St Margaret

^J.O.Y

^S^{at
10th and Sun 11th Marc}^h²⁰⁰⁷ ^At^Victoria^Ha^ll,^Saltaire.

^{This
is a wonderful event organised by Chris Ogden and Mandy Teasdale and is becoming
a must for all bellydance enthusiasts.}

^T^{his
year some of}^{my
class and I had booked to do two workshops with}^'^Tito'
a^w^oⁿ^d^e^r^f^u^l^d^aⁿ^c^e^r^aⁿ^d^t^e^a^c^h^e^r^f^r^o^m^Egypt^,^{only to find that he was
unable to come. A}^little^{disappointed we went along wondering what to expect from our substitute teacher}^'B^ondoc^k^'^{Hussein Nehmedou}^,^w^h^o^h^a^d^c^o^m^e^o^v^e^r^f^r^o^m^G^e^r^m^aⁿ^y^t^o^h^e^l^p^o^u^t^.

^We^l^l^!^w^e^w^e^r^e^c^e^r^t^aⁱⁿ^l^yⁱⁿ^f^o^r^a^t^r^e^a^t^,^h^e^p^u^t^oⁿ^t^w^o^g^r^e^a^t^w^o^r^k^s^h^o^p^s^d^e^s^pⁱ^t^e^l^aⁿ^g^u^a^g^e^dⁱ^f^fⁱ^c^u^l^tⁱ^e^s^aⁿ^d^de^s^pⁱ^t^e^b^eⁱⁿ^g^v^e^r^y^f^a^s^t^p^a^c^e^d^,^w^e^r^e^g^r^e^a^t^f^uⁿ^!^B^u^t^t^h^e^b^e^s^t^w^a^s^y^e^t^t^o^c^o^m^e^a^t^t^h^e^e^v^eⁿⁱⁿ^g^p^e^r^f^o^r^m^aⁿ^c^e^s^.^I^t^hⁱⁿ^kⁱ^t^f^aⁱ^r^t^o^s^a^y^,^wⁱ^t^h^o^u^t^uⁿ^d^e^r^e^s^tⁱ^m^a^tⁱⁿ^g^t^h^e^o^t^h^e^r^p^e^r^f^o^r^m^e^r^s^,^t^h^a^t^h^e^s^t^ole^t^h^e^s^h^o^w^t^hⁱ^s^y^e^a^r,^m^o^s^t^c^e^r^t^aⁱⁿ^l^yⁱ^f^hⁱ^s^s^t^aⁿ^dⁱⁿ^g^o^v^a^tⁱ^oⁿ^s^w^e^r^e^aⁿ^y^t^hⁱⁿ^g^t^o^j^u^d^g^e^b^y^.^H^E^W^A^S^W^O^N^D^E^R^F^U^L^,^a^g^r^e^a^t^d^aⁿ^c^e^r^aⁿ^d^v^e^r^y^e^x^p^r^e^s^sⁱ^v^e^.^P^L^E^A^S^E^C^O^M^E^B^A^C^K^A^G^A^I^N!

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^{The
contributions from the British teachers and performers, was as}^professional^{,
interesting, entertaining}^{and as varied as i}ⁿ^p^r^e^vⁱ^o^u^s^y^e^a^r^s^aⁿ^d^m^aⁿ^y^t^h^ank^s^g^o^t^o^a^l^lⁱⁿ^v^o^l^v^e^d^f^o^r^a^w^oⁿ^d^e^r^f^u^l^w^e^e^k^eⁿ^d^.

^B^e^v^e^r^l^e^y^S^mⁱ^t^h^(Ha^z^a^r^a^h⁾

J.O.Y Photos Courtesy of Helen Abrahams