WOW time to get my head out of the playa... eek I can believe it... this weekend is Xara, next weekend is Toast, then Flipside, pretty soon we will all be packing our bra and belt sets and desceding on the playa... YAY!
So how many of you on this tribe are thinking of doing something Burning Bellies related?
How many are new and have no idea what Burning Bellies does
How many interested in doing an invaision in Center Camp?
The man?
Forget both of those, lets take over the city?
Take over Greeters?
What do you think of date (Friday typically 5:30 or so, so we dont die in our costumes)
What have you liked about past years?
What didnt you like?
What would you like to change?
Add?
Thoughts?
I am just trying to get everyone thinking about Burning Bellies let me know your input if you want.. I would happy to hear it.
Kat
PS you can email me directly too if you want at burningbellies@burningman.com or we can chat here :D
So how many of you on this tribe are thinking of doing something Burning Bellies related?
How many are new and have no idea what Burning Bellies does
How many interested in doing an invaision in Center Camp?
The man?
Forget both of those, lets take over the city?
Take over Greeters?
What do you think of date (Friday typically 5:30 or so, so we dont die in our costumes)
What have you liked about past years?
What didnt you like?
What would you like to change?
Add?
Thoughts?
I am just trying to get everyone thinking about Burning Bellies let me know your input if you want.. I would happy to hear it.
Kat
PS you can email me directly too if you want at burningbellies@burningman.com or we can chat here :D
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04/23Hull-O, Kat!
Only 133 days 'til the man burns. Yay! Center Camp Invasion. Let's shimmy up another dust storm for 2005!
I will be deejaying this year on Burning Man Information Radio (BMIR) and of course enjoying playa living with my beloved SCARAB camp mates. Can't wait to see you and all my the beautiful, burning bellies!
Special hugs to Solobellies.....Marco!
Warmest regards,
Constance of SCARAB
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04/24This will be my first year at Burning man. It all sounds good to me :-)
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04/26Dear Bellies,
Due to a lot of different circumstances (some within my control, some beyond) I don't yet know if I will be making it to Burning Man this year.
The Burning Bellies group and the Friday invasion have always been one of the biggest highlights of the week for me and if I am on the playa this year I will definitely be there.
Regardless of whether or not I attend, I still plan on supporting the Burning Bellies project anyway I feasibly can.
YAY bellies!
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04/27I totally missed the invasion last year - didn't even hear about it! (so sad!) I'm up for doing an invasion this year!! This'll be my second burn (Oooh, big veteran!), but I'm really, really new to burning bellies.
I'm one of the leaders of Iron Rose camp (yeah, we're new this year!) and I wanted to use our Juke Joint space to host a hafla during Bman, probably the last half of the week to give bellies a place to be that's yahoo-free. (folks'd have to be with a belly or dressed as a belly to get in!) Maybe at night. Maybe late afternoon.
BUT, I've never hosted a hafla, much less one at bman, and I'm not an 'amazing' dancer for all that I have fun, so I'd want the hafla to be friendly to not-as-amazing dancers as well as the wow-ones, so... Maybe there's a more experienced dancer out there who could mentor/help/take on part?
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05/05Hi Kat. You may count me in as well. I've been part of the invasion twice before and it is definitely one of my highlights of burning man. A greeter invasion would be fun since I am a greeter as well. The greeters would enjoy the entertainment but it is a really long walk out there. Can't wait to see y'all out there! -
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06/06I am very interested in doing something out at the greeter station, were you thinking of early in the week, or later. I tried to organize a glow bellydance invasion out to the greeters station last year but no one was interested. Want to RP (be a responsible party for the event)? I would really like to do something out there...
Hugs and good to hear from you.
Kat
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06/04Baby dancer and Burning virgin, very interested in the Burning Bellies invasion (and also in Heidi's hafla)!
Wow, that was a lot of alliteration...
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06/06I will be posting dates and time soon.. YAY it is getting closer!
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06/09Hi. I'm new to Burning Bellies and Belly Dancing, but a veteran to Burning Man. I would love to do something with you all out on the playa. I'm up for pretty much anything, an invasion of some sort sounds fun. What's the best way to stay connected and up to date on what's going on? I'm assuming through this tribe, but I want to make sure. I'm excited about getting involved in this group..... thanks for being here.
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06/09I've done the Invasion only once, in my 4 years on the Playa. It was great fun. The only thing is, that it conflicts with the Critical Tits Ride on Friday afternoon. Oh, to be able to be at 2 places at the same time.
I know Friday is the "traditional" day/time, but maybe there's a way to change it around. I know other Bellies would like to opportunity to do the Invasion, if not for the time, as well.
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06/09kat,
wish i would have known about y'all last year. last year was my first bm and i was just taking it in and then hiding at my humble abode at 6:30 and uranus. we had all the creepy voyeurs-that-don't-get-naked on our block! :P
anyhoo, haven't bought our tickets yet but are planning to go. definitely want to meet up, party with, dance with and invade with the burning bellies this year. playa, center camp, the man, the greeters, the whole city!!! ... that all sounds fun to me! please keep me posted!!!:)
i'm an amateur dancer. part of a new troupe out here in bfe high desert, central california. will probably eventually break into solo, perhaps with my lovely husband drumming. but i look forward greatly to bm 2005 knowing that there will be sisters in hip-scarves out there doin' it to it!
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06/10Hi Kat, Sorry it took me so long to respond to ya. I would be more than happy to coordinate a Greeters invasion as long as I had a few interested people. I guess I could go out and dance by myself but it would be so much more fun with some other dancers! -
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06/13Thank you so much for organizing something like that. I would be very interested in doing something like that.. What day were you thinking of doing it? What time?
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06/15That is a very good question! Lemme check into some things and get back to you on that. -
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06/22Well after some asking around, anytime that will not cause a huge traffic jam at greeter's would be very much welcomed. Your original idea of the Glow Invasion was nothing short of genius. Traffic is usually light then and the greeter's can feel a little lonely out there that time of day. Anyone interested in invading the greeter's station some evening? We are welcome multiple times as well. -
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06/24YAY HUGE Traffic Jams! :p
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07/22Dear Kat and all my other hip shakin' freinds:
After much deliberation, I have decided to not go to Burning Man this year. As much as this crushes me it was the right decision. In the coming weeks I am moving into a new house, most likely starting a new job and will have no accrued vacation time and will be starting up at my seasonal costume shop job. This was all just too much logistically and financially for me to handle right now including Burning Man. I will miss you all for another year (didn't go last year either) but please get some shimmies on for me! :'(
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06/22Hey Kat!
Of course I'm in!
Can't wait, especially sence this is the ONLY thing I am committed to on the playa this year!
IBTW, I love the late evening(5:30pm) time to invade CC. I view Burning Bellies as the thinking mans alternative to Critical Tits. If I could change or augment one thing? I would love MORE muscians and drummers. Last year at the man was a delight with the clarinetist and the drummers. MORE! -
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06/25Tracy:
I am thrilled with your compliments. I appriciate the support too! I dance for the fun of it, but the costuming is where I spend most of my time!
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06/27I totally know what you mean. Costumes have always been one of my first loves. I have an obscene collection of beads, fabric, trims, etc. I'm working on something now I hope to have done by Burning Man. (which is tough during a move and while working two jobs, grr)
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06/24Yep! I fully agree in regards to the musicians. I love love loved having live musicians instead of recorded music, however I have found it difficult to get them to commit, in 2003 my dear friend Tom was one of the only of a couple of musicians and he just about blew his poor lips off.. :) Live is always better in regards to recorded.
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06/28Yippie! I can't wait to be a part of this event!
This will be my first time at Burning Man...but I've been dancing for about five years now, and i would love to meet and shake it with everyone!
I'm in a dance troup, Shakra,, dancers of the tribal grove, and both myself and my sister in dance, Bronwen, will both be at Burning Man.
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06/28YAY We are glad to have you with us..I look forward to meeting you on the playa.
Actually I am not the head of things... you are looking for Ivy err I mean... that person over there her name is Wendy... Ivy? you remember meeting Wendy right? >:) -
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06/29" I am not the head of things... that person over there her name is Wendy"
Sheeesh...and here I thought Eunice was our fearsome leader....
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06/29hey everyone!! and hi Na'la!! I'll be there too!! yay!! my first burning man as well. and I was so excited to see this burning bellies tribe! whoo hoo
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06/30Frankie...my lovely fellow dread-head!
Are we actually going to have the opportunity to shake our asses together in the playa dust?!?!
Sweet!
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07/13What time Friday are we invading?
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07/135:00 pm until we are done dancing or until we have no more light :D
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07/13Can I take pictures again?
Although i do want to partake to Critical tits tooo.... Perhaps I can do both. Isn;t Critical tits at 3pm at the man and then I will find you at Center camp at 5pm playa time?
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07/18Hi Marie-Pierre
Good to hear from you. I dont mind if you take pictures of the event. It was great to have all of those excellent pictures from last years event. The only thing I would ask is that if you are going to use specific pictures for publication you get the permission of the person/ people you are taking pictures of. The other request would be for you to post the link where we can see the pictures.
For those of you who dont know; Marie-Pierre is the person who took all of those great picutures from Last years invasion that are in the photos site of this tribe.
Yes we will be at Center Camp at 5 pm playa time and then when done will head out to to the man and then will be there until we are tired of dancing :D.
Yay looking forward to seeing you again.
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07/18Much better to have a professional take pics of the event than my partner.. he has a thing for womens backs and when I asked him to take pictures of the event I meant the whole event, not just tons of pictures of dancers with their backs exposed :)
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07/24MP~ I want to do both as well. I just looked on the playa calendar..
www.burningman.com/calendar...a/day.php
and it says CT is 4-4:30 and BB is 5-5:30.
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08/22No problem about permissions. I hope to have a web site up and going, but not before I leave. also this year I will have a didgital camera... Yes I stepped to the other side. Last year I scanned every one of the photos - thus the delay in posting. None of the photos taken last year were published or any of that. The goal is to eventually collect enough images to create a book showing the rythm of the palya through dance.... It is going to take a lot of shooting!
Ang, I can;t wait to be by your side on Friday for Critical tits and then the photo shoot! We wil have fun.
Marie-Pierre
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07/19I'll be there and ready to dance! I am down for the invasions.
If I had to change something, it would be that Critical Tits and the BB Center Camp/Man invasion would be scheduled at completely different times. But it is what it is. I can't wait to get out there and get shaking! -
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07/19Hey you beautiful belly belles, I'm in! I'm newish to bellydance but a veteran burner, and I can't wait to get my shimmy on with you lovelies. See you at center camp! -
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07/22I thought I had answered before but "Hey I wanna burn mah belly too!" :)
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08/24Hi Kat,
i've been part of the invasion of center camp for 3 years (is that right?) now, and i love it! Even though I'm not part of a troupe I love dancing in the female power energy that is generated. I love the surprise on everyone's faces. Its especially good when there are enough dancers to 'take over' briefly... that year with the white out was amazing. Could we get a message out to Andie Grace on the JRS perhaps? about how much we love dancers and we LOVE our drummers...and we'd love everyone to participate. (just don't say when the invasion would be)
I'd like to do it 5pm friday again this year...that's my 2 cents.
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I'm the lead drummer for a large belly dance troupe and, even though this is my third year in BRC, I didn't even know about this event. I've really missed out - but i'm sure I was doing something fun. ;-)
Anyway I adore the scene, know all the standards, tons of variations and have super-fast rolls. You can count me in on any belly dance activity on the playa this year if you'll have me.
