Surprise Birthday Performance-9/22/08

Last week I did a surprise birthday performance at Cary Cardiology for Dr. Shah. When I arrived they stashed me in one of the examining rooms and covered me with a blanket until he could come in. A couple of nurses and another dr came in to make it look like a consultation. It was so funny. Boy was he surprised! Then we all went out into the lobby/waiting room and I did my performance. What a nice group of doctors, nurses, and staff.

Here are some pics taken by Gary Harris

"Raising the Stars" fundraiser for Matthew Baldwin

I performed this past Sunday at a fundraiser in honor of Matthew. These are friends of mine and this was an important event to me. Matthew is 4 years old and back in August was involved in a lawn mower accident resulting in having to have part of his leg amputated. They are trying to raise money to help pay for all their medical expenses. He is such a sweet little boy. If you can donate anything, they would really appreciate it!

Matthew's Site

**Here are a couple photos taken by Moments Remembered Photography

Performance with Rhythmicity

Andrew and I performed with Rhythmicity at the "Speaking of Women's Health" Conference. We performed during the Opening Ceremony at Raleigh's new Convention Center. There were over 1000 people attending the conference. What fun! Everyone in Rhythmicity is great to work with. Check them out!! Rhythmicity

Bellydance Jam

Septembers Bellydance drum and Dance jam was fun!!! Here are a couple pics that Megan Freeman took! It is fun to get together with friends without the pressure of a "real performance".

Raleigh Drum Circle 6th Anniversary Bash

We had a blast at the Drum Circle Bash this month! Andrew, John, Brian, and Aaron did Middle Eastern Drumming and Jenny and I danced. We did some veil, sword, cane. All was improved. There was also Native American Drumming and storytelling, Sufi whirling, songs, poetry, African drumming and the drum circle. Fire poi, hooping, ect.

Amara's Dance

Drum Circle Performance Clip

Photos

NCBellydance Show

The NCBellydance workshop with Zhaleh Feresteh was GREAT!! She is so sweet and we had so much fun with her. I performed with Colorful Waves and we did "Full of Grace" and I did a solo to Abdel Kader by Khaled. All the performances were amazing and the musicians RAQ!!