Elite 8 Bhangra Invitational - Upcoming Team Announcements

[Elite 8 Bhangra]

Update: We will begin the process of announcing our invitees on Monday night at 11:59pm. Our first invitee will be announced on BTF, Twitter and Facebook on November 8th, 2010.

Ticket's are now on sale!
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Levels: VIP, Orchestra, Front Balcony, Back Balcony
Show only: $40, $30, $35, $25
Show + After Party: $60, $50, $55, $45
Show + Pre Party & After Party: $65, $55, $60, $50

For more information visit: www.elite8bhangra.com

If you have questions, email us at info@elite8bhangra.com

 

[Jasmine]

Can't wait!!

 

[Pooja]

WOOOHOOOOOO!

Sickest. Competition. Ever.

 

[haleema]

aw yeah elite 8 YEAHHH!

 

[Kush]

Will be a good comp, but in all honesty, the novelty is lost. It's just another competition now. And if you really look at it, sure last years line up had alot of hype but the distribution wasn't that far from the majority of competitions from this past year... There were clear cut stronger teams, weaker teams, and solid teams.

Nonetheless, looking forward to a good line up.

 

[Ashveer]

Will be a good comp, but in all honesty, the novelty is lost. It's just another competition now. And if you really look at it, sure last years line up had alot of hype but the distribution wasn't that far from the majority of competitions from this past year... There were clear cut stronger teams, weaker teams, and solid teams.

Nonetheless, looking forward to a good line up.

whooooooooaaaaa fire

 

[nb0913]

random idea, and obviously doesnt matter at this point, but i think it would be cool if elite 8 did something like the olympics, and instead of going every year, went every 2 years (olympics goes 4, but thats too long a gap obviously lol). or instead of 2 years, went every 3 semesters, that way it would be in the spring, then next time it took place it would be in the fall. this would give more time for teams to build a resume, and compete more and validate themselves. if you look at the selection, elite 8 happend in february, and the selection for the next one has already started. that doesnt really leave much time for any new teams to try to take over or build themselves up. obviously too late to do this now, but just thought it would be cool if they thought it about it. feel free to disagree ha

 

[itsG]

that is some legit shit right there....i say 3 semesters that way teams would get an actual whole year to build up some rep.
But if you think of it you would consider the comps that teams goto from now up until fall next year not just comps that happen from the day after feb. 26th.

 

[Danny]

E8 should have one trophy...a cup...every year the winner has their teams name engraved on it and it is passed down over the years. Kind of like high school or local rec centers/gyms it would have the effect of taking away the championship from a rival region, college, academy etc. or maybe even keeping it on your turf for another year until the next E8 rolls by

 

[SpliffStar101]

E8 should have one trophy...a cup...every year the winner has their teams name engraved on it and it is passed down over the years. Kind of like high school or local rec centers/gyms it would have the effect of taking away the championship from a rival region, college, academy etc. or maybe even keeping it on your turf for another year until the next E8 rolls by

I think that's a pretty cool idea.

 

[Kush]

random idea, and obviously doesnt matter at this point, but i think it would be cool if elite 8 did something like the olympics, and instead of going every year, went every 2 years (olympics goes 4, but thats too long a gap obviously lol). or instead of 2 years, went every 3 semesters, that way it would be in the spring, then next time it took place it would be in the fall. this would give more time for teams to build a resume, and compete more and validate themselves. if you look at the selection, elite 8 happend in february, and the selection for the next one has already started. that doesnt really leave much time for any new teams to try to take over or build themselves up. obviously too late to do this now, but just thought it would be cool if they thought it about it. feel free to disagree ha

Yup. talked about this with a few people, and i thought that was the original plan. Unfortunately they didnt, and this is why i feel like its "exclusivity" is meaningless.

Danny's idea is a good one too

 

[Jabar Jung]

At the end of the day, the competition is organized to make money whether it's for charity or for future use or personal profits.

 

[Guppi]

u guys surely have to let Nachdi Jawani compete again! so they get a chance to redeem themselves from last year =p

 

[nb0913]

random idea, and obviously doesnt matter at this point, but i think it would be cool if elite 8 did something like the olympics, and instead of going every year, went every 2 years (olympics goes 4, but thats too long a gap obviously lol). or instead of 2 years, went every 3 semesters, that way it would be in the spring, then next time it took place it would be in the fall. this would give more time for teams to build a resume, and compete more and validate themselves. if you look at the selection, elite 8 happend in february, and the selection for the next one has already started. that doesnt really leave much time for any new teams to try to take over or build themselves up. obviously too late to do this now, but just thought it would be cool if they thought it about it. feel free to disagree ha

Yup. talked about this with a few people, and i thought that was the original plan. Unfortunately they didnt, and this is why i feel like its "exclusivity" is meaningless.

Danny's idea is a good one too

yea thats exactly what i was thinking. having an annual elite 8 doesnt allow for other teams to try to "dethrone" the teams in the region. sure, maybe 2 or 3 of the teams will remain elite year to year, maybe even 4+ teams, but with only about 8 months in between one elite 8, and the selection of the next (and lets keep in mind that there are little to no comps in may-august), it doesnt leave much room for other teams to step up and take over. as well as the fact that alot of teams dont have the funds to travel and compete like every few weekends, so having the ability to go to a a bunch of comps can be hard in that short span as well.

 

[Laddi]

More than the Eliteness, this competition is EXCITING cuz of the crazy hype/anticipation and everyone coming out to watch and perform! Gives everyone something to look forward to: super sick lineup, best performances from selected teams, and awesome mixes etc etc.

p.s.- I hope they start announcing backwards with the Canada East being the first announcement this time!

 

[kinnell]

that doesnt really leave much time for any new teams to try to take over or build themselves up.

New teams should not be invited to this competition. They should not have the opportunity to compete at Elite 8, at least according to my definition (and what seems to be the EMDO definition) of the word "elite".

You may argue that a new team may come out of no where and execute perfectly a very creative set. That is impressive, but it isn't ELITE. Being elite is about being consistent. How often does a team compete? Which competitions do they attend? How consistent are they in terms of bringing back the same great performance, competition after competition, YEAR AFTER YEAR? Are they able to bring creative routines YEAR after YEAR with that precise EXECUTION? How have they contributed to the bhangra circuit? Are they changing the game, or simply following trends? Are they exposing bhangra to greater groups of people?

Obviously, collegiate teams will have some difficulty maintaining consistency year after year, but honestly, roster changes are nothing new to independent teams either. If you're a new team that wants to compete at Elite - wanting to compete at Elite 8 means competing more, winning more AND setting the foundation for years to come. (See VCU Bhangra's need, amongst other teams' need, to possibly risk not winning a competition and lose some credibility to give their newer dancers some invaluable experience). If you don't have the funds to compete at more competitions and you only end up competing at 2-3 competitions in one year, then sorry bro, then you are NOT elite. It's not about the reasons you couldn't, it's about the end product and what you were able to accomplish.

You talk about newer teams not able to dethrone the current teams and wanting more time for them to take over "their region". Newer teams should compete at more competitions with "Elite 8" teams and win them. It's not about Elite 8 being annual and not giving enough time to teams to prove themselves. It's hilarious to think that newer teams think they can become ELITE and more importantly, be called "ELITE" in simply one year. Ideally speaking, if you start a new team, you should be realistically striving for that Elite 8 THREE years from now.

These are my opinions, of course.

 

[Jatti75]

Can't wait for the show...last show was awesome...expecting nothing less in 2011!! Brruuaahhh!

 

[Kush]

that doesnt really leave much time for any new teams to try to take over or build themselves up.

New teams should not be invited to this competition. They should not have the opportunity to compete at Elite 8, at least according to my definition (and what seems to be the EMDO definition) of the word "elite".

You may argue that a new team may come out of no where and execute perfectly a very creative set. That is impressive, but it isn't ELITE. Being elite is about being consistent. How often does a team compete? Which competitions do they attend? How consistent are they in terms of bringing back the same great performance, competition after competition, YEAR AFTER YEAR? Are they able to bring creative routines YEAR after YEAR with that precise EXECUTION? How have they contributed to the bhangra circuit? Are they changing the game, or simply following trends? Are they exposing bhangra to greater groups of people?

Obviously, collegiate teams will have some difficulty maintaining consistency year after year, but honestly, roster changes are nothing new to independent teams either. If you're a new team that wants to compete at Elite - wanting to compete at Elite 8 means competing more, winning more AND setting the foundation for years to come. (See VCU Bhangra's need, amongst other teams' need, to possibly risk not winning a competition and lose some credibility to give their newer dancers some invaluable experience). If you don't have the funds to compete at more competitions and you only end up competing at 2-3 competitions in one year, then sorry bro, then you are NOT elite. It's not about the reasons you couldn't, it's about the end product and what you were able to accomplish.

You talk about newer teams not able to dethrone the current teams and wanting more time for them to take over "their region". Newer teams should compete at more competitions with "Elite 8" teams and win them. It's not about Elite 8 being annual and not giving enough time to teams to prove themselves. It's hilarious to think that newer teams think they can become ELITE and more importantly, be called "ELITE" in simply one year. Ideally speaking, if you start a new team, you should be realistically striving for that Elite 8 THREE years from now.

These are my opinions, of course.

Thats not what he meant, at least in how i read it. He meant a team other than those that have already been in the line up. A "different" team. And i also disagree on more, but ill elaborate in a bit.

 

[SahilShah]

it's about the end product and what you were able to accomplish.

+1

 

[imakhilyou37]

I always thought it'd be cool to have 4 smaller competitions, hosted by the elite 8 committee in each area. Where judges are picked and regulated for each, and the top 3 go on to compete at a bigger competition. Similar to BOB i guess, but just for bhangra and instead of having many different comps where 1 team could attend both, have 1 comp in each area. That way the profit (hopefully there's profit) could be used towards the bigger competition, and it'd build that hype even more.