Gypsy Tapestry

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, 7:30 PM - Gypsy Tapestry Formal Event

Covey Center for the Arts
425 West Center Street
Provo, UT 84601

Doors open 7pm, show starts 7:30pm
Tickets only $5.00!!!

Covey Center for the Arts Middle Eastern dance program along with Desert Gypsy Dance Company and its directors will be highlighting their students of recent classes as well as featuring a full program of professional dancers from the area. This is definitely a show you DON'T want to miss as we close out year 2009 and introduce new and exciting events, opportunities and dancers for 2010!

Upcoming Performance and Workshops

Thia's Electric Circus Performance - June 5 - 7:30 pm at Westminster College - Tickets are $15
Troupe Desert Gypsy will be performing at this event.

Thia Electric Circus Workshop - June 6 - Rose Wagner
Improve your dance technique.
http://www.bellydancingbythia.com/june-5-6-2009.htm

Oasis Dance Camp - October 2009
http://www.oasisdancecamp.com/west.html
Act soon if you are interested as a deposit needs to be sent in.
In order to ensure that we can room together - please use my name in the teacher field when signing up.

Also - don't forget Moab next weekend. Jamilla is planning a fun weekend of workshops.

Benefit Concert for Viktoriya

I received the following email and wanted to pass the word along about one of our amazing local dancers from Utah County. Please help support by attending the benefit concert.



Message from Tinuviel:

Hello All, I apologize for the mass email, but I wanted to get the word out. Some of you already know about the situation, some of you don't, so I'll explain briefly. My bellydance teacher and friend, Viktoriya, was in a terrible car accident in April. She is in a coma. She is a single mother with two daughters. LaRa Zorn and other bellydancers of Salt Lake (myself included) are organizing a bellydance benefit show to help with Viktoriya's expenses with all of this.

The show will be 25th July 2009 6-9 pm at the Academy of Performing Arts 2207 South Main St Salt Lake City. There will also be a silent auction, a raffle, card readings and possible henna at the show during the breaks. The show is going to be great!!

Presale tickets are available through me.

We will not be doing actual paper tickets, but will be making a “will-call” list for the presales.

PLEASE NOTE: You will be required to bring an ID to the show to claim your “will-call” tickets.

Presale tickets are $15 (tickets at the door will be $20).

To purchase presale tickets please PAYPAL the money to rmaxwilson@gmail.com (please note that the first letter in that email address is an “r” –people often miss it…). Please include a note stating that the payment is for tickets for the Viktoriya benefit show, the number of tickets you are buying, a contact phone number and email, and the name of the person who will be claiming the tickets at “will-call”. I will email you confirmation of your order.

If you are too far away to attend the show but would still like to help a donation can be mailed to

Zion's Bank Holladay Branch
4641 South 2300 East
Holladay, UT 84117

or made in person at any Zion's Bank branch. You need to tell them it is for the Viktoriya Shershnova-Pulley account.

Feel free to pass this info along to whomever you think would be interested, and thank you very much for your help!

love you all
Kelly (Tinuviel)
tinuvieldancer@yahoo.com

http://www.bellydancingbyviktoriya.com/index.html

Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire

Desert Gypsy Dance Company is performing at the faire May 9 and May 16 at 2 pm. It's worth it to get the whole ambiance. There is also sword fighting and jousting, which I thoroughly enjoy watching.

Here is the information on the faire:

May 8,9,10 and 15,16,17, 2009 10 AM to 6:30 PM

Millcreek Hollow~3109 West Pioneer Road~ Marriott-Slaterville~Weber County

Take Exit 346 off I-15, and drive west on Pioneer Road, (400 North),
1 ½ miles to Millcreek Hollow, 52 acres of woods, ponds, creek and meadows

Adults $12, (Federal employees, Military 50% off with ID)
Seniors, guests in costume and children 5-12 $6
Children under 5 Free

~FULL CONTACT HEAVY JOUST by world champions
~ RENAISSANCE MARKETPLACE with shops from all over the United States
~MUSIC ~MAGIC ~~COMEDY~FREE PARKING~SUPERB FOOD ~ANIMALS~ART~ROYALTY~
~FAERIES~DEMONSTRATIONS~LIVE STEEL~REVELRY~BELLY DANCING~FEASTING~
~~~Escape the Mundane~~~
www.utahrenfest.com

I love taking pictures of our dancers before a performance because there is such beauty in each face that shows the excitement of getting in front of a group of people.


Sadira thank you for getting us a gig with Evergreen for the second year in a row. We hope this will be a tradition from year to year.

Cassandra's 2009 Weeklong Intensive

March 15th - 22nd Halima, Kalista and Odessa packed 8 days worth of clothing, food, accessories, and sparkly jingles into 6 carry-on bags. Here's a shout-out to all the plane passengers who helped us shove, punch, kick and pound oversized bags into overhead bins... not to mention their help to then retrieve them. To whomever you were, we love and appreciate you!

Let's not even discuss the trip back as we now have acquired new make-up, hip scarves, music and accessories we simply could NOT live without; again in carry-on luggage.

Cassandra Shore is no less than a Goddess. We danced all day, everyday for 6 days straight. We attended 3 incredibly entertaining and quality shows. We ate very healthy and delicious food which we then topped off with chocolate and ice cream. We drove like manics through downtown Minneapolis daily (why the police didn't remove me from the streets I know not). And yes... we visited the Mall of America.

In addition to daily technique and choreography with Cassandra and her "teacher's assistants" we also had quality time with a make-up artist, a dietitian, a history lesson by Cassandra, and percussion and melody lessons with exquisite live music by Tim O'Keefe and Laura Harada.

We started the week off with a strong focus on Orientale style and ended with Folkloric. I must say that every one of my 6 senses were satisfied and our already strong sisterhood was enhanced. We were all so impressed and proud of each other. The UTAH GIRLS ROCK!

Jawaahir Dance Company

BDSS After Party

Thanks Sherry!