Kollaboration9.

So apparently, I won tickets to Kollaboration9 this coming Saturday, thanks to angryasianman. Thanks! This is the first time I've won anything so it was crazy when I received the email, especially since I was thinking about to buy tickets Sunday afternoon. Im glad I decided against that idea.

I remember Kollaboration when it was on the East Coast. I revisited the website and found this amazing promo video.. and now I am super excited to go. Theres a great Asian Empowerment movement going on out east, but I havent seen anything with as great of a magnitude as those on the east, out west.. maybe I'm just oblivious to whats going on around me? Let me rephrase that.. I havent seen any organizations at UCLA with as strong movements as schools on the east coast. When I heard that K was coming to LA, it didnt really get me going as it did for me in high school. I was like, eh. I guess its a good thing I won the tickets because it has reminded me of K's tagline, Empowerment through Entertainment. Performers and planners all help out for one cause. It makes me want to get more involved in the great causes around me that I am personally connected to.

NOTE:
"One of the biggest knocks on Asian Americans is that we don’t support each other in the entertainment industry. We harshly judge our own entertainers for either being too white, too black, and if you can believe it, too Asian. Kollaboration is a platform where young Asian Americans can perform in front of a live crowd. This show will open the minds of those who don’t give Asian Americans a chance when it comes to expressing themselves creatively. And hopefully, through it, we can witness a new type of Asian American artform we can claim as our own."

KOLLABORATION 9

Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009
Time: 7PM
Venue: Shrine Auditorium
665 W Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007-3626

Special Guest Performers:
BoA (International Superstar)
Jo Koy (Comedy Central)
Kaba Modern (America's Best Dance Crew 1)
Fanny Pak (America's Best Dance Crew 2)
Norman Ng (Magician)

Competitors:
David Choi (YouTube Sensation)
Jane Lui (Singer/Songwriter)
Jazmin (MTV's Top Pop Group)
Kina Grannis (Singer/Songwriter)
Kenichi Ebina (Showtime at the Apollo)
Lilybeth Evardome (Vocalist)
Paul Dateh (Hip-Hop Violinist)

The Kollaboration9 afterparty:

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