History
Towards the end of 2000, two students, Anish Parikh and Rishi Jain, created a last minute act for a talent competition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The act ended up being a success and they decided to continue it as a student organization. The two, being avid drinkers of tea and being from the suburbs of Chicago, combined the moniker for Chicago, Chi-Town, with chai - a type of tea - to form the name, Chai-Town.
Since its inception, Chai-Town has become one of the leading and most recognized South Asian a cappella groups and has gone on to perform across various venues across the country.
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