Sorry, I don't have a proper post for you yet...just a few lol's from John Mayer.

Pimpin' w/ Kanye

Chocolate rain

this is dance

watch THIS

A woman can communicate her being at any age...and the ones with more years seem to know better, and be better at it.

:)

Some other good ones:
fans/shawls
shawl
group shawl
castanets...wooden zills?
complete with ear floreos...lol...

i'm on youtube!

Check it out!

first gig ever!

We had so much fun. I have to say, the majority of the audience were husbands of the Tribe, but I didn't think it was a bad thing. It made for a very relaxed atmosphere. A public performance is nerve-racking enough. It always helps for budding performers to have cheerleaders outnumber the critics.

I think our enthusiasm really transferred over to those who just stopped in for a cup of brew and to view the display of local photography. People could tell we loved what we did. And they appreciated it--they were facinated. It made me very happy.

All things considered, I think I conveyed my solo well. It's a process. Last year I attempted the back bend, this year I could actually do it...and several times! Go me!

I do have videos of virtually all the performances, but for some reason they would not load on Blogger, even after letting it load for 6 hours. I'll keep trying to figure something out.

(Thanks to the O family for all the encouragement and the wondering awe.)

:)

performance prep and pennies from heaven

This was the first headdress I tried for the Dec. 4 performance. I thought it was awesome, but a little 2005. The next day, I tried again, bringing everything down by my neck and ears (where The Indigo is wearing it these days).

I was so excited! But in the process of practicing, I realized just how out of shape I am. My knees were sore each time I went down for level work, my arms couldn't stay up too long, and I was easily winded. Rather than take it easy, I decided to work harder.

I think it paid off. My stamina is growing as is my skill. And I have dropped a few pounds since I really started drilling. I was telling Will last night that this Tribe is a huge reply to the intentions that I set almost a year ago. Everything about it is perfect! What's interesting is how many other women had the same desire all at once. I guess I must have been picking up on something cosmic.

Speaking of the cosmos and intentions, I have recently been trying to get back into the principles I learned from Remembering Wholeness by Carol Tuttle. I have a friend or two who roll their eyes at EFT, but I had a lot of really great results last year as I was testing it, and I don't know why I ever stopped--I have been miserable since.

I tried the Penny Game that Tuttle suggested for those who have a "low money vibration." The day before yesterday, I asked my Angels to place a penny in my path so that I could rejoice and build my confidence in asking for prosperity. Yesterday, just as I was leaving the apartment, I looked to the neighbor's side of the porch and fixated on a knot in the wood grain. I thought I saw...but no, I'm late...but wait...is it? IT WAS! It was a penny! Just one copper cent! I was so excited, and not at all surprised.

As soon as I got in the car, I shouted "I just found the root of a million dollars! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" While searching for my sunglasses, I found a dime. I laughed and said aloud, "Wow! I just found ten times the root of a million dollars!" I promptly thanked my Angels for helping us obtain the means or circumstances that would allow us to pay the rest of our bills this month.

Finally, I am faced with gathering my faith to ask the universe for that which I truly desire. For some reason I have been hesitating--stalling. Frightened that I will lose it all again...as I thought I did before...but the fact is, I never lost what I had last year...I just stopped asking.