page_title: Waves (festival)
section_title: Big 4
hierarchical_section_title: Waves (festival) / Events / Big 4
caption_attribution_description: English: Sea Rock - Waves'13
context_page_description: Waves is the annual cultural festival of BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. It is a three-day-long festival held in the late October – early November period. It is a cultural festival that is held annually to celebrate music, dance and art. It is an inter college festival with students coming in to participate in events and competitions from across the country. With a footfall of over 40,000 recorded in recent editions, it is one of the leading college festivals in the country.
  The first edition of Waves was in 2006. In spite of being a relatively new festival, it has attracted considerable media attention and many prominent sponsors over the years. There are many events in various categories like Dance, Drama, Literature, Comedy, Fashion and Music. Elimination rounds to many of these events are held across various cities in India during the months before the fest.
  The Professional Nights, often called "Nites" in the college lingo, are a major attraction, with every night in the three night festival dedicated to a different genre. Both Indian and International artists have performed in past editions.
context_section_description: These are the biggest competitions in Waves, which attract the maximum crowd and see a tough tussle between the finest performers from all over India. Teams from various notable colleges all over India participate in these three events. The Big 3 events are namely:
  1)   Natyanjali:
  Natyanjali is the most popular competition in Waves. It is a group dance competition in which participants show-off their dancing skills. A variety of dance forms and even a blend of Classical and western dance forms can be seen at Natyanjali. The event is judged by people from dance and choreography academies in India.
  2)   Mr. And Ms. Waves:
  This event is the Talent Hunt event of Waves. Participants showcase their varied talents like music, dance, acting etc. Then in the next round they are asked tricky questions to judge their overall personality and attitude.
  In Waves 2019, this event was judged by Raghu Ram from the hit show MTV Roadies.
  3)    FashP:
  FashP or Fashion Parade is the prestigious Fashion event of Waves. Thematic ramp walks, new concepts and trends of fashion are showcased in this event. The event has been judged by fashion training academies like Femina in the past editions of Waves.
  This event was judged by Meghna Kaur in the 2019 edition of Waves.
  4)   SeaRock:
  Tagline: Where Music breathes Life.
  "SeaRock" is a national semi-professional band competition and is held in several cities. With eliminations in 12 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Goa, Searock gives contestants the chance to bring out their thoughts and music, and showcase it to the world. SeaRock also hosted Kathmandu elims, Nepal in 2018 for the first time as a part of its expansion process. The winners receive cash prizes, scholarships at the best music academies of the nation and a feature in leading media publications. The top three bands also get to open for the headlining artists on Waves main stage. Searock is one of the highlights of Waves, and attracts a large audience every year.
caption: SeaRock – Waves'13
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