Virsa Jr. Competition team request

[Gurvir]

As most of you know there is a Virsa jrs competition held in california. I just talked to the organizers regarded a split catagory competition. We requested a club and high school catagory. They said that if we could find 4-5 more high school teams then they would be willing to split it. Now our problem is that we arent too familiar with teams in california that arent club teams. Even anywhere else out of state. This is a great opportunity for any high school teams that want to compete with other high school teams so its a bit more even. I hope some teams will come forward and apply. Thanks

 

[imakhilyou37]

Any idea when its being held... or reg. stuffs gonna be released?

 

[Gurvir]

Any idea when its being held... or reg. stuffs gonna be released?

pretty sure its in april

 

[imakhilyou37]

btw, just wondering... What would be the benefit in seperating the two?
Styles arent exactly different, like live and music, or giddah and bhangra...

 

[Gurvir]

btw, just wondering... What would be the benefit in seperating the two?
Styles arent exactly different, like live and music, or giddah and bhangra...

well the club teams usually (not always) have better practice facilities, top notch coaches and others, people with a lot of time to dedicate to bhangra, etc.

 

[Danny]

Sup gurvir

We did this coMp last year and one category is pretty efficient, not many hs teams have funds, and idk about your area but high schools down here have little to no bhangra heads, every teAm is independent

I say don't even give it too much head, just show up, rip it up, and hAve fun, I'm sure you guys will have a blast in LA (or Reseda)

 

[Gurvir]

Sup gurvir

We did this coMp last year and one category is pretty efficient, not many hs teams have funds, and idk about your area but high schools down here have little to no bhangra heads, every teAm is independent

I say don't even give it too much head, just show up, rip it up, and hAve fun, I'm sure you guys will have a blast in LA (or Reseda)

yeah i get what you're saying bro...its just mostly about the funds to go to LA...but it would be fun regardless

 

[lavesh]

i would DEF be interested in this...i have a high school junior team that would love to come...now the only thing is, idk if they qualify as a club or hs team...they are all IN his, but the team is through our academy...i guess that fits the club definition? gurvir, can u give me more info? feel free to PM me

 

[Gurvir]

i would DEF be interested in this...i have a high school junior team that would love to come...now the only thing is, idk if they qualify as a club or hs team...they are all IN his, but the team is through our academy...i guess that fits the club definition? gurvir, can u give me more info? feel free to PM me

yeah i think u would be in the club catagory..high school teams are teams that are independant and arent through an acadamy or club.

 

[Kala_J]

This comp was really great, honestly. The coordinators ran it very well. You should definitely think about doing.

-Joe

 

[KammyT]

sounds liek a pretty dope compp

 

[Gurvir]

anyone know the EXACT date yet?

 

[Kala_J]

probably during may, like last year. I believe its hosted by SoCal Bhangra coordinators so you could ask them.

http://www.virsajuniorbhangra.com/

 

[sukhi88]

Hey, well in BC were having the BC Highschool Bhangra Competition in the first week of April as well. That's just strictly highschools; hence the name. I'm one of the organizers so you could pass on some info to me, and I could get in touch with some highschools here, because majority of the ones in BC are registering for our competition. So we could easily pass info to those non btf users.

However, you might want to take into consideration that VIBC did a VIBC Next competition; which was all junior teams and they had split it into two different categories as well. They had the highschool teams perform first and then the academies, however they just had the issue of not getting enough highschools and they only had 3. Also, just like Danny said; take funding into consideration because they are all highschool students. Also, some of them have not competed before, let alone performed on stage other than in front of their school. So when you split the categories you might need to change judging criteria a bit, because highschool teams tend to have more modern aspects.

Sukhi

 

[Gurvir]

ill try to get some more info soon

 

[Dholaholic]

Hey, well in BC were having the BC Highschool Bhangra Competition in the first week of April as well. That's just strictly highschools; hence the name. I'm one of the organizers so you could pass on some info to me, and I could get in touch with some highschools here, because majority of the ones in BC are registering for our competition. So we could easily pass info to those non btf users.

However, you might want to take into consideration that VIBC did a VIBC Next competition; which was all junior teams and they had split it into two different categories as well. They had the highschool teams perform first and then the academies, however they just had the issue of not getting enough highschools and they only had 3. Also, just like Danny said; take funding into consideration because they are all highschool students. Also, some of them have not competed before, let alone performed on stage other than in front of their school. So when you split the categories you might need to change judging criteria a bit, because highschool teams tend to have more modern aspects.

Sukhi

I heard its gonna be at sullivan this year?
when is the exact date?

 

[virsajuniorbhangra09]

Hello fellow Bhangra Lovers... My name is Manisha and I am one of the coordinators for the Virsa Junior Bhangra. I did talk to a few of you guys earlier but just to clarify, Virsa Junior Bhangra Competition will be held on May 2, 2009 at the Santa Monica High School. If you want a registration packet please email me at virsajuniorbhangra@yahoo.com and I will get that forwarded to you ASAP. The website will be up soon with all the current details.

As to splitting the category into 2, it seems harder and not efficient for the purpose of our competition. From last year's experience I could tell you that the general category fitted all the teams and everyone was very well satisfied.