About a year ago, I was offered to host an event in a small but amazing space behind a yoga studio. My dear friend and fantastic drummer, Andrew Des Chenes, and I set up a little stage and spent the evening teaching dance and drumming to the 6 friends who showed up.
Since then, the party has taken on a wonderful life...bigger than any I could have imagined. Live bands, amazing performances by some of the best dancers around, wine & brownies galore and an evening of dancing and fun for everyone!
The most recent party was this past Saturday, June 19th. I invited percussionist Jamie Papish to play and he brought an oud player. Lucky for us all, Donavon came and sat in with Jamie. Together they were hot!
Performances for the evening included the incredible Nasila, sexy & adorable Julz, beautiful Katrina, myself and the absolutely amazing Jenna!!!
I teach a class before the party from 8 - 9p and had a full house of lovely ladies who were having a great time. For some reason, I found myself teaching them a rather vigorous class and had them shimmying and dancing their tails off.
All in all, it was a magical & beautiful night. I always feel a little like my own performance is the one aspect which gets neglected, because I get so busy playing hostess. But it's fun to get to dance with the live band and really great to perform at my studio. (Oh yes, I bought the yoga studio a couple of months ago!)
A wonderful night. I just love belly dancing.
