MATURITY... and Facebook Statuses.

[masterscorpiorv]

In my opinion there needs to be more shows like Pao Bhangra and less competitions.

Bhangra was started in Punjab as a dance to do for fun. It wasn't started in a competitive nature and when you take it to that level and don't meet placement expectations at a competition you lose out on the (traditional) meaning of why you are doing it in the first place- for the love of the dance.

I'm definitely glad Pao has always been an exhibition! Teams get a special motivation to do experimental things there, like LSD doing Jugni to Katy Perry last year!
Which is why y'all should come to Pao Bhangra 9, April 24th, 2010, in Ithaca NY. More details will be coming out very very soon!

Dude I heard about that, never saw the video though, is it on youtube? Thats definitely true though arjun, i think being at an exhibition would allow more traditional teams to experiment...maybe even pull up a hip hop bhangra routine...

Im so into hip hop bhangra - like NYU Pandemonium status
but i wouldnt dare bring that to a BHANGRA competition...but if it was exhibition, id have fun with it

 

[Benson]

u r god.

I most certainly am not, although I am appreciative of the sentiment you are trying to convey.

 

[kinnell]

Kush -

I agree with your sentiment. But who are we to say that you shouldn't be able to express your opinion on your own facebook? Here's my opinion on the matter: If a person wants to look intolerant, immature or elitist on their facebook, let them. You don't know how many people I have lost respect for simply for things they have said on their facebook. You can win a gazillion competitions, but if you bitch, whine, cry and blame the judges for not knowing "what bhangra is" when you don't win, that speaks volumes about your character. There are plenty of top teams out there who would make horrible role models to the youth in the community.

Yes, it is pathetic to say things like "We did bhangra the way it's suppose to be done and if the judges don't realize that, they aren't qualified" and "There's only one right way to do bhangra", but fuck it. Let them say it. Let them look like whiners.

 

[siddyp]

All in all, bhangra is a huge part of a lot of our lives. BUT, it is not and should not be what we live and die by. There are plenty bigger things than bhangra. Bhangra is not going to help you on your exam. Bhangra is not going to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.

In 20 years, are you going to look back and say bhangra was an integral part of your life? Probably: Bhangra can allow you to create a new family, but the real family is more important. Your network multiplies exponentially after attending competitions, afterparties, and posting on BTF. Bhangra can force you to learn to manage your time properly. Bhangra can teach many life lessons like discipline and work ethic.

For one to want to put in the effort, energy, and time to do bhangra, there has to be a means to an end: The lights, cameras, stage, and glory. After all the hard work and practice, it will all be worth it.

It's mentally and emotionally draining trying to prepare for competitions. Not winning or placing after an amazing performance HAS to be frustrating. But who cares?!? Once your video is posted on youtube and btf, everyone will be like damn. That was nasty. You will achieve that glory. You will earn the respect. Why moan, whine, and complain? When the competition is over, just be like w.e. Pop some bottles and have a hell of a time.

In 20 years, will it matter if you won or not? No. But did you have a hell of a time? Yes. It's good to look back on memories and smile and be like yeah, we were sick and that afterparty was amazing. Why sit in your lazy boy in disgust and think, we should have won. judges screwed us over. Did that 2000$ grand prize that you may have gotten 200 of and the trophy that no one knows where it is mean that much to you that it'll piss you off when your 40? Fuck no.

Bhangra is meant to be fun. It puts big smiles on all of our faces on stage, and those watching us in the audience. Then the smile gets even bigger and sloppier at the afterparty ;D. That's what its all about.


Focus your emotions on real life matters like your family or school or your job. Let bhangra be a great memory to look back on. Not one with regrets.

This is all opinion. Please do not take offense to my post.

 

[Mandi]

Bhangra is meant to be fun. It puts big smiles on all of our faces on stage, and those watching us in the audience. Then the smile gets even bigger and sloppier at the afterparty ;D. That's what its all about.

Well said

 

[Benson]

All in all, bhangra is a huge part of a lot of our lives. BUT, it is not and should not be what we live and die by. There are plenty bigger things than bhangra. Bhangra is not going to help you on your exam. Bhangra is not going to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.

In 20 years, are you going to look back and say bhangra was an integral part of your life? Probably: Bhangra can allow you to create a new family, but the real family is more important. Your network multiplies exponentially after attending competitions, afterparties, and posting on BTF. Bhangra can force you to learn to manage your time properly. Bhangra can teach many life lessons like discipline and work ethic.

For one to want to put in the effort, energy, and time to do bhangra, there has to be a means to an end: The lights, cameras, stage, and glory. After all the hard work and practice, it will all be worth it.

It's mentally and emotionally draining trying to prepare for competitions. Not winning or placing after an amazing performance HAS to be frustrating. But who cares?!? Once your video is posted on youtube and btf, everyone will be like damn. That was nasty. You will achieve that glory. You will earn the respect. Why moan, whine, and complain? When the competition is over, just be like w.e. Pop some bottles and have a hell of a time.

In 20 years, will it matter if you won or not? No. But did you have a hell of a time? Yes. It's good to look back on memories and smile and be like yeah, we were sick and that afterparty was amazing. Why sit in your lazy boy in disgust and think, we should have won. judges screwed us over. Did that 2000$ grand prize that you may have gotten 200 of and the trophy that no one knows where it is mean that much to you that it'll piss you off when your 40? Fuck no.

Bhangra is meant to be fun. It puts big smiles on all of our faces on stage, and those watching us in the audience. Then the smile gets even bigger and sloppier at the afterparty ;D. That's what its all about.


Focus your emotions on real life matters like your family or school or your job. Let bhangra be a great memory to look back on. Not one with regrets.

This is all opinion. Please do not take offense to my post.

 

[rajkaran]

All in all, bhangra is a huge part of a lot of our lives. BUT, it is not and should not be what we live and die by. There are plenty bigger things than bhangra. Bhangra is not going to help you on your exam. Bhangra is not going to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.

In 20 years, are you going to look back and say bhangra was an integral part of your life? Probably: Bhangra can allow you to create a new family, but the real family is more important. Your network multiplies exponentially after attending competitions, afterparties, and posting on BTF. Bhangra can force you to learn to manage your time properly. Bhangra can teach many life lessons like discipline and work ethic.

For one to want to put in the effort, energy, and time to do bhangra, there has to be a means to an end: The lights, cameras, stage, and glory. After all the hard work and practice, it will all be worth it.

It's mentally and emotionally draining trying to prepare for competitions. Not winning or placing after an amazing performance HAS to be frustrating. But who cares?!? Once your video is posted on youtube and btf, everyone will be like damn. That was nasty. You will achieve that glory. You will earn the respect. Why moan, whine, and complain? When the competition is over, just be like w.e. Pop some bottles and have a hell of a time.

In 20 years, will it matter if you won or not? No. But did you have a hell of a time? Yes. It's good to look back on memories and smile and be like yeah, we were sick and that afterparty was amazing. Why sit in your lazy boy in disgust and think, we should have won. judges screwed us over. Did that 2000$ grand prize that you may have gotten 200 of and the trophy that no one knows where it is mean that much to you that it'll piss you off when your 40? Fuck no.

Bhangra is meant to be fun. It puts big smiles on all of our faces on stage, and those watching us in the audience. Then the smile gets even bigger and sloppier at the afterparty ;D. That's what its all about.


Focus your emotions on real life matters like your family or school or your job. Let bhangra be a great memory to look back on. Not one with regrets.

This is all opinion. Please do not take offense to my post.

THIS just made my day...esp with what has happened today...Thank you!

 

[Manjot]

All in all, bhangra is a huge part of a lot of our lives. BUT, it is not and should not be what we live and die by. There are plenty bigger things than bhangra. Bhangra is not going to help you on your exam. Bhangra is not going to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.

In 20 years, are you going to look back and say bhangra was an integral part of your life? Probably: Bhangra can allow you to create a new family, but the real family is more important. Your network multiplies exponentially after attending competitions, afterparties, and posting on BTF. Bhangra can force you to learn to manage your time properly. Bhangra can teach many life lessons like discipline and work ethic.

For one to want to put in the effort, energy, and time to do bhangra, there has to be a means to an end: The lights, cameras, stage, and glory. After all the hard work and practice, it will all be worth it.

It's mentally and emotionally draining trying to prepare for competitions. Not winning or placing after an amazing performance HAS to be frustrating. But who cares?!? Once your video is posted on youtube and btf, everyone will be like damn. That was nasty. You will achieve that glory. You will earn the respect. Why moan, whine, and complain? When the competition is over, just be like w.e. Pop some bottles and have a hell of a time.

In 20 years, will it matter if you won or not? No. But did you have a hell of a time? Yes. It's good to look back on memories and smile and be like yeah, we were sick and that afterparty was amazing. Why sit in your lazy boy in disgust and think, we should have won. judges screwed us over. Did that 2000$ grand prize that you may have gotten 200 of and the trophy that no one knows where it is mean that much to you that it'll piss you off when your 40? Fuck no.

Bhangra is meant to be fun. It puts big smiles on all of our faces on stage, and those watching us in the audience. Then the smile gets even bigger and sloppier at the afterparty ;D. That's what its all about.


Focus your emotions on real life matters like your family or school or your job. Let bhangra be a great memory to look back on. Not one with regrets.

This is all opinion. Please do not take offense to my post.

Beautiful.

 

[Manjot]

3-4 pages projected by tonite.

but in the end, I win.

I joke

 

[Somi]

3-4 pages projected by tonite.

but in the end, I win.

I joke

HAHAH loooooser!

aww KUSH, dont let people get to you like that. LOL
People saying whatever on Facebook is really up to them. If you dont like what they are saying just de-friend their ass or just hide their post [you wont see their post on your new feed]. Simple as that. They will not know if you hide their post, believe me I have a lot of hidden people lol.

 

[Benson]

Seeing as the only behavior you can control is your own, I think learning this would be the best course of action...

http://tinyurl.com/yzb8axl

Google is a beautiful thing.

 

[COMTONDAJATT]

Seeing as the only behavior you can control is your own, I think learning this would be the best course of action...

http://tinyurl.com/yzb8axl

Google is a beautiful thing.

After I did that about a year ago I realized my facebook stalking time dropped 90 percent. And I am happier in life now. It is no coincidence.

 

[Kush]

lol i didn't stalk anyone, and i wasn't even personally offended. In the end, it was something I felt I had to comment on because there is a pattern and a consistency thats developing. I don't even really care if it inspires change or not, just that I pointed it out, and hopefully the point didn't get lost in alot of the deviations and misunderstandings that came up.

Somia, NOONEEEEE gets to me like that! cept YOUR lame face throughout the entire post, and pre/post, I was still my same smiling, goofing, somia-teasing self.

 

[Somi]

Somia, NOONEEEEE gets to me like that! cept YOUR lame face throughout the entire post, and pre/post, I was still my same smiling, goofing, somia-teasing self.

ASS

 

[Bharathi]

These days it seems like every competition I read a few statuses that are excited about a competition. Reminiscing on people met, places visited, memories made, and unforgettable fun had. And to compliment EVERY one of these posts, I see a match that makes me lose my smile. When we don't place, win, or do well at a competition, we blast competitions, teams, and individuals on Facebook, even "anonymously"? Really guys? Has it come to this? I'm really beginning to believe that the bhangra circuit is devoid of maturity, class, and even slowly loosing its fun.

Teams that put in WEEKS of effort, all kinds of sacrifices, perhaps practice to attempt to better ones ability, knowledge and skill are shot down by snide individuals with their own personal agendas. Judges, "qualified or not", who take the time to apply any experience and knowledge, respect performances that have been compiled by all teams, and then do THEIR best to evaluate an entire lineup of a competition, are belittled by those who believe they are in some way superior.

It seems to me that the only teams qualified to actually DANCE, are those that DANCE like we want them to. It seems to ME that the only judges qualified to actually JUDGE, are those that JUDGE like we want them to.

Teams and Judges alike should place importance on exactly those aspects that WE believe remain true at heart to what WE define as "proper bhangra". When WE do a gimmick, it is not outside of the standard level of permission in a FOLK bhangra set, but when OTHERS do, a travesty has occurred. Everyone else knows NOTHING about bhangra and should... perhaps shut up and learn how to dance?

...AND to make matters even more comical, we delete the comments of those individuals who disagree with us. We don't wish to have open minds, perspectives, or tolerance. We want OUR ideals, beliefs, and principles to reign supreme. All who do not agree are not worthy...lol. Have your opinions, but only a person who cannot withstand scrutiny and crumbles in the face of debate will hide the comments of their competitors and adversaries. And the only reason to block ones self from observation and questioning is because, when seen upclose, the imperfections become blatantly apparent.

There's a word for this: Pathetic.

It just makes me sad :-\. You know what's funny? I took this offense on behalf of others, and it feels like its been a long time coming. Had to get it off my chest.

God Bless

Great posts guys.

Can I just get this off my chest...I get annoyed when you give a review of a team at a comp and one of the team members or, worse yet their captain, come online and say things like "I don't care if you didn't like our set I still think we rocked it" or "what do you know about traditional bhangra, you're from an east coast fusion team" or something ignorant like that. Not to name names or anything but one of the goals of BTF is to unite the bhangra community in a way like never before. Reviews and critiques are someone's OPINION, if you like what they say, try incorporating it. If not, just leave it. No need to tell them their opinion "sucks" or lash out in any other way nobody is personally attacking you, most reviews I read on here offer constructive criticism, and give feedback from an audience perspective which to be honest, as a dancing member of a team, you have no idea about until after the performance is over.

Just my 2 cents.

And Meistro, in the shot-for-everyone-who-got-robbed game, I wanna play too

 

[giddhagal21]

last time i checked..you can hide people off of your mini feed

what ppl do with their time is their business...if you don't like it ignore it

facebook is WAY different than BTF which should and most times does have members which practice the common courtesy about mutual respect

 

[Pam]

LOL..this is awesome.

 

[Benson]

Thanks Pam...I would just like to tell you that your childhood friend Benny is my role model and inspiration. He is the wind beneath my wings.

 

[justAguy]

Thanks Pam...I would just like to tell you that your childhood friend Benny is my role model and inspiration. He is the wind beneath my wings.

DUDEEEEEE your references to Diana Ross & Bett Midler mean that you DEFINITELY have a good taste in music !!!!! You are a blessing to the bhangra community

 

[Navkarn]

Thanks Pam...I would just like to tell you that your childhood friend Benny is my role model and inspiration. He is the wind beneath my wings.

DUDEEEEEE your references to Diana Ross & Bett Midler mean that you DEFINITELY have a good taste in music !!!!! You are a blessing to the bhangra community

holy mancrush batman