Field report from Chris Trondsen: LA ABDC5 auditions

Chris Trondsen covered both days of the Los Angeles auditions for America's Best Dance Crew Season 5 for us and for dancetag.tv.  Here's his written report, which gives a feel for the audition process and what's different about Season 5.  

Around 400 people showed up to represent the over 40 crews that auditioned in LA to be on this season of “America’s Best Dance Crew.”  So many different styles of dance were represented at the auditions.  There were BBoys, Poppers, House Dancers, Dancehall, Bollywood, straight hip hop, choreo crews, even a guy on stilts.  Not only were there a bunch of different styles represented, but different locations as well.  Of course you had many crews from the LA/Southern Cali area but you also had many crews from Northern California, Washington, Portland Oregon, and even a crew from Hawaii, Jamaica, and the mid-west.  They lined up as early as 7 in the morning and some crews were there till 8pm auditioning.

Click here to read the rest of Chris's report including how ABDC auditions differ from American Idol, one key difference about this season's auditioners, Randy Jackson, and more! Thanks, Chris!