Whee! - Originally posted 4 October 2005

Only a few more days and this craziness over the RenFaire will be over! Whee!

I just can't let myself go yet. Just not yet. But it's so close! It's exciting! :o)

Well, there are some changes in our troupe... our director will not be as able to help us as she has in the past and it's kind of a good thing. It will be good for her to do other things and then miss this belly dancing thing a little. ;o) And it will be good for us as it will force us to develop on our own... which we could have done all by ourselves but, with such a great director as the one we have, we just felt like letting her do everything! And she knows so much! *sigh*

We have such a great group of ladies! We are so blessed! Those shall be interesting times indeed! I'm really looking forward to them! And there are great things in the future workshop-wise too. Rachel Brice is coming to Ohio in February. I'm not missing that one! And FCBD (or at least Carolena) will be coming to Bloomington IN in March. Wow! And let's not forget Tribal Revolution in June with Kami Liddle. It's such a great thing that we moved to the US!

I have many projects in my head! If only I had more time! So, here is a wish list type thing (in no particular order):

Do yoga more regularly.
* Attend some live sessions at the gym.
* Do the Erich Schiffner vhs.
* Start my belly dance practices with a little bit of yoga to stretch better.

Continue practicing our tribal vocabulary.
* Mainly work on cueing on time.
* Practice once per week with one of the dvds that I have on Tribal.

Continue working on improv.
* Put some music on and dance without stopping.
* When doing improv, I shouldn't judge myself. My first step is dancing without stopping. Then, we pretty it up.
* Think of moves that I like and are easy for me to do in general; these will be easy to do during improv.
* Think of transition moves.

Finish my choreography on Snake by Diva Destruction
* Although I will not be performing it for a specific show now, I want to finish it so that
1) I can say that I did one choreography on my own and
2) I will have it available should I want to perform it... instead of rushing at the last second to finish it up and potentially botch it.

Continue working on that elusive 3/4 shimmy. It's getting better but it still needs work.

I think that I will be busy for a few practice sessions... What an understatement! lol

Comments I had received

From Haifa:
So, you got to do the Ren Faire after all????? Congrats on your choreography!!! How did it go? Did hubby help? I know he had some ideas for stuff.

From me:
Well...The RenFaire is this coming weekend, Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th. I will be doing only the SCA dance portion, i.e., European dancing. But I will definitely go cheer my tribe sisters during their performances! I did not do the choreography yet and it is not finished yet. I had shown my hubby some moves that I had in mind and he loved them. He didn't change anything yet. :o)

From Jordana:
Sweetest lady!Sorry to hear about your teacher, I know what you are going through, I hope that she is well and will be back soon! I think that your wish list ROCKS! and has inspired me to work on one for myself! I look forward to running into each other soon! XOXO Jordana

From me:
Hi Jordana! *blush* Really? My wish list inspired you? Cool! Btw, it is always fun to see you dance! We'll meet again soon, for sure!