{"id":1474,"date":"2026-02-22T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/90220.org\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:15:10","slug":"gary-porter-steve-higgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"Gary Porter, Charles Washington, &amp; Steve Higgs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gary.porter.77920?__tn__=-]K\">Gary Porter<\/a>\u00a0Charles Washington\u00a0Steve Higgs &#8211; TrendSetters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Charles+%22Robot%22+Washington&amp;sca_esv=d14ce5bed43f5d4c&amp;biw=1231&amp;bih=529&amp;ei=lIWbaaLODP2tmtkP3_P28QY&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjw6r-9le6SAxV-mWoFHX7sFT8QgK4QegQIARAB&amp;oq=charles+washington+dancer+home+town&amp;gs_lp=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&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp&amp;mstk=AUtExfByfMk-U3xLolqJa8ZZsehr6WlYdTAHySw3bNPS3N6QJKuJ6q3N5x7-3QhKQjar_L7fP_FSydBvaL1wwBhDXecVKeiCrz22NhquN0lqAj-eRCX5SNkC6FfWdUQ6W3NEevI&amp;csui=3\">Charles &#8220;Robot&#8221; Washington<\/a>, a noted street dancer and &#8220;Soul Train&#8221; performer (1981\u20131991), hails from\u00a0<mark><strong>Compton, California<\/strong><\/mark>. He specialized in the &#8220;Robot&#8221; style and was part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PwpISvN2pPk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Starlock Lockers group<\/a>. <strong>Charles &#8220;Robot&#8221; Washington\u00a0(Soul Train Legend):<\/strong>\u00a0He is from\u00a0<strong>Compton, California<\/strong>. Known as a pioneer of the &#8220;Robot&#8221; dance style, he was a prominent dancer on\u00a0<em>Soul Train<\/em>\u00a0from 1981 to 1991 and founded the &#8220;Robot Brothers&#8221; in the late 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X23FVlFrG14?si=1sKrbHxfFiAHFdyR\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name is also associated with&nbsp;<strong>Charles &#8220;Captain Crunch&#8221; Washington<\/strong>, a legendary locker and street dancer who performed with his own &#8220;Funky Bunch&#8221; members at events like the OG Poppers Picnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles &#8220;Captain Crunch&#8221; Washington was a prominent figure in the California locking dance scene during the 1970s and 1980s. Based in the Compton\/Watts area, he was a key member of\u00a0<strong>Kaptin Krunch &amp; the Funky Bunch<\/strong>, a group that followed in the legacy of street dancing and performed on\u00a0<em>Soul Train<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PwpISvN2pPk?si=qDoLNXH3GMgpURSP\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Porter\u00a0Charles Washington\u00a0Steve Higgs &#8211; TrendSetters Charles &#8220;Robot&#8221; Washington, a noted street dancer and &#8220;Soul Train&#8221; performer (1981\u20131991), hails from\u00a0Compton, California. He specialized in the &#8220;Robot&#8221; style and was part of the\u00a0Starlock Lockers group. Charles &#8220;Robot&#8221; Washington\u00a0(Soul Train Legend):\u00a0He is from\u00a0Compton, California. Known as a pioneer of the &#8220;Robot&#8221; dance style, he was a prominent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487,"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions\/1487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca90220.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}