The Declaration of Bhangra Committee would like to apologize for the delayed reply. The holiday season is not one that we particularly spend online constantly checking Bhangra Teams Forum but we would like to clear up all the misconceptions. First off and most importantly this competition is taking place; there was never a point where not holding this event was ever an option. Teams and numerous other people have invested countless amount of time and energy to prepare for this event; therefore, the committee would never disregard their efforts.
The committee initially reserved the venue months ago but after a few technical difficulties through the university, we had decided to take help from a local bhangra team to reserve venues. Unfortunately this kind gesture was short lived as the team notified us that they actually “could not” help and dropped as exhibition. Shortly after receiving this news we were made aware of a post on BTF from a member who was coincidentally on that same local team. As a first year competition, we were completely blindsided by this situation but immediately did everything to resolve the issue. Everyone is aware of the difficulties of planning a Bhangra competition but having these setbacks exposed publicly online is not helping the situation in any way. The committee has this situation under control so there is no reason for teams to be concerned and distracted from preparing their routines. We genuinely apologize for the alarm. We would like to confirm that the committee has always had back up options in the case that anything went wrong and are currently waiting for offices to reopen after the holiday week to finalize the logistics before ticket sales can officially begin.
The other allegations made by the initial individual will not even be addressed with a response, as they are incomprehensible. We would, however, like to thank this individual for the added publicity. The DOB committee is looking forward for you all to join us for a fun filled weekend designed to bring together individuals who share a passion for Bhangra, not ones who attack others online through fake accounts and false allegations. Also to the individual who decided to email Drexel University for confirmation, we just wanted to notify you that normally there is no reservation found for an event the week after it has already taken place, but we are eagerly waiting for you to post your response
We completely understand the concern that has arisen over these allegations, but considering the lack of evidence they are invalid and we hope the rest of the BTF community takes that into consideration if something like this were to happen in the future. We would like to apologize for all the commotion over this holiday weekend and hope this post can settle concerns.
Lastly regarding the law firm contact listed above, we would like the teams to know they will not need to invest their time and money for such unnecessary actions, but this number will definitely come in handy for the committee. Since a public service announcement was the purpose of this post, we’d like to offer the creator of this post one for the new year: Making false allegations against an individual, especially ones constituted of theft, and publishing them on a public platform without any legitimate evidence is classified as defamation of character, in which case real legal action can be taken. Before using the Internet to anonymously and publicly post false accusations, please consider all the repercussions of your actions.
We wish you all a great holiday season and look forward to meeting you all at Declaration of Bhangra! J
