KAREN BARBEE ADKISSON - San Antonio, Texas. Karen is a leading performer and instructor of Middle Eastern dancing. Karen has been dancing for 30 years and has more than 200 students taking belly dance classes in her studio. She trained in Cairo, Egypt, with some of the most accomplished dancers in the world and has participated in major symposiums in Los Angeles, Houston, New York, Seattle and numerous other cities as well as the Caribbean. She performed in an international music video with Arab singer Ziad Ansari. The video became a hit in the Middle East where her dance troupe, Karen's Karavan, will also be performing shows She will be teaching combinations on Friday. She will also share her secrets for dance performances in small resaurant settings to large stages. Sunday she will be teaching a new choreography. No matter if you have been fortunate to have many classes with this awesome teacher or if this is your first time to experience classes with Karen, you will leave the class with new material, inspiration and respect for this teacher and our dance form.

DESDEMONA- Tyler, Texas. Desdemona has been a professional Middle Eastern Dance Artist for the last 16 years. She is an accomplished performer and teacher. She connects with the audience on a personal level. Desdemona taught at Shireem's Shimmy by the Sea cruise in 2006. She was fabulous. She performs regularly in Dallas, Fort Worth, and she and her trouple perform at the Four Winds Renaissance Faire. Desdemonda in one of the featured belly dancers in a soon to be released movie, Homeland Security, starring Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, and Selma Blair coming this spring 2007. Bring your wings of Isis or two veils. She will also be teaching Techno/Arabic Fusion and a choreography.

SHIREEM - Corpus Christi, Texas. Shireem, sponsor of Shimmy By The Sea and Shimmy At Sea Belly Dance Cruise, has been teaching and performing since 1976. She and her daughter, Susan, direct the Mystic Dancers, Lotus Dancers and Pacific Islanders Polynesian show. This dance/drum group performed in China for the Euro/American festival in 2006. Vendors include: Babylon Breeze, Taryn Kennard Tribal, Audrena, Magical Fashions, Tatika's Treasures, Jeannette Cunningham's music, Asheba's phoenix Designs and others to be announced.

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