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Soon after we set off a lounge singer came out. I love cheese and he was cheesy. He sang some Bailamos and New York, New York and some others. The Egyptian family was there to celebrate an anniversary I think. So the couple got up and danced while the singer sang that Eric Clapton song Wonderful Tonight. Then he sang some traditional songs and the whole family got up to dance. It was great to see. Plus they all zargarooted.
After that the band came out and then the dancer. She was wearing a white and pink dress with no straps (mermaid style). She was totally covered with white or pink nylon. Under the blacklight the costume looked bright orange and white. She came out wearing a tiara with a veil hooked in to the sides and she looked super angry about something. There was no dancing through the audience she just walked up to the stage and twirled a little holding the veil limply. Then she started pulling the tables around her one by one and of course there was an official photographer there snapping photos while she did “wacky” things that tourists love. I could (and want to but I’m spending too much time on my journal :) write for a long time about the dancer. She just shimmied with everyone for 15-30 seconds. They of course couldn’t shimmy and everyone thought she was just super. She pulled me up for her last song (after checking her watch) and kept me up there the whole song. I just followed whatever she did. The Japanese tables loved it and were kindly cheering me on.
Then she stormed off and the band didn’t appear to know where she had gone. Everyone was looking to see where she was and the singer eventually left the stage.
Next up was sufi which was a nice surprise. This guy was very, very happy to be dancing in his cowboy boots for us. He was super energetic and was mugging for the customer’s cameras and not the professional guy’s camera which was nice. His set was very good but of course rushed. For his last song he twirled his (I don’t know the proper terminology) skirt over his head and walked around to get pictures with everyone in the audience. It was really fun and I felt like he was having a great time. He finished and the belly dancer returned in a Nancy Ajram baladi dress with hip scarf.
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