First off, allow me to talk about the fundraiser as it's my first performance as a belly dancer.
Circle of Rhiannon's 'Circle of Care' hafla is helping a young girl named Cassady Griffith who had just recieved a much needed liver transplant yesterday afternoon if I'm reading the comments right. If you're in the area next week, feel free to show up and watch my class and I as we dance.
Now on for the review of last night. *laughs* We got started a bit late in the Beginning class as the two of us students were pinning together a belt I'm making (Thank God for Stitch Witchery. It's about the only way I can sew something). Then we started learning about a three count hip shimmy before playing with that a lot. Zattana challenged us to use it during this one section of
Zeina where we are doing a hip shimmy more for the challenge than anything else. After that, we drilled and learned new parts of
Zeina. Now, normally, the class starts at about 6:30 pm and ends an hour later, giving all of us a fifteen minute break before the Advanced class comes in. Not last night. We were having so much fun dancing, it was 8pm before Zattana realized the time and quickly opened the classroom door for the other girls. *laughs*
In the Advanced class, we were doing
Filii a lot as well as figuring out the ending pose as until last night we were just striking whatever pose we wanted when the music ended. Now we're getting serious. *laughs* After that, it was some more of the new song, but I admit, I was starting to drag at 8:45, especially since it looked like she wasn't stopping anytime soon. I think it was closer to 9:15 before we were finally done and cooled off.
A very long class, but damn it was fun!
This is us doing Yeslam Galbak as choreographed by Ruby Gesire and modified by Zattana Al-Naseem.
Me doing some veil work during the improv section of the performance. There was this cute old man in a wheelchair at our second performance. He started out near the back but quickly moved himself forward to the front. He'd clap along and whenever one of us would dance near him, he'd give us this huge grin and an 'okay' sign. Afterwards, he told one of the ladies that he moved close because he was hard of hearing. *laughs* She responded that she thought he just enjoyed our dancing.
Now on to the stitching. *laughs*
First up is the kalediscope for my youngest neice.
It's a quick easy thing and is coming right along. I'm going to be filling in the blank space in the center with white thread to make it look all uniform.
The other thing that's been taking up my time. It's a traveling baby blanket 'cause it's the right sixe to fit in a carseat without miles of blanket to contend with. This one is for my SiL's second child who's about ready to show up any day now.
And once more, Bacchus is helping me stitch by making sure my stitching basket doesn't fly off.....
unfortunately, I can't get to any of the thread now. Oh well.
