Friday, November 11, 2011
Exciting News!!!
Starting in January I will be teaching at the City of Gilbert McQueen Rec. Center!!! I will be teaching beginning tribal belly dance, beginning belly dance and intermediate belly dance on Monday nights from 5:00 - 9:00. The winter session runs January 9th - February 27th. I will have more info on my website, www.joyofbellydancing.com when the brochure is out.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Upcoming Events for 2011
Can you believe it, it's almost November and the holiday season is upon us along with the end of 2011!!!
I thought I would list the events coming up for November and December of this year.
My Mesa Arts Center classes started last week and our class recital will be on Wednesday Dec. 14th from 7 - 8:30ish in the Acting Studio in the Arts Studio Building.
The class will also be performing in the Chandler Parade of Lights on Saturday Dec. 3rd. The parade route is through Historic downtown Chandler and starts at 7:00 p.m. Here's more info on the parade, http://chandleraz.gov/default.aspx?pageid=164.
I will be having my first Saturday of the month workshops on November 5th and December 3rd. November workshops will be combinations, 7 veils and drum & zills. The workshops for December are combinations, double sword (or single) and drum & zill. I have the entire schedule for 2012 up on my website, http://joyofbellydancing.com/classwrksp.htm.
To start the New Year off right I will be having my annual swap meet; number 17!!! For more info on my annual swap meet check out all the details on my website, http://joyofbellydancing.com/swapmeet17.htm.
Hope you too you at one of the upcoming events...
I thought I would list the events coming up for November and December of this year.
My Mesa Arts Center classes started last week and our class recital will be on Wednesday Dec. 14th from 7 - 8:30ish in the Acting Studio in the Arts Studio Building.
The class will also be performing in the Chandler Parade of Lights on Saturday Dec. 3rd. The parade route is through Historic downtown Chandler and starts at 7:00 p.m. Here's more info on the parade, http://chandleraz.gov/default.aspx?pageid=164.
I will be having my first Saturday of the month workshops on November 5th and December 3rd. November workshops will be combinations, 7 veils and drum & zills. The workshops for December are combinations, double sword (or single) and drum & zill. I have the entire schedule for 2012 up on my website, http://joyofbellydancing.com/classwrksp.htm.
To start the New Year off right I will be having my annual swap meet; number 17!!! For more info on my annual swap meet check out all the details on my website, http://joyofbellydancing.com/swapmeet17.htm.
Hope you too you at one of the upcoming events...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Weekly Belly Dance Lessons on YouTube
I finally did it! I'm offering weekly belly dance lessons on YouTube!!! I just posted lesson 2 on fan veils.
Last week I started with a lesson on veils. It was pretty bad but I know I will improve each week which I did this week. You would think after having a belly dance TV show for 13 years I would be use to this but it has been awhile :-)
These lessons are short, each week having a different topic. So far they are just over 7 minutes; I'm sure they will get longer in time.
Here are links to the first two classes:
Lesson 1 - veil
Lesson 2 - fan veils
My YouTube Channel is ShimmyBliss if you'd like to check out my 90 some videos I have posted of performances, class choreographies and now my weekly lessons.
Enjoy my belly dance lessons, more to come...
Last week I started with a lesson on veils. It was pretty bad but I know I will improve each week which I did this week. You would think after having a belly dance TV show for 13 years I would be use to this but it has been awhile :-)
These lessons are short, each week having a different topic. So far they are just over 7 minutes; I'm sure they will get longer in time.
Here are links to the first two classes:
Lesson 1 - veil
Lesson 2 - fan veils
My YouTube Channel is ShimmyBliss if you'd like to check out my 90 some videos I have posted of performances, class choreographies and now my weekly lessons.
Enjoy my belly dance lessons, more to come...
Friday, July 29, 2011
Wiggles of the West 2011
What an awesome trip filled with blood, sweat and tears! :-)
Four of us left on Wednesday morning in our RV for 6 days of vending, teaching, competing and having fun. For Rebecca and Rachel this was there first time to Wiggles, Debbie had been before but this was her first year to compete. I've been lots of times actually competing in the very first Wiggles of the West in Sparks, Nevada just outside Reno. This was the 15th and last Wiggles of the West so I needed to compete one last time.
Thank goodness our trip there and back was uneventful. The last 3 years when John and I went the RV would always blow a tire; not this year!!!! You have no idea how happy I am that the RV didn't break down; no idea :0)
It took us about 6 hours to get to Vegas stopping along the way to eat, gas up the RV and such. It was really nice not having to go through Laughlin, the bridge was open over the dam and it was so much faster going this way. Since 9/11 large vehicles could not cross over the dam and had to go through Bullhead City and Laughlin to get to Las Vegas and added an hour onto our travel; not any more; yeah!
We arrived at Sam's Town where Wiggles was held and the girls were off with their luggage to go check into the hotel. I stayed in the RV at Sam's Town RV park and was so proud of myself for getting everything hooked up since I've never taken the RV out on my own. My hubby and puppies stayed home this trip; I sure missed them.
We all met for dinner that night at one of the restaurants at Sam's Town and then off to Wal-Mart to purchase food for our stay. So much cheaper than eating out all the time.
Thursday morning it was time to work! Gail brought her truck over so I could load up all the inventory I brought with and we drove over to the parking garage to unload and start setting up for 4 days of vending. We had to wait until after the workshops started at 8:30 before we could go in and start setting up. I had so many wonderful helpers this year! Debbie, Esther Alice, Gail, Kelley, Rachel and Rebecca were there to help with set up, sales and tear down; thanks ladies!!!!
We were set up and organized in no time and I was off to teach a cane workshop that afternoon. I had 6 cane students twirling not one but two canes. We had a blast with not too many injuries :-) A few canes went flying and a few legs and arms were smacked with canes and just a little blood was shed! I taught moves, group moves, hitting canes, twirling and a choreographed routine. I forgot my camera so I didn't get a photo of everyone :-(
After my workshop it was back to the booth for finishing touches and selling. Thursdays are usually our best days of sales and this year was no different. Thursday night there is a meet and greet or hafla and this years show theme was Old Vegas. It's a dinner buffet and this year the event was packed! What a great show and it was so nice to see Gaylene perform I've never seen her dance before. The Old Vegas theme was perfect! The music was wonderful, a great combination of the old classic belly dance music and songs that you would have heard performed in Las Vegas from Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, etc. Great show ladies!!!
Friday morning we started at 8 a.m. and I taught a fan veil workshop from 8:30 to 10:30. This time I remembered the camera and took a couple of photos of the class in action and a group shot. Another fun class; thanks ladies you were awesome.
I was competing in the Headliner category that started at 2 p.m. that day so around noon Gail and I went upstairs to get ready. Rachel thank you so much for doing my hair and makeup you rock! A huge thanks to Kelley and Esther Alice for holding down the booth Friday! Gail and I both competed in Headliner and wasn't at the booth much on Friday.
Both Gail and I were towards the end of the category and there were 6 of us from Arizona competing in this group; 18 competitors in all. I was very relaxed for some strange reason and once I started onto the stage with the wrong foot it didn't get to me. One judge, Tanya Popovitch, was really getting into my music with a huge smile on her face and dancing in her seat she made me feel relaxed and I went for it! The veil got hung up in my flowers once other than that it was smooth sailing. I wasn't going to do the drum solo I picked since it was 2 minutes long but I'm so glad I did a perfect ending to my routine. The roar of the crowd when I exited the stage was deafening and what a feeling that gives you that the audience loved your performance.
After the Headliner was the Alternative Ensemble. A new category this year; dancing to non-belly dance music and creating a theme. Just before the competition began there was a mob flash! Zaina Hart set this up via email and YouTube. What a blast!!! The song was Foot Loose and several dancers in the mob changed into period costumes from the decade. I was still in my costume since I didn't have a chance to change yet; great fun.
Lucci never winning. I've taken 2nd & 3rd so many times. Janie and Chris started to name 3rd place and it wasn't me and I went okay, than they said 2nd place and it wasn't me and I thought oh well I didn't place this year but I had a great time and gave it my best shot. I haven't competed in years and there were so many great dancers in this category several of them having won titles in other competitions I was happy with what I did. Than Janie said she wanted to pause for a moment before reading the winners name and I was in shock, could I have finally done it????? Then she said my name and I just stood there and screamed I couldn't believe it! The entire corner by my Shimmy Bliss booth exploded with screaming and jumping and hugging I couldn't get to the front to get my trophy. We had our own seating and cheering section in from of my booth; needless to say the AZ group was very loud and rowdy. Thank you Kristen for pulling me out of the mob and pushing me up front. Chris thought I had fainted on the floor since they couldn't see me within the mob of people. I was crying my eyes out, I'm still in shock even after being home for 4 days. Gail called John my hubby so he could experience the tears and joy; love her! I tell you if it hadn't been for Gail's beautiful costume she made me at the last minute and Rachel doing my hair and make up I don't think I would have won. The criteria is not just your dance but hair, make up and costuming play a big part in your scores and that's were I was always lacking. Thanks ladies!!!
After the evening festivities we all went to TGIF for dinner and we were going to go see Harry Potter but dinner took so long we decided to call it a night. I went back to the RV worked a little bit on running charge cards from the days sales, talked with John several times and tried to unwind but still so excited from the day I couldn't. I think I got around 3 hours of sleep before I had to get up and start the day at 8 a.m.
Saturday was going to be a long day with vending during the workshops in the morning and the Ensemble and Entertainer categories starting at 2 p.m. There were 17 Arizonians that entered several of the categories this year a great showing for AZ. In the Entertainer group there were 6 with Ekaja last years winner of Rising Star taking 2nd Place!!! Ekaja (aka Erin) has been dancing for only 2 years under the direction of Rajani both residing in Safford, AZ. Ekaja was fantastic that day, she looked marvelous in her costume and danced sublime. Congrats Erin!! I think we finished up around 9 p.m. and I kicked everyone out of the booth and I closed up shop and headed back to the RV. I think I got 4 hours of sleep that night!
Sunday was the last day of Wiggles. We started at 8 a.m. with a breakfast buffet and show something new this year. The show was great and the breakfast was pretty good. After the show was a new category, Critique. There were 4 dancers that performed for the judges feedback; there were no prizes since it wasn't a competition. Great idea. The competition started at 11 a.m. with Rising Star and than the Alternative Wiggles category. I entered the Alternative category and was the very last dancer. Not only the last dancer in this group but the very last dancer ever to perform at Wiggles of the West; no pressure at all :0)
In my mine I wasn't competing in this category I was performing in a show doing a veil piece that I love dancing to. The original song is by Metallica, "Nothing Else Matters". It is performed by Apocalyptica a 4 piece cello group from Norway. The first time I heard this song it gave me goose bumps; thanks Kim for turning me on to this group! Again I wasn't really nervous since I told myself it's a show go out there and entertain the crowd. I must have done well since there were tears flowing it's such a moving piece. I was really shocked when Janie read my name for 3rd place!!! There were 23 entries in this group and so many fantastic performances a very difficult category to judge every performance is so different. Belly dancing needs to be 50% of your performance with something else fused in and dancing to non belly dance music.
After the awards we packed up the booth in no time; love my helpers!!!! Gail drove me over to the RV and we loaded it up and it was off to the buffet for dinner and a movie; finally. Since Harry Potter wasn't playing at Sam's Town Cinema we went and saw Captain America; it was better than what I thought it was going to be.
Sunday it was unplug everything on the RV and go pick up my RV mates. We hit the road around 9 a.m. and it was smooth sailing home. I'm very happy with my RV at the moment it was a very good vehicle this trip!
Below are photos from the trip; what a trip it was!!!!
Thank you Janie and Chris for 15 years of great memories and wonderful friendship! Wiggles will be missed but I'm sure you will be doing something special in the future :-)
Below is my winning Headliner performance.
Four of us left on Wednesday morning in our RV for 6 days of vending, teaching, competing and having fun. For Rebecca and Rachel this was there first time to Wiggles, Debbie had been before but this was her first year to compete. I've been lots of times actually competing in the very first Wiggles of the West in Sparks, Nevada just outside Reno. This was the 15th and last Wiggles of the West so I needed to compete one last time.
Thank goodness our trip there and back was uneventful. The last 3 years when John and I went the RV would always blow a tire; not this year!!!! You have no idea how happy I am that the RV didn't break down; no idea :0)
It took us about 6 hours to get to Vegas stopping along the way to eat, gas up the RV and such. It was really nice not having to go through Laughlin, the bridge was open over the dam and it was so much faster going this way. Since 9/11 large vehicles could not cross over the dam and had to go through Bullhead City and Laughlin to get to Las Vegas and added an hour onto our travel; not any more; yeah!
We arrived at Sam's Town where Wiggles was held and the girls were off with their luggage to go check into the hotel. I stayed in the RV at Sam's Town RV park and was so proud of myself for getting everything hooked up since I've never taken the RV out on my own. My hubby and puppies stayed home this trip; I sure missed them.
We all met for dinner that night at one of the restaurants at Sam's Town and then off to Wal-Mart to purchase food for our stay. So much cheaper than eating out all the time.
Thursday morning it was time to work! Gail brought her truck over so I could load up all the inventory I brought with and we drove over to the parking garage to unload and start setting up for 4 days of vending. We had to wait until after the workshops started at 8:30 before we could go in and start setting up. I had so many wonderful helpers this year! Debbie, Esther Alice, Gail, Kelley, Rachel and Rebecca were there to help with set up, sales and tear down; thanks ladies!!!!
We were set up and organized in no time and I was off to teach a cane workshop that afternoon. I had 6 cane students twirling not one but two canes. We had a blast with not too many injuries :-) A few canes went flying and a few legs and arms were smacked with canes and just a little blood was shed! I taught moves, group moves, hitting canes, twirling and a choreographed routine. I forgot my camera so I didn't get a photo of everyone :-(
After my workshop it was back to the booth for finishing touches and selling. Thursdays are usually our best days of sales and this year was no different. Thursday night there is a meet and greet or hafla and this years show theme was Old Vegas. It's a dinner buffet and this year the event was packed! What a great show and it was so nice to see Gaylene perform I've never seen her dance before. The Old Vegas theme was perfect! The music was wonderful, a great combination of the old classic belly dance music and songs that you would have heard performed in Las Vegas from Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, etc. Great show ladies!!!
Friday morning we started at 8 a.m. and I taught a fan veil workshop from 8:30 to 10:30. This time I remembered the camera and took a couple of photos of the class in action and a group shot. Another fun class; thanks ladies you were awesome.
I was competing in the Headliner category that started at 2 p.m. that day so around noon Gail and I went upstairs to get ready. Rachel thank you so much for doing my hair and makeup you rock! A huge thanks to Kelley and Esther Alice for holding down the booth Friday! Gail and I both competed in Headliner and wasn't at the booth much on Friday.
Both Gail and I were towards the end of the category and there were 6 of us from Arizona competing in this group; 18 competitors in all. I was very relaxed for some strange reason and once I started onto the stage with the wrong foot it didn't get to me. One judge, Tanya Popovitch, was really getting into my music with a huge smile on her face and dancing in her seat she made me feel relaxed and I went for it! The veil got hung up in my flowers once other than that it was smooth sailing. I wasn't going to do the drum solo I picked since it was 2 minutes long but I'm so glad I did a perfect ending to my routine. The roar of the crowd when I exited the stage was deafening and what a feeling that gives you that the audience loved your performance.
After the Headliner was the Alternative Ensemble. A new category this year; dancing to non-belly dance music and creating a theme. Just before the competition began there was a mob flash! Zaina Hart set this up via email and YouTube. What a blast!!! The song was Foot Loose and several dancers in the mob changed into period costumes from the decade. I was still in my costume since I didn't have a chance to change yet; great fun.
Lucci never winning. I've taken 2nd & 3rd so many times. Janie and Chris started to name 3rd place and it wasn't me and I went okay, than they said 2nd place and it wasn't me and I thought oh well I didn't place this year but I had a great time and gave it my best shot. I haven't competed in years and there were so many great dancers in this category several of them having won titles in other competitions I was happy with what I did. Than Janie said she wanted to pause for a moment before reading the winners name and I was in shock, could I have finally done it????? Then she said my name and I just stood there and screamed I couldn't believe it! The entire corner by my Shimmy Bliss booth exploded with screaming and jumping and hugging I couldn't get to the front to get my trophy. We had our own seating and cheering section in from of my booth; needless to say the AZ group was very loud and rowdy. Thank you Kristen for pulling me out of the mob and pushing me up front. Chris thought I had fainted on the floor since they couldn't see me within the mob of people. I was crying my eyes out, I'm still in shock even after being home for 4 days. Gail called John my hubby so he could experience the tears and joy; love her! I tell you if it hadn't been for Gail's beautiful costume she made me at the last minute and Rachel doing my hair and make up I don't think I would have won. The criteria is not just your dance but hair, make up and costuming play a big part in your scores and that's were I was always lacking. Thanks ladies!!!
After the evening festivities we all went to TGIF for dinner and we were going to go see Harry Potter but dinner took so long we decided to call it a night. I went back to the RV worked a little bit on running charge cards from the days sales, talked with John several times and tried to unwind but still so excited from the day I couldn't. I think I got around 3 hours of sleep before I had to get up and start the day at 8 a.m.
Saturday was going to be a long day with vending during the workshops in the morning and the Ensemble and Entertainer categories starting at 2 p.m. There were 17 Arizonians that entered several of the categories this year a great showing for AZ. In the Entertainer group there were 6 with Ekaja last years winner of Rising Star taking 2nd Place!!! Ekaja (aka Erin) has been dancing for only 2 years under the direction of Rajani both residing in Safford, AZ. Ekaja was fantastic that day, she looked marvelous in her costume and danced sublime. Congrats Erin!! I think we finished up around 9 p.m. and I kicked everyone out of the booth and I closed up shop and headed back to the RV. I think I got 4 hours of sleep that night!
Sunday was the last day of Wiggles. We started at 8 a.m. with a breakfast buffet and show something new this year. The show was great and the breakfast was pretty good. After the show was a new category, Critique. There were 4 dancers that performed for the judges feedback; there were no prizes since it wasn't a competition. Great idea. The competition started at 11 a.m. with Rising Star and than the Alternative Wiggles category. I entered the Alternative category and was the very last dancer. Not only the last dancer in this group but the very last dancer ever to perform at Wiggles of the West; no pressure at all :0)
In my mine I wasn't competing in this category I was performing in a show doing a veil piece that I love dancing to. The original song is by Metallica, "Nothing Else Matters". It is performed by Apocalyptica a 4 piece cello group from Norway. The first time I heard this song it gave me goose bumps; thanks Kim for turning me on to this group! Again I wasn't really nervous since I told myself it's a show go out there and entertain the crowd. I must have done well since there were tears flowing it's such a moving piece. I was really shocked when Janie read my name for 3rd place!!! There were 23 entries in this group and so many fantastic performances a very difficult category to judge every performance is so different. Belly dancing needs to be 50% of your performance with something else fused in and dancing to non belly dance music.
After the awards we packed up the booth in no time; love my helpers!!!! Gail drove me over to the RV and we loaded it up and it was off to the buffet for dinner and a movie; finally. Since Harry Potter wasn't playing at Sam's Town Cinema we went and saw Captain America; it was better than what I thought it was going to be.
Sunday it was unplug everything on the RV and go pick up my RV mates. We hit the road around 9 a.m. and it was smooth sailing home. I'm very happy with my RV at the moment it was a very good vehicle this trip!
Below are photos from the trip; what a trip it was!!!!
A quick shot before we hit the road
Rachel and I at Love's Truck Stop outside of Kingman
Rachel taking high score at Love's
Wednesday night dinner with Rachel, Kyla and me
Shimmy Bliss booth! Have no idea how we get so much in a small space
Fan veil class in action
Fan veil class; what a great pose
Me in costume after competing
Gail (Rukshana) in costume after competing
Gail and I
Me after winning Headliner with my trophy and tiara
Dinner Friday night at TGIF
Rachel and Kyla
Kyla and I messing around
Kyle modeling Kyla's wears
Kyle and Kyla
Kristen and John
My straight hair for Alternative category
Janie, me and Chris
Thank you Janie and Chris for 15 years of great memories and wonderful friendship! Wiggles will be missed but I'm sure you will be doing something special in the future :-)
Below is my winning Headliner performance.
Here is my 3rd place Alternative performance
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Fusion Day 3
What a fantastic day yesterday at Fusion Day 3!!!! The day started at 5 a.m. getting ready and everything loaded up in the car and truck for a full day of fun! Ro (from Ro and Rea) was the first vendor to get at the Women's Club of Mesa. She arrived before Rea which is amazing :0) Mona was the next vendor to arrive from Canterra Designs. She was helping out Canterra who couldn't make it due to a family emergency. Naj from the Bellydanceshoppe.com arrived and we were all busy getting our booths set up for a full day of vending.
The doors opened at 9:00 a.m. with a few people wondering in to shop. Rajani and Erin arrived from Safford and we got Erin set up to do henna.
The first workshop started at 10 with the lovely Helena Vlahos teaching "taxim". The workshop was full of eager dancers following every move of Helena's and listening to every word. Helena was incredible yesterday teaching her workshop; she had everyone dancing, laughing and having a great time.
Rajani taught the next full workshop called a "pinch of salt". The handout was a book! Her workshop encompassed so much information touching on negative vs. positive space, stage space, energy, hands, stage fright, costuming and more! It's so great to see workshops with so much movement, laughing and everyone having a blast!
I ended the day with a tribal workshop on working with partners and groups. A huge thanks to my helper Lisa I couldn't have done this without you. I warmed everyone up to get their blood flowing and muscles ready for their dance workshop. We started with reviewing all the moves that were going to be in the combinations. The first combo was slow and we worked it as a duet than what it would be as a trio. The second combo was faster paced and we first learned it as a duet and barely had enough time to work it out at as a trio and quartet. It was nice to hear cheers when the groups got the combos!!! It was another full workshop and no one ran into each other during all the turns; you all rock! :0)
During the 30 minute breaks between workshops there was a lot of networking, shopping and people getting henna; Erin had them line-up waiting to receive one of her masterpieces.
We closed down the building before the show and opened back up again at 6:30. The audience was wonderful! Lots of clapping, yips and zaghareets all night long! The performers were spectacular in both their lovely costumes and dancing. Taking photos was Santa Joe and a new comer Angie Marie; I can't wait to see the photos from the show!
Below are photos that I snapped throughout the day; sorry no photos of my workshop I forgot to tell the hubby to take them.
Thank you to everyone who helped out, shopped, took a workshop and performed; you all made Fusion Day 3 so special!!! My next big event is my annual swap meet on January 14, 2012 hope to see you there it will be number 17!
The doors opened at 9:00 a.m. with a few people wondering in to shop. Rajani and Erin arrived from Safford and we got Erin set up to do henna.
The first workshop started at 10 with the lovely Helena Vlahos teaching "taxim". The workshop was full of eager dancers following every move of Helena's and listening to every word. Helena was incredible yesterday teaching her workshop; she had everyone dancing, laughing and having a great time.
Rajani taught the next full workshop called a "pinch of salt". The handout was a book! Her workshop encompassed so much information touching on negative vs. positive space, stage space, energy, hands, stage fright, costuming and more! It's so great to see workshops with so much movement, laughing and everyone having a blast!
I ended the day with a tribal workshop on working with partners and groups. A huge thanks to my helper Lisa I couldn't have done this without you. I warmed everyone up to get their blood flowing and muscles ready for their dance workshop. We started with reviewing all the moves that were going to be in the combinations. The first combo was slow and we worked it as a duet than what it would be as a trio. The second combo was faster paced and we first learned it as a duet and barely had enough time to work it out at as a trio and quartet. It was nice to hear cheers when the groups got the combos!!! It was another full workshop and no one ran into each other during all the turns; you all rock! :0)
During the 30 minute breaks between workshops there was a lot of networking, shopping and people getting henna; Erin had them line-up waiting to receive one of her masterpieces.
We closed down the building before the show and opened back up again at 6:30. The audience was wonderful! Lots of clapping, yips and zaghareets all night long! The performers were spectacular in both their lovely costumes and dancing. Taking photos was Santa Joe and a new comer Angie Marie; I can't wait to see the photos from the show!
Below are photos that I snapped throughout the day; sorry no photos of my workshop I forgot to tell the hubby to take them.
Mona from Canterra Designs
Rea & Ro
Shimmy Bliss booth during set up
Some of the students in Helena's workshop
Rajani's workshop
group shot from Rajani's workshop
Erin (Ekaja) doing henna on Rajani's arm
helpers Kelley and Clara
my hubby helping at the check in desk
Helena
Ekaja
Pamela from Flagstaff
Jackie
Christine
Naj
Rhonda
Mahin
Josie
Stephanie
Thank you to everyone who helped out, shopped, took a workshop and performed; you all made Fusion Day 3 so special!!! My next big event is my annual swap meet on January 14, 2012 hope to see you there it will be number 17!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Rachel Brice Show, 6/4/11
What a fabulous evening!!!! Kimberly from Plaza de Anaya brought Rachel Brice to town for 3 days of workshops and an evening show. By the time I found out about Rachel being here her workshops were sold out :-(
I was honored to be asked to perform in the evening show; thanks Kimberly for the invite I had a blast. I met the most wonderful down to earth woman; what a great soul Rachel Brice has she is amazing.
Normally with the craziness of a show you never have time to chat with the stars but not so last night I was able to spend some time getting to know Rachel.
The show started with Melissa performing to the musical talents of Elissa on dombec. Following them was Ellisah doing a double veil routine and ending with a drum solo. Ava Fleming was breath taking with her dance from Moulin Rouge, Roxane. It was so nice to see Heidi perform and drove the audience crazy with her African fusion dance. Eric Salazar from Albuquerque was next and boy can he move. Melissa graced the stage again with a special effects light projection show with Voidmine; very cool. Bastet's fan veil routine was incredible! I really liked the short fan veils and might be cutting a pair of mine off :-) Ending the first half was Rachel Brice. What can I say, perfection! Her first number was short and fun great teaser for what was coming up.
I opened the 2nd half of the show with a veil dance to Apocalyptica. Anaya Tribal (Tiffany & Danna) was after me and sorry to say I missed it :-( Helena Vlahos graced the stage with such elegance as only Helena can. I love watching her dance she was magnificent last night. Bastet & Eric Salazar did a duet and love, love, loved it! They are great together. Rachel Brice ended the evening and wow!!! Her last song was a Smokey jazz piece and her dance was amazing, astonishing and breathtaking.
I only have a few photos from the evening. There was no flash photography allow and my camera doesn't do well in low light so no photos from the show. Below is a group shot with crew, group shots of some of the performers and a photo of Rachel and I. Thanks so much to the gentleman that was sitting in the front row before the show started to take these pictures for me.
group shot with crew
group shot with some of the performers
A Plaza de Anaya tradition, a funny shot
Rachel Brice, Heidi and I
Rachel Brice and I
Next event coming up is Fusion Day 3 on Saturday June 11th. Hopefully I'll have more photos to show :-) See you there...
I was honored to be asked to perform in the evening show; thanks Kimberly for the invite I had a blast. I met the most wonderful down to earth woman; what a great soul Rachel Brice has she is amazing.
Normally with the craziness of a show you never have time to chat with the stars but not so last night I was able to spend some time getting to know Rachel.
The show started with Melissa performing to the musical talents of Elissa on dombec. Following them was Ellisah doing a double veil routine and ending with a drum solo. Ava Fleming was breath taking with her dance from Moulin Rouge, Roxane. It was so nice to see Heidi perform and drove the audience crazy with her African fusion dance. Eric Salazar from Albuquerque was next and boy can he move. Melissa graced the stage again with a special effects light projection show with Voidmine; very cool. Bastet's fan veil routine was incredible! I really liked the short fan veils and might be cutting a pair of mine off :-) Ending the first half was Rachel Brice. What can I say, perfection! Her first number was short and fun great teaser for what was coming up.
I opened the 2nd half of the show with a veil dance to Apocalyptica. Anaya Tribal (Tiffany & Danna) was after me and sorry to say I missed it :-( Helena Vlahos graced the stage with such elegance as only Helena can. I love watching her dance she was magnificent last night. Bastet & Eric Salazar did a duet and love, love, loved it! They are great together. Rachel Brice ended the evening and wow!!! Her last song was a Smokey jazz piece and her dance was amazing, astonishing and breathtaking.
I only have a few photos from the evening. There was no flash photography allow and my camera doesn't do well in low light so no photos from the show. Below is a group shot with crew, group shots of some of the performers and a photo of Rachel and I. Thanks so much to the gentleman that was sitting in the front row before the show started to take these pictures for me.
group shot with crew
group shot with some of the performers
A Plaza de Anaya tradition, a funny shot
Rachel Brice, Heidi and I
Rachel Brice and INext event coming up is Fusion Day 3 on Saturday June 11th. Hopefully I'll have more photos to show :-) See you there...
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Ground Control 3/12/11
Wow what a night last night 2 shows!!! Kelley, Rachel and I started the evening off at Ground Control in Goodyear; thanks Bea for asking us to perform. We started the evenings performances since we needed to be in Tempe at TC's event to perform with Debbie and Lisa later on the night.
Our first dance was tray and we ended our performance with hand candles. After us was Bea and Martha and than the Dojo Girls performing a very fun set. Mannie was next and than we were off to Tempe to for our next performance. Sorry Diosa we couldn't stay and watch you all dance.
We made it to Plaza de Anaya where TC's annual event was happening in record time! When we got there they had just started so we didn't miss much at all. We were going on second to last which gave us time to practice our veil and candle dances. We started out in the parking lot behind the building since it was so much cooler outside; the place was packed!!! We than moved into the back studio to run through the numbers again.
It was a great show with all styles of dancing and several groups with live music. TC you did it again!
Below are photos from Ground Control; thanks to Kyla I got some very interesting photos some I can't post :-) Sorry no photos from TC's event too crowded I couldn't get close enough to get some good shots.
Next event is County Fair on April 17th.
Our first dance was tray and we ended our performance with hand candles. After us was Bea and Martha and than the Dojo Girls performing a very fun set. Mannie was next and than we were off to Tempe to for our next performance. Sorry Diosa we couldn't stay and watch you all dance.
We made it to Plaza de Anaya where TC's annual event was happening in record time! When we got there they had just started so we didn't miss much at all. We were going on second to last which gave us time to practice our veil and candle dances. We started out in the parking lot behind the building since it was so much cooler outside; the place was packed!!! We than moved into the back studio to run through the numbers again.
It was a great show with all styles of dancing and several groups with live music. TC you did it again!
Below are photos from Ground Control; thanks to Kyla I got some very interesting photos some I can't post :-) Sorry no photos from TC's event too crowded I couldn't get close enough to get some good shots.
Next event is County Fair on April 17th.
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