That’s just part of the crowd that filled the theater at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center last night for a community celebration in honor of Ron Angeles, who’s retiring from his job as Delridge district coordinator for the city’s Department of Neighborhoods, though that title barely cracks the surface of what he’s done as an area leader over the past few decades.

If you weren’t there – we rolled video on the main events: First, the half-hour of on-stage tributes, starting with a Seattle City Council acknowledgment, read by Brian Hawksford from City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen‘s team, and including a tribute by former Department of Neighborhoods leader Jim Diers. The tributes were emceed by Delridge community activist Pete Spalding and included a few words from Ron himself (about 18 minutes in):

It wasn’t all speeches and solemnity (in fact, if you watch that first clip, it wasn’t all that solemn, period). Check out the breakdancing! Ron took a turn onstage (along with his nephew Brysen Angeles, who’s with the acclaimed breakdancing crew Massive Monkees):

Ron’s words of wisdom included his observation that community organizing is “not rocket science.” Maybe not, but it’s certainly an art, and his talent for that art was amply celebrated last night. His last day on the job is scheduled to be in mid-March.