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BHANGRA FUSION Results
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nirajthaker
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Great job this weekend Everyone especially YALE.. Ill post a review later. Shoutout to I-Bhangra, SMD, ASD, APD, and WOLVERINE!!
OH AND...FUCK FRANCE! LOL
OH AND...FUCK FRANCE! LOL
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YEAA BRO! AND I WANT TO SEE THAT TOWER!!!Danny said:
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6 pages into this thread and not one complaint about placings. wow
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Fusion was a mix of good and some ok moments, but luckily meeting everyone was great.
Competition organization:
It was ok, it wasn't what i'd call organized though. The worst part of it all, there were no pick-ups or shuttles to the hotel. I spent 100 dollars on cab fare alone (to the hotel and to the airport). That was the BIGGEST pain in the ass. I mean, come on! If most the staff is from the area, have them do some pick ups. In fact, I barely saw staff around the hotel, they were hard to find, and if you did find them, they weren't always attentive. Beyond the lack of rides, it would've been great to have been provided with a few packs of water or something. I was mostly dehydrating throughout the weekend, and we went to cvs a few times to try and get stuff, but that cost again, more money. It would be great to just have assigned staff to each team, so we knew what was going on. For tech time, it was just a range of times, we'd like a specific time the night of the mixer, versus the morning of. Also, we got to the event at like 4 or 430pm the day of, but the show was like...a few hours later. We were at the event for like 5 or 6 hours. In that time, we didn't have snacks or water to drink in the audience (boston had it perfect in 08, they kept providing us water or snacks). As a team, we felt the organizers weren't really supporting the teams, but were more supporting themselves more. As I put it to Swi and Arjun, the competition itself had more RULES than it did with WATER. It seemed there was always some rule about something that came up (can't do standing ovations...but at the end, we don't care. we support the teams on stage, etc).
Competition itself:
Show was rather fun. The show i believe didn't run on time (didn't feel like), but man...it went LONG! The auntie/uncle/kid dance offs were nice, and actually helped support the mood. The teams were just having fun at that point. They had a local singer I believe, Mickey Singh, and that was a little...hahaha, weird. They dude was wearing bhangra vardiyan, but had socks on the entire time. He's not a bad singer though, and Sandhu did it up pretty nicely when all the teams were allowed onstage.
I-Bhangra- You guys were great to meet, very funny people...especially late at night
But as far as the performance, i felt it was flawed. The turle on your paggan were GIANT (reminded me of punjabi soormay from back in the day). The dance itself wasn't memorable, sorry to say so...but i don't know. There was something that just wasn't there. All i remember was the excessive singing by the dancers. Don't sing so much, and focus more on the smile itself.
ASD Girls- You girls are AWESOME! It was a pleasure meeting you girls (and seeing Mariam and Parul since like PCS 08). Thankfully i got to see you girls at the rehearsal set before anyone else. Mariam, you are SICK. Your form is just amazing. I think you girls can hit a little harder, and for me, the spacing was a bit off on stage (but again, i didn't see your stage performance properly, since i was at the side of the stage). There's a lot of potential with ASD, and the mix was hot. Mariam, post that shit now. Also, it was nice knowing that i was a useful this weekend for some teams, like tying chaadre for ASD, a pagg or two some places and who knows what else. Manveer and Kiran on ASD are hilarious...i totally showed manveer how to do jugni properly, and kiran just can't believe a gujrati person can dance, hahaha. good times were had.
PDAP- I have no idea really how we did, i barely remember what went down...hahaha, i just remember the wolverine people cheering us on when we did anything (Good times). This is officially the 5th team i've played dhol for, who's next?! WHO ELSE WANTS IN ON THIS?! hahaha...as the nickname that is now given to me, i'm a "bhangra whore" it seems.
CMU- I saw most of the performance, and i must say, you guys have improved dramatically since DD last year. Swi, it was great to have finally met you, you're quite the fun guy I may not agree withe placing exactly (i thought wolverine had a little more), but really, good looks. You guys were clean, and just better and more entertaining. But, i can't remember too much of it. I specifically remembering tying a pagg on a guy on your team
SMD- They brought this hard, and they deserved the placing. It was great seeing them when the team was setting up and their intro video was playing, everyone in the audience was singing and the team was dancing along in the dark. You can tell the team wanted to have fun, and wanted to win. You girls were clean, great energy, and just looked like you had fun. It was funnier meeting Dheerja again, and again, having more high fives, and some awkward hugs that went a little too long. It was also great meeting Navi and Ruchi at the mixer, hope you girls got into Canada without passports Also, one word of advice for the dholi (ex soormay dancer), focus more on the audience (don't just stare at the team), and smile more. It looked like his body was away from the audience, and just in a zone.
Bruin- You guys were good. You've went into a more traditional dance, and it did well. The performance wasn't bad, but it needed a little more to bring it out more. The girls using saaps was well done (since they did well with them), and it was great seeing everyone. It was great meeting Paluk (paneer?! hahaha...) and Tanu who shared some random conversations with me. I think we killed it on the random conversations!
APD - I may not agree with the placing, or the particular style, but you guys have so much fun when you're around. Danny, you're awesome. You clearly came out to just enjoy yourself, and show people what APD is about. You guys were generally clean, and overall, fun performance. Nice to have finally seen you guys perform (see you at bayside too ) AND, although the tower fell apart and failed, you guys got back up, and you got a standing ovation from all the teams. THAT was some good respect shown by the teams, and it made me feel good to be part of it.
MBT- You guys aren't bad, but it just didn't have enough for me to remember right now. The only thing i remember were the Bagel-sized phull on your paggan. I mean, they were HUGE!
Wolverine- You guys are amazing. I believe we spent most our time hangin' with you guys, and it was awesome. Can't wait for you to come out to blowout (officially my main reason for going), and don't forget about my hoodie/shirt Manu was the sickest dancer of the night in my opinion, he has so much grace, and just does it right. Also, he ties some sick paggan! I think there was a disparity between the guys and girls, if you address that, you can do very well at blowout. I personally expect a placing from you guys at blowout. In fact, i thought you guys were gonna get 3rd.
NYPD- KILLED IT. You saw the video, and this team really showed up big. They had grace, energy, power and a hot mix. It was a fun performance, and great to finally see you in guys in the US.
The parties:
These were awesome...they really made the weekend for me. The pre-party was awesome! The size of the venue i believe was smaller than the elite 8 venue, but it wasn't crowded or anything. It may have been lacking mainly because the event was further than we thought it would be (mariam i believe went back to the hotel after she gave up on tryin' to get there). Thankfully google maps was my friend on my droid to get me there. Next time, have it closer or something, but it was awesome to chill, hang out, and dance again after not dancing for the longest time! Arjun Barua was my jori that night
The after party was INSANE! They held the party at the same place the competition was held at, it was HUGE. there was so much room to move around and enjoy yourself. It's hard to compete with that, and there were no fights that occurred during the party itself, but right after it ended (which for an event like this is pretty impressive). Boston and Fusion in my books had the best after parties because they had the best venues and great room to just enjoy yourself. It was great dancing with everyone again, although i couldn't find many of the ASD girls or Bruin people oh well, there's always bayside.
I forgot the mixer:
This was actually A LOT of fun. It was long as hell, but i had a blast. meeting people is what i do best, and Kush/Chirag know when i go to a bhangra competition, i usually leave my team behind and meet EVERYONE! I think i people asked me like 10 times or so "are you THE jasmeet from BTF?! the one with the teal pagg?!" hahaha...that was awesome. They rented out the potbelly at the hotel, and had it all in the back of the place (could've been bigger). they had REAL mixing going on. they counted everyone off into their groups, and we had a march madness type of competition just for fun. More competitions should do this, but with the line-up, just let people pick from a hat rather than it just being set. Makes teams feel a little better about stuff it seems.
Hotel:
Awesome hotel, the security of course will start rounding people up, but it's bound to happen. Maybe next time, rent a meeting room or something and have people just hang there. Bash did it right last year, and i wish more people do the same. people can just hang out, chill, and talk. That's generally what people wanted to do at the hotel rooms, but oh well. GIANT hotel though.
I think i've written enough for now, if i think of anything else, of course i'll post it! Saleem, i still need that BTF shirt....
And for those coming to Bayside, I can't wait! We'll have fun down there!
Oh and my placings:
1. NYPD
2. SMD
3. Wolverine
The main issue people may have with the placings is 3rd place, that's why for many, it's different.
Competition organization:
It was ok, it wasn't what i'd call organized though. The worst part of it all, there were no pick-ups or shuttles to the hotel. I spent 100 dollars on cab fare alone (to the hotel and to the airport). That was the BIGGEST pain in the ass. I mean, come on! If most the staff is from the area, have them do some pick ups. In fact, I barely saw staff around the hotel, they were hard to find, and if you did find them, they weren't always attentive. Beyond the lack of rides, it would've been great to have been provided with a few packs of water or something. I was mostly dehydrating throughout the weekend, and we went to cvs a few times to try and get stuff, but that cost again, more money. It would be great to just have assigned staff to each team, so we knew what was going on. For tech time, it was just a range of times, we'd like a specific time the night of the mixer, versus the morning of. Also, we got to the event at like 4 or 430pm the day of, but the show was like...a few hours later. We were at the event for like 5 or 6 hours. In that time, we didn't have snacks or water to drink in the audience (boston had it perfect in 08, they kept providing us water or snacks). As a team, we felt the organizers weren't really supporting the teams, but were more supporting themselves more. As I put it to Swi and Arjun, the competition itself had more RULES than it did with WATER. It seemed there was always some rule about something that came up (can't do standing ovations...but at the end, we don't care. we support the teams on stage, etc).
Competition itself:
Show was rather fun. The show i believe didn't run on time (didn't feel like), but man...it went LONG! The auntie/uncle/kid dance offs were nice, and actually helped support the mood. The teams were just having fun at that point. They had a local singer I believe, Mickey Singh, and that was a little...hahaha, weird. They dude was wearing bhangra vardiyan, but had socks on the entire time. He's not a bad singer though, and Sandhu did it up pretty nicely when all the teams were allowed onstage.
I-Bhangra- You guys were great to meet, very funny people...especially late at night
But as far as the performance, i felt it was flawed. The turle on your paggan were GIANT (reminded me of punjabi soormay from back in the day). The dance itself wasn't memorable, sorry to say so...but i don't know. There was something that just wasn't there. All i remember was the excessive singing by the dancers. Don't sing so much, and focus more on the smile itself. ASD Girls- You girls are AWESOME! It was a pleasure meeting you girls (and seeing Mariam and Parul since like PCS 08). Thankfully i got to see you girls at the rehearsal set before anyone else.
Mariam, you are SICK. Your form is just amazing. I think you girls can hit a little harder, and for me, the spacing was a bit off on stage (but again, i didn't see your stage performance properly, since i was at the side of the stage). There's a lot of potential with ASD, and the mix was hot. Mariam, post that shit now. Also, it was nice knowing that i was a useful this weekend for some teams, like tying chaadre for ASD, a pagg or two some places and who knows what else. Manveer and Kiran on ASD are hilarious...i totally showed manveer how to do jugni properly, and kiran just can't believe a gujrati person can dance, hahaha. good times were had. PDAP- I have no idea really how we did, i barely remember what went down...hahaha, i just remember the wolverine people cheering us on when we did anything (Good times). This is officially the 5th team i've played dhol for, who's next?! WHO ELSE WANTS IN ON THIS?! hahaha...as the nickname that is now given to me, i'm a "bhangra whore" it seems.
CMU- I saw most of the performance, and i must say, you guys have improved dramatically since DD last year. Swi, it was great to have finally met you, you're quite the fun guy
I may not agree withe placing exactly (i thought wolverine had a little more), but really, good looks. You guys were clean, and just better and more entertaining. But, i can't remember too much of it. I specifically remembering tying a pagg on a guy on your team SMD- They brought this hard, and they deserved the placing. It was great seeing them when the team was setting up and their intro video was playing, everyone in the audience was singing and the team was dancing along in the dark. You can tell the team wanted to have fun, and wanted to win. You girls were clean, great energy, and just looked like you had fun. It was funnier meeting Dheerja again, and again, having more high fives, and some awkward hugs that went a little too long. It was also great meeting Navi and Ruchi at the mixer, hope you girls got into Canada without passports
Also, one word of advice for the dholi (ex soormay dancer), focus more on the audience (don't just stare at the team), and smile more. It looked like his body was away from the audience, and just in a zone. Bruin- You guys were good. You've went into a more traditional dance, and it did well. The performance wasn't bad, but it needed a little more to bring it out more. The girls using saaps was well done (since they did well with them), and it was great seeing everyone. It was great meeting Paluk (paneer?! hahaha...) and Tanu who shared some random conversations with me. I think we killed it on the random conversations!
APD - I may not agree with the placing, or the particular style, but you guys have so much fun when you're around. Danny, you're awesome. You clearly came out to just enjoy yourself, and show people what APD is about. You guys were generally clean, and overall, fun performance. Nice to have finally seen you guys perform (see you at bayside too
) AND, although the tower fell apart and failed, you guys got back up, and you got a standing ovation from all the teams. THAT was some good respect shown by the teams, and it made me feel good to be part of it. MBT- You guys aren't bad, but it just didn't have enough for me to remember right now. The only thing i remember were the Bagel-sized phull on your paggan. I mean, they were HUGE!
Wolverine- You guys are amazing. I believe we spent most our time hangin' with you guys, and it was awesome. Can't wait for you to come out to blowout (officially my main reason for going), and don't forget about my hoodie/shirt
Manu was the sickest dancer of the night in my opinion, he has so much grace, and just does it right. Also, he ties some sick paggan! I think there was a disparity between the guys and girls, if you address that, you can do very well at blowout. I personally expect a placing from you guys at blowout. In fact, i thought you guys were gonna get 3rd. NYPD- KILLED IT. You saw the video, and this team really showed up big. They had grace, energy, power and a hot mix. It was a fun performance, and great to finally see you in guys in the US.
The parties:
These were awesome...they really made the weekend for me. The pre-party was awesome! The size of the venue i believe was smaller than the elite 8 venue, but it wasn't crowded or anything. It may have been lacking mainly because the event was further than we thought it would be (mariam i believe went back to the hotel after she gave up on tryin' to get there). Thankfully google maps was my friend on my droid to get me there. Next time, have it closer or something, but it was awesome to chill, hang out, and dance again after not dancing for the longest time! Arjun Barua was my jori that night
The after party was INSANE! They held the party at the same place the competition was held at, it was HUGE. there was so much room to move around and enjoy yourself. It's hard to compete with that, and there were no fights that occurred during the party itself, but right after it ended (which for an event like this is pretty impressive). Boston and Fusion in my books had the best after parties because they had the best venues and great room to just enjoy yourself. It was great dancing with everyone again, although i couldn't find many of the ASD girls or Bruin people
oh well, there's always bayside. I forgot the mixer:
This was actually A LOT of fun. It was long as hell, but i had a blast. meeting people is what i do best, and Kush/Chirag know when i go to a bhangra competition, i usually leave my team behind and meet EVERYONE! I think i people asked me like 10 times or so "are you THE jasmeet from BTF?! the one with the teal pagg?!" hahaha...that was awesome. They rented out the potbelly at the hotel, and had it all in the back of the place (could've been bigger). they had REAL mixing going on. they counted everyone off into their groups, and we had a march madness type of competition just for fun. More competitions should do this, but with the line-up, just let people pick from a hat rather than it just being set. Makes teams feel a little better about stuff it seems.
Hotel:
Awesome hotel, the security of course will start rounding people up, but it's bound to happen. Maybe next time, rent a meeting room or something and have people just hang there. Bash did it right last year, and i wish more people do the same. people can just hang out, chill, and talk. That's generally what people wanted to do at the hotel rooms, but oh well. GIANT hotel though.
I think i've written enough for now, if i think of anything else, of course i'll post it! Saleem, i still need that BTF shirt....
And for those coming to Bayside, I can't wait! We'll have fun down there!
Oh and my placings:
1. NYPD
2. SMD
3. Wolverine
The main issue people may have with the placings is 3rd place, that's why for many, it's different.
LOL Kush! N Thanks Miriam!!! <3Kush said:
Congrats again to the placing teams and everyone in general...the show was so much fun!!! Shoutouts to Wolverine, SMD, APD, ASD, NYPD, n I-bhangra! U all were mad fun to chill with and dance with @ the afterparty lol
CMU n APD...see you guys in a month ;D
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WHOA WHOA WHOA! I totally forgot!
We were told to be down in the lobby for the bus at 4pm (or was it 5pm, doesn't matter) and I believe down ther with us was Wolverine and Bruin. We got down there and were told supposedly te bus had left half an hour before and were done, meaning no more buses would come utility afterparty time. I mean the cab ride was like $10 for each van but it was an unneeded headache especially right before the comp when pregame jitters were high and everyones head already out of the loop! and we couldn't get a hold of any of the organizers and the ones we did reach directed us to talk to someone else. Was probably jst a big miscommunication but work on it for ext year. Rides from Airport > Hotel wouldve been great as well. Luckily we had some nice friends in MI that came through in the clutch, that was one long, cold, depressing ride to the hotels so I salute the wallets/credit cards of those who had to cop out big bucks!
One plus I noticed for sure was, I don't know, teams were just "chill" for a lack of better words. Everyone gave each other much love, everyone was helpful and had a great time, no beef or serious drama, no teams were acting "too-cool-for-school" everyone danced with everyone and everyone bought everyone drinks. it was just cool
Met alot of great people and some familar faces as well! Every two mins I'm getting a new friend request on fb and thinking "Oh snap! It's that one cool ass dude/chick from so and so's team!" haha good times let's enjoy um while we have these days won't be coming back again! =D
We were told to be down in the lobby for the bus at 4pm (or was it 5pm, doesn't matter) and I believe down ther with us was Wolverine and Bruin. We got down there and were told supposedly te bus had left half an hour before and were done, meaning no more buses would come utility afterparty time. I mean the cab ride was like $10 for each van but it was an unneeded headache especially right before the comp when pregame jitters were high and everyones head already out of the loop! and we couldn't get a hold of any of the organizers and the ones we did reach directed us to talk to someone else. Was probably jst a big miscommunication but work on it for ext year. Rides from Airport > Hotel wouldve been great as well. Luckily we had some nice friends in MI that came through in the clutch, that was one long, cold, depressing ride to the hotels so I salute the wallets/credit cards of those who had to cop out big bucks!
One plus I noticed for sure was, I don't know, teams were just "chill" for a lack of better words. Everyone gave each other much love, everyone was helpful and had a great time, no beef or serious drama, no teams were acting "too-cool-for-school" everyone danced with everyone and everyone bought everyone drinks. it was just cool
Met alot of great people and some familar faces as well! Every two mins I'm getting a new friend request on fb and thinking "Oh snap! It's that one cool ass dude/chick from so and so's team!" haha good times let's enjoy um while we have these days won't be coming back again! =D
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Oh, and I think my favorite quote from the weekend came from Dheerja.
We were on the bus on the way to the after party, and i believe a number of people clearly drank a bit...
she said "JASMEEEEEET!!! CAN WE SING BOLIYAN?!?!? DALER MENDHI BOLIYAN?!"...then she forgot and did something else.
We were on the bus on the way to the after party, and i believe a number of people clearly drank a bit...
she said "JASMEEEEEET!!! CAN WE SING BOLIYAN?!?!? DALER MENDHI BOLIYAN?!"...then she forgot and did something else.
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Such an amazing weekend wouldn't give up anything for it. Thanks to everyone who showed love for apd, and also thanks to all of the team for coming onto the stage during my performance and making it more lively and fun lookin forward to singing at some more future comps and having the same reactions again
peace, love, & respect
-Sandhu-
P.S. gooooo 8 mile two years in a row i made my mixer team win at fusion haha
lookin forward to singing at some more future comps and having the same reactions again peace, love, & respect
-Sandhu-
P.S. gooooo 8 mile
two years in a row i made my mixer team win at fusion haha