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Did 4 sets on Sat night. GV was slow but glad to have the gig. 2 set private party was split between those too embarrassed by their own presence to watch and the group of ladies who love to dance and joined in....and their little 5 year old boy who got down with some hip hop in the middle of the dance floor during the show. The priceless comments from kids: 1. At my 1st gig, an afternoon lecture demo for a kids musical theater group. A little boy asked, after my sword act, "Do you have a magnet in your brain?" 2. After sword set at party another little boy asks, "Is that a trick headband?" Inquiring as to how I keep the sword on my head. Yes, their are magnets in my brain, Wanna see? *fakes opening head like a horror movie* Tags: belly dance, comments, gigging, gigs, sword
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in the final hours of organization of the fundraiser for nadirah. i really hope we raise enough to be helpful to her. thank you to everyone who donated the outrageously generous raffle prizes. i've been elected mc, so have sewn crystals to a red dress. that counts right? that makes it official? ok, now i have to decide on my costume, get all the prizes into one large bin, bet the bin into the generously loaned truck. get 1 cupcake for the birthday girl, pack the sana helwa cd (thanks bea and candi! ), pack my gear and be @ the theater by 7:30. totally doable. ready...go! keep your fingers crossed that the people from the casino really do show up to check out the show. can be *very* good for the performers ( fundraiser flier )Tags: belly dance, free range show girl, fund raiser, fundraiser, gigging, gigs
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For those who have expressed desire to donate to my friend Nadirah, who is battling cancer : The first "Donate" button is up on my site. I will put it on her site as soon as I have access. http://sabrinabellydancer.com/news.htmlIf you wish to purchase fund raiser raffle tickets, please send $1 per ticket via the "Donate" button and send me an email detailing your: Name Email Phone How many tickets purchased I'll keep all the fundraiser raffle info in a giant spreadsheet and notify remote ticket holders of what they won. Thanks to everyone for your generous, speedy respones. info at sabrinabellydancer dot com Tags: belly dance, fund raiser, nadirah, raffle
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Tonight I had the honor of teaching 3 classes. I managed to turn this last weekend's two weird gig relinquishing incidents into teaching tools to help build my dancers "better, faster, stronger". Lesson 1: If a house dancer suddenly takes you off the schedule because you "need to slim down" but you weigh less than when you auditioned and were hired, and the last time you danced there the audience stood up, clapped and shouted "Bravo" A: something else is up and B: this kind of stuff will happen in your career, its just a matter of when. You will be told you are too young, too old, too short, too tall, too pale, too dark, too smart, too dumb, too much of an accent though you don't speak on stage, one too many freckles, and all manner of other nonsense. Smile, wish them well and move on. Another venue will love you. Lesson 2: If, on your first night at a gig, the owner explodes in anger when you ask to be paid, its a gift that it happened in the beginning and you didn't waste more time there or let the place become attached to your name / reputation. Tags: belly dance, free range show girl, gigging, gigs, teaching
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