Old School Jillina!

[sabrinabellydancer]

it was 1996. i am positive b/c i was in the audience as well, and did bduc the following year. *sighs* those were the days

oh, here it is straight from the bduc site
Belly Dancer of the Universe Competitions in Long Beach, California

[Lilladancer]

Oh, they DO archive it on the BDUC website so yes, the Farnoosh/Jillina showdown was in 1996, and then Jillina must have appeared in Common Threads in Spring of '97? I just remember she did kind of an I Dream of Jeannie hip hop fusion thing that was really cute, and was already bringing down the house.

You won in '98 Sabrina? I guess that was one of the two years I've missed since about 1993 when I started going to BDUC. I was pregnant in '98 and feeling very unwieldy. I think the only other year I've missed was 2006, when my dad was ill, and ended up dying at about 5 pm that evening. Other than that, I've attended them all - I love to see dancers pull out all the stops in contests - it's a great way to see a lot of good dancing, and as we see in this thread, to possibly see stars in the making!

[akashablue]

Originally Posted by ejaghana

That's called Darb el Habaib. It is on one of Sahra Saeeda's CDs. You can get it from her website or from Dahlal I think.

I heart Jillina!!!

ejaghana, Thank you for naming that song!

[carolynn]

Originally Posted by Lilladancer

Oh, they DO archive it on the BDUC website so yes, the Farnoosh/Jillina showdown was in 1996, and then Jillina must have appeared in Common Threads in Spring of '97? I just remember she did kind of an I Dream of Jeannie hip hop fusion thing that was really cute, and was already bringing down the house.

Jillina's Jeannie in Common Threads had to be June 1996. i had seen that but when i met her in August 97, i didn't make the connection with "Jeannie" and i'd have remembered 2 months later. BDUC is always February, and she did that before she did Common Threads.

[gypsybellydance]

Farnush reminds me so much of rahana...

Thanks for posting these!