[Ansteorra] Middle Eastern Symposium and Steppes Middle Eastern Dance Championship at Steppes Warlord

Dale, Richard N DaleRN at aetna.com
Tue May 4 20:45:52 PDT 2010


Greetings one and all, in addition to the traditional competitionss held at Steppes Warlord this year we are having a Middle Eastern Symposium in conjunction with the Middle Eastern Theme for the event. We have classes in different aspects of Middle Eastern Dance from the beginner to more advanced classes. Classes in different on different topics regarding Middle Eastern Life in the middle ages and music classes for any person for any level of drummer.

During the hafla Saturday night we will have a Middle Eastern Dance Competition for the Steppes Middle Eastern Dance Champion with exhibition and free dancing afterwards.Rain or shine the Hafla and the competition will take place as both are in the hall Saturday night.

Here are the rules for the Steppes Baronial Middle Eastern dance competition:
Documentation is encourage and not required
Please use 'period appropriate' music if you choose to utilize "canned" music rather than live musician.
There is a time limit for each piece not to exceed 4 minutes.
And finally, we encourage and invite all ranges of dancers. We will have a novice and advanced category as well as allow exhibition only.
Also we need rugs to cover the floor of the civic center bring out your rugs to the event and bring a Middle eastern decor not only to the Hafla but also to the whole event.

Here is a list of classes for the Middle Eastern Symposium. Please check our event website for more details and updated list of classes at http://steppes.ansteorra.org/WarlordXXXVII/

Class List:
Beggining Belly Dancing
Tassel Making
Middle Eastern Documentation
Begining Veil Technique
Middle Eastern Games
Simple 12th to 13th Century Costuming
Drumming for Dancers and Dancing for Drummers
Debunking Middle Eastern Myths
16th century Safavid's women clothing
Advanced Sword and Candle Class
Tangine Cooking
So you wanna be a drummer?
Introduction to drumming
Lamellar Armor making
From Toes to Tushee: How to incorporate different levels in your middle eastern dance.
Bhangra/Bollywood Dance Class
Advanced Drumming techniques
open discussion and forum on judging Middle Eastern Dance competitions


Come and experience part of the Middle East at Steppes Warlord!



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