Good Day Ladies,

I am just so proud of everyone who had the courage to enter the 1^st EVER Belly Dance Competition in South Africa.

WELL DONE to all of you…
MBDSA was a HUGE success and we can’t wait for 2010!

Apart from Sunday’s delay due to the huge accident on the highway – we ran on time and things went smoothly.

Noted: 

1. We will make sure there is more stands – bellydance goods to purchase
2. Food and Beverage stalls … 

Thank you for all who participated, without YOU – this could not have been such a huge success!

Thank you to DJ – Gary Yeadon from Subtitle mobile and Videographer – Midiane from Enflesh Films

Teachers:  Please do pass onto your students who entered into the competition ….

WINNERS for categories:

Divine Solo – Modern Belly Dance (Egyptian or Turkish)

1. Lucille Kambarran – Maya Dance Company
2. Ioleen Lazenby – Maya Dance Company
3. Mona Lee Stauton – Ramona Belly Dance Studio

 Veil / Wings

1. Simone Biddulph – Belly Dance Goddess
2. Saret Terblanche – Dancing Divinity
3. Veronica Hahmann – Dancing Divinity

 Folkloric Performance

1. Catherine Ma (Belly Dance Goddess) & Natasha Williams (Palace of the winds)
2. Jacinta Peterson (Palace of the Winds)

 Divine Drum Solo

1. Lucille Kambarran – Maya Dance Company
2. Veronica Hahmann – Dancing Divinity
3. Genevieve Bekker – Dancing Divinity

Taksim

1. Carla Shepperson – Maya Dance Company
2. Jordan Williams – Palace of the Winds
3. Kelly Gardner – Shalimar bellydance studio

 Tribal Fusion

1. Kelly Gardner – Shalimar bellydance studio
2. Rushka Johnson –
3. Rachel Cooper – Dancing Divinity

 DUO’s

1. Kyati Naidoo and Daksha Mahabeer (Modern Bellydance) – Belly Dance Goddess
2. Candice Upfold and Julie Pretorius (double veil) – Maya Dance Company
3. Jade Green and Berneace Liebenberg (Saidi cane) – Belly Dance Goddess

GROUP CATEGORY:

 Group – Divine Solo – Modern Belly Dance

1. Maya Dance Company
2. Ramona Belly Dance Studio

Group - Veil and Wings

1. Palace of the Winds
2. Ramona Belly Dance Studio
3. Cairo Moon

Group – Folkloric Performance

1. Maya Dance Company
2. Palace of the Winds
3. Belly Dance Goddess

Group – Taksim (sword)

1. Belly Dance Goddess
2. Cairo Moon

Group – Drum Solo and Tribal Fusion

1. Dalidah Belly Dance School (drum)
2. Alibelly (tribal)

Miss Belly Dance South Africa Title Category:

1. Carla Shepperson – Maya Dance Company
2. Lara Brown – Layali Belly Dance Studio
3. Natalie Misplon – Dancing Divinity

Again, WELL DONE to all of you who participated, we look forward to seeing you next year.

Thank you to our Judges

• Rania
• Astrid Jean Lewis
• Anne Knowles
• Angela Anzilotti

Rania – your performances were fantastic, your workshops were awe inspiring and I cannot wait for you to be back in SA teaching us again …  love you dearly!

Please visit our website www.missbellydancesa.com for updated details of the 2009 competition with photos ect.

REMEMBER – if you would like to order a DVD of the full competition, please contact me on angela@bellydancebabes.co.za

Rania DVD’s – I also have these in stock for R200 should you still want to purchase some