A MESSAGE FROM ZIGGY TO ALL ORIGINALS

I USUALLY USE MYSPACE OR BBOY WORLD FORUM TO VOICE MY CONCERNS, OR ANGER IN THE BBOY WORLD AT LARGE! BUT, TONIGHT AND FROM NOW ON I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO THE ORIGINAL DANCERS THAT PAVED THE WAY TO HAVE THIS KULTURE EVOLVE AND STILL BE AROUND THIS DAY AND AGE! 1ST TO AL MINNS, LEON JAMES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA THAT DID ALL THE ORIGINAL LINDY HOP, SHIMMY, SNAKEHIPS, QUICKSTEP THAT LEAD TO ALL THE TOPROCK AND MODERN DANCING TODAY! EARL "SNAKE HIPS" TUCKER FOR STARTING TO BASIS OF POPPING, LIQUID STYLE OF FUNK! THE 4 STEP BROTHERS FOR ALL THE SPINS ON THE KNEES THE STYLE THAT MOST POPPERS USE TODAY IN THEIR FORM OF DRESS AND CHARACTER! PEG LEG BATES FOR HAVING THE 1ST TELEVISED BATTLE ON MAINSTREAM TV AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO PERFORM EVEN THOUGH HE HAD HANDICAP. SAMMY DAVIS JR. FOR THE MOVEMENT ON THE FLOOR THAT NOW ARE CALLED CC'S AND SHUFFLES! THEN I SKIP LIKE 30 TO 40 YEARS LATER AND GIVE RESPECT AND PROPS TO TRAC 2 FOR ADDING GYMNASTICS IN BBOYING, ABY FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE FLOOR, SPY WHAT MORE DO I NEED TO SAY "THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND MOVES". BATCH FOR FORMING LEGENDARY CREW TBB WHICH I'M NOW APART OF! FROSTY FREEZE FOR TAKING A CHANCE WITH THIS GHETTO KID AND TEACHING HIM FOUNDATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR OTHERS IN THIS KULTURE AND THE ABILITY TO CALL OUT FAKES OF THE KULTURE ! KEN SWIFT FOR GIVING ME KNOWLEDGE OF BATTLING! TO DON CAMPELLOCK FOR INVENTING LOCKING! TO DEMONS OF THE MIND, AND ALL THEIR FAMILY FOR THE POPPING, BOPPIN ANDRE FOR THE ROBOT AND FLAT TOP FOR DEFYING GRAVITY AND DOING EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN WITH HIS STYLE OF POPPING! THE 90'S GENERATION FOR BRIDGING THE GAP WITH FOUNDATION AND EXPAND ON ABSTRACT STYLES! TO THE GENERATION OF NOW FOR HAVING THE GUTS TO BE THEMSELVES EVEN IF SOMETIMES LACKING THE DIRECTION! IT'LL BE ALL GOOD EVENTUALLY! WE ALL HAVE BEEN THERE, GROW OLD, BUT GROW UP AND YOU'LL BE FINE! FOR MYSELF TO BEING TRUE TO THIS KULTURE EVEN THOUGH I LOST MY FIRST WIFE AND SON TO A TRAGEDY IN JAPAN! TO BEING HOMELESS AND HAVING POE ONE TAKE ME IN AND GIVING ME MY 2ND CHANCE IN LIFE AFTER MY MILITARY CAREER HAD ENDED! TO MY KIDS NOW TATSU, IAMANJA WHO IF I COULD SPEND EVERY WAKING MOMENT WITH IF POSSIBLE BUT THEY KNOW I LOVE THEM! I'M JUST A POOR AFRO BRAZILIAN TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD NO MATTER WHAT! EVENTUALLY IT'LL BEAR FRUIT AND BLESS EVERYONE WHO HAS CARED FOR ME! TO MINDI MY FIANCE SOON TO BE WIFE FOR BEING BY MY SIDE IN TOUGHT TIMES AND GOOD TIMES FOR HELPING ME AND GIVING ME THE COURAGE TO FORM ODORI 73 TO HELP OTHERS! TO TBB ONE MORE TIME I WILL CARRY THE TORCH FOR US AND BATTLE WITH EVERY BREATH IN MY BODY TILL THE END! I PROMISE, WITHOUT A DOUBT!

GOD BLESS TO ALL!

SIEGFRIED"ZIGGY"CORNELIUS
TBB PRESIDENT OF CALI4NIA/CHAPTER 8
FOUNDER ODORI 73
FOUNDER DYNAMIC ROCKERS JAPAN/KOREA 1994-98
FOUNDER ROCK ON CITY KREW EST 2002