From AUNT ROCKY (NYC):

Because YOU asked me for it:
a FUN, FABULOUS
FOUR-DAY FOLK FEAST!
JANUARY 8-11, 2010
in NEW YORK CITY


Real *folklore*:
2 different SCHIKHATT routines:
TRADITIONAL & MODERN
TUNISIAN SHABA routine,
GUEDRA & ZAR
of course ALL, with extensive
backround/ cultural information
& some VIDEOs/ DVDs


ONLY time it will be offered in this format!


the TRUTH will set your dance FREE!!!


MAGICAL MIDEASTERN DANCING IN MID MANHATTAN!!!
Get your dancing skills ready to show you off better wherever you dance!
For New Inspiration and Excitement!

a Casbah Dance Experience

at Morocco's marvelous BIG Studio in the heart of New York City
6 West 20th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues) - 2nd floor

only $350
$150 deposit (non-refundable)


Technique & Choreography
Limited Places - Reserve Early!!!


5 hours daily


9:30 am - 3:30 pm
in climate-controlled studio

Scheduled:
3 usable *authentic* folkloric routines
by Morocco, a teacher/ researcher/ performer
who's *really* been there, done that
from the beginning!


Seminar Music CD and Choreography Sheets
for the dances are Included


Certificate of Seminar Completion included!


REGISTER NOW!!! PAY ONLINE!!!


www.casbahdance.org/WEEKLONG.htm


SEE YOU HERE IN JANUARY!
MOROCCO


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e-mail: <morocco@casbahdance.org>
web: www.casbahdance.org
New York, NY


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Morocco


e-mail: <morocco@casbahdance.org>
web: www.casbahdance.org
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch
New York, NY

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Register NOW for a Fabulous 4-Day Folk Seminar
in my great BIG studio: January 8-11, 2010
www.casbahdance.org/WEEKLONG.htm
MAGICAL MIDEASTERN DANCING IN MID MANHATTAN!!!
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If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution!
Emma Goldman
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We should consider every day lost on which we have
not danced at least once. Friedrich Nietzsche
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From ZA-BETH (MA):

Would you like to donate to

“The Home for Little Wanderers” Children’s Wish List Fundraiser



HERE ARE THE KIDS WISH LIST !!!

Hi everyone ,thank you, we appreciate all your support, some of these kids are away from their families for many reasons, some have never been adopted-some are ready to go out on their own, some suffer from abuse and neglect, physical handicaps--

this is a fundraiser, all about Donating gifts to:

“The Home for Little Wanderers” Children’s Wish List Fundraiser



Bring gifts unwrapped to the party-with the child's name and your name—

or



Send gifts to: J. Robinson -- PO. BOX 6123 -- Haverhill, Mass. O1831



Please e-mail me directly-to let me know which child and gift you choose-

zills@earthlink.net www.za-beth.com

THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR GIFTS FOR OLDER KIDS -

~ Here are some of the names – ages – and gift wish list:

Name Age Gift Wish

#30 Adam -boy- age 17 gift card- Best Buy

#31 Alex B.-boy age 11 gift card- Barnes/Noble

#32 Alicia R.-girl age 7 Baby-doll w/cradle

#33 Brianna .-girl age 8 Baby-doll

#34 Diamante -girl age 12 gift card- Barnes/Noble

#35 Eric-boy age 12 gift card- Best Buy

#36 T.B.-boy age 17 gift card- Best Buy

#37 Felicia -girl age 12 Art Supplies, sketchbook, art pencils

#38 Scott J.-boy age 11 gift card- Walmart

#39 Jossi M.-girl age 15 gift card- Targets Amar Gamal

#40 JeVaughna.-girl age 11 gift card- Old Navy

#41 Mikala E. -girl age 14 gift card- Marshals

#42 Amani P.-girl age 11 gift card- Best Buy taken

# 43 David-boy age 10 gift card- Targets

#44 Aaron-boy age 9 gift card- Targets

#45 Alexandra-girl age 16 gift card- Borders

#46 Alberto-boy age 16 gift card- Best Buy

#47 Jennifer-girl age 20 gift card-Dots

#48 Cardin-boy age 13 gift card- Best Buy

#49 Julia-girl age 12 gift card- Walmart

#50 Jahliel-boy age 15 gift card- Walmart



Please e-mail me directly-to let me know which child and gift you choose- zills@earthlink.net



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HAVE A GREAT AND SAFE THANKSGIVING !!!

A GREAT WAY TO GET INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON !!!

~AFTER THANKSGIVING ~CELEBRATE YOUR SELF ~GET SOME EARLY SHOPPING DONE~

" live band"-door prizes--"lots of dancin'/gift giving event-



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“The Home for Little Wanderers Fundraiser”

“2009 Annual Holiday Party”

SUNDAY,DECEMBER 6th,2009

(repeats the first Sunday in December every year)

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DOORS OPEN 1:00pm.. for your shopping & schmoozing pleasure~

~Program~ 1.15-2:00pm-The Band plays for your Dancing and Holiday Cheer ~

~ 2:05pm. ~ Performances to CD's ~ Intermission ~ 3.30pm. Band performances

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"Bellydancers on the move", donating Performances & Gifts !!



GIVE THE GIFT OF DANCE !!!! FOR THE DANCE AND THE DANCER--FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE--

TO HELP KEEP THE ART,THE JOY AND THE MAGIC OF BELLYDANCE ALIVE AND...ZILLS !!

TO HELP CELEBRATE YOU IN BELLYDANCE !

TO HELP INSPIRE YOU TO YOUR NEXT LEVEL OF DANCE OR,,JUST TO ADD TO YOUR ALREADY WONDERFUL STYLE-

COME SHIMMY WITH US~learn a line dance~ bring your finger cymbals~

What it is:

A Holiday Party to Celebrate you and yours and remembering people less fortunate

Donating gifts to:

“The Home for Little Wanderers” Children’s Wish List



For over 200 years The Home for Little Wanderers has been at the forefront of child and family services. Today through over 30 programs that focus on prevention, advocacy, research, and direct care, we help children overcome the challenges facing them and open the door to their futures.



FOR ALL PERFORMERS---

Performers only-with a gift from the official wish list-will get in free--

Admission: $10 -at door -$5- off with official wish list gift ~ Kids under 12 Free--

Only gifts picked from the official wish list before the Holiday party date will be accepted at the door.



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HERE ARE THE PERFORMERS!!!

Special performances by:

~ Johara ~Hyetti ~Nepenthe ~ Najmat~ Daughters of Sumaya~

~ Susi ~Badriya ~ Snake Dance Theatre ~ Rosette~ Ce’cile ~

~ Irit ~ Cori-Dilshad ~ Zaira ~ Rachel ~ Qamar ~ Ma’isah ~ Harem Bella Elise~

~ Akasha ~ Sabrina L.~ Illianna ~ IOKE ~ Sisters in Dance ~ Dorothea ~

~ Ayla ~ Zahira Zuhra ~Markareet & Sonia~ Naima Provo~ Rosa Leah~ Boudica~

~ Paradise in the Palms ~ Phaedra Rose ~Michi~ Tassellations ~Troupe Chakra~

sign-ups now going on-- CD's..or with the fabulous band-

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HERE ARE "THE BOYS IN THE BAND" !!

The Fabulous Band: Back by popular demand....

Bruce Rawan, Kanoun ~ Mitch Kaltsounas, Oud & Vocals ~ Wayne Rawan, Dumbek

Za-Beth,vocals from George Abdo's Magic Album

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HERE ARE THE VENDORS !!

Vendors for your Holiday shopping ~ Unique gifts from around the world.

They bring the world to your door!

"The Beaded Peacock" "Designs by J" "Sassy Sparkles Eye Kandy too"

"Audrena's Enchanted Caravan" “Ce’cile, hand-made Jewelry”

"Bellydance Superstars", Za-Beth Showbiz ,Diva's & Basic Zills with Za-Beth,

"DVD-Made for the BEGINNER STUDENT /OR THE STUDENT WHO NEEDS A SLOWER PACE

INSTRUCTION SHEETS INCLUDED-

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Come join us for some fun & games!

DOORS OPEN 1:00pm.. for your shopping & schmoozing pleasure

~Program~ 1.15-2:00pm-The Band plays for your Dancing and Holiday Cheer ~

~ 2:05pm. ~ Performances to CD's ~ Intermission ~ 3.30pm. Band performances ~



~ Relax, have some fun ~ dress up in your favorite outfit ~

~ Lots of open dancing ~ Learn a line dance with Za-Beth ~ bring your finger cymbals ~

~ Come and shimmy and shake your hip scarves away with CD’s or with the Band…

Door prizes !! ,Lots of Holiday Stockings filled with goodies !!!

Teachers, dancers, and musicians interested in performing contact:

Za-Beth zills@earthlink.net



TAKING VIDEOS OF ANY KIND NOT ALLOWED (DIGITAL CAMERAS INCLUDED)

STAY TUNED FOR OUR EXCITING UP AND COMING

2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ISSUE ON OUR WEBSITE

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where it is: Courtyard,Marriot Boston Woburn/North- 700 Unicorn Park DriveWoburn, Ma 01801-

781.938.9001 www.marriott.com/boscw rooms blocked off for dancers / attendees

at a $87.00+tax rate per night. when booking these rooms please have referenced "Za-Beth".

Reserve Before November 6th,2009-

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Checks payable to: J. Robinson -- PO. BOX 6123 -- Haverhill, Mass. O1831

Info Za-Beth zills@earthlink.net www.za-beth.com

Always promoting The Art, The Joy, & The Magic that is Bellydance



WATCH FOR NEW UPDATES & NEW STORIES ON OUR WEB PAGE

www.za-beth.com www.youtube.com/zabeth44

Always promoting The Art, The Joy, & The Magic that is Bellydance Orientale

Celebrating you in Dance !!

Thanx…Za~Beth....celebrate yourself!

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From LOTUS DANCE STUDIO (FL):

Are you ready for all the fun at Lotus?
November 10th


It's a Happy Start to the Holiday Season
Lotus would like to thank all the wonderful performers and volunteers that went above and beyond to make "The Haunted" happen. The performances were as always out of the ordinary, different and ranging from the beautiful, to the spooky.

There were many volunteers that gave so much towards making "The Haunted" I am very thankful to all of them.

And a special Thank You goes to Isis San Miguel. Isis, it was a pleasure to work with you and I can't wait to do it again someday in the future.

Lotus has lots of new and exciting things coming in the Holidays and in 2010. Stay tuned to all our newsletters and don't miss a minute of the fun!






"Camelot Days" Take 4!
Lotus is once again performing at this fun Medieval Festival, this weekend, Saturday, Nov. 14th and Sunday, Nov. 15th.
We perform at the Chess Stage at 10:45 AM - 1:30 PM - 4:15 PM & then Pub Sing is immediately at 5pm.

For this reason, Lotus will be closed on Saturday, November 14th. Classes will resume as scheduled on Monday.

Come see us at our Lotus Gypsy Tent and hang out with us, take pictures and don't miss the awesome Bedouin Shows we have in store for you! Pass by Lotus and get a $2.00 Off the Entry Fee. (The coupons are right outside our door)
See you there!









Magical Bollywood
Lotus Dance Studio is proud to present the internationally renowned choreographer and performer "Jaya"

Sunday, December 6th from 1pm to 4pm
$50.00 in Advance - $60.00 at the Door

Join us on Sunday, December 6th from 1 to 4 pm for 3 hours of Magical Bollywood.

This 3 hour workshop is designed for all ages, shapes and sizes whether you have dance experience or not. The main goal is to experience the evolution of Bollywood Dance from the beginning of its origins in Classical Indian Dance into modern day Magical Bollywood.

Workshop Description:

Step into the world of glamour with exciting dance moves from the Bollywood Film Industry!

In just three hours, Jaya Vaswani will take you on a tour of India and guarantees you will walk out feeling like you've joined a Bollywood musical! You will learn everything from the basics of Classical Indian Dance, with its intrinsic details in hand gestures, footwork and facial expressions, to a high-energy choreography piece with the use of music from the world renowned Bollywood Film Industry.

The magical possibilities for fusion are endless, join us!







Introducing our new Salsa Program. "L.A. Style"
"Innovate your Body and Soul"
With NuevoLutions L.A. Salsa Style Dance Company

Teaching Beginners and Advanced L.A. Style Salsa Classes

Class Prices
$10.00 Per Class
(Separate Program from Belly Dance)

Tuesday Class Hours
Starts: 8:30PM
Ends: 9:30PM

Friday Class Hours
Starts: 7:30PM
Ends: 8:30PM

Dance Style and Influences

Nuevolution Productions revolutionized the presentation of salsa performances by increasing the complexity of stage craft, choreography, costuming, and story telling.
NP draws from the roots of salsa in African dance, Afro Cuban, and combine these foundational movements with other rhythm based dances such as Ballroom, Capoeira, Afro Jazz, and Hip Hop, thereby increasing the vocabulary of salsa movement and making it more appealing to a younger generation.

NP is the most creative, and innovative salsa group on the East coast, with high performance quality, and because they are the first to have turned salsa into a narrative dance form.








Lotus Holiday Show
This will be our 3 Holidays at Lotus. We will be dancing, enjoying some yummy cider and singing Carrols.

Tarot Readers
Toy Drive for Toys for Tots
Food Drive for the Hungry
Adopt a Family for Christmas
Come and drop off a new toy or can food for the needy at Lotus

We would love for you to join us.

$10.00 at the door
If you know of any family that you would like to suggest for our "Lotus Love Christmas Adoption" please email me or call me. I'll be happy to consider for screening.







Lotus 3rd Year Anniversary
Sign up to perform at our Annual Holiday Celebration.
All Styles Welcomed!

Free Event
Come celebrate our 3rd year bringing Tribal Style to the South Florida Belly Dance Community!

Sign Up to perform!

Mini Classes
Performances (Sign up to perform)
Contests
Henna
Face Painting
Tarot Readings
Chair Massages
Raffles
Chances to Win Classes
Huge Savings on Class Packages
Awesome Sale on everything in the studio.

Announcements on our vision and our goals for the year.
Come be part of this joyous occasion.

We've made it this far and we're still working our "Tribal Style Magick"









Get "The Haunted"
Belly Dance Musical Theatre, a Gothic tale of love,
temptation, and murder...Crossing over to the other side
and the ghosts that surround us all when we don't make it
into the light.

This unique blend of Cabaret, Tribal, Modern and Fusion dance features performances by Alina & Lotus Dancers, Isis San Miguel, Lotus Magicka, Star Fusion, Anna Nummelin, Masala Fusion, Diana Spring, ZiZi Zabaneh, Troupe Nour Hayati, Caitlin Ray, Stacy O'Neill, Synchro Sonic, and more!

Run Time: 100 minutes/Widescreen/NTSC/ $20.00 + Shipping

Get it now!







New Payment Program for Lotus Students
In our efforts to save you money and streamline our processes, Lotus will be introducing new payment plans for our dedicated students.

Look for more info coming soon!

Lotus Dance Studio • 9117 Taft Street • Pembroke Pines • FL • 33024


From AMIRA JAMAL (MA):

Amira Jamal - Let's Belly Dance!
November 2009

I will be paring down this mailing list after the new year. If you do not wish to continue receiving this Newsletter please let me know by going to "unsubscribe" at the bottom of this newsletter.



Below is the listing of January classes as well as tidbits that will help you on your journey through this wonderful experience we call BELLY DANCE!

Let's do it!

in this issue
:: January 2010 Classes
:: Feeling the music and trusting yourself
:: Some of My Favorite Quotes
:: Ask Amira
:: Book with CD-Rom Visual Vocabulary
January 2010 Classes

www.amirajamal.com has just been updated!


Boston (begins 1/25): Monday nights: 7PM-8:30PM - Advanced Intermediate and Advanced/Professional Students: We are going back to the basics of a five-part American Cabaret show, with all the fixins! This will include veil, double-veil, drum solos, Karsilima, cane, and much more. We will work with the Top-40 "most likely" American Cabaret songs. On nights that we have dancers signed up for peer-critique on their performances we will run later than 8:30 at no extra charge.

Wellesley (begins 1/12): Tuesday nights: 6:00-7:00PM; Framingham (begins 1/6): Wednesday nights: 7-8. All these classes will be:
Bellyrobics and Beginner Belly Dance. This is a fast-paced class designed to give students a strong fitness workout while introducing you to basic moves. No prior belly dance experience is necessary.

Framingham (begins 1/9): Saturday mornings: 9:30: Advanced Beginner and Intermediate Technique (drills & zills); 10:30: Advanced Beginner and Intermediate: Performance Skills (similar to Boston description but more for "newbies")


Always Available: Private instruction in Framingham


Another Hint from Language of the Dance: Tips, Techniques and Stories (many of the steps mentioned in this article can be seen on the CD-Rom which comes with my book)

FEELING THE MUSIC AND TRUSTING YOURSELF


What does it mean to say that the music flows through you? How does a dancer become able to express emotion? How does a dancer become one with the music? How does a dancer stop thinking about every move?

One does not need to have or understand lyrics to a song to successfully express the emotion of the music. It is possible to feel the emotion of the music itself. Try this exercise: Put on some music that is particularly moving. It is different for each person, but my personal favorites are usually veil numbers, and my most favorite are:
Bir Dimet (Scott Wilson's Efendi recording)
Bir Dimet (John Bilzikjian's Sirocco recording)
Miserlou (John Bilzikjian's Dantz Fever recording)
Mandoubala (John Bilzikjian's Tapestry of the Dance recording)

Sit in a chair, close your eyes, breathe deeply and find your center. Start the music. Do all your dancing seated in the chair. Have the movements come from your heart out through your arms, torso, and head.

How do you feel? Are you satisfied? Do you feel as though you were lost in some other world - far away from everyday life and worries? Are you so wrapped up in the emotion of the music that you are almost moved to tears? If the answers to these questions are yes, then you have experienced the music flowing through you.

What if the answers to those questions are no? Was your mind elsewhere (like on the clothes you need to wash)? Are you generally a person who cannot let go of control to other people and situations outside yourself? Have you just been out of sync all day and nothing is going right?


Let's take these issues one by one:

Was your mind elsewhere?
In order to let the music flow through you, you must be present. This means that while you are dancing, you are dancing. You are not making laundry lists, worrying about how your costume fits, thinking about your hair, makeup, or choice of jewelry, or assessing feedback from the audience that you may or may not be getting.

Are you generally a person who cannot let go of control to other people and situations outside yourself?
Think about the term "give yourself over to the music." How can this possibly happen if you do not let go? You mustn't feel as though you have to control every single move and every single emotion. When you are doing a choreographed number this may be a different story - as the steps, and often the emotion (facial and hand expressions) are also choreographed and prescribed. Still, though, although the choreography provides the structure, your own passion still has to provide the essence. When you are dancing in an improvisational manner, however, you certainly cannot expect to control every aspect of manner and emotion. You must learn to let go and go with the flow!

Have you just been out of sync all day and nothing is going right?
This happens, and is not necessarily an indication that you always have difficulty letting the music flow through you. I, even after almost three decades of dancing professionally, still have this problem once in a while. I know going into a performance that it's just not my day, and unless I stop a catastrophe in its tracks it certainly isn't going to end up as my day either.




Some of my Favorite Quotes

These quotes are from Coach John Wooden. I think many of them can apply to your life, and many can apply to your dance.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. (I love this one - it's why we do drills every week in class!)

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Ask Amira: This month's question: NONE! Please submit your questions.

Please submit your questions - about anything to do with belly dancing!

FEELING THE MUSIC AND TRUSTING YOURSELF .....Continued


This is where the lessons of STAGE PRESENCE take over and you function on autopilot. Look up and out, stay lifted, arms up, a proud torso. Be an entertainer, regardless of whether or not you feel like a dancer. You can sparkle. You can act as if you are in sync with all that is going on. TRUST yourself to do what you need to do, don't worry that you won't. If you spend as much time trusting as you do worrying then your show will sparkle and so will you. I have finished shows and have related my experience to people who have watched me. The remark is always "Oh I NEVER would have known that you weren't ... feeling well... enjoying the music... (you fill in the blank)." You must be prepared to do a professional show, regardless of your personal problems of the day.

It may take years of experience to gain this trust in yourself. But don't wait until you have this trust... because then it becomes the chicken or the egg quandry: How can I learn to trust myself if I don't have enough experience, and how do I get experience if I don't trust myself enough to go out there? Let me tell you something that I know from my own personal experience: You can study surgery all you want. But nothing - NOTHING - prepares you for when that scalpel cuts through skin. You must trust yourself that you have been properly taught and that you are ready - although not experienced - to do this.

To help yourself to reach this level of trust you start with learning steps and movements, and practicing them until you are confident in those movements and steps. But that is not enough. You must do the emoting exercise until you understand the concept of letting yourself go and feeling the music.

I cannot stress enough that you MUST make run-on tapes of all the various songs. That means pull all the veil work music from every single recording you own, and make a tape just for veil. Repeat it for the common introduction songs, chiftitelli and taxim sections, drum solos, etc. In addition to being able to feel the essence and pulse of the music you must be familiar with the technicalities of it. You cannot be afraid of what you will get before you even step a foot out on the stage. You must know enough music to trust that either you won't get something that you don't know or at least, you will get something that is similar and familiar to what you do know.

The emoting exercise you do with the veil should be repeated with all the different music, the same way: sitting in a chair. Play Nour El Ein and see how playful you can become with hand gestures and head and eye movements. Play a karsilima or a drum solo and see how fiery or deliberate you become - just with the upper body: arms, head, hands, eyes, torso. Find yourself becoming introspective and soul searching during a chiftitelli or taxim.

You must feel the music, you must know the music, and you must trust yourself to do both.


Belly Dance with Amira Jamal: Tips Techniques and Stories


Book with CD-Rom "Visual Vocabulary"


Topics include: Overall Look at Technique; The Essence of a Five Part Routine; The Classical Arabic Routine; Stage Presence; Dimensions and Textures; Setting Performance Goals; Party Logistics; and MUCH MUCH MORE!

This book is available with priority postage (US postage only - foreign postage is separate) and gift wrapping at no extra charge. ($20 in class, $25 by check, $30 by PayPal to amirajamal@yahoo.com.)


See website at www.amirajamal.com for ordering instructions.



Thank you for reading this newsletter: Amira Jamal - Let's Belly Dance! Please give me your feedback so that this newsletter can grow into something that will be useful to you as students and dancers. Would you like to be a featured dancer? Is there something you would like to see presented (a tip, a question, a dance step)? This newsletter belongs to all of us - I would like to reflect that!

Sincerely,
Amira Jamal - Let's Belly Dance!
Newsletter Archive
This newsletter started in January 2009. If you would like me to send you any back copies please let me know at amirajamal@yahoo.com


From LORELEI (DE):

Meetup Description
www.indonesiancc.org/perform...ies.html

Despite our living many miles from the epicenter, we join the global Indonesian community in embracing the relief effort and contributing to the recovery of our decimated homeland…



JOIN the Indonesian Cultural Club on
Sunday, November 22, 2009
2:30 PM
NEWARK SENIOR CENTER
200 White Chapel Drive, Newark, DE 1971


Suggested donation tickets $15 per person includes Indonesian snacks and desserts

Cultural performances by the Indonesian Cultural Club, bellydance by Lorelei, Cris Valkyria, Keila Cordova, Jewels Bellydance and many other local talents.


From TYDIRAH (Baltimore):

What: ALL SEASONS HAFLA featuring SEHAR NIRAJA

When: December 6, 2009 4:00 PM

Where:
Kitchen of India
1842 E. Joppa Rd
Parkville, MD 21234
410-663-6880

COME OUT AND HAVE A BLAST AT AHS' NEW LOCATION:
KITCHEN OF INDIA!!!!
www.kitchenofindiaus.com/

Please tell me a better way to start the holiday season than with SEHAR NIRAJA!! Look what's in store.....MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!

OMG, WHAT A LINE-UP!!!!!!!

AWESOME
performances from: The amazing and beautiful, SEHAR NIRAJA (ACN Queen of Raqs Sharqi 2009)!!!!!
Joining her ....
Sestraluna
Nabilah
Ashira
Naadirah
Long Shen
Ma'isa Zahlena
Kimberly
Jackie
and yours truly!! : )

The first Sunday of every month there is a party for the bellydancers and friends, by the bellydancers and of the bellydancers in Parkville, MD, at the Kitchen Of India, 1842 E. Joppa Rd. Parkville. If you would like to dance, shoot an email/call Tydirah at tydirah@comcast.net/410-302-6064. All skill levels and bellydance styles are welcome.
SWAP MEET!! Bring your stuff! Lots of bargains.
DOORS OPEN AT 4:00 sharp!! (Dancers arrive at 3:30 to check in!) Tydirah and Na'ilah hosts, and Jonathan opens with drumming. Sometimes we have an entire band! You are invited to put on your zils and hip scarf to dance and play along. Please bring an instrument if you can. (Contact Tydirah before the show to see if she can fit you on the musician's discount list!) Everyone can join in Open Dancing at the end of show!

Pictures are allowed and please share!! Send them to tydirah@comcast.net or post them to the bellydance meetup!!

Due to show being sold out, it's strongly suggested to purchase advanced tickets and rsvp. Tickets on sale now at venue!!
Advanced tickets are $20 and guarantees front row tables first. Please contact Tydirah at 410-302-6064 for purchase as well.
Tickets are $22 at the door-please bring cash to make sure check in goes smoothly!! (THERE IS A $2 CHARGE FOR NON-RSVP'S. PLEASE RSVP HERE OR WITH ME 410-302-6064 NOW OR NO LATER THAN 1 WK BEFORE SHOW.) There will be a list at the door.
Children prices are: 4yrs and under are free; 5 to 9yrs- $8; 10 yrs and older full price.

See you very soon!!

Learn more here:
www.meetup.com/Baltimore-...r/11824268/


From SITAMUN (MD):

What: ALL SEASONS HAFLA featuring SEHAR NIRAJA

When: December 6, 2009 4:00 PM

Where:
Kitchen of India
1842 E. Joppa Rd
Parkville, MD 21234
410-663-6880

COME OUT AND HAVE A BLAST AT AHS' NEW LOCATION:
KITCHEN OF INDIA!!!!
www.kitchenofindiaus.com/

Please tell me a better way to start the holiday season than with SEHAR NIRAJA!! Look what's in store.....MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!

OMG, WHAT A LINE-UP!!!!!!!

AWESOME
performances from: The amazing and beautiful, SEHAR NIRAJA (ACN Queen of Raqs Sharqi 2009)!!!!!
Joining her ....
Sestraluna
Nabilah
Ashira
Naadirah
Long Shen
Ma'isa Zahlena
Kimberly
Jackie
and yours truly!! : )

The first Sunday of every month there is a party for the bellydancers and friends, by the bellydancers and of the bellydancers in Parkville, MD, at the Kitchen Of India, 1842 E. Joppa Rd. Parkville. If you would like to dance, shoot an email/call Tydirah at tydirah@comcast.net/410-302-6064. All skill levels and bellydance styles are welcome.
SWAP MEET!! Bring your stuff! Lots of bargains.
DOORS OPEN AT 4:00 sharp!! (Dancers arrive at 3:30 to check in!) Tydirah and Na'ilah hosts, and Jonathan opens with drumming. Sometimes we have an entire band! You are invited to put on your zils and hip scarf to dance and play along. Please bring an instrument if you can. (Contact Tydirah before the show to see if she can fit you on the musician's discount list!) Everyone can join in Open Dancing at the end of show!

Pictures are allowed and please share!! Send them to tydirah@comcast.net or post them to the bellydance meetup!!

Due to show being sold out, it's strongly suggested to purchase advanced tickets and rsvp. Tickets on sale now at venue!!
Advanced tickets are $20 and guarantees front row tables first. Please contact Tydirah at 410-302-6064 for purchase as well.
Tickets are $22 at the door-please bring cash to make sure check in goes smoothly!! (THERE IS A $2 CHARGE FOR NON-RSVP'S. PLEASE RSVP HERE OR WITH ME 410-302-6064 NOW OR NO LATER THAN 1 WK BEFORE SHOW.) There will be a list at the door.
Children prices are: 4yrs and under are free; 5 to 9yrs- $8; 10 yrs and older full price.

See you very soon!!

Learn more here:
www.meetup.com/Baltimore-...r/11824268/


From AYSHE (NYC):

Dearest Bellydance and 'Wings of Isis' Afficianados!

Greetings from Ayshe/ Wingsofayshe in New York City!

Finally, I have 2 new pages up for my new costuming creations: new wings: ISIS CUT & ERTE' CAPES.

Here are the pages from my website:

www.wingsofayshe.com/ISISCUT.html

www.wingsofayshe.com/ERTECAPES.html


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: my spring page included GOTHIC, FAIRY, & TRIBAL WING STYLES WITH NEW FABRIC SWATCHES:

www.wingsofayshe.com/NEWFILE.html


ALSO, my bio page now includes a link to my new FACEBOOK page which includes all my dvd's selling:

www.wingsofayshe.com/about.html


Maybe you will find some inspiration for the holidays!

ENJOY!
AYSHE