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[alonewiththemoon]

I need to work on my piece for the hafli on Sunday, I even gave up social events tonight to do so, but I've hit a big wall of I-just-can't-ness...  Hopefully resting tonight and rehearsing tomorrow will be the most productive thing to have done anyway.  I did just get hit with brilliant inspiration for next Saturday's NBDA benefit show--I wasn't that thrilled with the music I had chosen, it was a long drum solo that I picked mostly because it was called The Cat's Meow and the benefit is for the Animal Rescue League, and then I learned that I had a ten minute slot rather than a five minute slot, so I'm doing something I'm much happier with (and will require less prep effort as well).  It's Siouxsie's cover of Trust in Me (keeping with an animal theme) and the Hidiyya Hindiyya drum solo from one of the Nourhan rhythm cds, and wear my leopard print costume and be queen of the jungle.  Between that and Oddville Vaudeville it will be a campy, campy kind of day.  The kind of day that will be good for me.

Sigh.  I guess I'll run through Sunday's thing just twice.  I ate an energy bar on the way home so I owe myself those calories anyway...

edited to add: I did it three times, yay me! *thud*

Comments

[atalanta.livejournal.com]

hey, do you read Forthright's journal?

[alonewiththemoon]

nope, who is that?

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Awesome song choice!

[alonewiththemoon]

Yeah, I'm very glad it occurred to me :-) Do you know the Hidiyya Hindiyya drum solo? It's off the Advanced Arabic Rhythms cd, I think. It's a 7/8 and fits really well with the syncopations of Trust in Me. I'm being a little more camp than goth for this performance, but it's a set list I'll keep in mind for other gothier performances.

[kinadancer.livejournal.com]

wow, you're so disciplined. I've done nothing but sloth my way through the week. I don't think I'll perform tomorrow. It kind of takes away from the thing to have one of the performers dropping half way through the set.

[alonewiththemoon]

Well, this is the problem with deciding to dance to non-ME music that I've never danced to before--it needs prep, no getting around it :-/ And really the only way I got myself to practice was guilt-tripping myself over the calories already consumed for it. Today, though, I've had ten hours of sleep and feel much better :)

It sounds like you've been much sicker than I have, my cough is slowly tapering away at this point and i don't think I'll need to see a doctor. Take care of yourself! Are you still performing with Tribal Storm?

[kinadancer.livejournal.com]

Nope, but am going to be there to cheer everyone on. I'm so proud of the troupe, they've come up with modifications that should be pretty cool. I expect that there will be no one else doing the same music as you for the NBDA thing :-)

[belledejour.livejournal.com]

Siouxsie's cover of Trust in Me

LOVE that song!!! it would definitely lend itself to bellydancing.