Wiggles of the West

I know it's been a very long time since my last post; sorry.

I just returned from Wiggles of the West in Las Vegas were I vended, taught and performed.  What a great time we had; thanks Janie and Chris you both Rock!

Congratulations are in order to Michele for winning the Hobbyist category and to Ekaja from Safford for winning the Rising Star category. Congratulations to Diosa's troupe Osirus for taking 3rd place in the Tribal Fusion Ensemble; it was a great year for AZ dancers!!!

Michele after winning Hobbyist

Ekaja before the competition began

Enjoy the photos from the trip.  Yes I remembered to take my camera and as you can see I wasn't in too many of the photos since I was taking them :-)

Gail and Ekaja at the Shimmy Bliss booth

The hubby helping set up

Gail and Kyla goofing around

Dojo Girls after competing

Gail as Barbie; great routine

Barbie turned into Tribal Barbie midway through her routine

Kyla before competing

till next time....

Photo Shoot at the Mesa Art Center

 I finally had a photo shoot on Sunday May 30th at the Mesa Art Center (MAC) a place I've wanted photos done for the past year. I've needed updated photos for so long and my friend David was so kind to take the photos.

Kyla came over in the morning and did my hair; a huge thanks to Kyla she worked wonders with my hair. Kyla creates the most beautiful hair accessories and jewelry; she made everything that she put in my hair. Check out her website site to see her beautiful work.

John took our scooter up to the MAC since I was running behind schedule to let David know I was on my way. Kyla and I showed up and the fun began. David took over 300 pictures all over the campus. The MAC is a great place to have photos done there are so many little venues all different that are great backgrounds.

Thanks David for some magnificent photos!!! I had such a difficult time narrowing down the ones I really liked.

Below are photos from the day...enjoy.

 

Mesa Art Center Class Recital, 5/19/10

What a great evening loaded with lots of fun, fantastic dancing and family & friends to share it with!!!  We had a new room to perform in with lights and lots of room which made the night extra special!!!!!

Below are some photos from the evening and a short video of highlights from all 6 classes. 

Group shot

Debbie performing with fan veils

Jadeh performing a cabaret number

Roxy performing with a veil

Stacey performing tribal fusion number

Melissa and Kelley enjoying the show



Highlights from the evening class performances



Summer session starts June 1st, 2nd and 3rd hope to see you in class.

County Fair 2010

A beautiful day to perform at the County Fair, not to hot with a nice breeze from time to time.

Fifteen of us arrive at the State Fair Grounds to spend an hour together having fun and performing for friends, family and fair goers setting a spell to enjoy our dancing.

Below are a few photos from the days adventure before my camera died.

Group shot before our performance - Carol, Kathy, Pamela, Stacey, Paula, Kelley, Elizabeth, Kay, Roxy, Jadeh, Melissa, myself, Debbie, Dena and Lisa

Carol during the 6 minute routine

Jahed during the 6 minute routine

Pamela, Stacey, Lisa and Dena performing in the tribal fusion skirt dance

Myself in the Thai nail dance with my partner Melissa





Thank you everyone for a fun day....

Two Week Break From Classes

It's hard to believe we have been off for two weeks for Spring break from my belly dance classes!!!  Classes start tomorrow night March 30th.

During the break I performed at India's Grill in Mesa.  Clara thanks for bringing your sister and coming to see me dance.  It's a great little restaurant and the food was really good.

On March 25th eight of us from the intermediate tribal class performed the skirt dance for Jackie's Spanish class at MCC.  That was fun I'm not to sure what her classmates and instructor thought :0)

Of course I forgot my camera and have no photos of either event!  I need to just keep my camera in my purse at all times!!!

On Saturday March 27th I held two workshops at my home studio.  I taught one and Carrie Konyha from Sedona came down and taught the other workshop.  Everyone loved Carrie's workshop she is a fantastic performer and fabulous instructor.  It was a great day enjoying our wonderful Spring weather and dancing.  Thank you to all who that attended the workshops I know I had a great time.

After the day was all done and I was saying goodbye to Kelley it hit me I forgot to take pictures of the workshops!  I had no excuse the camera was right there in the house!!!  I guess I need to wear the thing around my neck :0)

April is going to be a very busy month.  Classes starting, my 1st Saturday workshops, performing on April 10th at the Phoenix's First Ladies show, teaching a workshop on April 17th and performing at the County Fair on April 18th and vending, performing and teaching a workshop on April 24th in Cottonwood with Anaya Tribal and Carrie.  This month is going to fly by and my goal is to have the camera with so I have photos :-)

Last Class Recital, March 9, 2010

What a great performance on March 9th!!!  I'm so proud of my students they work really hard on all their dances and what a show they put on Tuesday night.  Thanks to everyone that helped set up the room with chairs and putting everything back when we finished.  The audience was fantastic moving to the dance room to watch the intermediate tribal class perform the skirt dance since the drama room was too small for flying skirts :0)

Below are some photos from the evening performance.  Thanks Gail for taking such great photos during the show.

Group shot before our performance

Beginning Thursday night tribal performing to the song "I Like To Move It"

Beginning Wednesday night tribal class performing a basket dance

Beginning Wednesday night cabaret class performing a fusion dance

Beginning Tuesday night cabaret class performing a 1980's dance called "Bellyrobics"

Intermediate Tuesday night cabaret class performing an Oriental dance

Intermediate Wednesday night tribal class performing a skirt dance

More skirt dance

Jade performing a solo

Roxy performing a sword solo

Michele and Kay enjoying the show

Next recital will be in May...