Shimmies for the Cure
Galena & Sestraluna will be peforming at the Shimmies for the Cure event, a charity to benefit breast cancer.
What: SHIMMIES FOR THE CURE
When: September 12, 2009 1:00 PM
Price: $40.00 per person
Where:
Columbus Gardens
4301 Klosterman Ave
Baltimore, MD 21236
443-676-9038
A message from the organizer:
I am training with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team In Training program to prepare for and run 13.1 miles in the Baltimore Half Marathon on October 10, 2009. This will be my 3rd event that I have fundraised and ran for the LLS. Last year I ran 26.2 mile in the Baltimore Marathon and 13.1 miles in The Disney Half Marathon while raising over $7,000 for the LLS. I hope to surpass that amount this year with your help!
I am running in memory for my grandmother LaVerne Virginia Mack, who passed away in March 2009 from brain cancer and my mother-in-law Valerie Ann Richardson who passed away in August 1990 from pancreatic cancer. And in honor of my friend Allyson’s son Connor Riggs an 8 year old boy, Connor who was diagnosed with ALL at the age of 3 and underwent 2 ½ years of chemo and steroids. And I am happy to say that Connor is winning his battle and is now in remission.
At this year’s event, the 2nd Annual Shimmies For The Cure, a fundraising Hafla (Belly Dance Show) on the date of Saturday, September 12th, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Columbus Gardens located at 4301 Klosterman Avenue, Baltimore, Md 21236. This event will feature a Buffet Dinner, a Belly Dance show, open dancing, DJ and a Silent Auction.
Tickets are on sale now $40.00 per person. The buffet will include :
• Beer, Wine, Soda & Coffee
• Cash Bar for all other Alcohol
• Hand Carved Beef, Turkey and Ham
• Italian Meatballs
• Chicken Scampi
• Mini Cheese, Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza
• Vegetable Tray
• Cheese tray
• Dessert – Crème puffs, Chocolate Eclairs, Cookies & Cake
The show will begin promptly at 1:45 p.m. The line- up is amazing and is as follows:
• Bellydance Delight
• Carrie Shusta
• Damiena Dances
• Helena Zahra
• Karma
• Naimah
• Rayhana Rhea
• Sestraluna
• Shems
• Typhrodisia
If you would like to donate items for the silent auction, please email me at my3weiners@verizon.net or if you would like to make a monetary donation, you can donate directly to my fund at: http://pages.teamintraining.org/md/balt09/crichardson.
Please be aware that all donations are tax-deductable and our tax information is as follows:
Tax ID # 13-5644916.
Thank you for supporting our mission
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Baltimore-DC-Bellydance/calendar/10960830/
Nate Stottlemyer – World Percussionist
Through Sestraluna I now have the amazing opportunity to work with Nate Stottlemyer who is a world percussionist. He is an amazing drummer and really sweet guy. I have included his flyer for his upcoming workshops. You can also meet him and talk drumming at our Tiki Hafla this weekend August 15th!
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All Seasons Recap
The last All Seasons was amazing! So many wonderful dancers and so much fun! I can’t wait until they start up at their new venue.
Share on FacebookKiva Recap
Wow! What a night! Kiva was amazing. It was a 4 hour concert full of dancing and joy. The band members and the audience were both WONDERFUL! I couldn’t ask for a more appreciative audience. I haven’t had so much fun in such a long time.
Unfortunately since I was dancing the only photos we got were posed before the performance. I am hoping other people got some photos they will want to share.
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Starlight Shimmy Recap
Starlight shimmy was wonderful. Thank you Zareen for continuously organizing a wonderful event.
Apparently there is a gap between the stage and the wall…..I was unaware of that until I stepped in the gap and lost my footing during our performance. Oh well, even the best of us make mistakes. I think I recovered quick enough though.
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Galena will be performing with Sestraluna at Starlight Shimmy on August 1, 2009! (8:00pm – 10:45pm)
New Deal Café113 Centerway
Roosevelt Center
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301.474.5642
Directions:
From the Capital Beltway, take Kenilworth Avenue (exit 23 – MD Route 201) north. Turn right onto Crescent Road. Follow Crescent Road into Old Greenbelt until you reach Roosevelt Center on your right (2nd stop sign). Turn right on Centerway into the Roosevelt Center.
Sestraluna Performing at the All Seasons
Sestraluna will be performing at the All Seasons Hafla!
August 9, 2009
Cafe Spice, 321 York Rd. Towson, MD, 21204
DOORS OPEN AT 3:45!!
Tickets are $22 at the door-please bring cash to make check in go smoothly!
Word just in that this will be the last All Seasons Hafla at the Cafe Spice in Towson. They are currently searching for a new location. Come out and really support us at this wonderful event!
Share on FacebookKIVA’s 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert
Sestraluna will be performing and dancing with the audience on August 8, 2009 — KIVA’s 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert at the Unitarian Church in Silver Spring, MD. Come One Come All! We’ve been a band (with lots of different members) for 20 years now — since 1989. Come see nearly all the folks that played with KIVA over the years in a giant extravaganza concert at the UU Church of Silver Spring. Entry fee will be sliding scale $10-$25. We’re paying premium rates for this location so please come, invite your friends, we’re using the big room! Doors open at 7:00pm and music starts at 8:00pm and goes until 11:00pm. Confirmed former KIVAites that are playing are: Lynn Cunningham, Nicole Cooley, Eve Jones, Izolda Trachtenberg and more. Current satellite members Jaqui MacMillan and Amikaeyla Proudfoot Gaston also plan to be there!
We’ll have vendors and dancers just like Cerridwin’s of old. Tell everyone! Share this with everyone!!! Send it to all the lists.
Directions: Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring. From the northern side of the DC Beltway (I-495) take New Hampshire Ave. (Rt. 650) North, toward White Oak. Go exactly 1/2 mile and turn RIGHT onto Oak Lawn Drive. Turn right into the church parking lot.
Share on FacebookRaks America
Sestraluna will be performing the Australian Tribal dance at Raks America June 20, 2009
Joe’s Movement Emporium 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, 2009
Free admission all weekend!
1:42 pm BOOKED by Sestraluna
Share on FacebookSummer Solstice Hafla
Summer Solstice was absolutely wonderful! And Thank you Tania and Troupe Hipnotic for putting it on. Due to rain we had to move inside 
but it was a lovely time with a wide variety of dancing, styles and costuming. I can’t wait until next year!
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MD Faerie Festival Recap
The MD Faerie Festival this past weekend was wonderful! There was a light breeze Saturday and 20 mph wind gusts on Sunday which made for much fun with double veil. But if you subtract the wind, the broken shoe in the first 10 seconds of Saturday’s performance and the very slippery wet, muddy grass Sunday it was a fantastic performance. Sestraluna had a ton fun as did our sisters in dance Troupe Hipnotic and Bellydance Delight who were there as well. We were asked by Kiva to dance with them as they closed out the day. We are hoping to work with them some more in the near future!
Photos will be coming soon to the gallery page.
The first video is from Saturday where there was a broken shoe flapping up under my foot which threw off my balance but the veils were not as hindered by wind.
The second video is from Sunday where the grass was slippery and the wind fought my non-stop but at least I wasn’t stumbling from a silly shoe.
Share on FacebookSestraluna Performing @ Starlight Shimmy
Sestraluna will be performing at Starlight Shimmy on April 4th. I unfortunately won’t be there because I have a prior private engagement. I do hope you all will go out there and support my sisters of the moon.
Share on FacebookShiver Me Shimmies
Well Shiver Me Shimmies was wonderful! And a great big thank you to the ladies of Sahara’s Treasure for putting the event together. Here is just a couple of photos I have put in my scrapbook. Click on the arrows to flip through the pages. To see more photos go to my gallery and to see photos of all the dancers please see the slideshow one of my troupe sisters put together.
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Performing at the MD Faerie Festival
So I just found out that I will be performing with Sestraluna at the Maryland Faerie Festival. I am really looking forward to it. I will update as soon as I know what our timeslot will be.
Update: Looks like we will have 2 20 min timeslots, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Both Shows will be at 1pm.
Share on FacebookPerforming at Shiver Me Shimmies
Galena will be performing with Sestraluna at Shiver Me Shimmies Hafla on March 14th. It is a nice, inexpensive little hafla. Come on out to support us! You must buy tickets ahead of time. There will be no tickets sold at the door.
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