Young Fil-Ams prove talents in breakdancing, drumming
Two young Filipino-Americans proved that talent runs in their blood.
A six-year-old Angelo Garcia Bagligad’s breakdancing moves are heating up dance floors in the United States.
Bagligad has steps that defy logic and gravity and would make mothers scream with fear.
Some say that Bagligad is the next big thing in breakdancing.
The tiny Filipino from Hawaii, also known as Lil Demon has moves that even seasoned break dancers can’t do.
Mainstream networks have started noticing the young Filipino breakdancer.
Reports said Bagligad started breakdancing at the age of four. His older brother AJ used to bring him to dance practice.
“I would practice with all my friends and he tried to copy it. And he actually could do it so I just started to teach him and he was actually catching up fast,” AJ said.
AJ began posting videos of his brother on You Tube. Breakdancers all over the country watched him dance and dance and promoters nationwide started calling. That’s the reason why the brothers are in LA most recently.
“We are here because Angelo, also known as Li’l Demon, got invited to do an exhibition match,” said his brother.
School of Rock
Meanwhile, a five-year-old Filipino American prodigy pounds the drums as good as any rock veteran.
This five-year-old is a protege at the School of Rock. He was practicing at an upcoming recital where he will play classical Beatles songs.
“I am gonna be a Ringo Starr one day, I hope,” the boy said.
Hui’s parents say their son was born to rock. He already showed his talents at age one. By age three, he went on banging on anything and everything until he got his own drum set.
“He demonstrated a lot of the beats that was unknown to him, and he came up with all these beats and rhythms. So we’re like maybe, we should get him a new set and see how he performs,” said his father Al.
This kindergarten-kid performed well enough to be accepted at the famous School of Rock. The school was the inspiration for the Jack Black movie. Its minimum age for enrollment is seven.
The school nearly turned Hui away until one of the co-founders heard him play.
Teachers were blown away by his talents, but in the classroom, he is like any of the other students.
“The challenge is to get a five-year-old kid to sit and listen closely enough to understand the fine points, and Josh has that capacity. I can’t imagine a five-year-old of being able to pay attention that long,” said his music teacher Eric Kurtzrock.
Some fear that musicians lose their passion as they age, but not this little drummer boy.
“Keep rocking. And remember, music is from the heart,” he said. He plans on learning more instruments and eventually starting his own rock band. — Reports from Joseph Pimentel and Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau and ANC’s On the Scene
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