowed the audience; Lite feet new stars Swagga Boy, Sylencer, and E-Solo commanded the audience with an energetic freestyle performance never done before. Also, Bernard Dove shared his 73 years of creative line dance skills as he spun, leaped, and bounced on his knees like a kid on wheels! This 73-year-old man gave new meaning to the phrase “age ain’t nothing but a number.”<\/p>\n

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Following the performances, Shock-a-lock, on behalf of his group, Lockism, honored Don “Campbellock” Campbell for ‘encouraging creativity and freedom through street dance.’ “We wanted to be the first<\/strong> on the East Coast to honor Don Campbell,” says Shock-a-lock. “He predated all the street dance and hip-hop dancers of today. Anyone who honors history would be remiss in his or her duty if they did not acknowledge Mr. Campbell before they acknowledged those who came after him.”While there are many more who deserve to be honored, our group decided to start with the man who started it all in a worldwide way. Once seen on the Soul Train TV show, the “Campbellock” is a mainstay in the world today. More importantly, Mr. Campbell paved the way for many of today’s street and hip-hop dancers to create their own teams and enter the professional entertainment world. While on Soul Train, Mr. Campbell stood up for street dancers and demanded that they be paid for their services. For that humble and selfless act, many worldwide are still able to make a living by doing some form of street dance. His life is dedicated to street dance and youth upliftment.<\/p>\n

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