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TRIBAL FEST 10, "A Decade of DecaDance" - May 12-16, 2010

Welcome!

WOW! What a ride it has been 10 years! Who remembers Tribal Fest 1? Tribal Fest has come a long way since then and we could not have done it without the love and support that so many have shown us over the years. There are so many to thank and acknowledge and we hope to share some of that in the official Tribal Fest program you can buy on-site.

Putting on Tribal Fest is a labor of love and watching it grow during the last 10 years has been a wonderful wild ride. From our hearts, we say thank you! - Kajira and Chuck.

We have a lot of information and so the best thing to do is print it all out and grab a cup of tea or coffee, sit back relax and read. There are some major changes this year for performing and other info that you will want to keep on hand.

This year's dates are May 12 - 16, 2010, in keeping with our "always the 3rd full weekend in May and the days preceding it" policy adopted since the very first Fest, so people around the world can plan from year to year and so other event producers know when not to hold their events in order to not create a conflict for all of you festival-goers.

GREAT NEWS!

There is a NEW OFFERING, held the week-end BEFORE TF 10 , May 7 - 9, 2009:

By popular demand, Kajira will be holding a Level One Teacher Training course in her Kajira Djoumahna/BlackSheep BellyDance Format for Synchronized Group Improvisational Tribal Style BellyDance (a.k.a KD/BSBD SGI TS BD) : This course will be held on May 7 - 9 for about 7 or more hours per day.

So plan to arrive early, and take the two days in between to enjoy Bodega Bay, the Wine Country, famous Osmosis Spa, and the gorgeous Sonoma Mountains, the healing waters of Calistoga, the amazing Redwoods - or even San Francisco.

TEACHERS!

We have an outstanding line-up of teachers this year. Some of your favorites have returned and some teachers that are new to Tribal Fest as we do every year. In fact, that is how many of our teachers got their start! We are so proud of you! : We are having fewer teachers for TF 10 than in the recent past. This is so we can have some of the teachers offer multi-day mini intensives and give you a chance to really submerse yourself in what they are teaching.

BIG NEWS!!!!

The Sebastopol Community Center has added AIR CONDITIONING!!!!
This will make Tribal Fest 10 the coolest Tribal Fest EVER! Sometimes the temperature can get very warm in Sebastopol and in the past we have just sweated it out during the show…. BUT now it should be a pleasure to sit and comfortably watch all the wonderful performances!

Returning for Tribal Fest 10, TRIBAL JAM BAND 2!!

Last year we had so much fun with the first ever Tribal Jam band that we are doing it again. There will be a core group of players headed by the wonderful Jeremiah Soto of Solace and EMP Productions fame! We will have a couple of guest players with him to start off with BUT the cool part is that YOU will get the chance to jump on stage with whatever you play and jam with the band for an open floor! Bring your drum, zills, shakers or whatever and lets again make a lot of noise for the dancers to dance open floor to.

Shopping and Vendors!

One of the things that Tribal Fest is known for is the outstanding shopping and wonderful array of vendors. We do get a huge flock of them, counting our teachers over 65 last year!! Name someone you've heard of and chances are they will be there. Also our "Teacher Vending Area" where all the Tribal Fest teachers are able to vend all week, casual style. It is behind the Youth Annex over looking the beautiful Labyrinth.

All the links on the left contain very important info about Da Fest! Please take time to scour the web site and hopefully everything you need to know will be here.

We would like to take a second and say "Mahalo Nui Loa" (thank you very much) for voting Tribal Fest "Favorite Event & Producer" in Zaghareet Magazine's annual "Golden Belly Awards" readers poll. It truly means a lot to us!

We hope that you have a great time at Tribal Fest 10, "A Decade of DecaDance"
Aloha and Mahalo, Kajira Djoumahna and Chuck


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