I went to school with Boogaloo Shrimp for a year in middle school, he was living in Wilmington, CA. Anthony Medina, God rest his soul, was an AMAZING dancer. I went to school with some amazing poppers growing up, my area was a poppin haven. They came to Los Angeles, and my dad grew up across the street from Lagoona Park in East LA, went to Garfield High, worked hard, went back to Greece to marry my mom, then they moved to Hollywood then Harbor City. My grandfather lost what they had during WWII when the Germans bombed, they hit our house and destoyed acres of land, so my grandfather gathered whatever he could and they came to America through Ellis Island. Waveomatic I was born in Hollywood, CA, first male of my family to be born in this country. Westcoastpoppin Where were you from? Where are you now? Waveomatic No, but I represent Homeland, Long Beach City, California, and all of the Harbor Area, you know! :)

Westcoastpoppin Are you in a crew now? if so which? We were poppers, lockers (Willie, Pookey, and me weren't as much as lockers as the others, just basics for group routines, I became crazy for waves, hehe) and even eventually bboys(we all got into breakin'), a grip of nieghborhood crews had all aspects covered, especially when bboyin hit the scene here in the West Coast. Waveomatic Some of my homies and me started a crew early 80's, Electric Knights, we were a mixed bunch, started with Chilly Willie, John Hayward, Deno Rivera (we called him Flap, he was half Philipino half Japanese, hehe), Danny Affajay, Fili Vaa Swani (his cousin was Oka from Blue City fam, one of the dopest poppers I had seen back then), Scotty Pearson (also Blue City fam, we use to go to Sam Niko's house and eat, practice, eat, chill, eat, eat and eat some more), Philip Gills(one of the craziest tutters, hard ass hits with tuts), the Morales Brothers, Sunny, Joel, and Jo Jo, DOPE ass lockers and poppers, crazy cool filipino brothers from Carson, and fo sho Pookey (my homie Craig Caseywho lived in Inglewood, CA, who moved from the Harbor Area to Inglewood back and forth, always had to give homie a ride when I got my car) and others later. Westcoastpoppin Were you in a crew? if so which? Waveomatic I was with a couple of my homies learning some moves from some of the older cats that 'occupied' the park so to speak, this one Samoan cat was showing us an arm wave, the only wave I had seen was really a tidal wave, so when he told me to try it, I did it pretty good the first few times, he turned one of the other cats and said 'that was automatic, he got it down automaticaly!' and this other older Samoan cat gave me his beer and a hit off a his joint (I was like 12, hehe), and told me 'your wave-o-matic'.

WestcoastpoppinHow did you get your name? WaveomaticI use to hang out at this park close to my house, it was mostly a Samoan nieghborhood around this one park, and my homie David Alo was locking as usual, but then started doing these crazy robotic movements, I was hooked! WestcoastpoppinWhat got you into popping? WaveomaticI started doing the robot in 1979. WestcoastpoppinWhen did you start Popping? TUESDAY - Bboyin/Breakin Practice - 7:00PM~ 10:00PMДЇor more Interviews with Old School poppers, popping videos/video clips,info on practice spots and popping events and information regarding Popping please visit the online community and info center -> MONDAY- Poppin and Lockin Practice - 7:00PM ~ 10:00PM Need directions? Map Homeland Cultural Center aka MacArthur Park During these weekly sessions, many dancers of all ages and locations come together to share their knowledge and skills on the dance floor. Homeland has been known for its Tuesday night bboy/bgirl practice sessions and also for its Monday night popping/locking practice sessions.

With the help of Ice Man, Steam, Waveomatic and Dixie, Homeland has become a place to share the Hip Hop culture to its fullest.

The Homeland Cultural Center was established in 1989 with a mission to provide a safe place to cultivate, present, and preserve the cultures of residents through the performing and visual arts, and to celebrate the Anaheim (Street) CorridorвЂ™s dramatic ethnic diversity by encouraging artistic expression in various cultural traditions. Homeland Popping and Locking Practice Spot/Sessions - Long Beach CA

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