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- Saleem
It's a rarity to hear dholi's not just play well to a music mix on stage but also use beats commonly used in live bhangra that sound hella CLEAN and can accurately complement the dancers moves in each respective segment- Gagan is one of the few in the US who can do that. - Well done Gagan...
I am more than happy to comment on this and I also am looking forward to reading this book about dhol. I would like to understand more about its significance.
As someone who is non-punjabi and in the US- my resources were fairly limited at first but I am doing my best to further understand this...
Great topic. :)
From my experience- Being non-punjabi (south indians represent woot woot)- Bhangra always gives me a lot of excitement and the thing that I like about it is the "escape" as Sahil had mentioned that it gives me from the daily grind. Just this year, I have been through a few...
this is awesome ----Atlanta and the surrounding areas are starving for this type of team as I was just in the GA area and saw myself that if this blows up- then this can be big! Best of luck guys and girls! :)
- Dholi Ram
Best Collegiate Team: Illini
Best All Guys Team: SPD
Best All Girls Team: Van City Girls
Best US Team: Soormay
Best Canadian Team: SPD
Best Competition- Bruin
Best Stage- Burgh
Best Audience- Blowout
Comp that needs improvement- MCB
Independent all-guys team on the rise next year- RVD...
congrats CMU on your placing at blowout-you def started the show off on a high note. Special shout out goes to Shwetha- it's rare seeing a female dholi in the circuit especially a South Indian at that (represent!!). What I was impressed was that I could hear the dagga sounds from way out in the...
It's things like this which makes Bhangra really cool. Not just the lok naach but the stories/adversities that you witness on and off the stage. Had the pleasure to see earlier how VSB handled adversity when a young boy locked his sapp and went off stage @ Blowout--later came back and just...
Major props for the remake of the site as well as getting judges who have a legit background in the circuit.
apart from this website going live, is this comp open to live teams as well? I know historically y'all haven't been but it doesn't hurt to ask.
Thanks.
- Dholi Ram
Best comp crowd of the season- that auditorium was PACKED. the noise/energy which we all felt from the audience was incredible esp during VSB's performance- those kids stole the show. as their performance went on- the crowd got crazier and crazier.
huge props to the blowout committee pulling...
hype set----remarkable performance after an unfortunate tech-difficulty.
Positives
- I loved the sapp jumps starting at 1:19 with Kash at the front
- Jhummar transition was fun to watch
- GT Road was the main main highlight of your set for me (4:44 - 4:48 and 5:08 - 5:10 were hype)
- ikko...
India is the best....next is to ask people in the circuit around if they are selling any dhols.
tbh..decent ones would run you more than $200 however try to ask people like Kukki Jogi, Goldy Dholi for pricing.
There is a way to plug the dhol via a built-in mic via an xlr/mixer that is...
What a treat as a dholi to hear the recordings.....that Jhummar took me back to the LSD jhummar days a few years back @amrinder13 ! Loved the thoda during the Luddi vid @2:50 and the moves which ensued from 2:50-3:05 was awesome!
I hope that there are more opportunities for you guys to do more...
I totally agree with what has been said.
Top Naach is putting some really great stuff alongside @klasikhz (dat 50 cent/kuldeep manak mix doe---FIRE). For those who have not seen any of the weedios....check out their page. The passion to promote folk bhangra is real alongside the fact that you...