Strong vocalist-dancer Tossie Long, scurrying anxiously among the celebrants, acts as an Elder, cautioning Whitaker to be patient. (San Francisco Bay Guardian November 2010)

Member of Ase Dance Theatre Collective slipped into the evening crowd in costume honoring their African ancestry then broke into song and dance, mixing contemporary and traditional moves with a cappella hip-hop and gospel. (The San Francisco Magazine pg 43 December 2010)

Tossie Long walks confidently down an imaginary runway. Her heels echo in the background of Studio 6 in the Alonzo Dance Studio. (Oakland Tribune 2005)