The Zag Nominations Are In!!!

Check it out,,, looks who's on Da List!!!! Please vote NOW!!!!!

Please send your votes by August 15, 2008 to Zaghareet!, P.O. Box 1809, Elizabeth City, NC 27906 or e-mail zaghareetmagazine@earthlink.net.

Troupe of the Year
BlackSheep BellyDance (CA)

Favorite Event/Promoter
Tribal Fest (CA)/Kajira Djoumahna (HI)

Instructor of the Year
Kajira Djoumahna (HI)

Lifetime Achievement
Kajira Djoumahna (HI)



The Complete List!


Favorite Cabaret/Oriental Dancer
Aradia (NV)
Delilah (WA)
Raksanna (IL)
Princess Farhana (CA)
Za-Beth (MA)





Favorite Ethnic Dancer
Morocco (NY)
Amel Tafsout (OR)
Habiba (PA)
Lee Ali (CA)
Taletha (KY)





Favorite Interpretive Artist
Princess Farhana (CA)
Laura Rose (WA)
Sharon Kihara (CA)
Rachel Brice (CA)
Heather Shoopman (CA)





Troupe of the Year
Sirens in Sanity (CA)
Yasmine & Magic Hips (NC)
The Indigo (CA)
BlackSheep BellyDance (CA)
Habiba Dance Ensemble (PA)





Favorite Event/Promoter
3rd Coast Tribal/Urban Gypsy (TX)
Grand Dame Diva Pageant/Za-Beth (MA)
Tribal Fest (CA)/Kajira Djoumahna (HI)
TribOriginal/Onca O'Leary (NC)
Southern Fusion Fest/Liora & Fatina (GA)





Best Kept Secret of 2008
Grace (OR)
Miabella (TX)
Spirit of the Lotus (NC)
Sashi (CA)
Keren (AZ)





Instructor of the Year
Saqra (WA)
Kajira Djoumahna (HI)
Raksanna (IL)
Princess Farhana (CA)
Arianna Halima al Tiye (NY)





Lifetime Achievement
Tamalyn Dallal (WA)
Fahtiem (CA)
Kajira Djoumahna (HI)
Cassandra Shora (MN)
Amara Al Amir (NC)





Favorite Musician(s)
Karim Nagi (MA)
Carmine Guida/Djinn (NY)
Solace (CA)
Raquy & the Cavemen (NY)
Gaiananda (OH)





Favorite Vendor
The Red Camel (MO)
Black Lotus Clothing (CA)
Little Egypt (TX)
The Belly Dance Shop (NC)
Anaya Tribal (AZ)

Raqia Hassan, Cairo & Kajira Djoumahna, Hawaii.

Kajira is doing something cool!!! And I like to get her stuff out there...

www.jewelofyorkshire.co.uk/

Joy 8 will be held on the weekend of the 11th & 12th October 2008.

Latest News!
Bookings for the October JoY are now open. We have an exciting line up of international and national teachers, headed by Raqia Hassan from Cairo and Kajira Djoumahna from Hawaii.

Plus many new teachers and old favourites. Visit the Booking Office to download your booking form and to check for availability. Please give second choices when booking as spaces fill up quickly. As the October festival is usually very busy there will be few, if any, hafla tickets for sale without workshops and these will be considered only after the final booking date for the workshops has passed. We look forwards to seeing you there.

www.raqiahassan.net/te.html
www.blacksheepbellydance.com

What A Great Thread!

Tempest started this on the BSBD Tribe....
wow,,, our hearts are so moved and happy...

bsbd.tribe.net/thread/2df...816a4d71aad

A HUGE mahalo to Tempest and all the others who have chimed in!!!

Vending Spots At Tribal Fest

We have 5 Wed. - Friday outside 10x10 spaces open at Tribal Fest!!

$200.00 PM me or send me an e-mail at mauimobilemusic@aol.com if interested...

We may have some other spots because of some vendors not returning their paperwork.... Time is running out for those who haven't sent in their stuff... we will not hold a space without payment...

aloha....

Sunday and The Rain

Okay, it isn't raining a lot, but what is cool is that we sit here and look out our window looking over the ocean and we can see it coming....

Watching the rain pour out of the clouds into the ocean as it gets nearer and nearer to our house....

Watching as the blue water turns to gray and then slides from site under the clouds and raindrops.....

The rains slowly starts to hit our window and patter on the roof,,,, it gets harder and darker,,,, then it starts to beat down and we love the way that it sounds and the freshness that it brings to the air.....

Then we watch it as the clouds leave and pass us over as the sun returns and the ocean blue expands...

The birds start to sing, Kajira is working on TF and all is well with the world........

What Do You Call Yourself?

The BlackSheep BellyDancers call themselves,,,, "Sheepies",, They also have the students "Lambs" and the alumi "Lamb Chops"

So what you call yourselves?

Tribal Fest Performer Line Up Posted

yep,,, right here

bsbd.tribe.net/thread/683...6c5f602bf4e


Painting by Noey

I Love You......

Kajira and I say "I Love You" a lot, when the mood strikes us, one of us can be doing the dishes, and yell upstaire to the other "I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU"....

My parents didn't say it, al least I don't remember hearing it.

Does it mean less when you say it more? Do you take it for granted when you hear it. Does it make your heart flutter less?

We just talked about it, we don't think so, maybe sometimes we take it for granted, but it still means a lot and makes us both fell "warm and fuzzy" when the other says it.

We say it to Noelle (our daughter) when we get done talking on the phone, because we do mean it and we miss her.

Do actions speak louder than words? In this case, no.

Don't think because you do stuff for the other that they should "know" that you love them. I hear this from time to time,,, "they should know that I love them, I mean, look what I do for them".....

You need to tell them, in this case, words speak louder than action......

Actions do count and you need to do that also, show them, but you still have to tell them.

Just my thoughts......

painting by Noelle, it's title "Woman Power",,,

I Blog, Therefor I Am......

Okay,, I seem to blog when my wife is gone... This time she is in Quebec and she got snowed in.... now some of you might not think that is a big deal, but we are from Maui,,,

Snow and cold is something that we are not really fond of, even when we are expecting it. LOL

I've had a few gigs while she is gone, played golf but it is still hard at nights.

The kitties miss her as much as I and so I sit here in Tribeland and read and post.

I also got to DJland and read and post there....

I am waiting for my pizza to cook, NOBODY delivers where we live! LOL

But the ocean is beautiful today, 4 or 5 colors of blue and the weather is great... I might even go swiming in our pond,,, wish my wife was here to swim there with me................................................ here she is in our pond, I'll pretend....

Kajira's Coming Home!!!

Yep, it will still be a few days, but we talked on the phone today for along time...

She's been in CA for Gothla (she LOVED LOVED IT!!) where she performed and she even bought some "stompy" boats.... Now I'm scared!! LOL

Then she did a teacher training during the week with Linda and that was fun and Linda was great and a wonderful dancer. I just don't remember where she was from...

Then She met up with the wonderful Seba, and they went to the Belly Dancer Of The Univers. Kajira did some judging and teaching and then Kajira and Seba showed off Kajira's BlackSheep ATS Format,, and from the pics I've seen, it was great.... She had a really great time but was sorry Amy from Unmata got sick and had to leave... get better Amy....

Wait,,, this is MY blog,,, ok, so while she was gone, I played golf 4 times, shot an 88, I know you might not know what that means, but ask someone who plays golf, I usuallu shoot in the mid 90's,,,,It's only the second time in my life that I have broken 90....

So that encouraged me to join the club, so now I am a real member of a golf club!!! The Dunes At Maui Lani!

I had 4 gigs while she was gone, an LDS dance, 2 weddings and a 40th BD party... all fun..

I made a post and posted pics on my DJ tribe if ya are interested.... wait, I can feel the energy from everyone switching over and joining my DJ tribe! LOL tribes.tribe.net/mmm

I also have been dealing with some Tribal Fest stuff, class regs and me an Lydia are now close personal friends after having e-mailed about a zillion times in the last few days!! LOL Cool stuff Lydia,,, she seems great. I know that I must have met her throught the years,,,, wait, that's a Kenny Rogers song,,,, anyway, I look forward to seeing her at Tribal Fest...

I took van into the shop, where it has now been for almost two weeks,, so I have been carrying my DJ gear in Kajira's car,,,, how embarresssing is that!!???

Have you seen her bumper stickers!!! LOL "Fuck The DJ" what the heck is THAT one suppose to mean!? ;-)

Anyway, no matter how busy I am or how much golf I play while she is gone, I still miss the shit outa her and wish she was here on our rock in the middle of the ocean,,,, and that whole "move" thing,,,, well that's another post...

Are you still reading this far? Didn't think so... LOL