Hello and welcome to the Belly Dance of Santa Cruz Yahoo Group. Please take a moment to look around the site. There is an area to share photos, and a place to...
Hi, my name is Aruba (Colleen Carson). Being new to Soquel, I am excited to have found this group! A little about me: I started dancing in 1996, (Mainly I...
Hello! Glad to see this cool new group getting off the ground! Why not start with a round of introductions? How did you get into bellydance? How long have...
... From: "Juniper Orth" Subject: Re: Belly Dance of Santa Cruz ... Yes I totally agree! I can't figure out how to turn it off! It is only suppose to be that...
Come explore the sensual and disciplined art of Middle Eastern Dance! Crystal Silmi is a Palestinian American who is trained in the Suhaila Salimpour School of...
Hi all, Shanna here... (real and stage name) Grew up in the valley but moved to Santa Cruz last year and looking to stay. Still work on the other side of...
And may I just add that Shanna is a kick-butt dancer? (you can pay me later, chica... ;) (I've known Shanna since I started dancing - she's also a very nifty...
Welcome all! Naadhira -- my first baby is due in December! Take care! Vashti www.bellydanceodyssey.com Hendy Lund <naadhira@...> wrote: And may I just...
Hi everyone! My name is Crystal Silmi. I like this idea of everyone introducing themselves and a bit of their history. I started dancing with Rachel Brice back...
I tried to post this yesterday, but apparently when you "reply" to messages on this board, it only sends an email to one person, instead of posting to the...
... instead ... I don't see anywhere to change the default. I agree that it's annoying. Would you like to help me figure it out? I could make you a moderator...
I'm Marisa, I'm so happy this list is up and flying! I lead Raks Baraka here in Santa Cruz at the moment. We're sort of "ethnic fusion", and very happy to...
thanks for the reply crystal! hope you don't mind me posting it here, i wanted to clarify something. crystal's thoughts: "Hi! Yeah, I know the girls. I'm not...
Sorry, I misunderstood. I think it's totally cool to get up and dance with other dancers when prompted to do so. If someone is obviously in the middle of a...
... As a general rule, yes, it's uncool. Troupes, especially, are either performing a choreography or, if they're doing ATS, doing structured improvisation,...
I figured it out! Now when a member replies to a message it will default to the group instead of the sender. I have also fixed "new members moderation feature"...
yep, i'm sure it would be disruptive to interupt choreography...if the dancer doesn't use a basket, how do you know which part is the "tipping" part? i...
... We try to let anything and everything influence, while keeping a respectful attitude. Our base is mostly North African, I suppose, but we have pulled from...
cool :) i've noticed there is quite a bit of division over whether fusion is respectful or not. some people seem to think that since oriental dance is not...
Thanks Hendy :) And man.. babies all around.. don't drink the water in the Santa Cruz area huh? ;) My sister is pregnant too.. with twins. Crazy. I was...
Bonesio (sp?) Wine Bar downtown had dancers .. for a time anyway... and hookah pipes on the patio, but I don't know who was doing the scheduling or who the ...
My sets are structured like so... fast opener slow (for veil or balancing usually) fast midsection drum solo party music to get people up and dancing with me...
I am really looking forward to Aziza coming to town in November. I love her style.. am interested in some of her footwork and of course her fabulous drum...
Hello Everyone, I have a question for those who have taught bellydance classes. Do you prefer to pre-mix a cd for warm up, technique, drills,etc.? Or is it...
... that many dancers ... unfortunate. We are very luck about that in Santa Cruz. We get alot of great dancers teaching workshops. In fact I am helping to...
That is SUCH great news! I hadn't been able to make it when you sponsored Alexandra King but I would love, love, love to participate in a workshop with ...
Thank you Shanna for supporting the event. It is really, really hard to promote events both financially and psychologically! I'll have lots of details coming...
I do both depending on the class. If I'm working with baby beginners -- I use separate CDs to slow myself down -- and I never know what they'll be ready for....
... Funny you should ask... a fellow dancer recently relocated to Tennessee and just attended a workshop/festival with Jillina. She had some interesting ...
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