Hi everyone<br><br><font size="4"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Parade</span></b></font><br>The July 11 Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Parade was a crazy, drenched, heroic success! Despite torrential rain, almost every group went ahead and strutted its stuff down Main Street. We were there! 22 brave, dedicated, waterlogged bellydancers and drummers, in a never-to-be forgotten Art vs The Elements Grand Smackdown! Art Kicked Ass!<br>
<br>THANK YOU to all the dancers and drummers who gave their time and energy. <br>YOU ROCK!<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>There are a few parade photos in the Burlington Free Press including our own Erin Narey and the beautiful, blurry coin-scarved rear of Hannah J Rudy:<br>
<a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BT&Dato=20090711&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=907110802&Ref=PH" target="_blank">http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BT&Dato=20090711&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=907110802&Ref=PH</a><br>
<br>And a nice article here:<br><a href="http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2009/07/it-rained-on-our-parade.html" target="_blank">http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2009/07/it-rained-on-our-parade.html</a><br>
<br>But the best photos I have seen so far are on FaceBook. You have to be a member to see them, but it's free, and FB is fun, so you might conider joining. <br><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=530074441&share_id=121651982999&post_id=121651982999&fragment=share_footer121651982999&comments.#/album.php?aid=91397&id=549359899" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=530074441&share_id=121651982999&post_id=121651982999&fragment=share_footer121651982999&comments.#/album.php?aid=91397&id=549359899</a><br>
<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1995369&id=563028679#/album.php?aid=93387&id=540619960&ref=mf" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1995369&id=563028679#/album.php?aid=93387&id=540619960&ref=mf</a><br>
<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1995278&id=563028679#/album.php?aid=91521&id=563028679" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1995278&id=563028679#/album.php?aid=91521&id=563028679</a><br>
<br>I will also post some video of us shortly.<br><b><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br>Summer Classes</span></font></b><br>
Summer Belly Dance FUN Series.<br>Tuesdays from 5-6:30 in West Burke, VT<br>Mixed level classes, improv, combinations, etc <br>$15 per class<br><br><br>Summer Advanced Belly Dance Ass-Kicking Series<br>Wednesdays from 5-6:00 at Catamount Arts. Starts tomorrow, 7/15.<br>
Performance studies, improv, complex combinations, choreographic fragments.<br>Critique and homework. Serious dancers only. It WILL kick your ass.<br>$15 per class / $50 4-week August session<br><br>Private lessons are available most times in West Burke and days only at Catamount. $35 per hour when you come to me. Get 'em while they're cheap! Price going up in September.<br>
<br>Host me! Have Hips, Will Travel. Group Lessons, Bellygrams, Goddess Parties, etc,<br>
<br>I will be traveling with Tamalyn Dallal on her Backroads Tour so there are<br>NO CLASSES July 16 - August 1. <br>Also No Class Tuesday, August 11.<br><br><font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="4"><b>Other News</b></font><br>
Gina<font face="Georgia" size="2"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and her dance group, Raqs Salaam will be performing for the third year
in a row at the Hanover Street Fest on Saturday, July 18. </span></font><font face="Georgia" size="2"><span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The performance is
from 11:30-noon, right outside Molly's Balloon. <a href="http://ginadances.com" target="_blank">http://ginadances.com</a><br></span></span></font><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><br>
Master
African Dancer</font>
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2">Caro
Diallo</font>
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2">from
Senegal</font><font size="2"> brings us a performance
that will move your soul!<b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"> </font></b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Friday,
July 24th, 2009</font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"> 7:30pm
(doors open at 7)</font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"> $10.00</font></font>. Boccellis, in Bellows Falls:<font size="2"><font face="Georgia"> </font></font><a href="http://www.boccellisonthecanal.com/caro.html" target="_blank">http://www.boccellisonthecanal.com/caro.html</a><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Also on Friday, July 24: One Glove, a Michael Jackson Tribute Night at Higher Ground in Burlington. <a href="http://www.7dvt.com/one-glove" target="_blank">http://www.7dvt.com/one-glove</a><br></p><font face="Georgia" size="2"><span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></font><br>
Hope you are well!<br><br>Love and kisses,<br>Alia<br><font color="#888888"><br>
<br clear="all">Alia Thabit<br>Traditional and Avant-Garde Bellydance<br>Vermont Arts Council Juried Artist; NEST Roster Artist<br>
<a href="http://www.aliathabit.com" target="_blank">http://www.aliathabit.com</a>; <a href="http://youtube.com/aliathabit" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/aliathabit</a><br>
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