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R2B2 2016 Review!
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ampal
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Ive been waiting for you guys to post this because I love r2b2.
First of all, congratulations to Husky for placing for the 2nd year in a row and all the other teams who put up great performances.
This was my 4th year at this competition and it gets better every year. R2b2 has to be, by far, THE MOST organized competition I have even been to in my entire life. I never understand why more teams don't apply. They have a 75% collegiate rule so its a great stage for collegiate teams to showcase their talent. Also, the R2 is for raas rave so it's a raas and bhangra comp but even with 14 teams, this competitions ends on a more timely manner than some straight bhangra competitions.
PreComp:
+ The registration packet was clear and precise with all the deadline and everything that needed to be turned it.
- The roster was due on the 29th of January and the competition was exactly a month away. I guess its easier for competitions to receive all this information early but we were unable to replace our dancers after this point, no matter what. We wanted to add a Dholi a week after the 29th and we were unable to because of this rule. We were also unable to get our money back for some of our roster members that weren't coming to the show, or replace them with someone else, but I get it, I didn't stress that much.
+ There was a judges meeting on Skype that lasted
a long time and we were able to get all of our questions answered and to top it off, Myra typed up every single question and every single answer and sent it to all of the teams.
- The rubric is the same for bhangra and raas and it needs improvement. The categories are not clear, esp for bhangra but the judges were able to make some changes to it for bhangra which was cool.
+ The judges were Kinnell Shah, Gurteg Singh, and Gary Khera which I thought was a pretty good panel considering their backgrounds.
Mixer:
= It's double blind because of raas restrictions, which is fine I guess. Its pretty fair.
+ It was laid back, and it was casual so we decided to wear our onesies.
+ after the mixer we received subway
+ The baskets had a lot of bars and stuff and gatorade.
WATER:
+++ THERE WAS PLENTY OF WATER EVERYWHERE
Hotel:
+ Had complimentary breakfast
Comp Day
Tech Time:
+ So either its before or after depending on the schedule but they have a room with mirrors where teams can spend about 20 mins practicing and cleaning up for tech time and then you go to stage and spend 15 minutes on stage. Everyone gets the same amount of tech time because it was strictly watched and every minute is accounted for, literally.
- The lighting crew was playing around with our lighting as we were running some segments which caused the lights to turn off for a minute or two, but they gave us that minute back so we were okay.
= We drove ourselves to the mixer and show because the hotel was 5 mins away so we can't say much about their transportation. Shout out to our liaisons for handling us without stress because we were late to everything.
Lunch:
+ They gave us Qudoba. And like 5 or 6 extra sandwiches. the meal was big enough to eat, get full, and save some for later.
Dinner:
+ There was 3 boxes of pizza.
Show:
= I think it ran on time, I don't really remember.
+ They have this system where the teams move from one waiting room, to the next waiting room, slowing getting closer to the stage. We get to these moving rooms 2-3 acts before ours.
+ I liked that the tech guy asked us BEFORE they played our mix if we were ready or not. Last year our mix was played and we were not ready so I like the improvement a lot.
+ All the teams get to sit on the 3rd floor and watch the show. Our liaisons were with us the whole time.
Judges Meeting:
+ This has definitely improved. Our first year, there as no meeting and after listening to the teams concerns, they were able to have a legit judges meeting. I think we agreed on 7-8 minutes. Each judge went through their notes, gave us their feedback and provided constructive criticism.
After Party:
+ Loved the shuttles taking us to and from the after party
+ The venue had two rooms, one that only played bhangra music and the other that played all types of music.
+ It lasted in 4AM
Overall, there is barely any negative things about this competition. Moez did a great job organizing this and staying calm handling both raas and bhangra. It has improved a lot and I really do encourage more teams to apply next year. I guess one thing I would work on is having a professional videographer record all the performances from the 2nd balcony where the judges are. The teams aren't allowed there and iPhone videos never do justice. Shoutout to kinnell for recording us with his camera!
+++Also, they venmo out the prize money which is literally the most convenient and fast way to receive the money, besides straight cash lawlz.
Anyway, congratulations to moez, shivam and disha for an amazing competition!
- Ampal
First of all, congratulations to Husky for placing for the 2nd year in a row and all the other teams who put up great performances.
This was my 4th year at this competition and it gets better every year. R2b2 has to be, by far, THE MOST organized competition I have even been to in my entire life. I never understand why more teams don't apply. They have a 75% collegiate rule so its a great stage for collegiate teams to showcase their talent. Also, the R2 is for raas rave so it's a raas and bhangra comp but even with 14 teams, this competitions ends on a more timely manner than some straight bhangra competitions.
PreComp:
+ The registration packet was clear and precise with all the deadline and everything that needed to be turned it.
- The roster was due on the 29th of January and the competition was exactly a month away. I guess its easier for competitions to receive all this information early but we were unable to replace our dancers after this point, no matter what. We wanted to add a Dholi a week after the 29th and we were unable to because of this rule. We were also unable to get our money back for some of our roster members that weren't coming to the show, or replace them with someone else, but I get it, I didn't stress that much.
+ There was a judges meeting on Skype that lasted
a long time and we were able to get all of our questions answered and to top it off, Myra typed up every single question and every single answer and sent it to all of the teams.
- The rubric is the same for bhangra and raas and it needs improvement. The categories are not clear, esp for bhangra but the judges were able to make some changes to it for bhangra which was cool.
+ The judges were Kinnell Shah, Gurteg Singh, and Gary Khera which I thought was a pretty good panel considering their backgrounds.
Mixer:
= It's double blind because of raas restrictions, which is fine I guess. Its pretty fair.
+ It was laid back, and it was casual so we decided to wear our onesies.
+ after the mixer we received subway
+ The baskets had a lot of bars and stuff and gatorade.
WATER:
+++ THERE WAS PLENTY OF WATER EVERYWHERE
Hotel:
+ Had complimentary breakfast
Comp Day
Tech Time:
+ So either its before or after depending on the schedule but they have a room with mirrors where teams can spend about 20 mins practicing and cleaning up for tech time and then you go to stage and spend 15 minutes on stage. Everyone gets the same amount of tech time because it was strictly watched and every minute is accounted for, literally.
- The lighting crew was playing around with our lighting as we were running some segments which caused the lights to turn off for a minute or two, but they gave us that minute back so we were okay.
= We drove ourselves to the mixer and show because the hotel was 5 mins away so we can't say much about their transportation. Shout out to our liaisons for handling us without stress because we were late to everything.
Lunch:
+ They gave us Qudoba. And like 5 or 6 extra sandwiches. the meal was big enough to eat, get full, and save some for later.
Dinner:
+ There was 3 boxes of pizza.
Show:
= I think it ran on time, I don't really remember.
+ They have this system where the teams move from one waiting room, to the next waiting room, slowing getting closer to the stage. We get to these moving rooms 2-3 acts before ours.
+ I liked that the tech guy asked us BEFORE they played our mix if we were ready or not. Last year our mix was played and we were not ready so I like the improvement a lot.
+ All the teams get to sit on the 3rd floor and watch the show. Our liaisons were with us the whole time.
Judges Meeting:
+ This has definitely improved. Our first year, there as no meeting and after listening to the teams concerns, they were able to have a legit judges meeting. I think we agreed on 7-8 minutes. Each judge went through their notes, gave us their feedback and provided constructive criticism.
After Party:
+ Loved the shuttles taking us to and from the after party
+ The venue had two rooms, one that only played bhangra music and the other that played all types of music.
+ It lasted in 4AM
Overall, there is barely any negative things about this competition. Moez did a great job organizing this and staying calm handling both raas and bhangra. It has improved a lot and I really do encourage more teams to apply next year. I guess one thing I would work on is having a professional videographer record all the performances from the 2nd balcony where the judges are. The teams aren't allowed there and iPhone videos never do justice. Shoutout to kinnell for recording us with his camera!
+++Also, they venmo out the prize money which is literally the most convenient and fast way to receive the money, besides straight cash lawlz.
Anyway, congratulations to moez, shivam and disha for an amazing competition!
- Ampal
KironMizanur
Loughborough & Gabru Furteley
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Been hearing a lot about this competition!
Will the videos be released on YouTube?
Or if they have would anyone mind linking me the channel?
Thanks
Will the videos be released on YouTube?
Or if they have would anyone mind linking me the channel?
Thanks
KironMizanur said:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG-iTht5mr_I9YkP5LXAwLw is Kinnell's channel, Husky is up now
RShah17
New Member
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First off, I'd like to congratulate Moez, Hena, Disha, Shivam and the rest of the R2B2 board for a great competition. This was my second time at R2B2, but first as a captain. Both years I thoroughly enjoyed the competition and I'd love to see this competition grow even more.
I'll follow the outline that Ampal used to say a few things:
Precomp
+ good communication through groupme and email between our board and the comp board
= strict deadlines for rosters and mix but no complaints
+ the board was very accommodating to our flight itineraries
+++ rides from the airport to hotel were arranged by the committe which was VERY helpful and something all comps should provide
Mixer
+ blended Raas and Bhangra teams for the mixer
+ I like the double blind mixers because there's no pressure and teams can just relax and enjoy the activities
- dinner was provided after the mixer ended which was pretty late
- Indian food would be nice instead of soggy sandwiches
+ snag bag was awesome and a great change from last year's cinnamon rolls and other sweets
+ loved the photobooth!
- no places for teams to practice in the hotel after the mixer
Pre-show/Tech Time
+ lots of water everywhere (at hotel and venue)
+ hotel had good breakfast
+ 20 minutes in mirror room is awesome
+ lighting people were accommodating
+ Qdoba lunch was pretty dope
+ transportation to tech time and back was good
- because we went last our tech time ended late and we were forced to return to the hotel because PennMasala wouldn't allow anyone to stay in the venue while they were rehearsing. This was hard for us as we were hoping to just stay at the venue after tech time until the show started so we could get ready easily
Show
+ ran on time!
- the 3 room process to move around before we got on stage seemed a bit excessive IMO
- no real space to get ready at the venue. last year we were allowed to use the mirror room to tie paghs but this year we had to use the basement and had to run around looking for chairs
Post show/ Afterparty
+ judges meeting was good and in show order
+ teams actually were allowed into the party this year (props to Shivam for doing a great job with wristbands and tickets)
- shuttles were not on time to take us to the after party and only one or two were running to take all teams to the same place
+ venue was lit
- too many randos and people fighting
Overall, probably the best comp I've been to and one that I will look forward to next year! Congrats to Alamo on first place! We'll be doing our best to take that from you.
I think this comp should get some more recognition for how well-run it is and all captains out there should really consider applying for next year!
Shoutout to Yashas and Shilpa for being baller ass liasons.
Rushi
I'll follow the outline that Ampal used to say a few things:
Precomp
+ good communication through groupme and email between our board and the comp board
= strict deadlines for rosters and mix but no complaints
+ the board was very accommodating to our flight itineraries
+++ rides from the airport to hotel were arranged by the committe which was VERY helpful and something all comps should provide
Mixer
+ blended Raas and Bhangra teams for the mixer
+ I like the double blind mixers because there's no pressure and teams can just relax and enjoy the activities
- dinner was provided after the mixer ended which was pretty late
- Indian food would be nice instead of soggy sandwiches
+ snag bag was awesome and a great change from last year's cinnamon rolls and other sweets
+ loved the photobooth!
- no places for teams to practice in the hotel after the mixer
Pre-show/Tech Time
+ lots of water everywhere (at hotel and venue)
+ hotel had good breakfast
+ 20 minutes in mirror room is awesome
+ lighting people were accommodating
+ Qdoba lunch was pretty dope
+ transportation to tech time and back was good
- because we went last our tech time ended late and we were forced to return to the hotel because PennMasala wouldn't allow anyone to stay in the venue while they were rehearsing. This was hard for us as we were hoping to just stay at the venue after tech time until the show started so we could get ready easily
Show
+ ran on time!
- the 3 room process to move around before we got on stage seemed a bit excessive IMO
- no real space to get ready at the venue. last year we were allowed to use the mirror room to tie paghs but this year we had to use the basement and had to run around looking for chairs
Post show/ Afterparty
+ judges meeting was good and in show order
+ teams actually were allowed into the party this year (props to Shivam for doing a great job with wristbands and tickets)
- shuttles were not on time to take us to the after party and only one or two were running to take all teams to the same place
+ venue was lit
- too many randos and people fighting
Overall, probably the best comp I've been to and one that I will look forward to next year! Congrats to Alamo on first place! We'll be doing our best to take that from you.
I think this comp should get some more recognition for how well-run it is and all captains out there should really consider applying for next year!
Shoutout to Yashas and Shilpa for being baller ass liasons.
Rushi