Verizon launches 'Bollypop Video Dance Competition'

A spiring dancers can enter 'Bollypop,' an online dance competition sponsored by Verizon to help showcase the growing amount of Bollywood movies and music videos the company offers its FiOS TV and V CAST customers.

The Bollypop (www.verizon.com/bollypop) contest is open to all U.S. residents and is maintained by Saavn, the largest digital distributor of South Asian movies, music videos, audio tracks and ringtones. Contest entrants can be either individuals or dance troupes (maximum of four performers) and must submit a video of any dance moves to one of 11 Bollywood songs.

The video with the most votes will win the grand prize, which includes airfare, hotel and transportation to Mumbai, and an appearance in a Bollywood film. Additionally, the grand prize winner or winners will get a three-day trip to New York City to attend a celebration in their honor.

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YWCA of Queens Summer Literacy Festival 2008

The YWCA announced the annual 'Summer Literacy Festival 2008,' a one day event sponsored by HSBC, to be held on August 16.

"300-500 visitors are expected at the festival. With the new changes that we have incorporated in our programs like the puppet show instead of the music show, we believe our participants and attendees are going to enjoy the new experience," Kaye Kum Bok Min, President, YWCA of Queens told Desi Talk.

The festival is to have competitions like spelling bee, drawing contest, essay writing, literacy bingo games, face painting, balloon show and moon bouncing.

The festival is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with a drawing contest for children between ages 3 and 5. This is to be followed by a spelling bee contest for children entering 1st-8th grade by September 2008. Application deadline for both the contests is August 12.

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