Out With A Bang!!!!

Bill Wong's, one of Montreal's landmark restaurants, is closing its doors next month. According to The Gazette on Friday 15 December, the eatery on Decarie Blvd. just north of Jean Talon St., a fixture among Chinese restaurants since it opened in 1963, will cease to exist after Jan. 7, said owner Earl Wong, Bill Wong's son.

"There's no one to take over," said Earl Wong, 55, who has been running the restaurant since 1988, when his father was supposed to have retired. The elder Wong finally retired five years ago, at age 81, his son said. "I don't want to do the same."

Of course, such a historical event cannot go unnoticed and unmarked. B-Girl and Entrepreneur Lynx has organized a monster breakdance event to be held on the last day of the restaurant.

It's called BREAK SURVIVOR and it's a 2 VS 2 Break battle. First place prize is $300. It's on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007 at Bill Wong's restaurant on Decarie (7965 Decarie, cross street Ferrier, metro Namur).

Some of the top b-boys and b-girls of Montreal will be battling at this event so come and check them out. This event is for all ages, so kids are welcome to come.

The way this event works is that breakers enter individually, not as a team. Each person's name gets put into a hat and then we draw the teams out randomly.
After the first round the names of the winners get put back into the hat and we draw new teams. So 2 people could be on a team one round and then the next round they could be battling each other. Each round we do this until the finals and a winning team comes out. But, the prize money only goes to one person so the 2 winners have to battle each other to see who gets the money. It's a crazy concept. I hope you'll like it.

For the event: One of the reasons we're having this event at the conference hall at Bill Wong's is because that restaurant will soon close so we want to enjoy the good food there while it's still around. There is a special ticket for the buffet at the restaurant and the event for those who want to chill and have dinner before watching or participating in the battle.

Here's the detailed price scheme:

Dinner & event: $25

Event only at door: $15

Event only advance tickets: $10

Battlers: $5 or $20 with dinner

Cameras: $10 extra

Tickets are available from me personally [k8alsterlund@gmail.com ] or at Off the Hook, 1021A St. Catherine W.

Doors open 6pm, everyone can come and chill and eat...

Live band 'Sukoshi Yoshi' will perform at 7pm. Here's a sample of their repertoire on YouTube. As a commentator said: «They are SICK! SICK! SICK!!!» (I think it means they're good).

Battle will start at 8pm

Featuring: DJ Darrell C (http://www.sunnytangmontreal.com/) & MC Rawgged

Disclosures: Earl Wong is my ex. Lynx is a very close friend. My son Asparagus is the drummer in the band Sukoshi Yoshi. My other son Darrell .. I mean B-Boy W.D. Forty will probably be among the battlers.