Tales from the Caravan...
Show: Saints, February 19, 2005
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Well, we have now officially gotten our feet wet in
the nightclub scene. Okay, well...maybe just a toe.
You know, there weren't alot of people there, but to
me we did a fantastic job and looked fabulous. And
that's all we can promise as entertainers! : ) Those
who did come out to support though were greatly
appreciated! Thank you. Everytime we do something
like this it gives us more guts to push the envelope.
I mean afterall, a year ago I would have never thought
it possible to perform in a night club around here,
much less host our own Hafla. To me this isn't about
raising people's awareness of belly-dancing or women's
rights, or beauty issues. My mission is much more
simple. I am going to be the supreme belly-dance
overlord!!! Dance you fools, DANCE! Muhahaha!
::shakes head:: oh my, who was that? : ) No, my
mission is to have fun, and to make others happy by
introducing them to that word again. To use the
eternal words of SpongeBob Squarepants, "F, is for
Friends who do stuff together....'U' is for you and
me, 'N' is for anywhere and anytime at all, down here
in the deep blue sea." ::Hey, anyone got any crackers
for all this cheese I'm spreadin? : ) ::
-Ame-
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This was a very different sort of event from what
we're used to doing. We were hired to dance in the
crowd and be general entertainment. A few days before
the actual event we found out that we would actually
have a stage and performance time as well. It was TONS
of fun creating outrageous masks for this masquerade
fiasco. It was quite a challenge for us as well,
performing Tribal Group Improve with little to no
periphereal vision. We did great though. We arrived
over an hour before we were set to perform and mingled
with the sparse crowd. When the DJ played familiar or
trancey danceable songs we bellydanced and performed
group and individual solos to it. At 11pm we took the
stage with a mysterious melancholy veil number from
the Legend movie soundtrack. Afterwards we discarded
our veils and danced choreography to The Cure's
Lullaby. We announced our Hafla event and passed out
flyers. After us, a fire dancer took the stage. Since
this was an indoors event, he had to use glowsticks,
but he was awesome. Very energetic and mesmerizing to
watch and he even did some floorwork! We clapped and
offered up a healthy zaghareet after he finished.
After a bit more music was played we took the stage
again for the second performance we had been asked to
do. This time we did our choreographed tambourine
number (sans props) going right into our Group Improve
of the I Dream of Jeannie remix.
-Mari-
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