Waves (festival)
| 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 3,000 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.
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".
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 Vishal Shekhar, Priyanka Chopra, Blackstrat Blues, Kash Kale, DJ NYK, 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.
- Moot Courts
- Contention (British Parliamentary Debate)
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.
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
- ↑ "Seek • Study • Succeed, Education India, MBA, Engineering, Medical, Search Institutes, Online Test, Video, Forum". GyanCentral. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "BITS Pilani, Goa all set for gala fest "Waves 2011"". Minglebox. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑
- ↑ "WAVES 2011 BITS Pilani, Goa Campus". Youthkiawaaz.com. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "Rock bands, fashion show light up 'Waves 2011' - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "Kailash Kher rocks BITS Pilani | iGoa". Navhindtimes.in. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "Thermal and a Quarter (TAAQ)". Taaq.in. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "5 Occasions to not miss at BITS-Goa as a fresher - CoolAge". Coolage.in. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "Waves 2012 - Relive the Streets!". Bits-waves.org. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "Ashish Shakya: In corporate shows people don't give a sh*t - CoolAge". Coolage.in. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ↑ "BITS Pilani Goa Campus: Riding the Techno Wave - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.