Mike and Ernie Felix Oral History

Mike and Ernie Felix Oral History

Popping (Dance)

Mystic Touch (Crew)

Gangs

Mike and Ernest Felix are brothers from West Fresno. They were born in the 1970’s and were Popping during the 1980. This time in Fresno was the prime years for popping. Every weekend there were popping events all over the city especially at Roeding and Kearney Park. Mike and Ernest were part of a dance crew named Mystic Touch which battled against rival crews across the city. Mike and Ernest speak highly of this period. According to the Felix brothers, this period was characterized by creativity and tone of peace within the popping community. The brothers share their stories of the emergence of popping and how it eventually declined in the late 1980’s because the rise of gangs. The Felix brothers detail how popping influenced them and how they intend to educate the younger generations of dancers.

Espinosa, Roger (interviewer)

Oral history interview, 1 digitized recording, Straight Outta Fresno, Fresno State University

Digital publisher: Claremont Graduate University

The Valley Public History Initiative: Preserving our Stories holds all rights, title, and interest, including literary rights and copyright, to the oral histories and documents collected as part of Straight Outta Fresno: From Popping to B-boys and B-girls project. Oral history narrators retain the non-exclusive right to copy, use, and publish their oral histories during their lifetimes.

MP3

English

Sound

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Fresno (Calif.)

West Fresno (Calif.)

Roeding Park (Fresno, Calif.)

Kearney Park (Fresno,Calif.)