Hello Gang! I thought I would take a moment to share a pair of events I participated in over the weekend. I was fortunate enough to be invited to perform at a local dance show on Friday night and to join a belly dance cheer team on Saturday evening. Here are some of the highlights of these events.
Friday Night: The Bean Scene
One of my favorite local events is hosted by the group and takes place at The Bean 
Scene in Sunnyvale, Ca. They host several shows throughout the year, inviting local dancers to sign-up and perform. The coffee is delicious, there is no cover charge, and we always have such a great time hanging out and enjoying an evening of dance.
Along with a line up of talented local pros, teachers, and students, I was delighted to find out that we had two touring celebrities joining us! The beautiful Rosa Noreen of Portland, Me and Sophia Ravenna of Seattle, Wa. I caught a few video clips of these fantastic performances and shared them on Instagram.
Rosa Noreen
Aryn
Sophia Ravenna
Davina
I choose to wear burgundy assiut and swing a cane. You can catch my performance over on YouTube.
Saturday Evening: Pleasanton “Bra’s for the Cause”
On Saturday evening, I joined my co-authors Sara Shrapnell and Alisha Westerfeld to cheer on the walkers for “Bras for the Cause.” This 5k walk supports breast cancer research. Each year, Sara Shrapnell gathers together a group of dancers to form a cheer team. We were at the 1-mile marker, dancing and entertaining the walkers. The participants came in some amazing costumes, whimsical embellished bras, and stopped to take photos, dance, and grab a chocolate kiss or two.
Community fundraisers are always so fun to do! I look forward to participating in this one and many more in the future! Here we are striking a pose at the end of the event. Once all the participants have walked past, and the sweeper limo went by, we headed off to have an author “power meeting” over hot chocolate. All-in-all this was a fun event!
There were many folks in great costumes, but most of my photos were quite blurry. Here’s the “Bra King” posing with Zemira. Because he was there taking photos, we got a chance to pose with him before the walkers reached our location. If you are interested in joining Sara for some of these fun community events, visit her website and signup for her mailing list to get notifications about her future events.
Now I’ve got to go and do some belly dance laundry and give these assiut robes a good wash.
I hope you have a great first week of May!
Happy Costuming and Dance
Dawn Devine ~ Davina
April 30, 2018.