Best Weekend EVER!!!!

So Last Weekend was the Beledi Beach Bash Featuring UNMATA

Talk about a dream come true. I would not have believed I did it if I didn't have pictures to prove it to myself.

At about the 6th month mark after my surgery I decided to bust out my Unmata DVD and try and dance the whole way through the 2 hour DVD. And I did it. And hearing the interviews with Amy Sigil about what Unmata was all about and how she felt about dancing and herself. That they make no apologies for who they are and they bring everything that makes them well them as a person is brought to the stage, the good the bad, the painful and the joyful.
That gave me ope. TO keep fighting to keep moving, to just keep going, and knowing that one day I would be in a place where I could look back on all I had done and survived and felt good about it.

This weekend was the embodiment of that. Talking to Amy and Shelly in Person, dancing with them as well as PERFORMING on the same stage as some of the best Dancers in the Southeastern US was just amazing. I almost felt like I wasn't good enough to be there, until I hit the stage. Then it all melted away and i KNEW this was where I was supposed to be. On the Stage preparing to dance, filled with Confidence, spunk, sass and skill, and though I haven;t seen the Video yet I can say I feel I ROCKED the performance.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend.

Amy, Me, Shelly
My FAVORITE picture of them all, because I REALLY felt like I was where I was supposed to be

Me and Lacy Perry from Atlanta, First a friend on Facebook, then a Friend In Real life. She had a STUNNING performance, and I hope to dance with her again

Me in my True Blood Themed Costume. I can't WAIT Till I get the Video!

Yup This about sums up the weekend. Why Pose pretty when we are ALL really crazy and goofy


And the Coup De Gras

The Sunset over St.Pete Beach in Treasure Island at the LOVELY and amazing Thunderbird Hotel.

The Sun may have set on the last day, but it has risen on a whole new world of opportunity and amazing adventures <3

1 Year Since Brain Surgery.

So I'm a little late in posting a journal/blog whatever about this but yes a year has come and gone since having my back to back brain surgeries.
It was an emotional time. But also a good one. I was Invited to go to Jacksonville to dance in Workshops at Anais Belly Dance and Fusions, after the Lovely Anais saw me perform at the circus Hafla as the Jackalope.

A side not on the Jackalope Performance. Wow. I often look back at the Picture and Video and wonder what the Hell I was thinking! in a good way of course, but man of man, the amount of work that went into the costuming makeup and actual dance was astronomical. But it payed off. It was a Hit and I look Forward to doing it again next year.


So Going to Jacksonville. That was..different. I hadn't been since the last time AJ (my ex) and I were still together. It was the Weekend Michael Jackson Passed Away as well as the Premier of the 2nd Transformers Movie.
Either way it has been just about2 1/2-3 years give or take since I had been there. LOT of memories stirred up being there. I saw my friends again, some of them at least since it was a game night. But I think it gave everyone closure to the situation. I was so stressed and out of sorts I ended up having some difficulties while there and some medical issues, which sucked. But the room was nice, the workshops I DID take were amazing and I REALLY enjoyed the Hafla and I think My Performance came out wonderful. Since doing the more acting and emotion work with Eve and Greg I can SEE a noticeable difference in my dancing and I LOVE it.

So that was my weekend. It was a little rough, stressful, but also a wonderful experience.

Enjoy the Video of my Halloween Performance and celebration of 1 year since Brain Surgery

http://youtu.be/pVQkND3HmZs



As An Overview on the whole year. Wow. All that I have accomplished. I survived the surgery, got engaged to the man I love and will love forever. Found a studio where I can dance and share my dance skills and knowledge. I have done no less then 8 performances this year and still have a few more to come before 2012 starts. I have learned so much and through the good times, bad times, painful times, and amazing times, I have kept moving forward, learning and growing.

DANCE Dance!

I have been neglecting my blog..bad me no cookie. SO let me catch up.
Over the last few months things Have been getting worse and worse with my condition. BUT in spite of all that I STILL had my comeback performance on April 12th 2011
I danced to a slow rendition of "I want to hold your Hand" Sung by Kurt from Glee.
It was a graceful heartfelt Polynesian fusion piece that had me in my costume with a Veil wrapped around my head, which, while you watch the video you can see what happens. I felt great getting on stage and everyone was SO blown away by the performance. I can;t ask for more. I am still here I am still strong and I showed a FULL HOUSE packed resteraunt that

Then in May I decided to do something a little more upbeat and fun. I danced to the Safety dance also the Glee cast version and it was SO much fun.

Sadly there WERE some bad thigns that happened involving the dance studios and fellow dancers. I am putting them in the past because I don't want to waste my energy on remembering them or even writing them down. Let's just say sometimes in the dance community I feel I am better off on my own. They for some reason are similar to most other people in that they can;t understand that I am a different person now. The way in which they are different is that most have become SO cocky and self obsessed that they are just nasty people. So it is their loss. I WILL keep dancing and just being who I am. And no one, be it a person or illness will keep me down.