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Getting ready to WOW ’em

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Number 2 of the Bay World Gala events, and so far they have each had their own set-up, style and energy!
No stage for this one, we just danced around the cosmetics area – which could have been odd…

But it was great! Thanks to Liz and Andrea who graciously came out to cheer us on and dance with us a bit! It was great having some familiar faces. And I was able to self-promote to some of the women working the counters!
A lovely young couple stopped and watched until I wandered over towards them, and then I scurried off to get them a card after she had inquired if we “do weddings” – you betcha we do!

And the food – sushi, fruit, little desserts, a chat with the Egyptian women who was serving hummus and tabouli… was all good!

I am now looking forward to later today at the Experimental Farm where the Ottawa SuperCities Walk is happening. At about 11 a.m. a wonderful group of dancers and drummers who have volunteered their time to come out and “welcome” the walkers to the Finish line will be joining me! YAAY US!

Mambo number 5!

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Another day, another show under our belts! It has been a pleasure working with Shade and Anastasia for the Mambo Fashion Shows-Runway to the Cure. Next week will be our last show and it will feature Shade and I – maybe someone else too – we’ll see!

The audiences have been fun and relaxed – smiling and clapping along at that subdued, “we just ate a lot” pace – but that’s all good!

These volunteer events are such a great way to share our love of belly dance with those who may not have seen it up close and personal before. I have a previous post all about my opinion on volunteer dancing so I won’t go on about it again!

We were able to sit and chat with Tara, from the Ottawa Cancer Foundation, last night and she was so enthusiastic about how much fun watching us dance was – it is great to hear! And she is also involved in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer – another event that we are going to be participating in – first weekend in June!

This weekend brings on three more volunteer events for me – The Bay World Gala events: today at 4 p.m. Bayshore; tomorrow at 1 p.m., St. Laurent and the MS Walk at the Experimental Farm on Sunday morning. I am very proud to be a member of such a strong community of dancers who are willing and able to come out to support these events and share their skills!

Yay us!

Mambo number 4

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Downstairs at Mambo is where the first part of the fun is!

We arrived just in time to spend a few moments checking out the designs of Frank Sukhoo, someone I went to L’Academie des Couturiers Canadiens with many moons ago – late 80’s! Beautiful stuff and great concept for a business here in Ottawa!

The two ladies were with me again, and the crowd was ready for a good show! Which we gave them, dancing through the crowded space and twisting and shimmying around the servers!

Shade even got the MC up to shimmy a bit too – which had the crowd going wild! What fun!

On our second set/encore dance, I was waved over by a lovely older lady who then reached into her purse and pulled out a fiver! She then proceeded to tuck it into my hip, and everyone had a great laugh! My tip managed to stay there for the rest of my dance – which was funny and cool as it waggled with every hip shake!

And it matched my costume since our CND $5 are blue 🙂

Afterwards, the owner kindly called ahead to another of her restaurants to let us have a snack in thanks for our volunteer dancing – all for a good cause, but the food at Kinki was fabulous! And unexpectedly generous!

We had a great time and that’s why I dance!
T/H

Thursdays always bring on the fun!

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-) SO, I set this up yesterday and now I am trying again.

 Class was great fun last night, and a lot of progress was made on the routines. With only one more week of this session, and a new session beginning in April, the spring is in sight!

My life schedule pretty much runs by my calendar of events and classes and shows. As events and shows are booked, the little blocks on my paper calendar that hangs before my computer fills with ink. Weekday evenings are already filled in before I turn the page to the next month with classes scheduled at the beginning of the year.

The other events come in via email bookings or the occasional phone call.  Birthday parties, bridal showers, ladies’ nights, all have a different flavour and elements of fun to them, keeping me on my toes.Monthly changes in size adds to my excitement when it comes to putting on my costumes for each  event.  The lessons are fine – everything I wear for a simple lesson involves a version of leggings or yoga pants or harem pants and a stretchy top.

 The performances involve a bit more thinking.  More on that in future posts – cannot give it all away at once!

Well, I am off to youtube to post the latest class practice for the ladies to see how they did – or how I did since it was mostly me on screen!