Remember Mythical Creatures?

Our newest Sacred Circles project is going to be Around the World in 80 days!
The show will star

Frederique
Unmata
Marjhani
Sooz
Se7en
She'enedra
Politti
Tsingani
Karma
Edenia
Medea Noche
Lumina
Lee Ali
Mandala Tribal
Tonantzin
Tandava
Twnn
and Wild Routes

This time we are doing the show as a fund raiser for Midnight Mission Family Housing Unit. This is a great charity that really helps women and children who are marginalized get on their feet again. We are very proud to help them out! Here is the website where you can learn more about the charity...
www.midnightmission.org

And to get updates and minute by minute news on our show join our tribe tribes.tribe.net/aebellydance It used to be called the Mythical Creatures tribe but now has changed to Around the World in 80 Days!

All of a sudden

I'm sooo busy!!! And I'm dealing w/ sick people (I am not sick I refuse to be sick) too!

Anyway! I'm teaching a workshop at Tribal Fusion Faire in San Luis Obispo on December 12 & 13!! Come out and join me! It will be SOOOOO very fun!

p.s. I also will be teaching at Tribal Fest in May but that is still a ways off!

Tribal Fusion Faire

Who else is going??? I'm going to be there! I'm super excited! My students are going to dance on Sunday...Tandava, we've been working really hard on a fun choreography. I'm going to be teaching a little class on Saturday, and dancing in an evening show as well, with my troupe She'enedra.
There are going to be so many cool people there and it's always a great chance to do a little holiday shopping with some of the most interesting vendors around!
So who else is going to meet me there?
; )

www.meddevi.com/tribalfusionfaire/

New ATS classes starting up at Sister Studio Mahina Dance Tribe!!

I'm a teaching ATS now too!!! I'm really excited I took the ATS teacher training in August and now I'll be teaching some strictly ATS classes! This is so exciting to me because I really have wanted to explore the roots of tribal dancing for a long time and now I'll be doing it and maybe YOU will be joining me!
at:
Epica Studio
in Newbury Park
840 Mitchell Road
Newbury Park, CA 91320
5-6pm & 6-7pm Tuesday nights!

top healthcare lies!!

The health care fight has turned ugly, fast. And lies about reform are spreading via anonymous email chains. Here are the real facts that you need to know:

Top Five Health Care Reform Lies—and How to Fight Back
Lie #1: President Obama wants to euthanize your grandma!!!

The truth: These accusations—of "death panels" and forced euthanasia—are, of course, flatly untrue. As an article from the Associated Press puts it: "No 'death panel' in health care bill."1 What's the real deal? Reform legislation includes a provision, supported by the AARP, to offer senior citizens access to a professional medical counselor who will provide them with information on preparing a living will and other issues facing older Americans.2



Lie #2: Democrats are going to outlaw private insurance and force you into a government plan!!!

The truth: With reform, choices will increase, not decrease. Obama's reform plans will create a health insurance exchange, a one-stop shopping marketplace for affordable, high-quality insurance options.3 Included in the exchange is the public health insurance option—a nationwide plan with a broad network of providers—that will operate alongside private insurance companies, injecting competition into the market to drive quality up and costs down.4 If you're happy with your coverage and doctors, you can keep them.5 But the new public plan will expand choices to millions of businesses or individuals who choose to opt into it, including many who simply can't afford health care now.



Lie #3: President Obama wants to implement Soviet-style rationing!!!

The truth: Health care reform will expand access to high-quality health insurance, and give individuals, families, and businesses more choices for coverage. Right now, big corporations decide whether to give you coverage, what doctors you get to see, and whether a particular procedure or medicine is covered—that is rationed care. And a big part of reform is to stop that.

Health care reform will do away with some of the most nefarious aspects of this rationing: discrimination for pre-existing conditions, insurers that cancel coverage when you get sick, gender discrimination, and lifetime and yearly limits on coverage.6 And outside of that, as noted above, reform will increase insurance options, not force anyone into a rationed situation.



Lie #4: Obama is secretly plotting to cut senior citizens' Medicare benefits!!!

The truth: Health care reform plans will not reduce Medicare benefits.7 Reform includes savings from Medicare that are unrelated to patient care—in fact, the savings comes from cutting billions of dollars in overpayments to insurance companies and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.8



Lie #5: Obama's health care plan will bankrupt America!!!

The truth: We need health care reform now in order to prevent bankruptcy—to control spiraling costs that affect individuals, families, small businesses, and the American economy. Right now, we spend more than $2 trillion dollars a year on health care.9 The average family premium is projected to rise to over $22,000 in the next decade10—and each year, nearly a million people face bankruptcy because of medical expenses.11 Reform, with an affordable, high-quality public option that can spur competition, is necessary to bring down skyrocketing costs. Also, President Obama's reform plans would be fully paid for over 10 years and not add a penny to the deficit.12



P.S. Want more? Check out this great new White House "Reality Check" website: www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/ or this excellent piece from Health Care for America Now on some of the most outrageous lies: www.moveon.org/r

Sources:
1. "No 'death panel' in health care bill," Associated Press, August 10, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

2. "Stop Distorting the Truth about End of Life Care," Huffington Post, July 24, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

3. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 11, 2009. www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#i1

4. "Why We Need a Public Health-Care Plan," Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

5. "Obama: 'If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor,'" Wall Street Journal, 15, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

6. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 10, 2009. www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#r1

7. "Obama: No reduced Medicare benefits in health care reform," CNN, July 28, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

8. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 10, 2009. www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#s1

9. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 10, 2009. www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#c1

10. "Premiums Run Amok," Center for American Progress, July 24, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

11. "Medical bills prompt more than 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies," CNN, June 5, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

12. "Reality Check FAQs," WhiteHouse.gov, accessed August 10, 2009. www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/faq#c1

Sources for the Five Lies:
#1: "A euthanasia mandate," The Washington Times, July 29, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

#2: "It's Not An Option," Investor's Business Daily, July 15, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

#3: "Rationing Health Care," The Washington Times, April 21, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

#4: "60 Plus Ad Is Chock Full Of Misinformation," Media Matters for America, August 8, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

#5: "Obama's 'Public' Health Plan Will Bankrupt the Nation," The National Review, May 13, 2009. www.moveon.org/r

Tribal fest & the weekend!!!

So She'enedra will be dancing on Friday night May 15 in Sebastapol
ANA SIA
dragonfly
outersect
dj Amar
The Electric Lotus Lounge-
featuring
Tjard
She'enedra
Belladonna
Ken Vegas
Mirabelle
Deb Rubin
Doors open 9pm $10
Aubergine 755 Petaluma Ave Sebastapol

AND 11am at TRIBAL FEST (a little early for us don't ya know? hehehe)

and we'll be dancing improv at the after party w/ DJ Amar on Saturday night too!

Fowler Outloud: Bellydance Fusion Performance

Thursday, May 7th at 6PM
FREE ADMISSION!!!
At the Fowler Museum on the UCLA campus.

With Performances By:

Ayse Cerami

Aubre Hill

Sherri Wheatley

ShOOp & Calamity
Se7en.2

Monica DangerPants

Elysium Dance Company

She-enedra

The Nautch project

April Rose

For more information, check out: www.aprilrosedance.

com/fowler.htm

I posted more

Mythical creatures pictures by Ayleene they are really nice! thanks Ayleene!!

Mythical Creatures Show

OMG!
It was such a great experience! All the groups/soloists were really good, the energy in the room as we were setting up was electric! There were a few little sound glitches in the first show, but it didn't hurt anything at all! I know that people are starting to post you tubes of their performances.
When we are done doing the math we'll report how much we raised for charity! It was fabulous! If anyone would like to purchase one of the t shirts, I still have some available just email me at elizartist(at)verizon(dot)net
They are on SALE for $15 +2 for shipping, to the public
Richard has posted a bunch of the pictures on his website and we will be getting more pics trickling in...I think a lot of people have posted on Facebook about it too.
www.renaissancefaire.net/mythi...es.htm

Mythical Creatures Logo & T-shirt design

So we have gone around and around on this one! In order to have a nice t shirt that we could print the all the performer's names on the back AND have ALL sizes from small to xxlarge we had to go with a regular t shirt...
here is a sample of the t shirt
store.americanapparel.net/4305.html

If you still want a pre order online you can order there are a few extras, but do it soon or I can't guaranty you'll get your size.

p.s. yes we changed the shirt logo back to Jilly's original...