SF LT Workshop Report from 8/4/14
San Francisco—WOW!!!! This was my first time traveling to California, & it was really a great experience (even though I was only there for about 2 ½ days)…I just had to sit & type about this LT Workshop experience. What is even better is what happened AFTER the Workshop….but I’ll get to that part later on ;) HERE WE GO!
1. We arrived at Margaret Jenkins Lab @ 6pm—Kit, Ms. Jacky, myself…& a special surprise guest for LT—& there were already people who worked inside that let us enter to pre-register for the Workshop. Y’all already know where I headed towards to sit…but get this—Sandy Lee also sat near the music equipment, & said that the 2 chairs next to the music equipment were going to be for her cameras…. :/ But….guess who took over those 2 seats? LT! Whoop! I got a couple of close-up pics:
2. Here is a pic of Lau’s Beats by Dr. Dre Pill—& the white towel—that white towel had both the sweat of Lau & Larry…more of that later 0_0
3. We were trying to see how long it would take to notice our Surprise Guest once LT walked into the Workshop. As they were entering the workshop studio, they saw our surprise guest—Têvi from Criminalz Crew! Here’s a video of them giving them a twin hug….d’awwwwww—Click here. I sat next to Têvi during the Workshop. (Oh yeah—that’s mostly me in the background telling them “SURPRISE”….& when I told Lau “he could have this one”, I meant THE CHAIR RIGHT NEXT TO ME! :D He accidently dropped his sunglasses on the ground at one point, & I picked them up and placed them neatly on his chair….Lau gave me a thumbs-up! :D
4. Larry then set up his laptop (@nemiimen Larry still has your stickers on his laptop) & Lau came over to try to find some music to dance to. They stopped at a song by Busta Rhymes Featuring Missy Elliott & Ne-Yo called “Freakin’ Show”—but Larry thought that the song was too fast. Lau said that it wasn’t, & tried to tell him that the dancers could keep up with them. They kept arguing with each other—back & forth—but Têvi settled things. He said something in French to Larry, & he decided to go along with Lau and choose the fast-paced music. Here’s Larry next to me:
5. Lau then asked a boy next to him if he could start their music—but I jumped at the chance to be the DJ! I shouted “I VOLUNTEER!!!!! I was the DJ for the night—WHOOP! Now being the DJ meant that I had to keep EYE-CONTACT FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT WITH LT. They made 2 types of signals for me to re-start/stop the music…1 being mostly that “Woop!” sound. The only confusion with those signals was when they each made different signals at the same time (like one would make an “X” to stop them music, & the “Woop” to re-start the music…made me so-o-o-o-o confused at times! I remember when Larry first did the “Woop! Sound to re-start the music again, he blew me a kiss…. :D
6. Larry then started the music for warm-up. I told him “they not ready”. He placed his hand on my shoulder & placed his ear closer to my face (he couldn’t hear me at first)….so I said it again—“They not ready”. Larry said it too—“They not ready”. I just sat there and stared at him for @ 2 minutes….Here’s a Gif of him hugging a young girl…d’awwwww:
7. I was sitting on Lau’s side, so……after warm-ups (Nirvana, etc.), Lau started teaching his choreo to his dancers. He was upset because he was the only 1 sweating. He wanted to see more sweat 0_0
8. Lau hurt his left wrist doing something during his rehearsal w/ OTRT& he told Têvi about it. Têvi then asked me, “Why is he telling me he hurt his hand?” LOL! Also, when he came to check his cell phone, he noticed that his mom had called. He said “Mama called?” D’awwwwww….
9. Yoram & Ben of YAK Films were also taking video @ LT’s Workshop. Larry then started that slapping game with them 0_0
10. After a while, Lau’s dancers started to finally feel the music & follow along with his choreo. Lau felt that energy, & started to “stab” himself with an imaginary sword, “bled from his wounds" (fingers trickling down his chest to portray blood), & finally lapped up his blood & drank it, & licked his fingers to “seal the wounds to became whole again”. LAU …… 0_0 Here’s a video of Lau feeling the music—x…& here are pics of Lau teaching his class:
11. Lau did this long, deep cleansing breath—it was B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. (Sorry—no video of this because I was on DJ duty). He then came back over to his chair next to me & asked “where is my white towel (Larry had taken it over to his side of the Workshop). I said “là-bas” & pointed to Larry’s side. Lau said “why he take my towel?” Why was Lau asking me these questions—-I HAVE NO IDEA……???? LOL!
12. Lau wanted everyone so close to him so they they could smell his fart…lol (sounds familiar)! He then noticed 2 people leaving the Workshop—Lau asked “was it too much?” Everyone started to laugh….LOL!!!
13. Larry played “Flawless”—Extended Remix by Beyoncé feat. Nicki Minaj & started to vibe with it…& Lau joined in, too….Click here to see Lau vibing to the song…here’s a pic of both of them:
14. Here’s a pic of Larry chatting with Dnay & Amandy (they also came to the Workshop!) :
15. LT both came over to the music equipment, I gave them each an XL Bottle of Smart Water—then Lau said “let’s have a contest!” They both started to drink the water & the goal was to not spill a drop of water—Lau won. Lau then started to dance again—but had to stop for a minute—-he said that the water almost came back up….ew. Here are a few pics of Larry teaching his class:
16. After Larry & Lau did their final choreo with each of their crews, they started FREESTYLE. I was able to get most of it on this video, but not the very end (ran out of room on my iPhone)—Click here.
17. At the end of the Workshop Lau turned on some music while people were getting in line to get pictures with LT ( they originally did a group picture, but we talked them into doing individual pics—Woop!). After I got my pics with LT, I told them that I would GLADLY be their DJ in Charlotte, North Carolina & Washington, D.C. :D Here’s a small video of Larry dancing when most of the dancers/spectators had left the Workshop. I also ran in to Kalina & Dina at the Workshop :D
Here is the pic of LT & I…..
…& a pic of Dnay, myself, & Amandy:
18. OK—here’s the good stuff! As we were walking back to our cars, Têvi spoke to Lau. He asked them if they were hungry—OF COURSE LT said they were hungry! So they invited us out for dinner. OH.MY.GOODNESS. We followed them to their hotel, & hung out in a place with a pool table (Larry & Têvi were playing pool). Larry had already changed clothes, but we waited for Lau. They then learned that Lau was going to take a few extra minutes (he was taking a shower), so Larry said that we were going to walk to a restaurant nearby—LARRY—10 blocks is not nearby!!!!! Mind you—this was @ 12:30am 0_0
19. Anyways, we went inside of the restaurant (Larry, Ben, Yoram, Ms. Jacky, Kit-Kat, Têvi, & 2 other friends they knew) & we all fit inside of this tiny private eating area. We ordered food (& Larry ordered enough food for himself that could feed like 4 people—GOSH!) & totally almost forgot about Lau (he showed up by himself @ 30 minutes later). The kitchen had closed by then (1am), so Larry let Lau eat some of his food (d’awwww). They then started to share stories of their baby (Carter) & showed the CUTEST videos of him….HE’S SO CUTE!!!! Larry shared a video of Carter that should not have been shown while we were eating—-BWAHA-HA-HA-HA!!!! They were also fascinated by those YouTube videos of cats chasing/following laser lights—you know the one where the fluffy white cat is chasing a laser….or the kittens following a laser to “Turn Down For What”—click here to view—THEY FOUND THOSE TO BE HILARIOUS!!!!! They were mimicking the kittens with their head movements—-TOO FUNNY!
20. Most of the people at the table spoke in French—but Lau noticed that—& said “hey, let’s talk in English so they understand, too”—-d’awwww. Thanks for caring about us, Lau (even though I could pick-out a few French words here-and-there)!
21. It took a few minutes for the food to be brought out, so Larry & Lau did what they do ANYWHERE—Lau played some music on his cell phone & they started to dance. You know…normal stuff done in a restaurant while waiting for some food 0_0
22. FINALLY the food arrived—we were all starving—-& quickly devoured our food. Larry taught Ms. Jacky how to use Chopsticks, but she opted to ask for a fork…lol.
23. Larry made fun of how the server was talking (her accent…& really, Larry?)—but Lau quickly chastised him. Awwww….mother Lau keeps on Larry at all times…lol. OH—the bill—-we had to clear the private dining room because LT had a fit over who was paying the bill—either Lau or Larry—what in the world?
24. After we finished eating, we all re-traced our 10 blocks back to LT’s Hotel & said our goodbyes—& I got hugs from Larry & Lau this time….note—it was @ 2:45am when we got back. I told Lau that I had to catch my flight back to Houston in a few hours.
Lau asked me: “At what time is your flight? (he looked so worried)”
I told him “Sept”.
Lau said “Seven?”
I said “don’t worry….I will sleep on the plane ride home.” It was real late for me, ya’ll…
Larry then said to his brother that he still wanted to go party…. 0_0
**Please note that Larry did not want us to take any pics/videos of that night, nor to disclose (ie. check-in on any cell phone apps) of where we were—& we all honored his wishes.**
I don’t know about you, but this was by far one of the best times I’ve ever had with LT….I can only hope that the next times I meet with them will be SOOOO much more interesting…..
UNTIL NEXT TIME!!
—Ushi :D