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Jan. 13th, 2010 02:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I just got this from Sabrina, concerning belly dancing at the Middle East:
Dear Dancers,
I regretfully must inform you all that, effective immediately, due to the economic situation, the management has decided to discontinue belly dancing as we have had it on Sunday and Wednesday evenings and will be replacing the entertainment on those nights with other kinds, of which it seems not yet certain of what that will be.
This is my last and saddest email to you from this yahoo group, which I am now dismantling.
Thank you for being your beautiful dancing selves!
Warmly,
Sabrina
Words cannot express how awful this is. The Middle East was synonymous with continuity in the dance scene in Boston. We all had our occasional complaints and issues, but it felt like bedrock nonetheless. And I don't know where beginning dancers will get their restaurant experience. How much could the nights have cost them? Why not cut back to just one night, why cut both?
Fuck. Guess I don't have to keep working on my set for this Sunday...
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Dear Dancers,
I regretfully must inform you all that, effective immediately, due to the economic situation, the management has decided to discontinue belly dancing as we have had it on Sunday and Wednesday evenings and will be replacing the entertainment on those nights with other kinds, of which it seems not yet certain of what that will be.
This is my last and saddest email to you from this yahoo group, which I am now dismantling.
Thank you for being your beautiful dancing selves!
Warmly,
Sabrina
Words cannot express how awful this is. The Middle East was synonymous with continuity in the dance scene in Boston. We all had our occasional complaints and issues, but it felt like bedrock nonetheless. And I don't know where beginning dancers will get their restaurant experience. How much could the nights have cost them? Why not cut back to just one night, why cut both?
Fuck. Guess I don't have to keep working on my set for this Sunday...
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Date: 2010-01-13 07:28 pm (UTC)Grrr.
My guess is that with the death of so many club/music venues in Boston thanks to Menino's laws, that the ME has more than enough live music to bring in as often as they could manage it.
But it seems so silly -- The Middle East is such a mainstay, and they have so many other rooms/venues for other acts. What about all the regulars that come for Weds/Sun nights?
I hope they come to their senses. :(
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Date: 2010-01-13 07:50 pm (UTC)I would never try to Salsa in that crowded space, even if I could Salsa...
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Date: 2010-01-13 07:36 pm (UTC)Could you guys start your own night somewhere...or start planning regular hafli at a studio or community center that would be somewhat comparable?
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Date: 2010-01-13 09:08 pm (UTC)This would be - not to replace the restaurant experience - but to replace the "make your won set and get to perform very traditonal/Egyptian stuff that doesn't go over well in other places."
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Date: 2010-01-13 07:45 pm (UTC)The suggestion was made to have your own community hafli, but I know that's not the same thing; most hafli are not paying gigs and it's a very different atmosphere.
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Date: 2010-01-20 08:54 pm (UTC)just saw this posted on facebook by Peter Franx
Date: 2010-01-22 08:24 pm (UTC)Peter Franx
We never stopped having belly dancing at the Middle East and we never will. Any information to the contrary is false. We gonna try to to make it better than ever! If anyone is interested in dancing please check mideastclub.com and click the corner link :)
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