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Comment: this was only the 2nd annual Tribo, but it was so well run I thought it had been going on for years.
Day 1:
This was SOOOO much fun! It started out hairy because Humberto was moving through & it was raining like mad. Luckily, it moved on through by night & cleared up for the rest of the weekend. Lachelle & I got there in time to take Kami Liddle's Bhangra class, which was really hard. It's not that the moves were difficult, but the movement was constant for 2 hours. I am sweating just thinking about it. Next I attended the Business for Artists class with Michael. It was very interesting class - glad I took it. It gave me a lot to think about. I also was able to get the handout from the previous business class, Internet Promoting with Style & Ethics with Asim. It was very informative - I was glad to get it sonce I wanted to go to the class but couldn't.
The Fri show was mainly Raquy & the Cavemen - AWESOME! AMAZING! What else can I say? Zafira & Awalim danced in the show - both performances were great entertainment. Awalim did the most beautiful veil number. I have never seen anyone spin so many times. It was just beautiful... Zafira was really great too. They did the smoothest moves - looked so cool. Not surprisingly, they taught the Smoot Moves class on Sunday :-) There were also some sea chanties, some humorous interludes, and more excellent dancers. The first day was pretty good for such a rainy, yucky day. We went to bed after the show, being really tired & all. The sleeping bag was very cozy & I slept like a log. Poor Lachelle was sick with a bad cold, so I don't think she slept too good.
I should also mention that the food was a wondserful surprise. It was WAY better than I expected!
Day 2:
Up early & off to the chow hall, where I was stunned to find NO COFFEE except what could be purchased for $3 to $5. AND the cups wetre small. This is really the only complaint I had & I'll definitely be letting Onca know. I look at coffee as a staple, no coffee is like no salt! Anyway, Lachelle & I went into town & got a really good cup at The Dripolator :-)
We hit the vendor tent when we got back, since nothing in the first round of classes stuck our interest. Excellent vending too, I must say! I saw the most beautiful belt ever at one booth, hung a round for a bit waiting for the proprietor, then wandered off planning to return for it. 15 minutes later I turned around & saw Kami Liddle walk by with it on!!! She said she just bought it, I could have cried. I whined some & she told me the vendor was making another. Zing! Back to the booth, where I chatted with the vendor - Tricia tribes.tribe.net/triciastreasures - tried on the new belt, pins & all - & bought it before she finished it. I felt so lucky to be able to buy it from her. What a great costume artist! I also nabbed a fan for the fan class & a Baraka Mundi tank :-) Plus browsed through some fab stuff for the rest of the hour.
Next was swords with Zafira www.zafiradance.com/ - the best class of the whole weekend & no mistake! We just started swords in my regular classes & have spent most of our time learning to balance, with some floor work recently. This class was all about how to handle & move the sword in space. There was also a short choreo with the moves we learned AND they gave handouts! I love handouts! I would have been happy to stay in this class for another 2 hours. The ladies that taught the class, Olivia & Maria, had such good chemistry it made me feel good just to be near them! It carried into their performance too. That alone was a good lesson for me.
After lunch, off to Layering Tribal Fusion with Kami. This was an excellent class too - lots of tips on how to practice layering & different layering drills. I was glad that she also put a great focus on posture. She was wearing "my" belt, which I just kept looking at & admiring. What a cool find!
Last class of the day was Fan Fusion with Onca - it was really fun. I am sure that we will be adding some fans into some of our choreos. One of the best things about this class was Onca. She made the class fun & interesting. I didn't get a picture of her & me for my "teacher & me" collection because there a big rush to get busy on the Sat show when the class ended. Stuff got added on Sat because of ther rain Fri.
The Sat show was another awesome one. I was able to get front row seats for all 3 of us since I got to the theater really early. I left my dance notebook there after the fan class & rushed back to get it after I got dresses. I helped put out chairs since I was so early & as a bonus - front row seats! LALALALALA There was a lot of variety in dance styles & music in the show, making it even better. I really enjoyed it! There is going to be a DVD of it, which I am dying to get. I hope the DVD is as good as the Southern Fusion DVD of the Mardi show (last April?). The fire show started right after the performaces, then there was late night pizza in the chow hall, plus some drumming & dancing.
It was freezing, but I didn't care. I was so exhilarated by the great classes & excellent performances that I hardly felt the cold. My sleeping bag was real cozy & I slept like a log - again! I was sad the Lachelle had to go home (SICK) & that she missed the show.
Day 3 & Last:
Got up kind of early, packed. Johnna & I ate breakfast, then headed into town for some coffee - yum! Did I mention that Chef Oso makes the best scones in the world? Well, he does! I picked up my new belt after breakfast - SO FABULOUS!!!! Tricia wasn't there so I couldn't thank her - had to come back! I also picked up a Tribeoriginal shirt. I forgot to get one Sat!! Duh! They were right next to the Baraka Mundi shirts, but I was too dang focused on 1 thing as usual.
I had a major dilemma for the first class - beginning doumbek with River or Smooth Moves with Zafira.... I ended up in Smooth Moves, since my focus right now is dance. I'll take the drum clases next year :-) Smooth Moves was a very good class, but the area was too small I am sorry to say. I still learned a lot & Zafira gave us handouts again. Yea! There was more layering, which was easier after the layering intensive from yesterday. I guess that it sinks from your mind into your body or something. OK, I'm not saying it was EASY but it seemed not as hard as yesterday.
Lunch was again fabulous - I got a tofu burrito, which was really tasty. They had some excellent salsa. The desserts were ... yummm. OK, back to the vendors. I wanted to thank Tricia for finishing the belt & for making such a beautiful thing. I also wanted to see Papa ???, who I heard had some amazing jewelry. Kami had bought a really cool headpiece, the likes of which I have never seen. I hadn't seen that table because they were covered every time I went in. So, I finally got to see his stuff. Wow. I have never seen a collection of tribal jewelry. There were tables & stacks of it, beautiful shapes, so many different types of bracelets, rings, neck pieces, head gear, and stuff I had no idea what it could be for :-) Unfortunately I was out of $$$. :-( Still, it was fun looking through the piles of cool stuff. Tricia was still not there...
Off to Dancing in 6/8 with Kamille of Rockabelly rockabelly.tribe.net/, last class of the day - ANOTHER excellent class! I learned how to count the music, which is a good thing to know. We did foot work, walking moves, zils, arms, and seems like other stuff too :-) I got yet another perspective on dancing! After the class, Kamille talked to some of us about how to work on floor flat back lay-backs. I have already started practicing the stretches & after-work she recommended. She really did the most amazing floor work in the Sat night show.
Back to the vendor tent! I had written a thank you note for Tricia, since I was pretty sure I would not be able to thank her in person but there she was - I gave her my note & then thanked her in person too. Then, out to the car & off home!
It was a truly great weekend. I am ready for next year!
To do different next year:
Take less food (I ate nothing that I brought)
Take less water (I only drank half a case, took 2 cases)
Don't take sheets, only the bag & a pillow
Don't take clothes line, just wooden drying rack
Take a mini coffee maker for the cabin
Keep my clothes in the bag with me if it's cold
Leave earlier on Friday!.
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