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Norman Thomas High School Boat Ride It was not an easy task to get to Norman Thomas H.S. period, let alone play on the senior trip to Bear Mountain by Dayline Boat. How it came about was it was a party given in the high school and the group Fantasia were supplying the music at the time and me and Toney Tone went there to check it out and possibly get a date to play at Norman Thomas. So being that Fantasia is just a D.J. crew that had no m.c.s , however Kool Moe Dee and Special K attended the School. I have an Aunt that’s about 48 days older then me and happened to be on the student committee. So Toney Tone spoke to my aunt and the student committee and they said they were looking for a good crew to do the senior trip. We the Cold Crush were hot and on the rise and they knew it so the committee gave us a date to play at their high school and that show would determine if we qualify to do the boat ride.
The show came and it
was jam packed. The
Treacherous was on the flyer with us and we turned it out like the
school had never been turned out before. I say that cause anytime the
alliance hooked up together it was really something to experience, the
alliance being Cold Crush, Treacherous 3, Fearless 4, and Dougie Fresh.
So the next week after the show we signed a contract to do 2 senior
trips to Bear Mountain, one with Norman Thomas and Murray Bertram High
Schools. The other one with Norman Thomas and Julia Richmond High
School. Tickets to the Boat ride were sold out within a week after they
went on sale.
Going up towards Bear
Mountain everything was real cool, everybody mingling. Toney was getting
our system just right, he played what ever was hot on the radio
and all the hip hop hits. We had kept the emceeing to a minimal with
crowd interaction letting them know that on the way back we was going to
rock the boat! Every one knew in advance the activities being provided
once we got to bear mountain. There was swimming volleyball, basketball
and picnics. People brought their swim wear, boom boxes, blankets and
crazy food I mean you name it! Everybody was dressed in bright spring
and summer colors looking real fly and everything. So the boat docked at
Bear Mountain and people got off in droves to enjoy themselves and bask
in the sun on this glorious event. It was between six and seven hundred
people that attended being that the capacity for the boat was about 750.
We walked around socialized, had a basketball game against the
Treacherous 3 and they won but it was all fun.
You just read the story of the Norman Thomas Boat Ride. If you want to hear the tape hit my partner Troy L. Smith at troylsmith21@hotmail.com to own your copy of the boat ride of all boat rides. Thank you J.D.L. from Troy L. Smith of the Grant Projects in HARLEM One Also Xtra
special thanks to my man Joey Kane for the pics - JayQuan
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By J.D.L. and Troy L. Smith
Cold Crush Brothers had the bottom deck. A lot of D.J.s
and M.C.s came. D.J. Breakout of the Funky 4, Crazy Eddie, O.C. and the
Fearless 4, D.J. Easy Lee and the Treacherous 3 as well.
I was with a girl who
went to Norman Thomas and now teaches there. 3 hours was the time we all
had to enjoy ourselves before the day liner was to return to N.Y.C.
Boarding back on the boat you can actually feel the anxiety and
anticipation of the show that’s about to jump off soon as the boat
starts moving. Charlie chase started revving up the sounds with upbeat
tempo joints, mic stands set up. We (CC4) went to change out of our Bear
Mountain clothes and get in our unison Cold Crush gear. This consisted
of short sleeved leisure suits. Me and K.G. blue with dark blue mock
necks, Caz and A.D. red with red mock necks. Foot wear at each emcee’s
discretion. Me myself I rocked the white shell toe adidaas with blue
stripes. Now we roll back to the set up. D.J. Tony Tone lets all know on
the boat the Cold Crush 4 will be performing real shortly! Charlie Chase
throws on a long joint to keep the people occupied while we plan our
attack for today. Caz pulls the main record crate inside the small
circle we formed and by the records he picks out tells us what routines
will be done. So the order he picks is “Rocket in the pocket”, 8th
wonder by Sugar hill gang (for dance steps). Love rap and Heartbeat by
the Treacherous 3 and then we go into solo rhymes and the Treacherous 3
joins up to put the icing on the cake.
