Kaboom

Like many other live performances event in Seoul, Kaboom is unique as it has many diverse performances with wide range/ Like if there is a classical cultural Korean music played by a professional females band then on the other hand there is a thrilling, exciting supersonic performance by frees style B Boys dance moves, similarly some astonishing magic tricks are also there to make you wonder and at last but not least there is a whole laser show in the end. So Kaboom has all the x factor.

Near Insa Dong, the famous downtown of Seoul’s heart, this event is there throughout the week and especially on weekend. I had a chance to witness it as sponsored by Koran Tourism Organization with my friends.  

As I told there are many segments in this event beginning with Va Va Voom, the girls group playing and singing the traditional Korean Music fused with modern style, beautifully and ceremoniously. This girl band then perform in between different other performances.

Performances of magic tricks, named Magic Trunk, were also quite impressive and were unique there is a whole romantic, love and revenge story to be performed during some quick as flash magic tricks.

I have been following the B Boys competitions in Korea, for more than a year and a half now, and world champions B Boys Group, from Korea, named Morning of Owl, also performs in Kaboom showing there winning moves in the world championships. There are very professional and creative in there team moves and formations also are quite artistic with respect to Choreography they have included.

PID (Performance in the Darkness) - "You can't take your eyes off it, black light laser performance!", is the trim card of the Kaboom to me, Waow what a great laser show it is. Really fascinating, captivating,  A must see performance that will you surely make you wonderstruck. The run time of this laser show is also long enough so that you can enjoy every bit of it. The performers in the laser show are very hardworking as I witnessed there were sweating off at the end of the show.

So Kaboom making a mark in my memory book of my Korean life.  

Sachoom

SACHOOM" is a one of the famous nonverbal performances of Seoul down town. It is purely a musical dance performance. Like K pop, K dance is one of the most emerging dance performed with music and song in groups with some simple to dynamic but highly synchronized dance moves. so if anyone want to see true K dance with some K pop music live then he should go to Insa dong, a famous down town spot in Seoul and grab the Sachoom tickets.




It was a hot summer day of 14th June, I went to Seoul to enjoy Sachoom on the honorary tickets i got from Korean Tourism Organization as its registered member. The place was easily found by me and my friend. We were just a few minutes late but entered the already going on performance.
There were different styles of dances by some young boys and girls who amused the audiences with their singing and dancing. The songs were subtitled in different languages also in English, 
Overall show was divided into different segments with some story lines. Main story line of the show was life, like from its birth till the climax. All phases of life and various issues in each phase were beautifully performed there. 


Choreography was awesome with respect to the story line. There were characterization of performers according to the need of story like there were mainly three characters throughout, one girl and two boys, who compete each other for her love, since their childhood then through school, high school then in college. All these eras were performed with music and K dance. 
Overall the show was very colorful and diverse, it was quite funny and entertaining, audience interaction was also very interesting and was there till the end. Performances were very dynamic, colorful and unique in their own styles.
I liked couple of acts very much which have more comic flavor. After the show there was sometime to interact with the performers and capture your photos with them as some golden memories of your visit to Korea.
Overall It was a vivid and worth seeing musical performances package so i thank to KTO for providing this opportunity

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R16 Eliminations Korea 2014

After a long wait, at last this year’s R 16 eliminations came at the same place as that of last year’s. Uijeongbu city. This city is one of the nearby cities of Seoul, and surrounded by beautiful lush green mountains. It was 14^th June, initially I was not willing to attend this event as the place is too far from Ansan but then my friend and another K supporter, Arsalaan Ansari, was also selected for this and we both decided not to miss this one. It took more than 2 hours just on subway to reach there, we took taxi as we were getting late. After having tickets we waited for the grand event to start. The stage was all set and the all the participants were ready to give their best.

First round was of Popping, there were 8 Dancers competing against each other. I personally like this style of dancing and try not to miss this segment. Among this the judges short performances are always worth seeing and you get satisfy that these judges are capable enough to judge and decide about each performer. There were three judges, Popbong, Popkun and Super Dino (China). Hoan won the hearts in his very first performance and then J one was also very impressive in the end the Poppin DS won the competition with his some very technically accurate popping moves

Next was the solo Locking dance battle, this hip hop style of dancing moved the spectators and we enjoyed the music and atmosphere. There was a female judge for it also named Yukari from Japan. Her judge performance was also very impressive. There were some really good locking dancers in the competition like Luffy, Rebel, the lady Luna, but the battle was won by Loking Khan, who was consistent yet very diverse till the end.

The next round was the real team b boys free style dancing. There were 5 judges: Physicx (Korea), Snake (Korea), Katsu (Japan), Menno (Netherlands), and Venom (USA). There was proper scoring of different categories and so the judging the close competitions were not so easy. There were many of new crews and groups. Honestly speaking I missed the last time winners Morning of Owl. The level of dance and synchronization was not there for a couple of groups being there, yet all others were very competitive and professional. TG breakers and Fusion MC were good as well as the Drtifters Crew but The Goonies and Gamblerz Crew were the best for me, and so Gamblers Crew won this time R16 Eliminations Korea.

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Yet another musical performance at National Theater of Korea.

It will be the blend of modern and the historical Korean music

June 13, 2014

South Korea welcomes Muslims

Brief Information with thanking note to Korea for providing these very basic needs of Muslims in the country. 

Mentioned below is the link of my blog written for Incheon Asian Games 2014, happening from 19th of September till Oct 04 this year.

South Korea is expecting a lots of Muslims to come to Korea to enjoy these games, and we welcome them all from heart.

http://blog.incheon2014ag.com/korea-muslims/

Spring Smiles in Pakistan

Famous spring festivals of Pakistan, are just being described briefly about here in the blog written for Incheon Asian Games 2014, for introducing Pakistan as one of the most important and influencing countries in the region.

so happy reading at......


http://blog.incheon2014ag.com/spring-pakistan/

K Live Hologram Concert

It is was 26th of April, on Saturday with half of dozens of my best buddies, I went to witness my ever first experience of Hologram Show.
K-Live hall on the 9th floor of Lotte Fintin plaza, at Dongdemun History and Cultural Park subway station, was arranged to shop your favorite stars dresses and fashion accessories.
It is not the first time for us to encounter with what we have been watching in Hollywood movies fewer years back. Hologram technology have been shown to us in movies but now the technology made is possible even to use it in a very commercially professional way for the entertainment.
So the K -Live is the concert of K-pop holograms of famous bands and very entertaining live performance of dancing of locking and popping.
After getting honorary tickets arranged by Korean Tourism Organization KTO, the show started with first act of dance performance by three of young dancers dressed in red, in front of the K live hall...and in front of us. Unexpected audience interaction is now the integral part of Korean performances. All enjoyed this locking n popping dance moves with music beats form surprisingly so near.
The K- Live hall is specially designed to give the 3D look, there are three screens, one in the front and one on each side of yours.

The holograms of Korean three famous bands, the Big Bang, PSY and 2NE1, were showed with some spectacular dance performances in between.
The show was full of entertainment. It was made very dynamic. Holograms were near to reality, and the show was made to give you the full taste of this technology with some beautiful 3D interactive hologram videos. The songs were indeed ever famous, and PSY no doubt being an international hit was enjoyed by all the foreigners.

There was gifting for the audiences, with their pictures floating on 3D hologram screens, all were amassed  to see themselves on the screen. There was English subtitle of the little talk by the stars in between the performances. we enjoyed all the performances, It was indeed a memorable experience.

After the show we responded to an one page survey to make this show more successful.
There was a lantern festival walk on that day at the same area. We enjoyed the walk and joined a bit also while walking to have dinner at Halal pizza and burger form Pizza Plus at Exit 5 of the Dongdemun Station.

It was yet another day of hangout and ultimate friends fun with my royal and loyal buddies.