Hey there Troupe Malek and esp the understudies. June 2nd is the opening day for the Ren Faire and it is very possible that no understudies will be at the Ren faire the opening weekend. (We want to work out all of the first day kinks before we send you into the trenches) I want to encourage the understudies to come out and perform at Safiyyah's benefit. Many of you know Selimah (Pat Stanfield/ Mystic Hips) and her beautiful dancing daughter Safiyyah. What alot of folks do not know is that Safiyyah struggles with MS and there are times she can barely move let alone dance. On June 2nd is a fundraiser for Saffiyah with three live music groups. I want to encourage all understudies to join me in performing "Sadiya" (Zill and Tamborine piece) to live music at the benefit. I will be burning rubber to get to the benefit from the Ren faire. We will wear our Ren faire garb in the show (that way I don't have to change!!)
See the details below!

Keep Safiyyah Dancing Benefit
Saturday June 2nd
Doors open at 6:00 p.m
Show Starts at 7:00 p.m.
Saint Helens Catholic Church Gym
4005 Dixie Highway
Louisville, Ky 40216
Call Darkdove/Selimah aka Patt cell # 502-445-3178

From Selimah:
My daughter Safiyyah has Aggressive Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. This means she has had times when she cannot walk, or drive, or work, much less dance.
The Medicines she has been taking over the last three years are not working for her. The new medicine they are treating her with is very expensive. Not to mention her loss of work while recieving treatment.

We are having a Benefit Show to help her out, along with a silent auction.

We would like to represent the many styles of Belly Dance. And have lots of fun.

We already have Snakes Rising, Il Troubadore, Dale, Selimah, Soraya, Taletha, Laura, JaeJae, Belly -D and many more confirming every day!

Check this out:

snakesrising.com/_wsn/page12.html

Snakes Rising now has a fundraising page for the "Keep Safiyyah Dancing" benefit. Between now and June 2nd (date of the hafla) we will be donating $5 to $10 for every item purchased via this page.

Then we'll see you at the event, of course. You'll be able to win Red Tour tickets there at the auction/ raffle. too!