Bhangra Blowout 16 - REGISTRATION is now OPEN!!

[Tarminder]

- Dare i say it....have a category of collegiate bollywood/Bhangra fusion teams (i.e. NYU Pand.) to compete, it will add a new unique vibe to the competiton.


Maybe this will enhance diversity in the audience and possibly increase attendence.

dude u gota be kidding me on that...get bollywood/fusion teams to compete??? wtf...this is the most popular bhangra competition..theyre doing fine as the way they are..sure the crowd wasnt packed last year but im sure they dnt have to get bollywood or fusion teams to bring ppl..

What i meant is that to have a seperate category of bollywood/fusion. So you would have 5 teams compete in Bhangra (i.e. Columbia, VCU, Michigan, Drexel, Texas, etc....) and 5 teams collegate teams compete in the Bollywood/Bhangra Fusion category (i.e NYU Pand).

Have 1 winner in each category.....in no way compete or compare both categories....just have it seperate.

 

[jvirk]

- Dare i say it....have a category of collegiate bollywood/Bhangra fusion teams (i.e. NYU Pand.) to compete, it will add a new unique vibe to the competiton.


Maybe this will enhance diversity in the audience and possibly increase attendence.

dude u gota be kidding me on that...get bollywood/fusion teams to compete??? wtf...this is the most popular bhangra competition..theyre doing fine as the way they are..sure the crowd wasnt packed last year but im sure they dnt have to get bollywood or fusion teams to bring ppl..

What i meant is that to have a seperate category of bollywood/fusion. So you would have 5 teams compete in Bhangra (i.e. Columbia, VCU, Michigan, Drexel, Texas, etc....) and 5 teams collegate teams compete in the Bollywood/Bhangra Fusion category (i.e NYU Pand).

Have 1 winner in each category.....in no way compete or compare both categories....just have it seperate.

ahhhh lol..thanks for explaining it liek that tarminder..i didnt mean to get all ticked off n stuff lol...

yeah i think thats nice..but maybe for a diff BIG compettiion...i tihnk w/ its rep bhangra blowout is all bhangra..

one thing that i think bhangra blowout COULD do is that extend their teams list from 8 to 10 or 12...the reason i say 10 or 12 is b/c i always thought that was a fair number..8 is too short of a show and the show flies by..i think 10 teams competition bhangra and maybe an exhibition plus a performer is perfect...or dare i say...maybe 12 competing teams and a performer + exhibition?

just my 2 cents...10 i think is perfect and better than 8...more competition...more show...happier fans

-justin singh virk
ecu muqabla

 

[Mukandpuria]

- Dare i say it....have a category of collegiate bollywood/Bhangra fusion teams (i.e. NYU Pand.) to compete, it will add a new unique vibe to the competiton.


Maybe this will enhance diversity in the audience and possibly increase attendence.

dude u gota be kidding me on that...get bollywood/fusion teams to compete??? wtf...this is the most popular bhangra competition..theyre doing fine as the way they are..sure the crowd wasnt packed last year but im sure they dnt have to get bollywood or fusion teams to bring ppl..

What i meant is that to have a seperate category of bollywood/fusion. So you would have 5 teams compete in Bhangra (i.e. Columbia, VCU, Michigan, Drexel, Texas, etc....) and 5 teams collegate teams compete in the Bollywood/Bhangra Fusion category (i.e NYU Pand).

Have 1 winner in each category.....in no way compete or compare both categories....just have it seperate.

ahhhh lol..thanks for explaining it liek that tarminder..i didnt mean to get all ticked off n stuff lol...

yeah i think thats nice..but maybe for a diff BIG compettiion...i tihnk w/ its rep bhangra blowout is all bhangra..

one thing that i think bhangra blowout COULD do is that extend their teams list from 8 to 10 or 12...the reason i say 10 or 12 is b/c i always thought that was a fair number..8 is too short of a show and the show flies by..i think 10 teams competition bhangra and maybe an exhibition plus a performer is perfect...or dare i say...maybe 12 competing teams and a performer + exhibition?

just my 2 cents...10 i think is perfect and better than 8...more competition...more show...happier fans

-justin singh virk
ecu muqabla

as a bhangra dancer and a bhangra fan i hate when competition have fusion involved.

both of these different types of dances should have separate competitions, but i can see from a organizers point of view to attract more of an audience they might do something like this....rather have less people in the crowd cheering and loving bhangra then have a full crowd and and have only a few cheer because they want to see bollywood.

 

[jvirk]

exactlyyyy abhi...good point

 

[Jap Brar]

i agree with you jvirk. blowout should consider expanding their lineup for a 10 or twelve team competition.

 

[karan923]

I agree with jvirk. Blowout with 8 teams just flies by quickly. I hope the Blowout committee is reading all this and is considering changing their ways.

 

[jvirk]

thanks for agreeing haha

but i def think it shud be 10 or 12 BHANGRA teams...not any fusion/bollywood teams involved

bhangraaa bhangraaaa bhangraaaa

im sure blowout will do a fine job as they always do..jsut this minor twitch of 10 - 12 teams and i think they shud be almost good to go

gona be hottttt this yearrr

 

[msingh23]

are canadian university teams allowed to compete?...

 

[kinnell]

dude u gota be kidding me on that...get bollywood/fusion teams to compete??? wtf...this is the most popular bhangra competition..theyre doing fine as the way they are..sure the crowd wasnt packed last year but im sure they dnt have to get bollywood or fusion teams to bring ppl..

Are you serious, justin? Most popular bhangra competition? When's the last time you've been? A competition is considered popular if it sells out or is close to selling out.

8 Teams for Bhangra Blowout is more than enough. Most collegiate teams are co-ed anyways (I did say MOST) and with traditional co-ed, you more or less get to see the same shit over and over again. Let's be real here. There is no real need to go to 10-12 teams because there isnt much variety (unlike Masti, you're not going to get your Modern, Live, All-Girls variety).

I'm gonna go and be a dick now. People from smaller universities or unknown university teams will have a harder time getting into this competition because the competition favors past history as well as larger universities. More or less, the same 6 or so teams will come back each year with 2 or so wildcards. You guys just want 10-12 teams to increase your odds of getting in. Do you really think fans are going to be happier hearing the Jatt/Soorma remix for the 10th time that night?

I apologize for being a dick. But I was compelled to speak my mind. Feel free to shit on me now.

 

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Quote from: jvirk on Yesterday at 10:31:47 PM
dude u gota be kidding me on that...get bollywood/fusion teams to compete??? wtf...this is the most popular bhangra competition..theyre doing fine as the way they are..sure the crowd wasnt packed last year but im sure they dnt have to get bollywood or fusion teams to bring ppl..

Are you serious, justin? Most popular bhangra competition? When's the last time you've been? A competition is considered popular if it sells out or is close to selling out.

8 Teams for Bhangra Blowout is more than enough. Most collegiate teams are co-ed anyways (I did say MOST) and with traditional co-ed, you more or less get to see the same shit over and over again. Let's be real here. There is no real need to go to 10-12 teams because there isnt much variety (unlike Masti, you're not going to get your Modern, Live, All-Girls variety).

I'm gonna go and be a dick now. People from smaller universities or unknown university teams will have a harder time getting into this competition because the competition favors past history as well as larger universities. More or less, the same 6 or so teams will come back each year with 2 or so wildcards. You guys just want 10-12 teams to increase your odds of getting in. Do you really think fans are going to be happier hearing the Jatt/Soorma remix for the 10th time that night?

I apologize for being a dick. But I was compelled to speak my mind. Feel free to shit on me now. Wink









i agreee with kinnell >. but they should be more than 8 teams. i mean last year wasnt packed thast much. they should have mroe west coast teams to perform. and it is one of the biggest competetion other than bruin bhangra. But bhangra blowout are to strict . i mean the competetion itself its fine. but the staff who are doing it. they are strict and anal about this stuff. but we will see. always a hit though lol ;D

 

[kinnell]

I don't believe Blowout is a poor organization at all. I believe that they are actually well-run. However, their goals for the competition is the reason for their decline. I love traditional bhangra but it will be hard for any competition that promotes and hardcore emphasizes traditionality (like Blowout) to make money and sell out to a more or less college crowd (plus family of college crowd).

Tarminder, I dare say - Perhaps you should look into a specific competition before randomly giving advice. Your post seems well intentioned but I feel that you have never been to a Bhangra Blowout but still feel certified to give very specific tips on how the competition can be run better. Im sorry if I offend you.

- Attempt to persuade/select colllegate teams from Texas, Florida, CALIFORNIA and the non traditional parts of Vancouver to compete (if they do apply, if not, go with whatever you have) - please don't accept any Toronto collegiate team because if they don't place you know what might happen.

I am more than sure that teams from these states have thrown in an application. But these states are far. And while you do want good teams at your competition, Bhangra Blowout still needs to get more local teams to boost the revenue they can get in. Most well-known Cali teams are independent and all of its dancers do not belong to a single university. In addition, the Cali style doesnt seem to be the traditional style the Blowout usually endorses.

I must ask why you think these 3 states are so important. Other than Guardians & old Phulorida, I have yet to see much of Florida. And I barely see much out of Texas Bhangra as it is. Is it because these states are warm weathered?

- Put more emphasis on entertainment and a lot less on traditinalaity in selecting teams and judging - this make the performances more fun to watch and memorable. When KJ came to Blowout 10 it was the talk of the town.

I completely agree. But more because Blowout has the opportunity to sell to a collegiate audience. People will come to see their colleges clash heads with other colleges and then get drunk afterwards. Entertain the folks while they are there or they wont come back next year even if you have an entertaining line-up.

- Do whatever you can to have a positive memorable afterparty if you have the money get a well known dj/singer

Okay. 2 Problems here, Tarminder.

First, the afterparty for Blowout is doomed to fail. Always. This is because of THE stabbing that occurred at the official BB afterparty years back. People are reluctant to come back. BB is reluctant to call an afterparty the official afterparty after the incident which means that they wont hardcore advertise it which means no one will come. I went 2 years ago and walked out within 3 minutes because the girl to guy ratio was below 0.0001. Most teams end up chilling with each other or getting drunk in the hotel rooms. (UVA Bhangra, Blowout 2007, Thank you guys for a great hotel party even though Nikhil was throwing up the entire night)

Second of all, BB has had some pretty good singers and artists. Jazzy B, Manak E to name a few.

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- Engage non south asians at your university to take part in any way possible, make it a campus wide event.

I don't see the point of this, honestly.

- Dare i say it....have a category of collegiate bollywood/Bhangra fusion teams (i.e. NYU Pand.) to compete, it will add a new unique vibe to the competiton.


Maybe this will enhance diversity in the audience and possibly increase attendence.

I think Justin covered the basics there why that is such an absurd idea.

I still believe that the line-up should be more varied - as Im sure you all do too. As I believe Dheerja of Columbia pointed out a long time back (I have an absolutely amazing memory), Bhangra Blowout is unique in that college teams tend to have limited resources and this puts most of the teams on equal footing. Sure, you have the behemoths like VCU and Drexel, but its an unique perspective. However, I feel a more entertaining line-up (but it can still be traditional) is gonna be necessary for the next 2-3 years for Blowout to regain its glory, which it no doubt has lost.

 

[jvirk]

dude u gota be kidding me on that...get bollywood/fusion teams to compete??? wtf...this is the most popular bhangra competition..theyre doing fine as the way they are..sure the crowd wasnt packed last year but im sure they dnt have to get bollywood or fusion teams to bring ppl..

Are you serious, justin? Most popular bhangra competition? When's the last time you've been? A competition is considered popular if it sells out or is close to selling out.

8 Teams for Bhangra Blowout is more than enough. Most collegiate teams are co-ed anyways (I did say MOST) and with traditional co-ed, you more or less get to see the same shit over and over again. Let's be real here. There is no real need to go to 10-12 teams because there isnt much variety (unlike Masti, you're not going to get your Modern, Live, All-Girls variety).

I'm gonna go and be a dick now. People from smaller universities or unknown university teams will have a harder time getting into this competition because the competition favors past history as well as larger universities. More or less, the same 6 or so teams will come back each year with 2 or so wildcards. You guys just want 10-12 teams to increase your odds of getting in. Do you really think fans are going to be happier hearing the Jatt/Soorma remix for the 10th time that night?

I apologize for being a dick. But I was compelled to speak my mind. Feel free to shit on me now.

go ahead be a dick..wut bhangra team are u on?

in no way did i try to help my team by asking for 10 teams..u sir are most def mistaken...i thought 10 teams is much better b/c its a perfect length..12 is too long..8 is too short...u shud read my post again

and u think we have a small team? son just wait for tihs semester...take a look at our results frm last semester and the teams we've beaten...thats just off of a veryyy small window to work off of..now we finally have a whole semester..kid u are not very smart...dnt you dare ever accuse me of trying to suggest something to a comnpetition to try to hlep my team...i would NEVER EVER DO THAT...get ur facts straight kid...if u have any problems give me a PM...

i have no clue wut team ur on and i quite frankly dnt care..but dnt accuse me of that crap..this was a nice convo abt how bb16 can improve..and u just had to come in and ruin it...u remind me of pol alot brother...

and I CORRECT MYSELF WHEN I SAY BIGGEST COMPETITION...i meant htat its A HUGE COLLEGIATE BHANGRA COMPETITION..growing up thats allll i heard about was blowout...ur not worth my time to argue with..its wutever lol..

 

[jvirk]

kinnel how come u didnt say the same abt jap and karan???

theyre on gmu and steel city - both frm college and agreed w/ my OPINION to increase the number of teams..

 

[blasianjh]

dude u gota be kidding me on that...get bollywood/fusion teams to compete??? wtf...this is the most popular bhangra competition..theyre doing fine as the way they are..sure the crowd wasnt packed last year but im sure they dnt have to get bollywood or fusion teams to bring ppl..

Are you serious, justin? Most popular bhangra competition? When's the last time you've been? A competition is considered popular if it sells out or is close to selling out.

8 Teams for Bhangra Blowout is more than enough. Most collegiate teams are co-ed anyways (I did say MOST) and with traditional co-ed, you more or less get to see the same shit over and over again. Let's be real here. There is no real need to go to 10-12 teams because there isnt much variety (unlike Masti, you're not going to get your Modern, Live, All-Girls variety).

I'm gonna go and be a dick now. People from smaller universities or unknown university teams will have a harder time getting into this competition because the competition favors past history as well as larger universities. More or less, the same 6 or so teams will come back each year with 2 or so wildcards. You guys just want 10-12 teams to increase your odds of getting in. Do you really think fans are going to be happier hearing the Jatt/Soorma remix for the 10th time that night?

I apologize for being a dick. But I was compelled to speak my mind. Feel free to shit on me now.

Yo Kinnel, ha yea i'm definately not coming on this just to bash you or anythhing. Im gonna tell you straight up, Justin would want his team to get in by earning it, not because of the odds getting better. You wouldn't know because you aren't at our practices, but he is making sure that we are damn well pushed to our limits . So you are correct when you called yourself a dick, and you did apologize for it. It's whatever, this thread will not get any more escalated than this because i'd just get banned now wouldn't I LoL, but I gotta represent my team professionally.

 

[kinnell]

kinnel how come u didnt say the same abt jap and karan???

theyre on gmu and steel city - both frm college and agreed w/ my OPINION to increase the number of teams..

In no way did I single you out, Justin. The trend for all the posters who wanted an increase in the number of teams fit my dick-ish criteria. I meant it for all three of you gents. I would never single you out like that.

You did accept my invitation to shit on me, but nonetheless, let me re-explain myself just to clear the air.

I never said you guys didn't deserve to get in. I never said you guys don't work hard. I never said you guys want to cheat yourself into the competition. All I said was that Blowout tends to favor similar teams every year and newer teams, no matter, how amazing they are, they will have difficulty getting in. I simply spoke my mind and I tried to do so in what seemed to be a respectful manner, but it was bound to offend people anyways.

I apologize, Justin, if you're too offended to continue this conversation. I would like to talk about other inconsistencies in your reply, but I will back off for now. I'm sorry again if you took this the wrong way.

 

[sumeetj]

i'd also like to point out that the posters who suggested an increase from 8 to 10 or even 12 teams were suggesting it for the pure entertainment value. for bhangra teams in general to entertain and put on a good show, not necessarily their own personal team.

some teams don't get into competitions that deserve to. it happens all the time. thats all part of competition. i dont think anyone is trying to change blowout just to give them a better chance of getting in.

 

[pritpal94]

I agree with jvirk. Blowout with 8 teams just flies by quickly. I hope the Blowout committee is reading all this and is considering changing their ways.

Bro we need 20 teams! Will be to sick! Imagine it! Man thinking about it is making my brain go sb sjkda;sfdba;bvu\;bidsf..

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No jokes :-[

 

[jvirk]

i just got an email after asking bb committe a questoin that the deadline is gona be extended..im sure theyll come on here and post abt it..but its not the 28th of january anymore..its the 11th of feb i believe...

 

[Jap Brar]

i just got an email after asking bb committe a questoin that the deadline is gona be extended..im sure theyll come on here and post abt it..but its not the 28th of january anymore..its the 11th of feb i believe...

Haha finally. I guess they just needed one more team to ask them for a deadline since I also asked for a deadline the night they opened up the application panel. At that time it was a consideration but I'm glad it has been extended.

 

[Daku ah gaye]

Anyone have the track listings for the Blowout 16 site track ?

http://www.bhangrablowout.com/index2.html

Trying to figure out what Track 2 and Track 8 are -ne one know ?