Tribe.net. Local Connections alison http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/536be279-06a5-4a12-a05d-1f1d4ad63076#fb7583c7-a71c-4a85-80e4-ec7cf1c3d623 2008-08-04T06:50:58Z 2008-08-04T06:50:58Z

Sunday mornings lie in was cut short in order to get all dressed up for my talk and perfomance at the fayre. Chocolate Cherry costume in place and a bag with all the essentials like safety pins, CD's, a spare extention cord, camera, flower head band and make up. Right all set, run downstairs, get into the car and realise that my boot is not (as usual) full of spare pairs of Isis wings. Take 2 - run upstairs and get a pair of wings. The fayre is quite full - we have to park in the drive way. Nerves start to set in. Im asked by two self proffessed "Dirty Old Men" if Im the Belly Dancer and may they please inspect the belly...... 11:15 My turn - the "presentation" hall is off to the side of the centre in a fairly large room full of chairs. The previous speaker filled the seats and most of her audience trooped out at the end. My small group gathered close to the front. A family - son, daughter, mom. Auntie and teenaged cousin. A few single women. A singel guy and an Indian guy with his mom. So I tell them all about Bellydance belonging to the ENTIRE middle east and that the seductress tale is a fairy tale and all that stuff. Then I have to dance - the family is sitting right in the front row - they all look bemused and it takes a lot of work to get them to smile. Most of the others seem to enjoy the performance and afterwards I take questions. The first of which is "Why doesn't Bellydance make you thin?" - ouch! I explain that in order for that to happen you'd have to dance for hours every day and that the muscles you develope are core muscles that lei behind your feminine curves. The other questions were more general. I hand out some cards to the single ladies and thank them for coming. Phew!

alison 2008-08-04T06:50:58Z