Hello my lovely darlings! Its been so excitingly busy lately…but I have certainly missed you and can't wait till I can tell you darlings more about my new venture. I have just returned jetlagged from
Seattle and have a few travel posts as well as
Cheongsam (Qipao) reviews in the pipe-line....and not to forget the impending
'Shine Walk' on a
September Saturday night still to do. Though for now I thought it might be nice to do a little feature
of my very
belated end of year show; which includers those of
summer 2013 to the more recent
summer 2014. Some of you darlings might know
that I have been taking a beginner’s ballet class for a while now and an intermediate belly dancing class too. So at the end of year
show at
Brady Arts Centre, a community theatre where family and friends of the dance students are
invited to watch the little performance, I participated in both ballet and
belly dancing. So let's start by catching up with the year before....
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From summer 2013...... |
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Before the performance.....2013.... |
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Performance of 2013..... |
Now fast forward to summer 2014....can you spot any difference? Perhaps not visible to the naked eye but I did somehow feel an improvement and even enjoyed performing our humorous routine! I must say this year’s show has been the trickiest, as not only the ballet routine was much harder in focusing on individual technique without the help of a steady barre bar, I also had to remember a rather hard belly dancing routine with a mini solo section! Of course I wobble a little when doing the battement developpe like an utter novice (who has not taken several terms of beginner's ballet classes), but I did overcome the internal shakiness which is something in itself. In loving support, my wonderful girlies decided to come for the show and we went for a fun dinner at an American vintage inspired bowl place in Brick Lane afterwards. To me, having them there just for the show already meant a lot and I was so happy to see them…so it was a fabulous summer dream weekend indeed!
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To this year's backstage preparation......summer 2014! |
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On stage for our ballet performance....this summer 2014....can you spot me? |
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Then a quick change to prepare for the next performance with my intermediate belly dancing classmates..... |
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Slightly blurry.....but belly dancing ready (2014)! |
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Doing my shimmy solo bit on stage.....intermediate belly dancing 2014! |
Must confess this post should have been published much much sooner and perhaps I have missed dancing through a busy past few months more than I realised. As things lay excitingly uncertain I am unsure if I will be able to join the coming term's dance classes, though I certainly do miss them, but I hope it will be a temporary sacrifice that will bring an even better tomorrow for me as well as others. Enough rambling for now, more excitement is to come as next week I shall reveal the brilliant
Qipao Lover number 2.....who will be Miss September I hear you roar? Well...stay tuned till then, in the meantime if I should see you at the special
'100 Dresses' Collectif evening next Sunday, please do stop me for a chat. With sunshine wishes I hope you will have an absolutely fabulous weekend my darlings!
Until the next time,
♥ May xx
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