NC Belly Dance Photo Contest & Album!

We are compiling a "2012 Year In Pictures" photo album for our Facebook fan page and the NCBellydance.org website and would love to include your dance photo!

You can also vote for "The Most Liked NC Belly Dance Photo of 2012" - the photo that receives the most "likes"  will be displayed on the main page of NCBellydance.org AND the cover page of the Facebook fan page for the entire month of January absolutely free! (regular retail value: $40)

To qualify to be included in the 2012 Year in Pictures Photo Album:

1. You must be a dancer currently residing in North Carolina or a photographer who has taken a photo of a NC dancer.  
2. You must "Like" the NCBellydance.org Facebook fan page.
3. Photos must be no larger than 256k, ideally in JPG format, and emailed to haala@ncbellydance.org
4. Dancers: please include name of photographer (if known) for photo credit.   Photographers: please include name of dancer (if known) and location photo was shot.
5. There is no limit to the number of photos, but they must have been taken between January 1, 2012 and the present.
6. By submitting the photos, you are granting NCBellydance.org permission to display them on Facebook and on NCBellydance.org.  (You continue to retain all rights to your photos.)

We reserve the right to reject any photos that we deem inappropriate for general audiences or that do not meet the qualifications listed above.

Once your photo(s) have been received and added to the online Photo Album, we will notify you ASAP so you can begin getting the word out (sharing on your Facebook timeline, emailing friends and family, announcing in class, etc.)

The contest will close on midnight (Eastern Standard Time), Tuesday, December 18, 2012 and the winner announced on Wednesday, December 19, 2012.

For more information on how to vote, visit the Voting Page.

If you have any questions, just reply in the comments field, or email haala@ncbellydance.org.

Thank you for participating, and good luck!

Vote for the Most Liked NC Belly Dance Photo of 2012!

How to Vote:

1. "Like" the NCBellydance.org Facebook Fan Page (if you haven't already)
2. Visit the 2012 North Carolina Belly Dancers: A Year in Pictures photo album and "like" the photo(s) that you want to win!

It's perfectly ok to "like" several photos, if you just can't decide on one :)

Make sure to get your vote in by midnight, Tuesday December 18, 2012!

NCBellydance.org will announce the winner on Wednesday, December 19, 2012.

If you are interested in being included in the photo album, or want more information about the contest, then visit the Contest Page.

For questions or assistance in voting, email haala@ncbellydance.org.

Thanks for participating - tell all your friends!

Our Featured Sponsor of the Month: Kaitlyn

After seeing her first glimpse of Indian dance in "Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom" and her first bellydancer in a music video by Prince, the seeds were sewn that would spark the fascination for culture and dance in Kaitlyn's life. 

Growing up, Kaitlyn studied ballet, jazz, tap and gymnastics and dreamed of one day being a professional dancer. It seems that dreams do in fact come true and in the most surprising ways. Little did she know way back when she was just a little girl toting “Dance” magazines to school, that instead of wearing a tutu, she would eventually be donning a coin belt as a bellydancer when her dreams were finally realized. 

Becoming involved in Middle Eastern dance in 2000, Kaitlyn has striven to educate herself and educate and encourage others to help them find the beauty and fulfillment of bellydance ever since. 

Sometimes teacher, sometimes performer, at all times Kaitlyn endeavors to be an advocate for the art of bellydance and stand up for the rights and ethical standards of bellydancers everywhere.

Currently Kaitlyn is performing monthly at Marrakesh in Jacksonville and she is very proud to be the creative director of her student troupe “Apsara”, with whom she hosts the annual “Down East Bellydance & Drum Fest” in New Bern, NC.

For more info: www.kaitlynbellydance.com

Here's what Kaitlyn had to say about NCBellydance.org:

Having been a bellydancer in another state, I was blown away at the amount of organization and professionalism that I found when I was researching the dance community in NC when I had decided to relocate back to my native state. I knew right away that there were some truly amazing things going on and I couldn't wait to be apart of it. What this site does for NC bellydancing is immeasurable and it is the glue that holds us all together.