The Dhol Blasters

Dhol drum & Bhangra dance is very lively & colourful Traditional Cultural folk music & dance from the Punjab, northern part of India . We The Dhol Blasters / Bhangra Blasters are World's First team of young Male/Female Vibrant Dhol players & Bhangra dancers,based in England, UK. The Dhol and Bhangra Blasters are created and managed by one of the pioneers of Bhangra Music industry in the UK , World’s greatest Dhol maestro Gurcharan Mall, Chair & Artistic Director of Punjabi Music Dance Academy, who has many accolades and awards to his name he recently received Community Excellence Award (BCABA), ITV - Arts Leadership Midlander of the year and House of Commons - Panjabi Cultural award. Are teams have Performed at stage Shows, Festivals, Melas, Processions, Weddings and all sorts of events all over the country and abroad. In 1999 we took part in a Dholathan and set a world record by playing for 42 hours non-stop and in 2001 we broke that record - 53 hours non-stop. Both of these was done to raise money for charities. Are teams over the year’s have helped to raise Hundreds of Thousands of pounds for various charities - such as Children In Need, Gujarat Earthquake Appeal, Ethiopia and Rwanda Appeals, ear & throat , Eye hospital B’ham & India, kidney dialysis machine W’ton, Cancer research, Brain tumour, Parkinson’s disease , diabetes research and many more. Performed at the Opening's of : - The ArtsFest every year since 98 to 06 , The Commonwealth games in Manchester, The Blue Peter celebrations for the Queen's Jubilee, The Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham, The Flora Light women’s challenge in Birmingham 04/05 also at The London Marathon 04, 05 & 06, Mega Mela's NEC 04/05, Zee Carnival Wembley 06, Plus THE BIGGEST SHOW EVER LIVE 8 with UB40 London - 05. These are just a few shows we have named. We have Released more than 9 albums, for some we have received Platinum & Gold discs . Also won many Awards. We take pride in are ethnic music and culture, which we want to share with the rest of the world. The Dhol Blasters / Bhangra Blasters (Are the True Roots and Colours of Punjab) .


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