The Gujarati Society of BC will be participating in the Western Canada Raas Garba Competition this September in Calgary, Alberta.

Over the last twenty years, this event has brought together many individuals in and outside of the community who work together to participate in one of the Society`s greatest events.

In 2010, Vancouver had a clean sweep – taking first in Youth Folk by the VanGopis, Adult Garba by Lady Garba, and Adult Co-Ed Raas by CobRaas. For those of you who weren’t a part of the 2010 troupe, check out the video of the overall winners.

This year, we will be sending three new teams to compete on a different platform in Calgary in hopes of expanding Vancouver’s dancing roster and keeping the first place trophies in Beautiful British Columbia.

We are looking for dancers, choreographers and team managers for all three teams: Youth Folk, Adult Garba and Adult Co-Ed Raas.

REGISTER HERE by Wednesday, March 28th

Friday, March 30 will be an information session where you will meet the board and go over the details and schedule of the weekend in Calgary, and general rules and regulations of the competition. The location and time will be confirmed. The audition date and details will be released then.

To make this happen, we need our community’s support. The Raas Garba 2012 Committee is looking for energetic, committed and creative volunteers to be a part of our team. We are a volunteer run, not-for-profit group with a lot of different opportunities available for you from Marketing, PR, Finance, Team Relations and Logistics.

Please email Rajan Raniga at rajan@gsbc.ca for information and sponsorship opportunities.