HAFLA HABIBI Bellydance Party-hosted by NYC Arabic & Jersey City Bellydance Club

Jun '09 28 Sun 4:00 PM
Location
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Estimated attendance
 17  people attended.
5.00 5.004 (4 ratings)

Who organized?
Birnur Siren and Michael Kim 'Jamal' Riegelman

Price

$15.00 in advance or $20 @ door
refund policy

NYC Arabic Club & Jersey City ~ Hoboken Bellydance Meetup

Present "HAFLA HABIBI"

Doors open @ 3PM for General Public!

Come to our"Hafla Habibi", to support and enjoy your local Belly Dance community! Our first Hafla Habibi has over 40+ Dancers which includes Dance professionals, Teachers, and Students!

Women, Men and Families all Welcome!

Goddesses come in all shapes & styles! Cabaret, Classic, Saidi, American Tribal, Gothic, Fusion, Solos, Troupes, et al!

AMAR MAZRY, AMARA NURA, ASIL, AUDIE & DAUGHTERS OF HET HARU, BASMAH, BIRNUR, CHADIA & GYPSY CARAVAN TROUPE, CHIARA, CYNTHIA, DANA, DONNA, ERIKA VEILS, EVADNE, FARASHA MAHATHOTHA, GIA AL QAMAR & THE URBAN DESERT DANCERS, GINA, JAMILAH, KARAMATI, KISHA ZAHIR, MAJDA, MALAYKA, MERET, MIKAILA, MOCHINDA, NAJA & STATEN ISLAND TRIBAL, NAOMI, NICOLE, NOORA, PATTY, PHEON, SABRINA, SAFINAZ, SAIRA, SAKARA AMYRA, SANLY, SA'NOORAH, SHAULA, SHULA, SONNSEEAHRAY, SPARKLE, STEPHANIE, SUZAHN, TARIK SULTAN, TASHIRA WADIYA, TIPSUDA, VICTORIA, YAME,YASMEEN EL QA'HIRA & RAKASAT EL LAYLA, ZAROUHI

Vendors

*DECOTACH-(Noora/ [masked]
Sri Radha/ [masked] )belly dance wear accessories, head & arm bands, belts hip scarves, halter tops, all one of a kind and jewelry.

*GYPSY CARAVAN ENTERPRISES-(Chadia/ [masked] ) Cotton t-shirts with swarovsky crystal hamsas / costume jewelry / hip scarves / papyrus

*N.BAHRI RHYTHMS-(Tipsuda and Najib/ [masked] )
musical instruments & professional dance costumes.

*SILKDANCER-(Shaula/ [masked] )Silkdancer creates unique dance wear, custom costumes and hand-dyed belly dance silks. All silks are hand-dyed by Shaula. As such, each piece will be as special and unique as you are. Silkdancer's veils are created out of grade-A silk and dyes know for their depth of color and lightfastness.

*STUDIO Z-(Zarouhi/ [masked] )imports from Egypt....some costumes, gallabeyas both folkloric and fitted, some hip scarves, perfume and aromatherapy oils and other items.

*TURKISH BOUTIQUE-(Birnur/ [masked]) Authentic jewelry & home décor

Come prepared to shop. Belly Dance accessories, music, instruments, costumes, jewelry and more will be available from various vendors.

DVD Recordings will be also available – A great learning tool!

Design by Cindy, Assistant Organizer

*Videography/Camcorders-* Megan Paznik is an award-winning filmmaker with 30+ years in the Dance. Megan will be documenting the Hafla Habibi and Pre-Hafla Orders on Sale Now! Click Here for more info! We request that no video of your own, other than cell phones, be used or brought to Hafla Habibi. We thank you for honoring this request.

Photography Haas Colby will be shooting all dancers from 1:30 until 4PM. No obligation to purchase! Digital & Prints will be available post Hafla! All are welcome to bring their own still cameras to shoot dancers during Hafla.

GIFTS Your ticket may qualify for 10 FREE $25 GIFT CERTIFICATES! Donated by Journal Square Restoration, Inc., they may be redeemed at the 20+/- retail participants in Journal Square's monthly sidewalk sales at 'Journal Square retailers'. Also jewelry, class certificates. If you would like to contribute please let us know!

* TICKETS: $20 CASH ONLY at Door OR $15/Advance Tickets using Checking Account, Major Credit/Debit Cards through PayPal.

FOOD-BEVERAGE MINIMUM: There is a $5 Minimum(CASH ONLY!) PER PERSON @ Hafla Habibi.

Buy tickets using PAYPAL and click "send money". It's Quick and Easy!!

Direct your PayPal payment for the appropriate amount to
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Parking, NYC PATH Trains to Journal Square & Driving Directions
Closest parking is Lot #14 at 2854 Kennedy Blvd, across from McDonald's/Journal Square Cafe. This parking lot goes from the Sip Ave. side to the 2854 Kennedy Blvd. side, #14 on Kennedy Blvd.
CLIK HERE for info on Journal Square/Jersey City, NJ, including driving directions, from NJ/NYC, PATH trains from NYC and much more info on the area

Talk about this Meetup

  • Esmat
    Posted Jun 28, 2009 10:36 PM
    This was a great event Thanks Mike for orgnizing it
  • HAFLA HABIBI Bellydance Party-hosted by NYC Arabic & Jersey City Bellydance Club happened on June 28, 2009 4:00 PM
  • Michael Kim 'Jamal' Riegelman
    Posted Jun 26, 2009 10:38 AM
    al'modir as'saghir (al'jubna al'kabira)
    Go to the website, below, to see all the people coming from our Sister Club, that being "Jersey City ~ Hoboken Bellydance Meetup Group"! http://www.meetup.com/belly...

Who attended?

  • 17 attendees
    •  it was really great 
    • Dale's an Assistant Modir w/the Jersey City~Bellydance Meetup!
       Terrific! We had over 130+ celebrate Hafla Habibi! Thanks to ALL Dancers, Musicians, Vendors & DJ Derajja for being the pulse of the heart of this Hafla Habibi. Our audience loved it, many dancing with bellydancers during breaks and styles of dance varied from Classic Egyptian Elegant Era of Club Ibis to Tribal Fusion & Hip Hop! Thanks to Birnur & Organizers for a great event, our photographers and videographer and to our sponsors Journal Square Restoration, Corp and to Mohammed and the Journal Square Cafe. Thanks also to Ehab for taking so many photos! 
    • Andalucian Rose (+2 guests)
    • EMAD EISA (+1 guest)
    • email sent on member fee
    • One of NYC finest bellydancers (http://erikaveils.com/)
    • Modir of the Mezzo Mezzo NY/Astoria Bellydance Meetup Group!
    • Founder of the Jersey City-Hoboken Bellydance Meetup!
    • Prena (+2 guests)
    • Modira of our Sponsor,the Jersey City~Hoboken Bellydance Meetup!

Your organizer's refund policy for HAFLA HABIBI Bellydance Party-hosted by NYC Arabic & Jersey City Bellydance Club

Refunds are not offered for this Meetup.

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