Images from the Magic Hips recital

This weekend, my friend Kathy (Aminah in the SCA) came with me to to the Magic Hips recital. Since I was asked to be the official photog, that meant showing up early, and lots of stress-out bits, which Aminah graciously helped me through!
All that so you guys can get some cool photos. *grin* The entire set is online, now, by the by.

the image, by the by, is my friend Naima doing what I wagered to be the Raqs al Assaya (cane dance) portion of a Mealya Leff-inspired routine. Funny how I've been posting, of late, images inspired by traditional routines and concepts in raqs...