Wednesday evening, James and I went to the Desert Dance Recital.I wanted to see all the different styles of belly dancing and this was the perfect way to do so. We had a really great time. The MC was a dance teacher (Lia Kamminga) I'd had when I was little and ice skating. Went up to her at the end to talk to her and she remembered me! Then we saw one of the professional dancers and she used to be our old neighbor in our previous house. Such a small world!
There was Egptian style, tribal style, gothic style, cabaret style, Hiplash.....even one gal belly danced with a huge sword balanced on her head!
Above front left is my knitting friend, Mindy (HeyMindy on Ravelry) performing the tribal style of belly dancing. The girl on the back right is only 14 too and is a real sweetie! It was a very entertaining night! Maybe next year I'll be in it.....hmmmm!:)
Finished my Traveling Woman shawl for the Barknknit knit a long! I love making shawls...I think they're my favorite thing to knit. This one was especially nice with the cashmere in it, it's so cuddly, smooshy, and soft! It was done in Handmaiden Casbah on size 5 circ's! Already have another pattern I'm itching to cast on but need to make a skully baby hat first....or I might just cast on a little of the Multnomah shawl....
Had a blast at belly dancing again last night. Dr. Gemma of the Cogknitive podcast, Mindy, and Hannah showed up from our knitting group.....all the others chickened out or flaked on us!:) I bought this cool coin hip scarf (notice I'm not modeling it):)!!! It makes it so much fun to hear that jingle when you move, so now I jingle when I shimmy! Those of us who came last night are signing up for more lessons...I can't wait! I also can't wait to practice today just so I can wear that cool scarf and hear the coins jingle....the cats love it too!
Off to do school and make some soap boxes! Have a great day!
Last night a bunch of us knitters went belly dancing at the Blue Scarab! It was so much fun...and so many laughs! Those who attended: Mindy (HeyMindy) she's been taking it for over a year and brought her daughter Hannah (0Shortie0); Sarah (Limejuicy); Loretta (Loretta1031); Shannon (Cattledoglvr); Dr. Gemma (GemmaDW) and moi! The hour flew by and I was so shocked that we were done for the night. We have another free lesson next Monday and then I think Gemma, Sarah and I are hooked. Gemma has done it before so she had a cute hip scarf bell thing which Sarah and I were envious of!:) We wanna dance with bells on too!:) I didn't think I'd ever get to sleep last night because I was so excited and wound up! Looking forward to next week....I wonder if more of the Fiber Collectives will join us?
Wednesday evening, James and I went to the Desert Dance Recital.
Above front left is my knitting friend, Mindy (HeyMindy on Ravelry) performing the tribal style of belly dancing. The girl on the back right is only 14 too and is a real sweetie! It was a very entertaining night! Maybe next year I'll be in it.....hmmmm!:)
