Gary Ray Kendell

you were a really good hip hop dancer you really brung me up to dance R.I.P big bro this is my 2nd time writing on here but yeah love you you will never me forgotten

Gary is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever known and I named my baby Tevin “Ray Kendall “ to honor him. Tevin Ray Kendall is in heaven with Gary . We love you Gary! My daughter absolutely loves her to y

Gary you were my inspiration to hip hop. May God bless you and your family.

Ana
XOXO

Gary....I know you are up there thinking of routines in your head and perfecting them! The best part is even the way you practiced was unbeliveable.
I was just lucky enough to be apart of your life and I will miss more than you know.
You will always be remembered and I am just glad that we were able to know each other for so long!

Gee, you are missed more than words can express. Your spirit, such a blessing to everyone you came in contact with. I thank you for guiding Dee to be the man he is today. I love you Gee Money, O Gee Wan Kanobi, Gee One....a man of many names but one legacy. We will never be the same but because of you, we know how to keep on dancing.

Notice:

There will be a public Memorial Service on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 2 p.m. in remembrance of the life of Gary Ray Kendell at the Veteran's Memorial Building in downtown Santa Cruz. The Veterans Memorial Building address is: 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz, 95060.

If you would like to volunteer to help at the service or to participate in some particular way, please let me know. We are still in the early planning stages, but I expect it to be an open microphone type of...

Have you ever been in a room filled with magic? That was what it was like being around you, Gary and the dancers. As a parent of a dancer, I so enjoyed sitting in the room and being around the electrifying, dynamic energy that you exuded Gary. The spirit was contagious! Your gems of wisdom that you imparted will never be forgotten. At the last workshop my daughter attended in Aptos, I will never forget the words you said,
To the dancers: anyone can learn the exact steps but then it needs...

Hi G,

Thank you for being you. I will always remembered the good ol' Shock/Motion Pacific days...and to watch you perform in SF HipHop Fest and other local art shows at Foothill College...just everywhere! Not sure why you always encourage me to spin my head on the cement (G I know it looks cool, but not everyone has a helmet head like you :). You always try to make me laugh and challenge me with your quick and complicated choreos, and I try to remind you to stay hydrated and to eat,...

Gary, you were truely one of the greatest people to ever come across this planet, and I feel blessed to have been a part of your workshops and classes for so long. You had the brightest smile and the warmest heart. Anyone that came across your path was truely changed for the better. You taught me to appreciate dance more than I ever had before, and I will continue to. Everytime that I step on a stage to perform, I'll do it for you, Gary, because I know how much teaching, chreographing, and...