Boston bhangra liveblog

[jfried]

Show's just getting underway. First exhibition act on stage.

 

[Hoya Singh]

Whats the lineup?

 

[Fahaddd]

no livestream?

 

[jfried]

BB Juniors just went. Fun performance. Husky up now.

 

[jfried]

Try the boston site. I think it might be bostonbhangra.com/live

 

[jfried]

Good set from Husky. Solid choreo, somewhat middling energy until they hit a really nice jugni segment about four minutes in and then it really picked up. Some synchronization stuff but they'll get that straightened out. Don't be surprised to see these guys place at some comps this year. Punjabi Hit Squad up next.

 

[Fahaddd]

that website only has live tweets and instagram feed /:
oh welll. thanks jfried!

 

[jfried]

Damn, that's unfortunate. They showed that up on the screen for like a half second.

Punjabi hit squad just killed it. Really good energy and extremely clean and fun set. Early front runner to place. Shoutout to JWong for ripping his boliyan. Up next is DCBC

 

[jfried]

Clean set and good energy from DCBC.

Up next is Nishani.

 

[jfried]

That was a lot of fun. Really strong set from Nishani, huge tower stunt to end it, really clean and high energy set. This kind of choreo will play really well with the judges if BBC goes back to being a less folky comp this year.

NEBC is next.

 

[jfried]

Wow. Great set from NEBC. Huge energy, really fun choreo and a couple of great gimmicks. Honestly, it's pretty wide open at this point.

RU up next.

 

[jfried]

That was a really entertaining set. Straight AEG style now, which makes sense, given who's choreographing for them. Lots of fun.

CBS up now.

 

[jfried]

Nice set from CBS. Very clean folk set. Could play well with the judges if they're looking for more of a folky set this year

 

[jfried]

Second half starting now. JusReign just did his "call the random gora on stage to dance" thing and the guy did a front handspring. Exhibition act 2 on stage now.

CU Bhangra after that.

 

[Basim]

Thanks for the updates Jake!! Keep them coming my friends - really wish BBC had a live stream.

Let us know who your favorites are by the end of the show - I wanna see how close the judges placings are to your own.

~ Basim

 

[jfried]

Nice set from CU. Choreo was energetic, formations were on point and the pacific rim hunter robot gimmick was a fun way to start the set.

Really tight competition so far. As of right now, I think there are probably four teams that are in a dead heat for the placings, but with empire and NJ left, it's still anyone's game.

DCMPAA up next.

 

[jfried]

Very tight, high energy set from DCMPAA. Definitely wasn't expecting that. Huge crowd reaction and some extremely polished choreo. A great set and some fun gimmicks too.

I think an all-girls team will place tonight. If the judges go folk, it's gonna be DCMPAA. If the judges go modern, it'll be NEBC.

Extremely balanced comp. NYU next.

 

[jfried]

NYU just had a dancing Statue of Liberty as their finale. Neat gimmicks, choreo was pretty good, but energy felt a little flat in some places and there was a little bit too much variation of dancers in places.

NJ warriors up next.

 

[Saleem]

FYI guys I enabled a real-time chat on the main BTF page, which is a live chat that will not rrequire any refresh or anything. Let me know if it's good for when competitions are ongoing!

 

[jsidhuu305]

I'm excited to see how warriors do