6th April - The Game of Thrones hafla in Shewsbury. Having never watch Game of Thrones I did not know what to expect. I dance with Liz and we performed Marco Polo which we have not performed for some time, I enjoyed the sensuality of this dance, it is slow and serious and seemed to suit the theme. The Shrewsbury ladies know how to throw a hafla and they always make everyone welcome and there were some mighty fine performances.11th April - The Colley Lane hafla, another fabulous and friendly group. It was nice dancing with my students and seeing the dances other groups perform and just sitting and chatting with friends - I never seem to get chance to chat as I am always in teacher mode.
28th April - I hosted Raheesha for 2 workshops. I knew she would go down well as she is a lovely warm and fun lady. We learnt a variety of Gypsy styles and some fabulous double veil techniques which I am hoping to incorporate into a dance this autumn.
I finally got my finger out and choreographed a Romany Gypsy dance. I wanted to make this dance as authentically Romany as I could and I have spent ages researching this style and working on a dance routine. I am so pleased with the result, once again I have managed to come up with another totally different dance - sometimes I amaze myself!
I have many events in the pipeline, the admin work is now pretty much like a full time job, this Sunday I have a Can-Can workshop with Samantha Hough - this is going to be mega fun! My annual show RaqsW3 is coming together nicely - lots of amazing performers have signed up and I am now selling places on the Ozgen Intensive weekend - I am very proud to be the first to bring him to the Midlands to do an intensive, there has been a lot of interest especially as Ozgen will be awarding certificates at the end of the weekend.
Next week I am taking a break - no dance classes until 23rd May - I don't take a lot of time off these days but feel I deserve a break and this is going to be one super dooper break!
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