Okay, 90% finished, but still! Finishing the costume would not have been possible without the help of one of my friends. She spent Friday evening helping me finish the belt and the vest. Yay! Awesome person. I finished sewing the trim on the belt just in time for to leave for the performance.
Finally, after a month, I made it back to dance class tonight! Imagine my surprise to learn that our next recital is in two weeks!! EEP! We’re still learning a new choreography to Madura’s Isdes. Fun fusion song. We might also do another dance to Bakara (not sure who that song is by). It’s fun,…
My friend the seamstress just called. She said that she can meet me during lunch with the completed velvet coin top and the skirt. Amazing! She has really saved me a lot of time and difficulties. Related Images:
Ishani I began working on this DVD before the Hoover (old desktop PC) crashed and burned. The hardware difficulties created an issue for transferring the video from the tape to the hard drive and then processing the DVD. A new Mac Mini and several iterations later, the DVD is finally finished. Way back in March,…
Off to dance class! We have only a few more days before the performance at Earth Fare. I’m a little nervous. I’ve missed two lessons because I was in Las Vegas visiting Mom last week. She kept me really busy, so not a lot of time to practise. I had the best intentions… but you…
It’s now barely four days until the recital. I feel like I know the steps well enough, but I don’t feel like I’m really dancing it. There is a fluidity when you watch other dancers. I don’t have the transitions between steps down to where they look flawless and easy. I still look like I’m…
Wednesday night is my regular dance class. However, Thanksgiving is taking the place of dance class tomorrow. Just for fun, I emailed my instructor to see if she would like to come over for a lesson. She agreed. Whenever she comes over, we have something like a cross between a girls’ night out and a…