VIBC Newsletter


VIBC Newsletter	FEBRUARY 27, 2008
In this issue: Festival Events This Week Get Your Tickets Text VIBC to Win Phones from Bell Event Feature Malkit Singh’s Biggest Fan Contest Gimme some Love Volunteer Feature	City of Bhangra Festival Starts Today The City of Bhangra Festival presented by Bell launches today at our exclusive Opening Gala. Presented by the Bay Vancouver Downtown, the Opening Gala officially opens the festival with Bhangra dance performances by NEXT Competition winners BC Cultural Group, Academy of Creative Arts and singing by soulful crooner, Daksh Kubba. This sold out event is hosted by Global TV’s Jas Johal.
Festival Events This Week February 29. Drum Circle at Vancouver Community College Broadway, 7:00 p.m. FREE. February 29 & March 1. Transfusion at Vancouver International Film Centre, 8:00 p.m. Tickets $18.00 at Ticketmaster.ca or 604.280.4444. March 2. Bhangra Authentic at Vancouver International Film Centre, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Tickets $12.00 matinee / $18.00 at Ticketmaster.ca, 604.280.4444 or High Life Records. March 2. Bhangra 101 Workshops, presented by South Asian Arts at Roundhouse Community Centre, 2:30 p.m. & 3:45 p.m. Register online here.	Get Your Tickets – While You Still Can! Tickets are going fast for City of Bhangra Festival events! Tickets are still available for Bhangra Authentic and Transfusion, co-presented by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad on February 29, March 1 & 2. To purchase tickets to these events and the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition and the Official City of Bhangra After Party by Atown, call Ticketmaster at 604.280.4444 or follow this link. Tickets to the competition can also be purchased at Kamal's Video Palace in Surrey, Anmol Video in Abbotsford and Tasleem's Video in Vancouver.
Text VIBC to Win Phones from Bell Text "VIBC" to 247365 and win amazing prizes from Bell with their Fan Favourite Contest! From February 12 to March 8, 2008 Bell is putting on a contest where you can win one of two Samsung u740 Double Flip Phone (approximate value $350.00). The first contest to win VIP tickets to the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition is now closed. Congratulations to all the winners! View contest details below and good luck! Contest for Phone, from Tuesday, February 12, 2008 to Saturday, March 8, 2008 The VIBC Society thanks Bell for supporting the City of Bhangra Festival as the title sponsor. Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing the most comprehensive and innovative suite of communication services to residential and business customers. Visit www.vibc.org for more contest details.
Event Feature: The Coast Capital Bhangra Competition Former first place winners Khalsa Junction and UBC Girlz battle it out with seven other Bhangra teams as they all compete for $5000 and a gorgeous glass trophy. Acclaimed international Bhangra superstar, Malkit Singh, will perform with the Golden Star Group. Watch as teams from New York, Florida, Texas, California, Toronto and Vancouver light up the stage at the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition on Saturday, March 8 at 5:30 p.m. (doors at 4:30 p.m.) at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $35, $45, $55, VIP and available through Ticketmaster.ca or by calling 604.280.4444, and at Kamal's Video Palace, Anmol Video and Tasleem's Video. The VIBC Society is excited to have Coast Capital Savings, Canada's second largest credit union, support our organization by sponsoring the Bhangra Competition. Coast Capital Savings serves nearly 360,000 customers across the Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island regions of British Columbia.
You Still Have Time! Malkit Singh’s Biggest Fan Contest You’ve heard all the clichés. Now it’s your time to tell us why YOU are the biggest fan of the man with the Midas Touch. Win big prizes in the Malkit Singh's Biggest Fan Contest. Show us why you're the Golden Star's biggest fan and you could win 2 VIP tickets to the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition, an autographed photograph of the star and the opportunity to MEET Malkit Singh. Email ilovemalkit@vibc.org and tell us why you’re Malkit Singh’s Biggest Fan. Be creative! Send us a story, letter, poem or link to your video on YouTube by midnight on February 27, 2008. Visit www.vibc.org for contest rules and details.
Gimme some Love Beats Without Borders presents their biggest annual party, and the kick off to the VIBC's City of Bhangra Festival. Killer acts including DJ Sandeep Kumar from LA, live bhangra from the city's hottest bhangra band, En Karma, and a special dance performance pitting bhangra dancers against street dancers. This party will sell out, so come early. Tickets are $10 @ the door. http://www.beatswithoutborders.com March 6 at 9:00 p.m. at The Red Room, 398 Richards Street, Vancouver	Bhangra Love
Volunteer Feature: Bhavan Mahal Name: Bhavan Mahal Specialization: Technical Support After experiencing three years of VIBC as a spectator, Bhavan decided that he must ride the train and be a part of the experience from the inside. Also known as “super tech-guy” to some in the Society, Bhavan has become a valuable asset to maintaining the new VIBC website and all-round, everyday technical questions. He also brings his insights to meetings and provides his ideas. All of this at the age of 22! "I chose VIBC mainly because I loved the first three competitions from 2005 – 2007; it was an amazing experience and I couldn’t get enough of the appreciation people have for Bhangra and how many people came out to watch the competitions. I’m doing the Computer Science degree program at BCIT. This is a great way for me to gain experience with a great organization." If he’s not doing homework, or working on ways to make the website more accessible for users, Bhavan enjoys all sports and is known to get together with his boys on Friday nights until 5 a.m. (only EA NHL 08 though).
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