Bring Your Gifts

12/22/2012

Hello All! I took the check to Mike at the YWCA this week. Total donation: $1344.80. Thank you everyone!

12/12/2012

Pictures taken backstage by our lovely Mistress of the Backstage, Ronnie Ambar

12/10/2012

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out and supported the show (and that includes those of you who couldn't make it but bought a ticket or made a donation anyways). Thank you thank you for your love and support. I don't have the exact tally yet on how much we will be able to donate to the shelter, but when I do I will post it here. And thank you to all our outstanding performers and crew who made this show happen-I love you! I can't tell you how many compliments people have given all of you, you all really did great and I'm so proud of you!

12/08/2012

Parking Tonight for Murray City Theater is available on State Street, and Vine Street; the nearby post office, once it has closed; Hartman's (a business just east of the theater); and near the baseball field east of the theater on Vine Street, there is a public parking lot. Please DO NOT park in Jiffy Lube's lot, unless you would like your car to be towed.

See you tonight!

12/06/2012

From the wonderful Charles Galway-he does a great job describing the show : ) Thank you Charles! (Remember today is last day to buy tickets online. They will also be available at the door.)
"I've been watching this show come together -- and it's not just a
simple collection of folk dancers, and familiar bellies...
It has a few gorgeous lyrical choreographies put together just for
this show, as well as some live vocal and instrumental pieces -- some strictly musical, and some accompaniment.
To me, it's Tinuviel's vision of a Christmas music & dance show, that is meant to express the beauty of cultural dances, interspersed with a few wonderful arrangements of live music. Then connected together with silk-angel thread, and finished with lamp-light. If Clara sees a world of dance (in the Nutcracker Ballet) -- here we again get to see ethnic glimpses, and bring back our own visions of Earth and Spirit.
This show is intended to be appealing to a general public -- not just us belly-folk. And is performed in the unique Historic Murray Theater.A special show, to close out the year."

12/06/2012

My faery daughter, who has a cameo in the show.... : )

12/05/2012

Another one of Bring Your Gifts wonderful music sponsors-Brothers of the Baladi! They were very excited about the show and send everyone wishes for a happy and safe holiday.
Brothers of the Baladi, a Portland, Oregon-based band have been performing for over 30 years by adapting traditional Middle Eastern music and American sensibilities to create a new hybrid of World Music. The quartet combines traditional acoustic Middle Eastern instruments and songs with western instrumentation, exotic rhythms with familiar grooves and vocals in seven languages (Arabic, Turkish, Farsi, French, Spanish, Armenian, Berber and English) to create a unique and highly rhythmic dance music. The Brothers have been blazing World Music trails around the globe through their recordings and live shows for over three decades.

12/05/2012

Stephanie, a native to Utah, has loved dancing all her life. She received training in ballet, jazz, and tap as a child, but at the age of fifteen she, discovered her love for belly dancing, when she became introduced to the sensuous art form. After eighteen years of study, she has become a highly sought after performer and instructor. Her path in belly dance training started under the tutelage of local instructors Raffa and Aziz, and has taken her into a variety of dance arenas in order to create a well-rounded technical style. In her endeavor to continue to develop her dancing, Stephanie has examined Egyptian dance ethnology to create a solid foundation from which to enhance her knowledge of the cultural heritage of Middle Eastern dance. Stephanie is constantly building on her style incorporating tribal fusion, Latin, African, ballet, and jazz dance forms into her posture and movement. Her love of Egyptian dancers of the silver screen has inspired a style that encompasses a graceful beauty on stage, with energy, personality, exquisite technique and flirtation. Photo credit Renee Keith, BellaOra Studios

12/04/2012

REALLY important!!! It was brought to my attention that the time was misprinted on the tickets from 24tix. Since we cannot get a hold of everyone who has bought tickets thus far, and I don't want anyone to miss out because they thought the show was later, we are changing the start time of the show to 8 pm. I hope this isn't a huge problem for anyone. My very sincerest apologies. I hope you all still come! : )

12/04/2012

Fun fact of the day- There are 3 families participating in Bring Your Gifts: Tinuviel, her husband Rus and their children; Tamira and her daughter Caresa; and Katherine and her daughter, Shari. This is definitely a family friendly show, go get tickets for you and your "wee" ones here: http://www.24tix.com/event.html?show_id=T24094915552409491555222

(day of show door pricing for adults will be $20.00) Bring Your Gifts is a Christmas devotional featuring dance and live music performances. All proceeds will be donated to the women's shelter at the Salt Lake City YWCA.CLICK HERE.

11/30/2012

Carl Moore Jr will be performing Native American hoop dance in Bring Your Gifts. The shapes created by the dancer using the hoops represent things found in the natural world, such as birds and other animals. The hoop is said to represent the ever continuing circle of life. The dance is spiritual and moving and Carl is a stunning practitioner of this art form.

11/29/2012

Richie from X96 interviewed myself and Amberly from the YWCA today about the YWCA and Bring Your Gifts. It will broadcast on Utah Issues on Sunday, I'll hopefully have the broadcast time to tell you soon. The services that the YWCA provides to help women leave and heal from abusive situations are FREE to those women. BUT obviously they get expensive and 40% of the YWCA's budget comes from community support. Every Bring Your Gifts ticket sold is helping these women rebuild healthy lives.