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Originally Posted by zafirah
hmm, well I guess that overwhelming response explains why Kay is having to send out so many promotional emails recently.
It'll be a real shame if the festival isn't a success/can't be repeated because everyone spent all their money learning party tricks at Raqs Britannia.
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I think you are being a bit rough on those of us who went.
I live so close it seemed a shame not to go to be taught by Bozenka who is a well respected dancer...I learnt no tricks, my dear unless you count a coupla shimmies I had not discovered.I had no hotel bills to pay and being asked to perform on the Fri afternoon gave my mates and I quite a boost. We also saw some wonderful performances by Brit dancers on the platform as well as at Cafe Sha'abi. I didn't go to the Sat show as I have seen the SS twice and though I do admire them they don't match up to the Farha shows with Dandesh and Randa so I was content with a cracking UK show on the Fri and saw not only familiar faces but some known to me only by name all for the cost of a local hafla.
I also also enjoyed the fact that I was supporting UK teachers and dancers and traders at that Friday show and in the souk. UK BD is not doing too badly out of BDSS.
As I wrote, I cannot go to Farha as it's the time my husband could get off work to go on holiday and funnily enough he wasn't keen on my suggestion I take him to Newcastle instead of Turkey or Egypt or Morocco ( I have finally got to drag him to lands of dance and I ain't stopping now!). I also think July in a lean time to have a festival but then there are so many BD events this year and it had to fit in somewhere...and there's the problem!
Friends of mine who went to BDSS are also going to Farha and (like me) to JOY.
As a member of NADA and Mosaic I do my darndest to promote all BD ventures and a fair number of my students went to BDSS and are going to JOY but late July was for many of them their annual holidays with their kids.
No way would I not support Kay and her ventures but purses are not bottomless.