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December 31, 2007 - Haala was the featured dancer at Taverna Agora in Raleigh this evening for a special New Year's Eve celebration! The festivites included a live band, performances by Haala, a complimentary champagne toast at midnight, and party favors. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a fun evening - Opa! December 15, 2007 - Haala's Holiday Hafla! Haala hosted a local holiday-themed bellydance event for students and teachers in the area. We enjoyed refreshments, performances, live music by John Price and other local percussionists, shopping at Amara's Costume Emporium and a Swap Table hosted by Audra Evans. Very special thanks to Mara of the Cary Bellydance Meetup for helping me organize this event! December 15, 2007 - Haala made her debut at Taverna Agora for a special Greek Night, which also featured live bouzuki playing, Taverna Agora's delicious Greek cuisine and selection of fine wines. Opa! December 4, 2007 - Haala performed at the Windsor Point Christmas Party in Fuquay-Varina this evening. It was a large gala and also featured roaming minstrels and magicians.  December 1, 2007 - Haala was invited to perform at an evening benefit concert sponsored by Blue Moon Dance Company in Raleigh.
All proceeds went to Mercy Corps' efforts to aid women and children in the war-ravaged region of Darfur. The benefit raised $1700 for Mercy Corps!!! Thanks to everyone who attended and donated so generously to the cause
Photo Credit: Megan Freeman. November 3, 2007 - Baby Shower in Chapel Hill (6:15-6:45pm), then a 40th Birthday party in Cary at 7:30ishpm. (both are private events). Pictures coming soon! October 28, 2007 - Haala and students were invited to perform at a local student hafla in Durham. 7:00-9:00pm. October 26, 2007 - Renowned percussionist Souhail Kaspar returned to North Carolina for a hafla featuring live music, refreshments and dancing. Haala was very honored to perform at this event. Pictures coming soon! 
October 20, 2007 - Haala returned for her fourth year in a row at Blue Moon Dance Company's Haflaween, a Halloween-themed event in Durham. This event sold out over 2 months in advance!
Photo Credit: Woodland Willow Photography. 
September 22, 2007 - NCBellydance.org 6th Anniversary Hafla at Galaxy Cinema in Cary, sponsored by Belly Revelations. Haala is the webmistress for NCBellydance.org and performed for this annual fundraising event, along with talented dancers from all over the state of North Carolina. I am always very grateful to Belly Revelations for throwing these fabulous events each year, and for their generous contributions to our local dance community.
Photo Credit: Megan Freeman. September 8, 2007 - Evening performance and lesson for a bride-to-be's bachelorette party. (private event). 
August 31, 2007 - Haala was invited to perform in the Turbo Hips Show and Dance Party, featuring Karim "Turbo Tabla" Nagi and Yasmine and the Magic Hips Dancers!
She debuted an original choreography to the music of Hakim. At the end of the evening, all the dancers were brought back on stage to dance impovisationally to Karim's drumming.
Photo Credit: Carl Miller Photography July 15, 2007 - Afternoon Birthday Party (private event). July 14, 2007 - Blue Moon Dance Company's "Flashback" Hafla in RTP/Durham. July 5, 2007 - Haala taught bellydance at a Ladies Fitness Party in Cary (private event). June 29, 2007 - Colorful Waves Farewell Hafla for Kalila, Triangle Dance Studio, Durham (near RTP). June 21, 2007 - Haala conducted a morning Team-Building event for RTP tech company. 
June 2-3, 2007 - Haala and other members of the Colorful Waves Dance Troupe performed at the NBC17 Fitness Fair, demonstrating how belly dance can be used as part of a fitness program. Bellydance is a great low-impact aerobic exercise, perfect for toning muscles and losing excess weight!
April 28, 2007 - Gala Hafla featuring a live performance by the famous musicians Souhail Kaspar and Dr. A.J. Racy in Greensboro. It was an honor to dance to their music!
March 30 - April 15, 2007 - Haala performed as part of the Colorful Waves Dance Troupe, under the direction of Shahzaadee, at the annual North Carolina
Renaissance Faire in Raleigh. Her husband led the musicians in the live music set, with newborn baby boy on stage beside them (sleeping peacefully the entire time).
December 9, 2006 - Holiday Hafla at UUFR, 3313 Wade Avenue, Raleigh. A collaboration among myself and other local teachers, we presented a festive holiday hafla (party), which included student and teacher performances, live drumming and dancing, refreshments, and a very popular swap table. It was also a benefit for Source Force, a local non-profit charity organization. This was Haala's last public performance before the baby comes in February! 
November 11, 2006 - Haala performed at the NCBellydance.org Fifth Anniversary Hafla, sponsored by Belly Revelations, in Raleigh. There was an excellent Turkish workshop with Artemis Mourat earlier that same day.
Photo Credit: Woodland Willow Photography. October 21, 2006 - This was Haala's third consecutive appearance at Haflaween, sponsored by Blue Moon Dance Company. Haala performed an original choreography with 8 members of her Continuing Bellydance class. The event sold out a month in advance and was an amazing night of performances. One of my favorite events in the area! (pictures posted soon). October 18, 2006 - Haala presented an Introductory Workshop and Demonstration for students and faculty at Vance Granville Community College, Franklin Campus, Louisburg, NC. (pictures posted soon) October 14, 2006 - Haala presented a demonstration of Middle-Eastern Dance at an International Festival in Garner. And with guest artist Shekky Hakim, she also played Middle-Eastern percussion earlier that afternoon.  September 10, 2006, Haala danced an original choreography using Isis Wings at Clare Smith's
Hafla (Haala is 15 weeks pregnant at this point). There are more
pictures of all these events in the Photo Gallery.
July 2, 2006, Haala danced at the Festival for the Eno in Durham this year as a special guest of
Belly Revelations! Bellydance for a very good cause. (Haala is 6 weeks pregnant at this point). There are more
pictures of all these events in the Photo Gallery.
Saturday, June 24 - Haala and students were invited to perform at Blue Moon Dance Company's student hafla. We performed a veil choreography to the music of Hamam: The Turkish Bath soundtrack. A wonderful time was had by all! Thanks to Blue Moon for inviting us. 
Friday, June 16 - Haala danced at Marrakesh every Friday evening. This was the last evening she performed before taking maternity leave. She was accompanied by her husband Idris on drums, and there was also a DJ spinning dance music throughout the evening.
There will be a variety of other dancers filling in for Haala the rest of the year, and she plans to return in summer 2007 after her baby is born.
 Saturday, May 13, 2006 - Haala and Shahzaadee were the featured Belly Dancers at Mediterranean Nights, presented
by Layalina Entertainment. For more information on Layalina Entertainment, visit Layalinanights.com.
Tuesday, April 25 - Haala presented an Introductory Bellydance Workshop at Louisburg Community College in Louisburg, NC. The workshop was open to all students and staff of the college. Saturday, April 22 - Haala and Shahzaadee (of Eternal Oasis) performed a duet at the Blue Moon Dance Company's Spring Hafla. The theme was "Broadway/TV/Show Tunes" and we performed in gold coin bedlah costumes to the tune of "Big Spender". It was a very fun night, filled with wonderful performances by the belly dance community. April 18, 2006, Haala presented an educational demonstration of Middle-Eastern dance to students at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh. April 1 - 9, 2006, Haala performed as part of the 2006 Colorful Waves Dance Troupe at the NC Renaissance Fair in Raleigh, under the direction of Shahzaadee. We performed three different sets each day, one with all live music! There were Egyptian and Turkish Oriental and folkloric styles represented, as well as veil, sword, cane, and drum solos. Pictures from this year's performance coming soon. Saturday, April 8 - Haala performed at a private wedding reception in Raleigh in the evening. She wishes Dana and Chris all the happiness and joy in their new life together :) Friday, April 7, and Friday, March 31, 2006 - Haala danced at Marrakesh this evening. She would like to thank all the Middle-Eastern drummers who attended and played a drum solo for the end of her set - there is nothing quite like dancing to live music! Friday, March 24, 2006 - Haala had two gigs in Raleigh this evening. First she danced at Marrakesh in Raleigh at 9pm. Then she was the featured bellydancer at Maanjri Lounge as part of Layalina Nights' Around the World International Party.  Thanks to Eddie and all the DJs for a wonderful time!
They hold these parties every month, and I highly recommend them -- if I wasn't performing I would have gone anyway!
Friday, March 17, 2006 - Haala did a special St. Patrick's day performance at Marrakesh in Raleigh. She wore green and included a Loreena McKennitt song (Marco Polo) as part of the evening's regular Middle Eastern dance performance. For her drum solo, she was accompanied by her husband on tabla ("doumbek") as well as an Egyptian student and other audience members playing tabla! Friday, March 10, 2006 - Haala danced at Marrakesh in Raleigh. Friday, March 3, 2006 - Haala performed for the first time at Marrakesh and had a wonderful time! She would like to thank all her students and friends for coming out to support her in her new venue. 
Friday, February 24, 2006 - Haala performed at Aladdin's in Chapel Hill. The DJ (Duncan) is really wonderful
and I would highly recommend him if you have a Middle-Eastern themed party or event coming up.
Saturday, February 25, 2006 - Haala was one of the performers at the Shimmy South Gala Event, featuring Saqra and sponsored by Belly Revelations. The performance took place place at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Holhouser Building in Raleigh. You can see pictures of her veil dancing from the show around this website. 
On Thursday, December 15, Haala hosted a Holiday Hafla Open House at the Anahata Healing Center in Cary,
where she teaches bellydance classes. There were light refreshments, holiday-appropriate
dances, and live and recorded music for dancing. Students got up to free dance with Haala, and a few brave souls (Vera
and Martha) did the student choreography they had learned earlier in the Fall.
Saturday, November 12, Haala performed at the 4th Anniversary of Ncbellydance.org, the website she runs for Middle Eastern dance and music in North Carolina. She performed a solo Egyptian choreography, then returned later in the evening to perform a group veil dance set to the music of Silent Night, which was choreographed by Shahzaadee of Eternal Oasis. A wonderful evening! Saturday, November 5, Haala danced at Aladdin's on 153 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. There was also a DJ spinning Mediterranean dance tunes! |
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