ISSN 1177-2808 (Print)
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MEDANZ News Middle Eastern Dance Association of New Zealand June / July 2011
Well Festival is over for another year. It was a fantastic weekend, despite some hiccups with the weather. Everyone certainly seemed to enjoy themselves, although sadly it ended on a sour note for some with a burglary from their motel room. As the outgoing President, there are a few people I would like to thank for their input into the Festival this year. Julie Duffy – AGM Facilitator – Julie keeps us on time, and on subject and is the reason our AGM flows as well as it does. Thank you Julie for your time and patience. Shelley Dawson – AGM Minute taker – Shelley kindly agreed to take the minutes at the AGM for us this year. Having an independent minute taker means the committee can concentrate on the matters at hand without having their attention diverted to keeping a record of the proceedings. Shelley’s input is greatly appreciated. John Ten-Velde – our sound and lighting technician for the Festival Show. John spent a majority of Saturday in the hall checking the sounds and lights, and making sure that everything ran smoothly for the rehearsal and performance. Thank you John. Angela Mott – Angela was our stage manager for the performance, and kept everyone under control and in the right place at the right time. Thank you. Martin Fastier – Martin spent the entire weekend running around setting things up, packing things away, making sure our overseas tutors were transported to and from the venue. In fact Martin was everywhere and at times sorting things out before we even knew there was a problem - in particular enabling the stereo in the gym to have more sound so that it could be heard over the torrential rain. Thank you Martin. The Tutors – thank you for your submissions to teach. Some workshops were hugely popular and it would have been nice to offer a repeat of those workshops, although when setting the programme and the schedule it is difficult to predict which should be repeated. The Angels – thank you for volunteering to assist our tutors.
Information Centre
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President's Report
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Getting to know your committee - Pip E-Lysaah
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- Petra Cowell
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- Dori Bestmann
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Lifetime Nominations - Judith Varga
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- Liz Irvine
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The Taxim Explained
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The 2010/11 committee – thank you to each and everyone of you, without your input and commitment the Festival would not have happened.
DVD Orders
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This year is going to be my last year on the committee and I am really looking forward to being involved with the preparations to take the Festival to Dunedin in April 2012.
Why bother with Zills
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Who influenced you?
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Librarian's Corner
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What's On
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Letter to Editor
Aaminah
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