Tribe.net. Local Connections Etta http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#1eae9861-36ba-4fa1-b3db-0ff6189cca5c 2009-06-17T18:58:31Z 2009-06-17T18:58:31Z

Leesahh...I completely visualized that narration...you should check into getting a tv show. I almost snorted Red Bull through my nose!

Etta 2009-06-17T18:58:31Z MissTrixsta http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#44892363-109c-4b66-8926-9170a3121bf5 2009-06-17T17:39:24Z 2009-06-17T17:38:14Z

Hi Sandi, When you mix this up with a shoulder shimmy is this usually done in triplets or singles? Thank you!

MissTrixsta 2009-06-17T17:38:14Z Rebekah http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#b48c16e4-8b06-4139-b8b8-435f9a21287b 2009-04-29T07:29:12Z 2009-04-29T07:29:12Z

Aww...but glass doors are good for watching yourself in while you practise...just think of how much more productive you'd be if you could wiggle and calculate at the same time!!!

Rebekah 2009-04-29T07:29:12Z Leesahh http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#d1421fb6-6ec7-4026-b230-662fdfe5e084 2009-04-29T06:17:30Z 2009-04-29T06:17:30Z

Yeah, that is totally what it is like. How funny?!?! (in the discovery channel- Mike Rowe voice..........) .....and here we have the rare species, not often seen in her native environment, the bellydancing financial aid officer - crunching numbers while thinking of hip drops and costuming spectacles. look as she STARES into the computer screen disecting a movement, all while calculating the cost of attendance for a transfer student next academic year................ that is SO me! stoopid day job!!

Leesahh 2009-04-29T06:17:30Z Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#e39124e4-152d-422b-afb0-7b515bd0f969 2009-04-28T20:56:16Z 2009-04-28T20:56:16Z

Ah, you're in your own zoo encasement! :D

Sandi 2009-04-28T20:56:16Z Leesahh http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#ec7df03f-de11-4cb4-94e8-4f829758d244 2009-04-28T20:33:15Z 2009-04-28T20:33:15Z

Awesome! Thanks for the lowdown Sandi. MUAH!! It totally sounds like fun. I'm going to try it out tonight. I would try it right now, but my new office has a glass door and faces the main walkway ; )

Leesahh 2009-04-28T20:33:15Z Sandi http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#955efcb5-9068-484a-a168-1c8038d19570 2009-04-28T19:03:15Z 2009-04-28T19:03:15Z

That is a level using alternating hips full-time to go down and double-time to come up. That is not really recognized as a "move", but is in the repertoire as a level variation, I suppose. Its one of those moves that conserves energy and pulls the eye in to focus on the small movements of the hips. Kind of a specialty move and you have to be pretty connected with your partner to sync up properly. The cue to go into the level is arms out at shoulder level and going up on the balls of the feet. The hips can go full time or dbl-time for the whole sequence or split, like in the video, which is most commonly used. Sometimes we mix it up and do alternating hips down and shoulder shimmy up or vice versa. Its playful, yet really helps us out when the music is really fast and don't want to blow our energy out.

Sandi 2009-04-28T19:03:15Z Leesahh http://ATS.tribe.net/thread/3474c456-00bc-4896-a088-7d241ce98e32#b0bbafae-b1e0-4acd-be79-18c2cd5da3c4 2009-04-28T18:38:06Z 2009-04-28T18:38:06Z

I asked about this move back in the thread about Red Lotus' performance at Rakassah, but I think it got lost in the shuffle. Figured it was time to give the question it's own thread. What is this move??? It begins at about 5:54 of the Red Lotus performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJa6IFkRDW0 It looks like a hip drop on each side for 8 counts with a level change and then 8 counts of shimmying up. I saw the move about a week before I saw the Red Lotus vid, on FCBD Vol 5 DVD. I don't ever remember learning it in GS or TT, or seeing it on DVDs 1,4, or 7. Looks like alot of fun though. I wanna try if it is still in the FCBD format. What's the name of this sucker? And, is there a cue? Thanks!

Leesahh 2009-04-28T18:38:06Z