Yeah, we're getting it… got a whole team on this one so I can't screw it up again.

I wish I could've been there, but I can't wait to see the video! I'm sure everyone was fabulous!

Yeah, it was a great show.

I hope you're not beating yourself up about the music, Sahira. It is a law of the theater that what goes perfectly in hours and hours of practice beforehand will always go wrong at the last minute. There's no controlling it.

My family's favorite part of my dance was when the music cut out, so I should be thanking you :)

In the wake of the show last weekend, a few interesting things have happened…

•My mother has decided to come back to Level 2 – she does miss the dancing after all.

•A friend-of-a-friend who was brought to the show by a friend I brought to the show (who was visiting from Louisville) is now interested and excited about bellydancing… not what I would have expected from that particular gay man, whose other hobbies include DJing and video games.

•I realized that I really need to spend time working on costuming long before there's a show in sight. Embellishments need to be added before the show, not after.

•Part of me wants to offer to help pay a photographer to take pro-ish photos instead of us all either waiting a month for the DVD or hoping our family members managed to get any good shots. It wouldn't have to be anything super-spectacular… just someone who doesn't have to dance who can get a couple of well-placed, well-lit, well-focused, well-snapped shots. I was so hoping someone would get a shot of mom and I in our ending V…

Anyway… just some interesting stuff.