hey welcome welcome...

I am kind of new here myself... moved late august from the tribal mecca in california... huge downer but when you gotta go you gotta go. We have some fabulous dancers here! Anne Maria is totally awesome she is from Fringe Benifit ( if memory serves me correct) she is my hero.... Alexia teaches at the Drum and Dance Center... she is like my double hero... and she will probably kill me to because I'm totally OCD about her classes and tormenting her with questions. I'm such an ass. =) but I love her class, she is an excellant teacher. Way cool people around... totally!

We have a very very cool event in Flemmington that Ann dragged us to... fabulous time... I think the next go around is the 27th. You should definitly try to come!

As far as any dancers in Monmouth county... I can't help you... I only know one person from there and she doesn't dance... she drives all the way down to Vineland for this crappy job. But she is fun and we love her anyway! =)

um that's that. Oh yeah.. tempest is down here way way way at the end of the state in cape may... and well.. she's the shit so that is all there is to say about that.

Oh yeah gotta finish working so I can get the heck out of dodge and go home! to much tribe... not enough work. =)

Welcome to Tribe Yame.. First let me start off by saying your are sooo pretty. You have a very unique look. Your going to turn some heads in the Bellydance world. The summer will be hear before you know it, thats when all the fun begins for us. For those of us that dance professionally it's a very busy season as far as work. But you'll find that Tribe will post that we post alot of events like Drum Circles, and outings for Dancers and Musicians to get together and meet. I live in Hudson County, but if your ever in the area please let me know.

Jamilah

Hi Yame, welcome to Tribe!

Down in your area, I think there is Ashtar and the Daughters of Sophia:

daughtersofsophia.com/

Ashtar is in Ocean County in Brick: www.tribaldancearts.com/index.html

If you are on that side of Monmouth County (rather than on the Mercer County side toward Imlaystown or Allentown Borough), you definitely should look them up!

If you are more toward Mercer County, though, and can get to Route 130 South easily from the Allentown area, or hop on 295 West, you're not so far away from the Drum and Dance Learning Center and all of the shenanigans they are up to.

The Hunterdon County event Basha is referring to is one held by the local Society for Creative Anachronism group, the Barony of Settmour Swamp. It's open to non-SCA members, though, and it is a lot of fun on a Sunday afternoon. I plan to be attending the next one as well!

Thanks for the swift replies!
It's so weird that there seem to be so many bellydancers in NJ, but so few in my area. I mean, I never knew NJ was so... big! O.o

Thanks for the compliments Jamillah. I can't wait til summer, then! I hope I can start getting to know some people... even though this seems to be a really welcoming environment it's kind of scary walking into a place without knowing anyone! I went to the Rakkasah East last year and a Hafla, and both times I dragged my husband with me because I had no one else to bring.

Christiane, I actually started at Tribal Dance Arts. I took lessons there for about 5 months last year. But once the summer was over I had to stop because the place was like a half-hour drive, and with my student+work schedule that wasn't working out anymore. So I had no place to go until I moved and found a studio very close to my house, which is the one I go to now. I really like it, everybody there is pretty nice, but I see them once a week for just an hour and I'm the kind of person that wants to bellydance and watch bellydance and talk about bellydance aaaaalll the time! So I end up annoying my friends who don't really care so much about bellydance, and feeling "lacking" because I don't have enough of an outlet for my passion.

Hey Yame,

I remember you from Ashtar's class. I stopped going after a while because of my schedule amongst other things. I moved to Monmouth County and I too am taking Egyptian style classes. Do you go to Zarouhi in Long Branch/Middletown?

Well anyway, I live in the area so you can always PM me. Take care ; )

That looks like a lot of stuff going on in NJ! I think I'm overwhelmed! haha
I'm gonna look into everything, definitely during the summer I should be able to make it to a lot of different events.

Hi Yame,

Hi, I'm Davinder and I remember you from Ashtar's classes as well. I had to stop as well due to financial reasons. Currently, I take informal bellydance lessons here and there. Right now I've been into Flamenco. I'm glad to see that you're enjoying current classes.
Take care and have fun.