Two Nights of Benefits for Johanna!

Presented By: The Tampa Bay Dance and Drum Communities

Workshop
Wednesday, October 10th - 7:30pm-9:30pm

Amy Sigil of troupe UNMATA will present a work shop at the International Bizarre 1600 e 8th ave Ybor city 33605. The cost for this 2 hr workshop is $35 with 100% of the proceeds going to Johanna. Class space is small so please sign up fast. Tickets will be for sale at the door for any extra spaces.



Amy Sigil is owner and director of Hot Pot Studio in Sacramento , CA , home of UNMATA. Amy has been performing and teaching bellydance classes for over eight years. She danced for several years as half of Haruspicy Dancecraft, and formed the professional fusion troupe UNMATA in 2003. Amy's bellydance style integrates not only her signature Hula-Fusion, but also Bharat Natyam, Flamenco, Hip-Hop and Modern Dance. Put to the test, Amy's exacting choreographies, unique style and UNMATA's hard work brought home several recent awards such as Ensemble of the Year 2005 (NV), Bellydance Troupe of the year 2004 (CA), and Bellydance Troupe USA 2004 (OR). For more info about Amy and UNMATA, visit: www.unmata.com

Halfa/ Drum Circle/ Raffle
Thursday, October 11th - 8:00pm-11:30pm

1st Christian Church Annex Hall ( look for halfa sign)
1400 San Christopher Dr.
Dunedin Fl 34698
For venue contact or questions contact Pat at 727 447 8698





For those who cannot attend, please donate at the link above.

This event is pure tribal fusion at its finest between dancer and drummer. The night will start out with over 50 drums, provided by Steve Turner and Giving Tree Music, who will teach and lead us in a traditional healing song and rhythm in drum circle style. Unlike a hafla, there will be no set stage all performances will go on in the center of our healing circle, surrounded by drummers and audience members alike. We will have a small PA system provided by Buffalo Strange www.buffalostrange.com/ , so performers can bring their own music for their performances.

If you are a belly dance troupe/soloist or any kind of other performer who would like performance time, please contact Chandra: BelediBay@yahoo.com
We are expecting a lot of performers, so please limit your performance to 5 minutes, or 7 minutes if you are using living music for your performance. (Note: There is no green room for belly dancers, so come already made up! No make up or costume changes will be allowed in the bathrooms per the venue.)

The planned performance part of the night will end with the Sun Drummers led by King James: www.sundrummers.com/. An open drum circle hosted by Steve Turner of Giving Tree Music: www.givingtreemusic.com/ . and Shannon of drum circles .net: www.drumcircles.net/ will fill the rest of the night, and the floor will be open to anyone who wishes to dance.
Bring your smiles, your good vibes, your drums (or any other hand percussion or organic wind instrument.) Leave your stick drums at home, unless you have a bass drum. ( Non bass Stick drums will be permitted for scheduled acts only.)
This event is free, but we ask you to please make a donation of what ever you can at the door. There will be many items up for raffle, and tickets will be available inside throughout the evening. Word has it there may even be a few custom drums and higher ticket items that will be up for silent auction! You must be present to win.

If you have an item you would like to donate to the raffle contact Riz at firebyriz@aol.com or 727-581-6249. www.firewhip.com/ No matter what your item is, it all helps!

Bottled water, juices, and soda will be for sale inside with all proceeds going to Johanna. Please respect our venue who has graciously donated this space by not bringing alcohol or other substances onto the premises. Thank you in advance for this consideration.
All funds will be handled by Karen and the girls of Loud Zoo and Hip Expressions.
Please contact Karen at karen@hip-expressions.com with any questions or concerns regarding funds.
Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio at Yoga Moves, 1045 9th Ave. N, St Petersburg, FL, 33705
(727) 643-5517, info (at) hip (dash) expressions (dot) com
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