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Christmas day, 'A party for people who would otherwise be alone for xm
as'
World Mental Health Day event
Worlds biggest coffee morning
Cedar's Park, Community Festival
Much Hadham Village Fete
Folly at the Folly Hertford
Harlow Linksfest
Ware carnival
Stanstead Abbotts Riverside Festival
Bishops Stortford carnival
Together in Harlow Festival
Clavering village fete
Workshop with Anne White
Ashlyns care home, fete
Stortford Music Festival
Please scroll down to see photo's and details of these events.
Click here to see 2011 events page and click here to see forthcoming events of 2012.
Christmas Day Pa rty - 2010
A truely lovely Christmas afternoon was spent entertaining the old folks at the Methodist Church, Bishops Stortford.
Samirah performed
a drum solo dance and also played the dancing girl at the Sultans
Palace in the 'Dick Whittington' pantomime performed by members of the
church and other volunteers.
Eve (a belly belles student from Harlow) also joined in as Alice in the Pantomime.
World Mental Health Day - Oct 10, 2010We
had a great afternoon at the Rhodes Centre , Bishops Stortford, for the
World Mental Health Day event,building public awareness of mental
illness. We danced at 1pm and 2.30pm, here we were shown such a
lovely welcome. Some of the members of the audience got up on 2
occaisions to have a go at Belly Dance, including the male members of
the Hockerill orchestra! Great fun and lots of giggles!
The
photo below shows Samirah and Joelle with several member of the
audience, including the Bishops Stortford Town Mayoress Norma Simmons,
all good fun!
Worlds Biggest coffee Morning - Sept 24, 2010
We
held a coffee morning after our class at Much Hadham on Friday 24th
September, in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Support fund, we invited
members of the public, and we gave a belly dance display at 12pm. As
well as all this, some of the girls in the group had been baking some
scrumptious cakes and biscuits! check out this link to see a snippet of our display.
Cedar's Park Community Festival - Sept 12,2010
Wow!
this was a fantastic festival, celebrating the diverse cultures in our
local area, We met up with a Bollywood dancer, the Shaolin monks, A
Greek dancing troupe etc etc a brilliant day!
The Much Hadham Village Fete - Aug 30, 2010
As
usual we had a super day at the fete, We were so lucky, with the
weather ! We also had lots of interest and plenty of enquiries
about our classes. So, we are looking forward to welcoming some new
recruits very soon. :)
As
well as our performance, we got together a group of - mainly children
from the audience, to participate in a Belly Dance - off! - great fun!!
Photo by Angela Lattimore
Folly at the Folly - Aug 8, 2010
In aid of the National Deaf Childrens Society (NDCS)
We
had a wonderful afternoon, the public were stunned and amazed by our
beautiful dancing. We closed our performance with a drum and dance 'free
for all'. Steve Ball and co. from Jazzexplorium wowed
- us with their drumming skills, while the Belly Belles- plus members
of the public, including the male compare! danced and shimmied on...!!!!
Harlow Linksfest - July 18, 2010
Set
in the grounds of the Links football club, Parsloe Lane , Harlow. A
fantastic time was had by performers and audience alike. The atmosphere
was one of fun and excitment, and audience participation was the best
ever!
Ware Carnival/ Festival - July 3, 2010
Having
danced with the carnival parade through Ware High Street, we then made
our way to the Priory for our performance in the arena, it was a very
hot day!
Stanstead Abbotts Riverside Festival - June 26, 2010
One
of our most exciting festivals so far this year! we had a wonderful
Audirence, mesmerized by our dancing. The view from the stage was just
amazing, there must have been over a hundred people clapping and
cheering as we danced, Samirah even got asked for her autograph by one
overly enthusiastic male fan!!!
Bishops Stortford Carnival/Fun Day - June 26, 2010
Click this link to see a a quick snippet of Samirah and a
student from the Bishops Stortford class, strutting their stuff, on video
(it's at the beginning of the video)
Together in Harlow Festival - June 12, 2010
This was
a fantastic afternoon, bringing the community of Harlow and surrounding
areas together, we enjoyed Caribbean cooking, African clothes and
jewellry for sale, African drumming, performances from Razed Roof, and a
steel band to name a few. It was a fun day, and so special, we are
looking forward to next year!
Clavering Village Fete - May 31, 2010
Always
a great welcome awaits us at the Clavering village fete, from the
residents and more importantly from the fire fighters! such great fun!
Workshop with Anne White - May 15, 2010
At
least once a year Belly Belles host an Egyptian Dance workshop with a
guest teacher, this year it was the lovely Anne White from London. Anne
has been teaching and dancing for over 20 years, and holds regular
Belly Dance Show case nights at Planet Egypt in London. This
years workshop was all about Classical veils and a little on Taqasim.
We all had a wonderful afternoon with lots of fun and laughter. The
workshop was very informative and I am sure we will see some of the new
moves included in Samirah's new routines.
Ashlyns Care Home fete, Harlow - May 11, 2010
After
dancing at Ashlyns earlier in the year, the entertainments manager
invited us back to dance at their summer fete which is held in the car
park of the Home, what a lovely time we all had, and as you can see we
had a couple of new recruits join us in the dancing (see if you can spot
the 2 men in the photo) it was a very funny time.
The elderly residents and thier families, friends and neighbours all thoughly enjoyed themselves.
Stortford Music Festival - May 2, 2010
Once
again we were invited to dance at the Stortford Music Festival in
Bishops Stortford. It was a wet and cold Sunday but that didnt stop us,
or the thousands of visitors it attracts from coming out. We nearly
re-named ourselves the Welly Belles! We pulled a fantastic crowd again!
and after the performance we went on to enjoy the other acts and took it
easy in the chill out tent. Fantastic event as usual.
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