A busy weekend otherwise known as Death by Belly Dance

This has been a good weekend.  On saturday I was asked to dance at an event in Wolverhampton.  I danced with 2 girls from my troupe - one of whom is new and I was very pleased with how it went.  The highlight though was seeing the dance group Back to Back dance.  They appeared on Britains got talent and seeing them close up was awesome.  I was impressed when one of them spun (lots) with another man balanced face down on his head.

In the evening we went to see the Hoochi Coochi show in Tewksbury.  I enjoyed the show.....not all of it, the opening act I thought was really naff and most of the solos were dull but there were some really good dances.  The group sword dance was really creative and atmospheric, the flapper dance led by Harriet Gervasio was fun.  The best dancers in the show for me were the girls who were not head lining - I have no idea what their names were but 2 or 3 of them had star quality.  The big names (and I won't be so crass as to name them put in rather jaded performances).

On Sunday we danced at a big charity event in Wolverampton park.  It was a fundraiser for Compton Hospice.  We had a great time dancing, it was a scorching hot day and there was a great audience and we got to pose with Dave Hill afterwards.  In the evening we danced at an Egyptian restaurant in Wolverhampton.  I was very nervous about dancing there because we danced there once before and my cd would not play on their system so we had to improvise all night and I felt they really did not see us dance at our best.  This was also nerve wracking as we were dancing for a large party of Middle Eastern women.  I always feel like an imposter dancing for Arabic people -I worry that they will think that we are not doing it properly.  I have to say....it was one of the nicest bookings we have ever had.  The ladies we danced for were so appreciative and lovely to us and we got them all up to dance and a good time was had by all.  The owner of the restaurant seemed really impressed too and was asking if we could do more event for him so I feel that we have redeemed ourselves now.  I seemed to spend the whole weekend either doing or watching Belly Dance.......what a shame every weekend is not like that.