I am still chuckling to myself after my last class that was based around camels (abdominal undulations) and shimmies.  My poor students said they ached so much that night and some the next day.  I did warn them that they are better than crunchies!

Happily the class is growing, well really its full and I am going to have to put people on a waiting list, and now I have someone asking me to provide another class in a village just outside of the city

I will also have some lovely new belts coming into stock in a few weeks, I am just waiting for them to be delivered from Egypt.  I am considering making some basic outfits for class out of lycra so they are washable, sequins are lovely but they dont wash too well!  I have just made myself a new performance outfit in black and neon pink.  Its a mermaid skirt with the skirt being made up of black and pink triangles to the knee and then a black crystal organza double layered circle skirt.  I matched this with a pink and black wrap top and finished it off with one pink and one black gauntlet.  It really looks dramatic on stage and as my friend says, its fabulous!  It has already appeared twice in perfomances.  But the real beauty is that I can wash it on a delicate cycle!

Anyway enough waffle for now as I have to buy some modelling balloons for a booking in July!

Jess :o)

Well i have started my new bellydance class, last Thursday and it went really well.  I had eleven students and was teaching in a pub but it was closed to the public!

We went through the basics, hip circles, rib circles etc as well as some shimmies and camels.  The students were friendly and quick to learn so I think I will really enjoy working with this class 

Next week we are going to work on a veil dance choreography as its easy and when new students are holding something they arent usually as scared, although teaching in the pub helps some students as the imbibe a glass of dutch courage first...lol

I really enjoyed it and forgot how much I enjoyed teaching bellydance so I will make sure I keep it up and might even start a second class, maybe even a junior class....hmmm need to check out the insurance on that one!

Well I'm off to work on the choreography for next week, if you have any questions about bellydance, please put it in the comments or email me, I am always happy to answer questions and signpost you to classes in your area

Louise

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Hi Everyone

Just to let you know that I now have the Avon Senses Foam Bath range in my store.  Sadly it is now moving to discontinued stock and this will be the last opportunity to buy.  I have the upliftin Re-charge with a madarin & spice scent which is great to uplift your mood and provide a burst of energy.  I also have the wonderfully relaxing My Moment perfumed with Lavender and Waterlily, great for those few special moments you get to yourself.  Lock the door, light the candles, slide into a valley of bubbles and relax....  And for those special moments I have Devine Time (my personal favourite) perfumed with the exotic scents of Rose and Jasmine...this might be a bath you would like to share

Finish off your special moments with your special fragrance and walk out of the bathroom ready to face the world

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/makeup-and-dance-by-jessicawabit

Jess

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I feel incensed; I have just read an article where a new English Super School that is being built to replace three local schools will not have a playground.

The Head of the 46 million school stated that 'I think that what the public want is maximum learning' that sounds a lot like brainwashing to me. 

I am ashamed that the current education system has allowed the madness of 2,200 pupil school to do this.  However I'm sure the Head will find out how inhuman this is when the discipline issues raise their ugly head and at some point the oppressed will always rise...

If you want to read the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/6629655.stm

But this is as far as I know a very new thing in England, however when I checked the website and read some of the debate a teacher from another school said that they didn’t have recess so it meant by the time their children left school they had spent the equivalent to another year in school! Why is only academic learning is valued, where do children have an opportunity to learn social skills and as for another comment that stated that children had plenty of time to play at home and on the streets - what about homework? I cant believe how much children have to cope with and then the pressure of studying for stats, exams, course work how much pressure are we putting on our children?

I work with young people and one of their main complaints is that they cant play on the streets now, they don’t feel safe or the police move them on under the Antisocial Behaviour Act and even when they want to access youth provision its now all accredited work (thank you Transforming Youth Work!). What happened to having fun and hanging out with your mates? We seem to be pushing young people into a world of TV, play stations and isolation.

Its a fact that stress and depression are raising and the World Health Organisation says that by 2010 it will be in the top 10 list of most common diseases along with heart disease (what is one of the main preventions of this...oh yes exercise...hmm me thinks there is a paradox there)...and we wonder why

I am sorry to rant but I really feel very passionately about this and in answer to your question Waitresschick I think at this time our only recourse is to write to out MP's, get involved with local schools and their governors and make sure that they understand that our children have a right to play!

Jess

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I feel incensed, I have just read an article where a new English Super School that is being built to replace three local schools will not have a playground.  This is crazy, this kind of treatment is given to prisoners as punishment!  And on top of that we have a childhood obesity problem that is growing at an alarming rate.  The Head of the 46 million school stated that 'I think that what the public want is maximum learning' that sounds a lot like brainwashing to me. 

Hasnt he read any of the research that has been resoundlingly proved that play is a natural part of a childs learning and development?  I am ashamed that the current education system has allowed the madness of 2,200 pupil school to do this.  However I'm sure the Head will find out how unhuman this is when the discipline issues raise their ugly head and at some point the oppressed will always rise...

If you want to read the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/6629655.stm

Please let me know what you think about this, is it just me?

Jess :o(