Waves (festival)

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Waves
Genre Cultural
Dates October/ November
Location(s) Goa, India
Attendance 100 colleges
Website
http://www.bits-waves.org/

Waves is the annual culfest of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Goa Campus. It is a three-day long festival held in the late October - early November period each year. The festival receives external participation of close to 2,000 each edition.[1][2][3][4]

History

Waves was first held in 2006, when it was an intra-college affair. Since then, Waves moved on to being a regional festival, with many colleges from the Goa-Mumbai region participating. Waves went national in 2008 and was extremely successful. Emboldened by this success, 2009 saw two editions of the festival. KK, Vidya Balan, Parikrama, DJ Suketu- Waves Winter 2009 featured one of the biggest artist line-up seen in its history. Indian Ocean and DJ Ivan churned out spectacular performances in Waves Summer 2009. Aptly themed ‘Viva La Vida- A celebration of life’, Waves 2010 represented an exhilarating celebration of life with Shafqat Amanat Ali, Blackstratblues, Thermal and a Quarter took the crowds to a whole new level of musical nirvana. Music reverberated off the walls of BITS Pilani Goa campus with the music of Raeth, Agam, TAAQ and Something Relevant. Kailash Kher mesmerised the crowd with the magic of Sufi music. Waves 2011 saw its biggest event, Sea Rock, having its elimination rounds in Delhi, Bangalore and Pune.

The subsequent years saw Waves the festival grow in terms of participation and number of events. Waves 2012 was titled "Relieve the streets". The year saw an international act, Dead Letter Circus, a band from Australia perform for the English Nite as well as judge the Searock event which had become one of India's biggest semi professional rock band hunt contests. The year also saw Pakistani band, Strings performing for the Hindi nite. The third nite saw a Sunburn campus happen for the first time.

The theme for Waves 2013 is "Hit the Rewind". Vishal-Shekar will be performing for the Hindi nite and English metal band Monuments perform for the English nite. An art fair and a flea market will also be happening for the first time. New events like Moot Courts will be happening for the first time in Waves 2013.

Goa

Goa was once described as South Asia's Latin Quarter: indulgent, tolerant, capricious, steeped in a tropical lassitude and wedded to the sea. And this description is well lived up to every year in November when BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus celebrates their annual cultural festival. One of the fastest growing college fests of our country, and also the most popular, WAVES has become a cultural and social phenomenon among the youth and has come a long way since its humble inception in 2006. Last year, we ‘relived the streets’ and the theme for this year is HIT THE REWIND. We have managed to create quite a buzz across the nation already.

WAVES has been named so for quite obvious reasons. Nestled in the hottest and quite scenic destination of India, with the sea as her snug neighbour, you cannot not want to be here during this time of the year. Fabulous beaches, sizzling sands, vibrant colours, delicious food and a marvellous crowd may be synonymous with Goa but we have a lot more to offer.

Collaborating with foreign embassies, we host a crowd as enormous as 10,000 students from hundreds of colleges of India, some of the best entertainment in the form of dazzling nights, contemporary artists, bands and performers, international and domestic, along with a vast range of fascinating and diverse events in the fields of dance, drama, music, literature and arts showcasing some of the best talent of the nation. Last year we hosted the official pre-Sunburn and the Australian Rock band, Dead Letter Circus and Pakistani band, Strings were the headlining acts. The platform we provided to them is enviable and the time they spent here, unforgettable. Searock, Natyanjali, FashP and Mr. and Ms. Waves make up the BIG 4 with a myriad of other events. The participation for FashP and Mr. and Ms. Waves is huge as we have grown nationally over the years. There is something in store for everyone and we make sure that these three days will be remembered for nothing less than absolute entertainment.

As is evident from the international nature of the festival, Waves has become a melting pot of various cultures and diversities, we fully appreciate its richness in heritage and variety. Goa is known for its hospitality and is undoubtedly, one of the most sought after tourist locations of the world and all we do is add to that repute. We stress on the fact that we have risen above the tag of ‘just another college fest’ as we celebrate diversity and international harmony by setting the stage for societies coming together. We are growing in every direction, and maturing. We have come this far and we hope to go beyond. The dream is bigger this time around; as we welcome you to the Goa within Goa.

Events

Waves features a variety of events spanning the various categories of Music, Dance, Literary, Quiz, Drama and the Fine Arts. ‘The Big 3’ events of Waves, Natyanjali , Fashion Parade and Mr. And Ms. Waves generally attract the biggest crowds. Sea Rock is a national event and held in several cities. Over the years the number of events have increased with several new introductions like Sizzle and Vices Quiz becoming very popular among the participants. Waves 2012 saw the overall winners trophy tied between Christ University, Bangalore and H.R. College, Mumbai.[5]

Specials

The Specials at Waves encompass a variety of unconventional events and competitions. Previous editions have included paintball, blackjack, treasure hunt, doughnut eating competition, Limca Book of Records attempt, Guinness World Record attempt, slip soccer and Housie.

Workshops

The previous editions of Waves have seen workshops in blogging, ambigram designing, mocktail making, canvas shoe painting, photography, light painting, Siporex art, calligraphy, Latin dance, drama and grooming.

Nites

Waves has previously featured the likes of KK, Kailash Kher,[6] Shafqat Amanat Ali, Strings Indian Ocean, Parikrama, Thermal And A Quarter,[7] Pakistani Rock act Raeth, Carnatic Rock band Agam, DJ Sidharth Talwar, DJ Amit and DJ Suketu.[8] The ‘Nites’ are usually divided into a DJ night, a Hindi night and an English night to cater to various tastes.

Waves 2012

Tagline: Relive the Streets[9]

Promoted as India's first student organised International festivals, Waves 2012 will be seeing 20 performers from 8 different countries, including popular Australian rock outfit, Dead Letter Circus. This edition of the festival will also play host to an official Pre-Sunburn event, with renowned DJs Nikhil Chinapa and Pearl. Carnatic rock act Agam will perform on the inauguration night (1 November). The festival will also feature performances and exhibitions from artists coming down from the Delhi International Arts Festival.

New events

  • Short film Making, Montage.
  • The All-Night Treasure Hunt.
  • Rink Football.

Associations

  • The Entertainment Society of Goa- for Montage, the Short film making event
  • Stenodac Institute of Fashion Technology- for the Fashion Parade and Photography events.
  • Thespo, Mumbai- For the Stage Play and Street Play events.
  • The Comedy Store, Mumbai- for the Comedy Nite, performances by Indian stand up comedians Ashish Shakya,[10] Tanmay Bhatt and Rohan Joshi.

Sea Rock

[11] Winners gets an opportunity to open for Dead Letter Circus and workshops at the Swarnabhumi Academy of Music. Eliminations were organised across 8 cities.

Dates for Regional Eliminations

  • 23 September– Delhi "Vapour"
  • 29 September - Pune "Inorbit Mall"
  • 7 October – Kolkata "Basement"
  • 12 October - Bangalore "Counter Culture"
  • 25 October – Mumbai "Cool Chef Cafe"
  • 2 November- BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

Finals- 3, 4 November- BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

Finalists for the 2012 edition were The Family Cheese, The News, Orchid and The Uncertainty Principle. The finals were judged by Australian alternative/progressive rock outfit Dead Letter Circus.

Bangalore progressive metal band Orchid were adjudged winners of Sea Rock 2012. Orchid also won individual titles for best bassist, best guitarist. The best drummer title was shared by Orchid and The Family Cheese, with Uncertainty Principle taking the title for best vocalist.

References

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  2. ↑ "BITS Pilani, Goa all set for gala fest "Waves 2011"". Minglebox. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
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  4. ↑ "WAVES 2011 BITS Pilani, Goa Campus". Youthkiawaaz.com. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
  5. ↑ "Rock bands, fashion show light up 'Waves 2011' - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
  6. ↑ "Kailash Kher rocks BITS Pilani | iGoa". Navhindtimes.in. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
  7. ↑ "Thermal and a Quarter (TAAQ)". Taaq.in. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
  8. ↑ "5 Occasions to not miss at BITS-Goa as a fresher - CoolAge". Coolage.in. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
  9. ↑ "Waves 2012 - Relive the Streets!". Bits-waves.org. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
  10. ↑ "Ashish Shakya: In corporate shows people don't give a sh*t - CoolAge". Coolage.in. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
  11. ↑ "BITS Pilani Goa Campus: Riding the Techno Wave - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 

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