Sashi and Nandana from Blue Moon Dance Company at Haflaween 2008
(Photo Credit: Megan Freeman)
(Photo Credit: Megan Freeman)
Judging by the number of Halloween-themed bellydance events that have cropped up in recent years, you could almost say that Halloween is the unofficial National Bellydancer's Holiday!
It's not hard to see why -- we love to dress up, to become a different personality for a night, to try something new and different, and of course to eat sweet treats! Halloween gives dancers a chance to channel a different part of our personalities as well -- to become more spooky, more silly, or just more extreme.
No matter where you are in North Carolina, there's a Halloween bellydance event nearby:
Saturday, October 24 - the Concord Area Bellydance Meetup will be hosting Haflaween at Diversity Den Cafe, 16- Concord Commons, Suite D1, in Concord.
Saturday, October 24 - The Gypsy Sun in Surf City will be the location for Haunted Haflaween.
Saturday, October 24 - Blue Moon Dance Company presents their popular Haflaween at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliott Rd., Chapel Hill. (This event is already sold out).
Friday, October 30 - Colorful Waves Dance Troupe presents Monster Mash - a Halloween dance party and costume contest at Triangle dance studio, 2603 S. Miami Blvd. Durham (near RTP).
Saturday, October 31 - Rising Sun Tribe presents the Darkside of the Sun Hafla, Mountain View Rec. Center, 645 First St., in Morganton.
Saturday, October 31 - Bellydancers Night Out: All-Hallows Eve, Fig Cafe and Hookah Lounge, 253 Westwood Shopping Center, Fayetteville.
Sunday, November 1 - The Happy Hips childrens dance troupe will be hosting a Halloween Hafla at Barriskill Dance in Durham. I have included their ad below because I just love the image of the pumpkin with a hipscarf!
To get more information about all of these events (as well as other non-Halloween events this month), visit http://www.ncbellydance.org/upcoming.html
Please post in the comments and let me know where YOU are planning to spend your Halloween this year!
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