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It was a party!
NEW ICON!!!
(I totally needed a new one cuz those two I have - getting old for the belly dancing)

The Fez was quite the hoppin' place tonight...

So I got there, slightly late (like about 7:45) but found I was there in plenty of time. I started talking to everyone and found out that there was going to be a party of 100 people that night!!! There were THREE professional dancers there - lovely Juliana (from 2 months ago), lovely Deliah (from last month) and a lovely Brazilian girl who's name I never caught... All the people there for the amateurs were sequestered over on one side - actually, a very nice cozy part of the restaurant. However, that area was slightly awkward to dance in - two levels and very narrow.

The large group was some sort of hotel bunch and they were a bit inebriated... But they were all having a good time.
A number of guys wanted to stick their dollars in the girls' tops - that's a big no-no!!!

I ended up dancing solo because Mina (the other possible girl for the evening) didn't show :( Alas. There were 4 other amateurs though so I wasn't the only one, I just had to do my thing solo. You know, it was quite fun just playing with my music - I do like to improvise anyways so yeah, it worked out well :)
They had the Fez Fest (amateurs) cordoned off from the big group so we really only danced for a few people - the 3 pros worked everyone though.

Various things I learned tonight...
- about how to direct people to tip into the hip belt (I didn't have to use it ;) )
- that professional (cabaret-style) dancers don't use jangly hip scarves because you are "not a good dancer" then - it shows you need help
- somehow I just let my hips go and damn the shimmying was easy this particular night ;)
- I can't see someone with a dollar for me when I have my glasses off :/

Cool things:
- the owner came over to me and asked me to get out there while the other 3 (professionals) were dancing!! And to make sure to work the room :D That was super-cool!
- the manager gave me his card and also got my number - the girls said it was likely to get ahold of me for parties and such :D
- the women in the big group were especially nice at the end - they got themselves out there dancing with us and had a grand old time!
- I got 3 bucks :) Yeah, that's not a lot, but I didn't do any dances to get money - the 3 girls made $206 between the 3 of them!

I didn't get any pictures tonight - I left the camera in the car on accident :( But here is a picture (another one) from last time I was there.

I almost didn't go but I'm glad that I did :)
And I got good food :)

P.S. you can kinda tell that I wrote this while tired... heh.