Carl’s Camera Captures Dancers from Z-A
Tatseena’s Fantasy Festival 2009
Introduction by Ma*Shuqa Mira Murjan,
Photographs by Carl Sermon
November 8, 2009, San Ramon, CA.
Tatseena‘s 8th Annual Fantasy Festival was held at the beautiful Canyon View Dining Room. A room with a gorgeous view of the Stone Valley Canyon – full of oaks and rolling green hills. This festival was a festive day of good vibrations with dancers sharing their talents on the raised stage, and on the beautiful wood dance floor. The day was replendent with beautiful dancing, beautiful costumes, and wonderful music – with the bands: Al Azifoon and Light Rain. This is a favorite festival for dancers in the East Bay area.
This year’s workshop instructors were Amy Sigil and Crystal Silmi. They danced with their troupes and the audience enjoyed spirited shows. There were many different styles of dance and costuming, each with its own flavor and flair and all dancers "danced from the heart". However, many dancers missed seeing some great shows because they arrived, danced, then left immediately without enjoying the show and the wonderful shared community of joy at Tatseena’s festival.
Help with additional names is always appreciated!
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Verbatim of Sacramento |
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Nanna and Troupe Maya of Berkeley, CA |
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Nu’mair and Naiya of Concord, CA |
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MIelle of ? |
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Ma*Shuqa of Los Gatos, Ca |
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Marta of Spain |
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Malia’s New Moon Troupe |
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Amira Ariana of ? |
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Erica D
Feb 15, 2010 - 06:02:19
Lovely photos. Just a quick note on the captions. In the UNMATA photo, the one in the middle is Kari, not Terry.
Also, the dancer in the photo captioned “Kalia of ?” I believe she’s Kalila from Sacramento, Ca.
Mielle
Feb 17, 2010 - 08:02:11
Mielle is from Danville, CA and Auckland, New Zealand