Party Time!

Every Agora has its secrets: it is time to unveil the so-called Social Program! (updated on Aprul 22nd)

Wednesday 27th: PROM PARTY

Who has never dreamed on joining one of these Prom Parties that we have seen in so many TV series and high school movies? With its King and Queen of the party, the muscled quarterback, the nerd with the laboratory outfit, the gang of rappers, the hot Chair-leaders, and everybody nicely dressed (after the Opening Ceremony in a fancy auditorium, you will be already suited up). Of course, there will be surprises, we want this night to be special for you...

Thursday 28th: EUROPEAN NIGHT

Get ready the best gastronomy jewels of your region and share them with us! After the big success of Riga's European Night, we want to have another really cool-tural EN with your participation. We hope you have sent to the CWG detailed information on everything you have prepared: videos, songs, perfomances... I heard rumours there is also many surprises proposed! Of course, we invite you to wear your traditional costumes in order to have the most cultural, tasteful and European of the Agora Nights! European Nights will never be the same after 2011!

Friday 30th: SURPRISE PARTY

We know you will be all exhausted after the intensive program... So let us take care of everything for this party. We will make it unforgettable. Just trust in your dear organizers. Do you dare?

Saturday 30th: JUNGLE PARTY

Everybody loves Lia, we know you can help it. But we want you to show your you are a true Lía friend at the wildest party of the Agora. Join the pack, join the pride, be one of us! You will not enter the party without wearing animal print on your clothes, or a t-shirt with animals on it! The Agora T-shirt is an approved outfit, but we encourage you to be original and creative! Show us what is the animal you hide inside and get into the jungle with us!

      Posted by the whole team :)

Leopard Fashion

One thing I love from AEGEE members is that we are a box of surprises. We have always many interests, hobbies and likes, apart from travelling and making friends all over Europe. And this is really enriching. For instance, not many people would suspect that one of the members from AEGEE-León, apart from Environmental Engineer and Spanish Language teacher in Voronezh, is behind one of the most popular and influential fashion blogs in Spain: Single and Fabulous. She has decided to write a post on her blog about Agora Alicante, paying tribute to Lía linked with the most remarkable trend of the past years: the leopard print invasion of catwalks and boutiques. And of course, of magazine front pages:

So, would you miss the opportunity to get yourself the Official Tshirt of the Agora?

(if due to copyright limitations in your country, you cannot see the previous video,
see the no-music version of the video below and sing your favourite song!)

The price of this wonderful T-shirt will be 7 euros at the Agora...but if you buy it now it will be just 6 euros, and you can be sure that you'll have one!!!! This is a limited edition!

Bueno, Bonito y Barato!!!! (Good, Nice and Cheap)

Now that we have convinced you, don't be selfish and think on your boyfriend/girlfriend, or for those members of your antenna that finally could not attend the Agora. Give him. her or them a nice surprise with the Agora T-shirt!

How can you buy the T-shirt?
Follow the instructions on http://www.agoraalicante.org/tshirts/

You can pay by Credit Card using the same system than for confirming Agora Applications.
In the unlikely case you have problems with the payment, please contact tshirts@agoraalicante.org

PS: if you want to know more about our nice model Lorena, stay tuned to this blog!

                               Posted by Miguel

It is Chumba Chumba time!

Chumba chumba is one of the most feared dances, especially if you are Chairing the Opening Plennary and spanish antennae do it during the roll call.

To tell the truth I don’t know how it started… I’ve heard that it's a dance from AEGEE Oviedo but I can't confirm this [1]. Anyway the important about "Chumba Chumba" is that it's famous around AEGEE's world, recognised as a distinctive mark for Spanish antennae, but not many people do it correctly...

So, now I’ll show you how to make a perfect chumba chumba in 3 simple steps:

1)    Knowing the Spanish vowels (Skip it if you are Spaniard):

    In Spanish we just have 5 vowels, no more and they are:

        A, a /ʌ/

        E, e /e/

        I, i /i/

        O, o /ɒ/

        U, u /ʊ/

    And remember them in this order, not another! A, E, I, O, U 

2)    Knowing the lyrics:

    The reason of the success of “Chumba-chumba” lies in the simplicity of its lyrics. Either if you are from Japan, Armenia, Latvia or Germany, you’ll be able to learn them and pronunciate them easily. These are the lyrics:

    Pa, paraba, paraba, pa pa pa, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Pe, perebe, perebe, pe pe pe, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Pi, piribi, piribi, pi pi pi, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Po, porobo, porobo, po po po, (Chumba chumba) x4

    Pu, purubu, purubu, pu pu pu, (Chumba chumba) x4

As you can see, it’s just the first sentence, repeated 5 times, one for each of the spanish vowels, and just changing the vowels in the first part, keeping the “chumba chumba” the same during the whole dance. This is why the first step is to know the spanish vowels. And to make it easier, here is a translation of the sounds.

Pa, paraba, paraba, pa pa pa, (Chumba chumba) x4

/pʌ, pʌrʌbʌ, pʌrʌbʌ, pʌ pʌ pʌ, (tʃʊmbʌ tʃʊmbʌ)x4/

3)    Knowing the dance:

This is the most simple thing of all, but at the same time the one most of the people do wrong!

In the moment when you are singing “pa, paraba, paraba, pa pa pa” everybody must be standing without moving!!!! Not jumping or whatever, just singing al loud as possible, that and looking at each other. But in the moment that we start with the “chumba chumba” we have to jump into the group, bumping each other but without hurting. The aim is not to take the other person to the ground but just to create a group. And the jumps will stop when we start the next sentence “pe, perebe…”.

Ready for  Chumba chumba??                  

                                           Posted by Juanola


[1] I'd say that this song was first heard in NWM Benicassim in 200, introduced there by Xavi from AEGEE-Castelló,,, Miguel

Breaking news: Emmys nominations !!!!

As some of you may know, April 25th is the judging ballots return deadline for the emmys awards. As we'll be pretty busy with organizational stuff and you will be already printing your tickets to come, we want to give you some exclusive information we have about the awards. Here we go:

• Best 1st day of the Agora to: "Friends"

'Because it represents perfectly the atmosphere of friendship and comradeship that we have the first day in every Agora' 

• Best 2nd day of the Agora to: "Lost" 

'The touching series about a group of friends lost in the University of Alicante, trying to find where is the room of the prytannium and the timetable for dinner is' 

• Best 3rd day of the Agora to: "How I met your mother" 

'The story about how a great love was born during the few days that a guy met a girl in an Agora, and how this love story evolved in short time' 

• Best 4rd day of the Agora to: "The walking dead" 

'Terrific series about dozens of Young Europeans which, at the end of an Agora in Alicante, turn into zombies with no energies' 

 But of course these are just the winners, we had many other nominations such as: 

•  "The IT crowd": To the ITC for being such an adorable bunch of geeks 
• "Ally McBeal": To the JC and its controversial decisions
• "The big bang theory": To all the participants in prytannia 
• "The golden girls": To Olivier, Theijs and Gunnar 
• "The A-Team": To Agora Alicante's crew 
• "The Sopranos": To CD and his communication policy 
• "Heroes": To all those who give 100% in parties and the next day they are working hard in prytannia and plennaries 
• "Desesperate housewifes": To the organizers the day right after Agora
• "Prison break": To all those who will try to escape from plennaries to go to the beach (don't even try...) 
• "Dexter": To that unfortunate mate who discover there is no toilet paper in the toilets... after he's used it.... 
• "CSI": To the organisers who find suspicious fluids in the gym 
• "Mad men": To the CD candidates 
• "Unhappily ever after": To those who lose in the votes 
• "6 feet under": To the proposals of Thomas and Michi after Agora Istanbul 
• "The office": To the CD house 
• "The west wing": To the spanish, portuguese and french antennae 
• "House M.D.": For all the people who fall sick after every statutory meeting. It is not lupus.
• "Modern Family": To every AEGEE member...

 We hope you enjoyed these series as much as we do. Do you think there is any series missed?

                         Post by Juanola

Getting ready for the Beach Party

After a hard day of workshops and action meetings, it is time to go to our cozy gym, take out of our luggage our swimsuits and flipflops, honolulu collars and say "Aloha" and an early welcome to the Summer in this Friday's Night party organized by the team of EBM. I am a bit concerned about the temperature in the club, as it is still something like -15ºC outside, but the warmth of the Riga organizers and the unstoppable energy of the participants for sure will make it burn all night. And I heard that Las Palmas helpers are also preparing some surprises...Nothing to fear, I guess :)

I have also an idea to propose to our social programme team: Riga has shown that it is possible a beach party in february in Latvia, why not making an Eskimo party in Alicante? So prepare your wollen socks, your furry coats and your kayaks, and prepare for the ultimate extreme experience next April in Alicante!! Even the Polar bear disguise from AEGEE-Aachen can be reused!