Sitar Shimmy Shakedown was great!

Those of you who missed it, missed a great show!

The mix of styles of belly dance was fabulous! We had everything from Old school to Tribal to Bellynesian to Cabaret to Fusion.

Huge kudos to Stephani who worked really hard to make a lovely event and have everything set up that the performers might need.

If you haven't decided to go to the July 12 or August one, you might want to reconsider.

Great job Stephani!

*huge huggies*

Family in Iowa are safe.

Thanks to everyone who asked about Dave's (my hubby) family.
They are out of danger by living in North Liberty which is 10 miles from Iowa City and in fact are hosting 9 people who had to be evacuated from their homes in Iowa City.

Belly Dance Events for June!

Saturday June 7th!
Go see our little Gothlings
Anita and Lauren perform!
DEATH GUILD THUNDERDOME FUNDRAISER
"bringing the dome to San Francisco"

Location: Ace Auto Dismantling in San Francisco
2255 Mc Kinnon St San Francisco, CA 94124-1326
A night of entertainment featuring

Diva Marisa
Dome Fights
CoRE
bellydancing by Ariellah and Lapsus
live set by Lurid Bliss
More Dome Fights
more to be announced soon

DJS Decay & Melting Girl & John Dough & special guest

18+ • $20 at the door
www.deathguildthunderdome. com

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June 8th - Fremont

Celena, Troupe Celene´ and Friends Presents An enchanting evening of Dance
Sunday June 8, 2008            7:00-9:00pm
Atlas Restaurant-Persian Cuisine
 34787 Ardenwood Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94555
(510) 792-8000
Performers: Celena, Malia, Saiqa, Amanda, Khajulah, Troupe Celene´, Christina, Esperanza, Nehtara, Zaida, Vakasha, Rheina, Yohana and more!
Atlas Restaurant: 34787 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont, CA  94555
510-792-8000 for reservations

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June 14th-Morgan Hill
Sitar Shimmy Shakedown
Saturday June 14th 7:30-9:30pm
Ashley Lopez, ZaZa, Kristina, Tribal Moon and many more!

Sitar Restaurant
110 Cochrane Plaza
Morgan Hill 95037
408-776-7000
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June 22nd - Half Moon Bay
“Bella Bella Belly Dance”
Malia’s BIG student show
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Mezza Luna Italian restaurant
459 Prospect Way
Princeton by the Sea (Harbor)
Half Moon Bay, CA
650-728-8108 
Reservations strongly suggested for lunch or dinner before or after the show - the very BEST Italian food !       
Tickets go on sale  June 1st – buy early its always a sellout! $10 advance / $12 at the door

www.bellydancer.net

Eric & I will be the Official photographers at the UltraGypsy show tonight!

Saturday May 31, 2008
Zambra presents "The Red Wagon: Creating the Wheel"
Brava Theatre, 2789 24th St at York, San Francisco, CA, USA
Carola Zertuche and Jill Parker of Zambra present "The Red Wagon: Creating the Wheel", an evening of bellydance and flamenco. Featuring the mad drama of theatre flamenco, the sensuous stylings of Ultra Gypsy (and students), Bay Area legend Malia de Felice, with musicians Paco Albiac & Roberto Aguilar.
Cost: $12-13 in advance from Carola or Jill, $15 at the door
Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm sharp!

Come down and see the show!

I missed classes tues. & wed. because of these two.

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I caught them out in the backyard. The feral cats, had kittens and there is still a 3rd kitten on the loose.

I took these two to the vet and got them checked out and they are healthy and are NEGATIVE for FELV/FIV so I was very happy to hear that. We lost CB to FELV last year.

I have already talked to TownCats and they are trying to help me with these two and with the adults.

I can't really go anywhere, it is like having a baby, well two babies in the house.

The black and white one is super playful and friendly and fearless, she will get into anything. The striped brown one is much more timid but way more vocal. She will call to the other one and to me, she wants to know where I am at all times. The striped brown one is the bigger eater of the two.

I need to get a playpen for them, my house is NOT kitten friendly. They got stuck behind the CD stand and were attacking the curtains behind the couch, needless to say I need to cut their nails.

Tribal Fest was great!

I did John Compton's workshop on wed. in the heat, but man it was FANTASTIC!
John is so wonderful!
I also got to have dinner with him and Celena, what a great way to spend the evening with two AWESOME people and great performers & teachers!

I took photos of Perilium and I have to say that their performance was super. I of course saw Hahbi Ru and was blown away! Man they are just the best!

I got a few really cool things shopping, one of them being a new pair of FireFly pants, a lovely brocade ghawazee coat, two really fun long fringy belts and a super cool pair of beetle wing earrings from Anaar.

I will be posting pictures more pictures from Club Spice that Eric took and then what I took at Tribal Fest. I need to edit those from Tribal Fest, plus I am going to have to put watermarks now on all pictures.

We went early in the morning and left early in the afternoon, so I am sorry if we missed you. I just can't do the heat anymore, you know the getting old thing.

I hope everyone had a great time, I know I did. :-)

Events to attend Belly Dance, Geek and more!

Club Spice Friday May 2nd
An Eclectic dance evening

www.bellyq.com

Performers:
Perilium
Tribal Moon
Crystal Silmi
Summer
Michelle Reynolds
Ashley Lopez
Esperanza

8:30-1:00am

King of Clubs
893 Leong Dr.
Mt. View
www.koclubs.com
$6.00 with flyer only $5.00



Maker Faire
makerfaire.com/
May 3 & 4 Saturday & Sunday
San Mateo Fairgrounds
Uber Geekdom! We will be there Saturday!


Belly-Q
A mix of Burlesque & Belly Dance
ZaZa/Esperanza
Classes:
Monday nights 7:30-8:30pm
Lunatic Fringe Belly Dance Boutique
182 S. Murphy
Sunnyvale
408-732-2405
$10 per class


Old school Belly Dance Lunch time classes!
Celena-"The Killer Ziller"
12:30-1:30pm
Wednesdays
Lunatic Fringe Belly Dance Boutique
182 S. Murphy
Sunnyvale
408-732-2405
$10.00 per class

Tribal Fest 8
"The year of infinite possibilities"
May 14-18th
Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St.
Sebastopol, CA
www.blacksheepbellydance.com/tf8/index.html

June 8th
Celena's Performance Night
Atlas Restaurant 7:30-9:30pm
34787 Ardenwood Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94555
More Details are coming soon!
www.celena4dance.com


June 14 Saturday
Sitar Shimmy Shakedown-An evening of Dance
7:30-9:30
110 Cochrane Plaza
Morgan Hill 95037
408-776-7000


Jun 22nd
Bella Bella Belly Dance
Malia & New Moon Belly Dance Annual Student Show
Mezza Luna Restaurant
Half Moon Bay
More details are coming soon!
www.bellydancer.net