Belly Dance Tweetup at Kalia's August 22, 2010
On August 22, 2010 Hips For Hire hosts a very special Pearls of the East Belly dance show", A Mostly-Portland Pearls Show" at Kalia Indian Cuisine of Greenwood (Seattle, WA). This monthly belly dance show begins seating at 6:30 pm, with the show starting at 7:00 pm. The cover fee is $7 (tips welcome), which goes to pay for the dancers and an administrative fee to produce the show.

Honoring special guest Kat Armstrong, Community Manager for Geekshed.

In Hips for Hire tradition, I am attaching WigsForKids.org as my donation site. Guests are welcome to participate through donation or gathering more information about the organization that will be receiving my hair after it is harvested at Salon 904 in Pioneer Square on August 26. We encourage guests to take a moment to use Twitter and Facebook to tell others about our events, even during the event itself (we won't think you're rude if your face is looking at a screen).

This month's show information:
Featuring: JEWELS of Portland, OR (American Cabaret Bellydance)
with very special guest soloists and troupes
Gretchen (tray and candle dance)
Znama Dance Company (belly dance fusion)

and your hostess and soloist, Imei (with a belly dance comedy geek dance just for you)

Coming on the heels of Seattle Geek Week (see SeattleGeekWeek.com), I've invited geeks from my community to also attend our show! Please welcome these volunteers and enthusiasts, who also share a passion for technology, entertainment, food and wine, and "geeking" out! You may see guests from participating Seattle Geek Week attendees such as ChicMeetsGeek, pii2010.com, and Gnomedex. Mention Seattle Geek Week, and receive 10% off your food and beverage tab.

Our guest dancer line up this month will be showing Seattle how Portland can pimp out some amazing dance! For those of you who have not seen Jewels, she has been involved in Alimah/Manon/Tamalyn's "Artist's Circle" project (2011), and really impressing me with her use of older music, new energy, and down-right technically flawless zill playing that makes the musician in me get chills of ecstasy. It's the closest thing you'll ever experience to zill-playing lust.

Paired with Mr. Kalia's spontaneous dancing (!) and his Pearls of the East dinner specials (paired with a glass of red or white wine), our Pearls shows have been impressing the community and drawing regulars.

Hope to see you there!