VIBC Newsletter


VIBC Newsletter	FEBRUARY 27, 2008
In this issue: Get Your Tickets Today! Text VIBC to Win Phones from Bell Event Feature: Disorienting Bhangra Event Feature: Downtown Bhangra Event Feature: Bhangra Competition Much Love to Our Sponsors	The City of Bhangra, presented by Bell, is in full swing! Guests at the VIBC Opening Gala, presented by the Bay Vancouver Downtown, were given a special treat with a surprise appearance by Malkit Singh! Click to watch the video below of the Golden Star’s speech, including lines from the infamous "Jind Mahi!" http://youtube.com/watch?v=O3txoOogMZE
Don’t Delay! Get Your Tickets TODAY! Tickets are going fast for City of Bhangra Festival events! Limited tickets remain for the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition, featuring nine of North America’s finest Bhangra teams and the man with the Midas Touch, Malkit Singh. To purchase tickets the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition and the Official City of Bhangra After Party presented by Atown, call Ticketmaster at 604.280.4444 or follow this link. Tickets can also be purchased at Kamal's Video Palace in Surrey, Anmol Video in Abbotsford and Tasleem's Video in Vancouver.
Last Chance! Text VIBC to Win Phones from Bell Text "VIBC" to 247365 and win amazing prizes from Bell with their Fan Favourite Contest! 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! Deadline is March 8, 2008! Visit www.vibc.org for more details.
Event Feature: Disorienting Bhangra Join guest panelists Gibb Schreffler (Ethnomusicologist from University of California Santa Barbara), Ashveer Singh (Anthropology student at University of California Berkeley and dancer with Davis Di Dynasty Bhangra team), Sanjay Seran (lead singer of Signia and Delhi 2 Dublin) and Jora Nijjar (dancer with UNITED Bhangra) as they discuss, argue and question what Bhangra is and what it means today in a North American setting. This unique panel of scholars, students, dancers and musicians will discuss how and why Bhangra is performed and its relevance outside of Punjab. The event is moderated by Dr. Anne Murphy, assistant professor with the Department of Asian Studies at UBC and Chair in Punjabi Language, Literature, and Sikh Studies at the University of British Columbia. March 6 - 7:00 p.m. By Donation UBC Robson Square Theatre, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver	Disorienting Bhangra
Downtown Bhangra	Event Feature: Downtown Bhangra Dance on the sidewalk and sing out loud at Downtown Bhangra, a free outdoor concert stage featuring Vancouver’s finest talent. From drummers, beat-boxers and singers to Bhangra dancers, break dancers and folk dancers of other varieties, this stage is non-stop action. Featured performers include award-winning Khalsa Junction, local hip-hop group A-Slam, Bhangra band En Karma and LA’s DJ Sandeep – in addition to many talented local stars. March 7 from 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. March 8 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Vancouver Art Gallery Georgia Street Plaza
Event Feature: 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.	Much Love to Our Sponsors The VIBC Society thanks all of our sponsors and community partners for their support of the City of Bhangra Festival. We thank our festival presenting sponsor Bell, the competition presenting sponsor Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, and The Vancouver Sun, Province Newspaper, The BEAT 94.5FM, Global TV, Shaw Cable Systems, IT Media Broadcasting, RED 93.1FM, CBC Radio One 690AM, Channel M, Link Newspaper, Mehfil Magazine, Shaw Multicultural Channel, Shere Punjab Radio 1550AM, Asian Pacific Post, Punjabi Patrika, The Source, Kamal’s Video Palace, Tasleem’s Video, Anmol Video, and Lucky Video.
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