** B R A N D O N ' S O A S I S **
Celebrating Bellydancers & the Art Form in the DMVD & Earth
(Washington, DC*Maryland*Virginia*Delaware)
** B R A N D O N ' S O A S I S **
Celebrating Bellydancers & the Art Form in the DMVD & Earth
(Washington, DC*Maryland*Virginia*Delaware)
NOTABLE FACEBOOK BELLYDANCE GROUPS TO FOLLOW:
My Bellydance Nation Group
Art of the belly Festival Group
My SOVABA (SouthSide VA Bellydance Alliance) Group
Central VA Bellydance Group
Sunyatta's BOCA Group
The Bellydancers of Color Collective HQ Group
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BREAKING NEWS:
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THE 2025 ART OF THE BELLY WEEKEND PLAYLIST NOW IS UP!! ;)
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**KNOW YOUR REGION: SEE SAMIRA SHURUK's (MD) NORTH AMERICAN BELLYDANCER RATES PAGE
*WATCH SAHARA DANCE & JILLINA's PERFORMANCE ON THE MALL EARLIER THIS FALL
*PATTI CAKES ANNOUNCES ART of the BELLY XV's GUEST INSTRUCTORS LIST via FB GROUP
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Celebrating 34th year involved in this art form!!! ;)
#FreePalestine #GetRidOfHAMAS #PrayForPeace
#TheBellydanceWorldStandsWithUKRAINE
Also follow along in my FB Bellydance Nation & The
So. VA Bellydance Alliance Groups
REST IN POWER, MICHELLE C. TRACHTENBERG
1985-2025
DANCE IN HEAVEN, RIP RENA (FL)
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** CELEBRATING BELLYDANCERS WORLDWIDE AND IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C./BALTIMORE AREAS!
I'll try to keep updates on the ongoings of bellydance in the DC area, as well as Baltimore and Northern VA as well as the best of the best in the art form on the web. Come on and all and enjoy!!
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OASIS HONORS FOR MIDDLE
EASTERN DANCE:
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BREAKING NEWS!!
**2024 OASIS HONORS WINNERS (after a long hiatus/workload)....
2025 NOMINEES COMING 9/8th
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OASIS HONORS (SOLOIST):
TOMMY KING (EGYPT)
OASIS of COLOR HONORS:
SAMANTHA DIAZ (PERU/FL)
TROUPE OASIS HONORS:
ZARINA BELLY SISTERS (AUSTRALIA)
https://sites.google.com/site/brandonsoasis/the-oasis-honors-for-middle-eastern-dance-page
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CREATED 2/5/23, REVISED 6/20/25:
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*LAYAH (IRELAND/EGYPT)
*LOTUS NIRAJA (MD/IT'L)
*EBONY QUALLS (DC/CA)
*RIN AJNA (CALIFORNIA)
*DONNA MEJIA (CO)
*AHAVA (CA)
*KHUZAMA (PA/DE)
*LARA ADRIENNE (DC/CA/TURKEY)
*NAIMAH (MD)
*BADIA (CA)
*CIANA ARIEL (FL)
*ANJALI AYALA (FL)
*KRYSTAL NICOLE (MD)
*MARLEY VON (CO)
*RACHID ALEXANDER (CUR/NTH)
*ZAIRA AL ZAHARA (MD)
*MYRYKA (AZ)
*SORAYA (PA/DE/IL)
*AIZA (MALAYSIA)
*DONNA MANALO (VA)
*CHAYKIT (CANADA)
*CHUDNEY RAKS (VA)
*FARAH FAARIDAH/AFBD (GA)
*MELISSA PINA (ENG)
*NATALIE GRUBBS/7 CITIES DANCE (VA)
*AUNT ROCKY (NY)
*TARIQ SULTAN (NY)
*FRANK FARINARO (CO)
*PETITE JAMILLA (AL)
*OREET JEHASSI (NY/PA)
*SOMRA EL NUBIA (MO)
*ODARA NUR MAHIN (BRAZIL)
*NUBIA CANDACE (BRAZIL)
*DOM LOCKE (MN)
*MUNIQUE NEITH (SPAIN)
*FARASHA (NV)
*ANGELIQUE HANESWORTH (NY)
*IONA & SHIMMYSISTA (MD)
*JANELLE ISSIS (AL/NY)
*DR. SUNYATTA AMEN (D.C.)
*BDofC INSTRUCTORS (MD)
*JULIA SOUTO (BRAZIL)
*AISHA (BRAZIL)
*KATHERIN DAHAB (BRAZIL)
*NATHY (FL)
*AYA BAHEERA (FL)
*AMAR GAMAL (CUBA/NY)
*TITO SEIF (EGYPT)
*HORACIO & BEATA CIFUENTES (GER)
*LINDSAY COTTIN (CANADA)
*AVA FLEMING (AZ)
*OMOLADUN (DC/CO)
*SEVDHA (FLORIDA/JAMAICA)
*NURJAHAN BOLDEN (CANADA)
*FECUN MAIDEN (TENNESSEE)
*KHADIJAH (COLORADO)
*BEVIN VICTORIA (CALIFORNIA)
*MORGAN FAY (OREGON)
*SADIRA LADY LIQUID (CALIFORNIA)
*AZYRA IZEL (TEXAS)
*ELLA DIVA (NIGERIA)
*RACHID ALEXANDER (CURACAO/NETHRLANDS)
*AISHA (NORTH CAROLINA)
*JAICYEA (CANADA)
*REBEKAH MOON (ENGLAND)
*THELMA ROSE (SOUTH AFRICA)
*AUDIE (NEW JERSEY)
*CHEMAGNE (CANADA)
*VANESSA LIDDELL (BRAZIL)
*MIASIA (MARYLAND)
*RELLE (ALASKA)
*DONNA MANALO (VIRGINIA)
*ASMANARY HASNAH (BRAZIL)
*THELMA ROSE (SOUTH AFRICA)
*MUNIQUE NEITH (SPAIN)
*NEFERTITI (DELAWARE)
*SERENA SPEARS (NEW YORK)
*HOLLY LAMB (ENGLAND)
*SHIMMYSISTA (MARYLAND)
*BLACK BELLYDANCERS ON INSTAGRAM
*MELKETA RAGHBA (TENNESSEE)
*RUBY LEE & ELLA (AUSTRALIA)
*DENISE SPARKLE (CANADA)
*KADISHA (CANADA)
CREATED 3/2/24, UPDATED 6/20/25:
(T)=TUTORIAL (P)=PERFORMANCE
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*LANDYSH AKHMETOVA (T-RUSSIA)
*ISABELLA (T 2+P 2-3 4 -GERMANY)
*EMINE DI COSMO (T 2+P 2 3 4 -ARGENTINA)
*FECUN MAIDEN (T-TENNESSEE)
*JAMILLA (T-POLAND)
*ALLA KUSHNIR (T-UKRAINE)
*AMIRA GRAIN (T-MEXICO)
*KAIRA (T-SOUTH KOREA)
*FEN CLARKE (P 2-ENGLAND/CYPRUS)
*MYRYKA (P-ARIZONA)
*DIANA BASTET (P 2-ENGLAND/UKRAINE)
*MARIA HAMER (P-PENNSYLAVANNIA)
*CASSANDRA FOX (P-CANADA)
*JAMILAH (T-POLAND)
*TIAZZA (T-OREGON)
*YULKA (P-RUSSIA)
*ONICE FLORES (HONDURAS)
*ALMAZ NUR (P-CHILE)
*VERONIKA DRAHANOVA (T+P-UKRAINE)
*CORRINA BALLABIOT (T-MEXICO)
*CORINA (T-CALIFORNIA)
*JULIA MENDEZ (T-ARGENTINA)
*RANIN (T 2 3 4 5 6 7 ( T-GERMANY)
*TAMARA BORNIA (T=P-ARGENTINA)
*ANJALI AYALA (P-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
*KENDRA RAY (P-TENNESSEE)
*ONICE FLORES (FLORIDA)
*CHRISTINA DAVILA (P 2-UAE)
*KAJAAL DAMANIA (P-INDIA)
*BRIANNA (P-MARYLAND)
*VERONICA ISA (T-ARGENTINA)
*ANGEL (P-FLORIDA)
*NAMRITA MALLA (INDIA)
*HIGH HEM (INDIA)
*BENATA ZAMBRANO (P-COLOMBIA)
*VIKA (P-CHILE')
*LAYAH (IRE/EGY)
CREATED 2/3/23, REVISED 6/20/25:
(T)=TUTORIAL (P)=PERFORMING
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*MELISSA PINA (T-ENGLAND)
*ETHEL AMINA (BELARUS)
*KENDRA RAY (T+P -TENNESSEE)
*CORA TURNER (T-MALTA)
*EMINE DI COSMO (T-ARGENTINA)
*AMIRA GRAIN (T+P 2 3-MEXICO)
*CAROLINA ANGULO (T+P 2-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
*RACHEL BRICE 2 3 4 (T+P -CALIFORNIA/OREGON)
*JESSICA BLAUSTEIN (T-NORTH CAROLINA)
*NATASHA KOROTKINA (T-RUSSIA/SWITZERLAND)
*HO LAN (T-VIETNAM)
*DIDEM KINALI (T+P 2 3 4 TURKEY)
*POLINA SHANDARINA 2 3 4 5 (T+P 2 3 4 5-RUSSIA)
*ONICE FLORES (T+P- HONDURAS)
*MISS DARBUKA (T-SOUTHEAST ASIA)
*ADRIANNA AMAZONAS (T-BRAZIL)
*PRINCESS FARHANA (T-CALIFORNIA)
*NESHAT SHOGHI (T-ECUADOR)
*JENNIFER (T-FLORIDA)
*TIAZZA (T-OREGON)
*LAMIA BARBARA (T-ITALY)
*DALIYA SHEVCHENKO T 2 3 4 5-RUSSIA)
*CORRINA BALLIABIOT (T-MEXICO)
*MR OZGEN (T+P-ENGLAND/TURKEY)
*KARON KALI (T-BRAZIL)
*MAYSUN (T-ITALY)
*RANIA (T-CONNECTICUT)
*SELENE (T-ARGENTINA)
*MARIA HAMER (T+P-PENNSYLVANIA)
*ALISA (T-BELGIUM)
*VERONICA ISA (T-ARGENTINA)
*PRINCESS FARHANA (T+P-CALIFORNIA)
*OXANA BAZEVA (P-RUSSIA)
*CHRISTINA DAVILA ( P 2-UAE)
*TAMARA BORNIA (P 2 3 4-ARGENTINA)
*BRITISH HONDURAS (P-FLORIDA)
*VIOLET SCRAP (P 2 -ITALY)
*SVETLANA MAGON (P 2 3 -RUSSIA)
*JULIETA MAFFIA 2 3 4 (P-ARGENTINA)
*ELMIRA BAI (P-RUSSIA)
*KRYSTAL NICOLE (P-MARYLAND)
*FEN CLARKE 2 (P-ENGLAND/CYPRUS)
*RACHEL GEORGE (P 2 3-CALIFORNIA)
*JILLINA (P-NEVADA)
*RANIA (P-CALIFORNIA)
*SYRENA NIKOLE (P 2-NEW YORK)
*CAMELIA RADU 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (P-ROMANIA)
*ANJALI AYALA (P 2 3 4 5-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
*ALEJANDRA OLIVER (P-FLORIDA)
*ITALIA (P-VIRGINIA)
*KALYPSO MANI (P-GREECE)
*TAKA CARNES 2 (P-COLORADO)
*SUZANA DEL VECCHIO 2 (P-COLORADO)
*VICTORIA TEEL 2 3 (T+P-TEXAS)
*ELIZABETH MEDINA (T-SPAIN)
*SHAHRZAD 2 3 (T+P-DELAWARE/EGYPT)
*MICHELLE SORENSEN 2 3 (P-UTAH)
*MELLISARINA (P+T-GERMANY)
*RIFCKA ISABEL 2 3 (P-VENEZUELA)
*MORIA CHAPPELL (T+P-CALIFORNIA)
*KAAJAL DAMANIA 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (P-INDIA)
*RACHID ALEXANDER (P-CUR/NTH)
*SHERRI WHEATLEY (P-CALIFORNIA)
*LEILA SAS (P-NEVADA)
*DIANA BASTET (P 2 3-ENGLAND/UKRAINE)
*OLEYSA DROSDOVA (P-RUSSIA)
*VANESSA LIDDELL (P 2- BRAZIL)
*LARA ADRIENNE (P-DC/LA/TURKEY)
*AMBER LEA (P-CALIFORNIA)
*MALU TREVEJO (P 2 3 4 5-FLORIDA/CUBA)
*NASHIRA MISTICA 2 3 (P-COLOMBIA)
*VERONIKA DRAHANOVA (P 2 3 4 5 6 7 8-UKRAINE)
*FECUN MAIDEN (P-TENNESSEE)
*BEVIN VICTORIA (P-CALIFORNIA)
*JENNIFER IMASHEV (P-PENNSYLVANIA)
*APRIL ROSE (T+P 2 +TEXAS)
*MICHELLE SORENSEN (P 2-3- UTAH)
*JENIFFER LEIGRE (T 2 3-+P 2 3 -BRAZIL)
*SHAKIRA (P-COLOMBIA)
*CASSANDRA FOX (P 2 3-CANADA)
*CORA GUILMOT (P 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11- FRANCE)
*MELISSA RINA (P-GERMANY)
*MORGAN FAY (P 2-OREGON)
*SERENA SPEARS (P-NEW YORK)
*DEVIN ALFATHER (P-TEXAS)
*CASSANDRA FOX (P-CANADA)
*GAIA SCUDERI (P-ITALY)
*THE ZANX (P-INDIA)
*BRIANNA (P-MARYLAND)
*SANIA RAWAT (P-INDIA)
*KAIRA (P-SOUTH KOREA)
*CUHDEYKA (P-EUROPE)
*NESHAT SHOHGI (P-EGYPT)
*GISELLE KENJ (P-BRAZIL)
*DENISE SPARKLE (CANADA)
*ANASMA (T-NEW YORK/FRANCE)
*NAMRITA MALLA (P-INDIA)
*MAYEL (P-DUBAI)
*SUAMYA FULORIA (T-EAST ASIA)
*BUCESE (P-DENMARK)
*SPIRAL ORCHID (AUSTRALIA)
*MALU TREVEJO 2 (CUBA/SPAIN/FLORIDA)
CREATED 2/3/23, REVISED 3/2/24
(T=TUTORIAL P=PERFORMANCE)
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*JILLINA (T-NEVADA)
*BELLYDANCER DIARIES: ELISA JADE 2 (T-AUSTRALIA)
*SADIE (T-COLORADO)
*PETITE JAMILLA (P-ALABAMA)
*MAJ (P-CALIFORNIA)
*ASALA (P-VIRGINIA)
*JENNIFER (P-FLORIDA)
*KAMRAH (P-ILLINOIS)
*TAKA CARNES (P-COLORADO)
*SUZANNA DEL VECCHIO (P-COLORADO)
*EVA CERNIK (P-COLORADO)
*CINDY LOADER (P-COLORADO)
*VICTORIA TEEL (P-TEXAS)
*VALERICK MOLINARY (P-FLORIDA)
*SARASVATI (P-ENGLAND)
*CRYSTAL SILMI (P 2-DC)
*SALMA HAYEK (P-MEXICO)
*JACINDA ALIYA DALAL (P 2 3 4 5-WASHINGTON, DC)
*MIA SHAURI (P-PUERTO RICO)
*MARIAMIRA LOVICH (P-CHILE)
*ANJALI AYALA (P-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
*SHIRAZ (P- DELAWARE/WASHINGTON)
*ZIZI ZABANEH (FLORIDA)
*UNESS (KAZAKHSTAN)
*HOLLY LAMB (P-ENGLAND)
*MORGAN FAY (P-OREGON)
*STELLA (P-ENGLAND)
CREATED 2/3/23, REVISED 3/2/24:
(T=TUTORIAL P=PERFORMANCE)
**CANE or STICK DANCING
***OTHER PROP BALANCING
=============================*JOANA ABEL (P-PENNSYLVANIA)
*BELLADONNA (P-WASHINGTON, DC)
*NAIMAH (P-MARYLAND)
*MELAYA (P-PENNSYLVANIA)
*JU MARCONATO (P-BRAZIL)
*IRINA AKULENKO (T-NEW YORK)
*MELISSA PINA (T-NEW YORK)
*TIAZZA (T-OREGON)
*DIANA BASTET (P-ENGLAND/UKRAINE)
*KAESHI CHAI (P-CALIFORNIA)
*SARASVATI (P 2 3 4 5 6 -ENGLAND)
*CHAYKIT (P-CANADA)
*ANJALI AYALA (P 2-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
*MYRYKA (P-ARIZONA)
*JULIA SUOTO (P-BRAZIL)
*RANIA (P-CONNECTICUT)
*YOSHIKAWA YOKO (P-NEW YORK)
*ARSANALE (FLORIDA)
*CRYSTAL SILMI (P-WASHINGTON, DC)
*HEATHER (P-PENNSYLVANIA)
*RHEA (P-CALIFORNIA)
**BRONWEN (P-OHIO)
*VERUSHKA (P-TEXAS)
**NYLA (P-PENNSYLVANIA)
*ARSANALE (T-FLORIDA)
**SERAYAH (PENNSYLVANIA)
***ZOE JAKES (CALIFORNIA)
***CIANA ARIEL (P-FLORIDA)
*MAGDA (P-FLORIDA)
*SARALYN VINAMA (P-NEVADA)
**VIKA (T-CHILE')
NEW FORMAT: I have recently figured out (d'oy!! duh! d'oh!!) how to load clips and pics from my Kodak EasyShare digital camera (I know, welcome to this century, Brandon...) to my PC and to the net, which'll be seen on my YouTube channel and/or be highlighted in GOLD in the future. Woo-hoo!
:)
NEW!! BRANDON'S OASIS ROLL CALL Of BELLYDANCE CONVENTIONS and COMPETITIONS:
NOTE: as the ongoing pandemic continues, many of what's listed below have been cancelled/postponed, and/or will resume hopefully in 2022...
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*EAST COAST BELLYDANCE FESTIVAL & COMPETITION (VIRGINIA): JANUARY
*TRIBALCON (GEORGIA): FEBRUARY
*USA BELLYDANCE QUEEN COMPETITION (ARIZONA): FEBRUARY
*BELLYDANCER OF THE UNIVERSE COMPETITION (CALIFORNIA): FEBRUARY
*RAKKASAH WEST (CALIFORNIA) : MARCH
*ART OF THE BELLY FESTIVAL (MARYLAND): MARCH
*GEMS OF THE SOUTH COMPETITION (GEORGIA): APRIL
*SPRING CARAVAN (NEW JERSEY): MAY
*DETROIT RAQS BELLYDANCE CONVENTION (MICHIGAN): MAY
*BOCA & SOUL YOGA EXPO (D.C./MD): MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
*BELLYDANCER OF THE YEAR PAGEANT (CALIFORNIA): MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
*CAIRO CARAVAN (CALIFORNIA): JUNE
*MISS BELLYDANCER USA by Jareeda Magazine (OREGON): JUNE
*AUSTIN BELLYDANCE CONVENTION (TEXAS): JUNE
*JEWEL OF THE ORIENT COMPETITION (DELAWARE): JUNE
*RAKKASAH SPRING CARAVAN (NEW JERSEY): JUNE
*MARYLAND BELLYDANCE CONVENTION (MARYLAND):JULY 2014
*STELLAR PRO CHALLENGE (FLORIDA): JULY 2014
*ULTIMATE BELLYDANCER.COM ONLINE COMPETITION (CALIFORNIA): JULY/AUG
*YAA HALLA Y'ALL (TEXAS): AUGUST
*CINCINNATI BELLYDANCE CONVENTION (OHIO): AUGUST
*MIAMI BELLYDANCE CONVENTION (FLORIDA): AUG/SEPT
*LAS VEGAS BELLYDANCE INTENSIVE (NEVADA): SEPTEMBER
*JEWEL OF THE SIERRA COMPETITION (CALIFORNIA): SEPTEMBER
*PROJECT BELLYDANCE ONLINE COMPETITION (CALIFORNIA): SEPT/OCT
*RAKKASAH EAST (NEW JERSEY): OCTOBER
*BEACH BLANKET BELEDI (NORTH CAROLINA): OCTOBER
*HAWAII BELLYDANCE CONVENTION (HAWAII): OCTOBER
*BELLYDANCE NATIONALS COMPETITION (MARYLAND): NOVEMBER
*PITTSBURGH BELLYDANCE FESTIVAL (PENNSYLVANIA): NOVEMBER
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BRANDON'S OASIS BELLYDANCER PHOTOGENESIS GEMS :)
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BRANDON'S FACEBOOK* & FLICKR.COM** KODAK EasyShare PHOTO GALLERIES:
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*THE 2011 FIESTA ASIA (WASHINGTON, D.C.-MAY 21)
*EGYPTIAN SUN's 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW @ JHU-SHRIVER HALL
(BALTIMORE, MD-MAY 7TH)
*2011 ART Of the BELLY-SUNDAY PERFORMANCES (OCEAN CITY, MD-MARCH)
*SAHARA DANCE SALON with BOZENKA (WASHINGTON, D.C.-MARCH)
*2012 ART of the BELLY-FRIDAY/SATURDAY PERFORMANCES (OCEAN CITY, MD)
*MY BRIEF 2012 FIESTA ASIA PIX (N.W. D.C.)
*BOCAFEST 2012 PIX (CHEVY CHASE, MD)
*DC TRIBAL CAFE JUNE @ MELLOW MUSHROOM (N.W. D.C.)
*SAHARA DANCE CARNIVAL @ ARTISPHERE (ROSSLYN, VA)
**2013 FIESTA ASIA @ PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW DC (5/18/13)
**2013 FIESTA ASIA: SET 2 @ PENN. AVE., NW DC (5/8/13)
**2015 EAST COAST BELLYDANCE CLASSIC-HAMPTON, VA FRIDAY (5/29/15)
**2015 THE DC HAFLA (5/29/15)
**2015 ART OF THE BELLY FESTIVAL (5/29/15)
**2015 FIESTA ASIA STREET FAIR-PENNSYLVANIA AVE,. NW (5/29/15)
*2017 ART OF THE BELLY COLLECTS (Others Included via Instagram-5/25/17)
**2018 ART OF THE BELLY COLLECTS-FRI/SAT (3/23&24/18)
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OASIS NEWS & NOTES:
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(8/1) IT's THAT TIME OF DA YEAR AGAIN...
While tempering my anticipations, I'm waltzing into Virgodom with a rush of happiness and appreciations after a rough July that saw me KO'ed for a weekend from work with a unprompted ear ache (but no infection) and dealing with sweltering temps that played havoc with my sinuses, both at home and at work.
Nevertheless, I'm looking to re-energize myself (missed the latest Yayla Bistro Hafla in Falls Church this past Sunday due to selling out while I was ill) and just wanna speed on out of summer on a decent high note, which will include as many bellydancer opps in public as humanly allotable. Wish me luck, I think I'm gonna need it...
(8/1) OASIS HONORS DELAYED A BIT LONGER...
Yeah, sorry abourt that, I'm slipping again. The recent workloads and health snafus has it where I just don't have the same energies to update as I would like, but will try to use the upcoming week to formalize nominees for the Top 3 tier categories in the Oasis Honors 2025, ''aiming'' for an 8/8th reveal.....
(8/1) BLOCKBUSTER NIGHT OF EGYPTIAN FOLKLORIC AWAITS
Faten Salama (VA) does her damnedest to bring the best of the classic forms of Egyptian-style bellydance to this region, has done so for more than a generation now. Tonight will be no exception as KAREEM GAD of Cairo will bring his expertice not onlt to Marymount University (8pm, day of tix available only while they last) in Arlington at the Reinsch Library auditorium (and a very roomy one at that when I went ot see legend Tito Seif perform there a couple years back), but the stylings and energeticness of Faten's dance company, AL MASSRAWEYA perform with local DMV soloists as well. Gad will also spend the weekend offering his workshop brilliance to wrap it as always with any Faten gathering, in a nice historically folkloric bow....
(8/1) NO WORD YETON A RB GALA IN DC....YET....
Of course, fingers and toes crossed, we do know many folks will be heading up to the Big Apple the weekend after, but for now, the 10/3-5 edition has only announced workshops, although that may change after Sahara Dance's Summer Caravan (Imagination Stage, Bethesda on 8/10th 3&6pm/$35) is completed. Stay tuned for further details....
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(9/5) SO BRANDON, YOU'RE SOBER YET? :)~~
As you can imagine, I needed time to unwind (more on that later) after an amazing ''birthday weekendxtension) that started with a juicy, rewarding performance from Lara Adrienne (MD) at Bacchus of Lebanon in Bethesda on Saturday night. Then, I had the fun of watching Rhia (DC) turn up the heat with the staff and always stacked crowd at Vera Cocina's (NE DC) Sunday brunch hafla, doing the double that afternoon.
Then, after grinding through the 1st (and probably last) working on my birthday (Monday 8/25), and spent a nice quiet evening celbrating with online pals and such (and avoiding the increasingly boring stripclub scene in this area), I had arranged a ''daycation'' on Tuesday to attend the excellently mature-themed RVA Tummy Tuesday at Natalie's Taste of Lebanon (Richmond, VA) for a nice ''school noight'' evening hafla before heading home back to DC's Union Station, cementing an awesome birthday stretch unlike many I've had.
Thanks to all participants that made this ever so possible, and looking forward to maybe putting together some form of hafla on my birthday to attend in 2026, celebrating my 35th anniversary of involvement in this awesome art form...
(9/5) AND NOW FOR ''MORE ON THAT LATER'' ISSUE...
Depending on how you look/view the situation, I'm calling it a 50/50 transition that I had to make on the fly at my current employer, no longer working in Georgetown (Saturday was my last day) and moving just up the street and to the west tiwards Bethesda, MD. Gone is haivng to go into work at 4am (now 6am), but now haivng to adjust to both Uber/Lyft-ness and mastering cheaper alt measures through Metro late at night to get there will now be the future for me. Yes, I'm still owrking 6 days a week, but now haivng to get off work at 2p instead of noon, this obviously throws a wrench into attend early afternoon bellydance gigs around the DMV, especially on weekends, and will need to take a ph flyer to pull that off (more on Saturdays than Sundays) and will be getting home for the late 2nd halves of most Commander and NFL games this season, althpough for fantasy purposes, I like to focus on the 4pm and night prime time slate anyways....as always, I will find a way to make it work..... :)~~
(9/5) ''DASHAMANIA'' ON THE VERGE OF INT'L EXPLOSION
More competitions, more titles and a protege' she teaches winning her 1st honors. This is the ordinary progress from an ALMOST 18-year-old. Dasha Villareal Chacon (VEN), last month's birthday bellydancer of the month, performed and took workshops at the Festival Golden Camel weekend late last month at Teatro Don Bosco Altamira, in her 1st competitng as a professional bellydancer and instructor (at Introvert Dance). Chacon, who will be 18 on 9/15th, is poised to expand her bellydance horizons into womanhood, with nothing standing in her way to ''push the envelope'' in making a powerful name for herself as a young woman in the art form in a country that is a lot more enriched with bellydance talent, male and female, than we think, and those workshops in her teen years are now running through her veins to make a mark for future inspirations like her for this generation and well beyond. Congrats and zaghareets, young Princess Dasha, that queen's crown awaits!! :)
(9/5) MORE BELLYDANCE HAPPENINGS POPPING UP AROUND THE AREA
As the summer winds down, many folks who still craves the nightlife are enjoying rotations on late SAT nights at Layli (Fairfax), where dancing starts around 11pm, and Asala (MD/DC) will begin a stint as the proincipal bellydancer on WED nights, starting tonight at 7-9pm at Hemen's Cigar Lounge in Alexandria, VA (not far from Van Dorn Metro-Blue/Yellow Line). KabanaDMN is now going by NOsh Lounge, with bellydancing also on SAT nights, around 1030pm, that night feat. Kalayla (MD). Once again, showing that bellydance has regained its form as a central entertainment postur in nightlife in the DMVD once again.....
And as of this post, Tiffany's (H St, NE) is still doing the once-a-month bellydance serenade, more details as they come across as well...
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UPCOMING SAHARA DANCE WORKSHOPS:
$30-50 + Choice of Live+ Virtual Later On(Hybrid) or Virtual
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LIVE & ONLINE INFO FOR BELLYDANCERS of COLOR
COLLECTIVE: (In Bowie or Lanham, MD)
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WORKSHOP & CLASS INFO @ BORN2DANCE STUDIO:
(In Vienna or Arlington,VA)
(Vienna)
Suzana M's Intro to Bellydance 6-WK COURSE @645-745pm (Vienna)
Victoria Bloom's Intro to Bellydance 6-WK COURSE @645-745pm
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ELECTRIC NOMAD STUDIOS in RICHMOND on WEDNESDAYS @
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Click HERE for more...
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FEATURED BELLYDANCERS @ CAZBAR (Columbia, MD)
*lineup subject to change w/o notice, call 410-528-1222 to verify
NOTE: NOW 1 SHOWS on FRIDAY & SATURDAY staring in July....
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SCHEDULED UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
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COLUMBIA, MD LOCATION, SHOWS AT 830pm:
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9/5 Lara Adrienne
9/6 Crystal Silmi
9/12 Lara Adrienne
9/13 Rhia
9/19 Rhia
9/20 Crystal Silmi
9/26 Rhia
9/27 Lara Adrienne
10/3 Crystal Silmi
10/4 Rhia
10/10 Lara Adrienne
10/11 Shiraz
10/17 Rhia
10/18 Sophianna
10/24 Lara Adrienne
10/25 Rhia
10/31 Crystal Silmi
N. CHARLES ST., BALTIMORE LOCATION
NOW BACK to weekends! Now starting just after 830pm...
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9/5 Crystal Silmi
9/6 Lara Adrienne
9/12&13 Sophianna
9/19 Crystal Silmi
9/20 Lara Adrienne
9/26 Crystal Silmi
9/27 Sophianna
10/3 Sophianna
10/4 Crystal Silmi
10/10 Shiraz
10/11 Lara Adrienne
10/17 Sophianna
10/18 Shiraz
10/24 Sophianna
10/25 Shiraz
10/31 Lara Adrienne
======================================================FEATURED BELLYDANCERS @ BACCHUS for BETHESDA BACCHANALIA (7945 Norfolk Ave, Bethesda, MD)
Shows begin @ 830pm, RSVPs for 8pm, highly suggested + $25min.
spending @bar/tables...
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SEPTEMBER:
5&6 Jacinda Dalal
12&13 Crystal Silmi
19 Leilah Moon
20 Rhia
26 Lara Adrienne
27 Jacinda Dalal
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NOW at PHOENICIA RESTOLOUNGE (VIENNA, VA) on WEEKENDS:
Leilah Moon w/ DJ Sam just after 9pmish...
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SEPTEMBER:
5/6 Bellydancer @ Yalla (NW DC) 10pm
5/6 Bellydancer @Nosh Lounge, u2b Kabana (Arlington, VA) 10pm
5 Bellydancer at MoonLounge (Sterling, VA) 1030pm
5 Bellydancer @ The Lounge at Massaya (Ashburn, VA) 1030pm
6 Bellydancer @ Caspian's Kabob & Grill (Gaithersburg, MD) 730pm
6 Melaya @ The Aladdin (Allentown, PA) 730 & 830pm
6 Bellydancer at Byblos (Gainesville, VA) 730pm
6 Ewelina @ Grand Middle Eastern Lounge (Bryn Mawr, PA) 930pm
BYOB&Food
6 Bellydancer @ Layali (Fairfax, VA) 11pm
6/7 The NEW Weekend Brunch Hafla @ Vera (NE DC) 1230-3pm,
min $35 for RSVP(2nd show now back on SUN, 330-6pm)*
7 Serayah @ Blue Olive (Warrington, PA) Call 215-337-3113 for times
10 Bellydancer @ Hemen's Cigar lounge (Alexandria, VA) 7-9pm
12-14 Zahra Noor present NADA EL MIASRIYA Weekend @ George
Wilson Community Center (Newark, DE): Gala Show 9/12, 8-10
pm, Tix Info TBA
12/13 Bellydancer @ Yalla (NW DC) 10pm
12/13 Bellydancer @Nosh Lounge, u2b Kabana (Arlington, VA) 10pm
12 Bellydancer at MoonLounge (Sterling, VA) 1030pm
12 Bellydancer @ The Lounge at Massaya (Ashburn, VA) 1030pm
13 Moonshine Fall Festival @ STAR Centre (Harve de Grace, MD)
10am-930pm, Workshops in Day, Hafla @ 7pm
13 Bellydancer @ Caspian's Kabob & Grill (Gaithersburg, MD) 730pm
13 Bellydancer at Byblos (Gainesville, VA) 730pm
13 Bellydancer @ Layali (Fairfax, VA) 11pm
13/14 The NEW Weekend Brunch Hafla @ Vera (NE DC) 1230-3pm,
min $35 for RSVP(2nd show now back on SUN, 330-6pm)*
17 Bellydancer @ Hemen's Cigar lounge (Alexandria, VA) 7-9pm
19/20 Bellydancer @ Yalla (NW DC) 10pm
19/20 Bellydancer @Nosh Lounge, u2b Kabana (Arlington, VA) 10pm
19 Bellydancer at MoonLounge (Sterling, VA) 1030pm
19 Bellydancer @ The Lounge at Massaya (Ashburn, VA) 1030pm
20 DMV Bellydancers on 7th & H Street Stage for the 20th H Street
Festival (NE DC) 11am-7pm, Dancers/Times TBA
20 Bellydancer @ Caspian's Kabob & Grill (Gaithersburg, MD) 730pm
20 Bellydancer at Byblos (Gainesville, VA) 730pm
20 Meesha w/ Musical Guests @ Alamodak Arabian Night (Philadel-
phia, PA) 9pm est Tix start at $25
20 Bellydancer @ Layali (Fairfax, VA) 11pm
20/21 The NEW Weekend Brunch Hafla @ Vera (NE DC) 1230-3pm,
min $35 for RSVP(2nd show now back on SUN, 330-6pm)*
24 Bellydancer @ Hemen's Cigar lounge (Alexandria, VA) 7-9pm
26/27 Bellydancer @ Yalla (NW DC) 10pm
26/27 Bellydancer @Nosh Lounge, u2b Kabana (Arlington, VA) 10pm
26 Bellydancer at MoonLounge (Sterling, VA) 1030pm
26 Bellydancer @ The Lounge at Massaya (Ashburn, VA) 1030pm
27 Bellydancer @ Caspian's Kabob & Grill (Gaithersburg, MD) 730pm
27 Bellydancer at Byblos (Gainesville, VA) 730pm
27 Bellydancer @ Layali (Fairfax, VA) 11pm
27/28 The NEW Weekend Brunch Hafla @ Vera (NE DC) 1230-3pm,
min $35 for RSVP(2nd show now back on SUN, 330-6pm)*
30 RVA Tummy Tuesday @ Natalie's Taste of Lebanon (Richmond, VA)
7-9pm, pre-fixed menu offered
OCTOBER:
1 Bellydancer @ Hemen's Cigar lounge (Alexandria, VA) 7-9pm
3-5 Sahara Dance presents RACHEL BRICE WEEKEND in the DMV!!
(Further Details Forthcoming...)
3/4 Bellydancer @ Yalla (NW DC) 10pm
3/4 Bellydancer @Nosh Lounge, u2b Kabana (Arlington, VA) 10pm
3 Bellydancer at MoonLounge (Sterling, VA) 1030pm
3 Bellydancer @ The Lounge at Massaya (Ashburn, VA) 1030pm
4 Bellydancer @ Caspian's Kabob & Grill (Gaithersburg, MD) 730pm
4 Bellydancer at Byblos (Gainesville, VA) 730pm
4 Bellydancer @ Layali (Fairfax, VA) 11pm
4/5 The NEW Weekend Brunch Hafla @ Vera (NE DC) 1230-3pm,
min $35 for RSVP(2nd show now back on SUN, 330-6pm)*
10-12 RACHEL BRICE in NYC presented by BellyQueen (New York
City, NY)
10/11 Bellydancer @ Yalla (NW DC) 10pm
10/11 Bellydancer @Nosh Lounge, u2b Kabana (Arlington, VA) 10pm
10 Bellydancer at MoonLounge (Sterling, VA) 1030pm
10 Bellydancer @ The Lounge at Massaya (Ashburn, VA) 1030pm
11 Bellydancer @ Caspian's Kabob & Grill (Gaithersburg, MD) 730pm
11 Bellydancer at Byblos (Gainesville, VA) 730pm
11 Bellydancer @ Layali (Fairfax, VA) 11pm
11/12 The NEW Weekend Brunch Hafla @ Vera (NE DC) 1230-3pm,
min $35 for RSVP(2nd show now back on SUN, 330-6pm)*
12 Kalayla: Yayla Bistro Hafla (W. Falls Church, VA) 6-9pm RSVP Early
26 Amustela: Online Spooktactular IV via Crowdcast 7pm FREE
28 RVA Tummy Tuesday @ Natalie's Taste of Lebanon (Richmond, VA)
7-9pm, pre-fixed menu offered
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