Letter . . . from the Editor:
2016 – So happy to welcome a new year with all its joys and challenges, implementing new ideas, and looking forward to
the new creations by dancers, designers, vendors, musicians, writers, photographers and event producers.
2016 – Our January-March issue of the Belly Chronicles International Magazine – our 2nd interactive issue – starring
talented and much-loved Cover Girl AMAYA with a wonderful interview by Ma*Shuqa. We’ve included numerous Event
Pictorials and Event Reviews to honor so many terrific sponsors, dancers, musicians and photographers. There are always
two (or more) sides to views and opinions of what we, teachers, dancers and musicians, do and those approaches to what
we do and how we do it, and we’ve included thought-provoking articles by Fahtiem, Princess Farhana and Tess Haranda.
2016 - Madam Raqia Hassan of Egypt coming to New York, Texas and Florida … World-renowned Instructors and
performers and competitors at Belly Dancer of the Universe California, Rakkasah East New Jersey and Rakkasah West
California, CairoShimmyQuake California, Yaa Halla, Y’all Texas, Belly Dance Masters Florida, Tribal Massive Nevada
Las Vegas, Austin Belly Dance Convention Texas, Wise Woman Retreats New Mexico, Las Vegas Intensive & Festival,
Pomegranate’s Teacher Training New Mexico, Pyramid Road North Carolina … and in recognition of the sad finalé of the
popular 3rd Coast Tribal.
Thank you to those who’ve donated outstanding items and events to Belly Dance Chronicles Indiegogo to help with
training needed for the transition to interactive digital and making it available world-wide to EVERYONE – each issue
will include something new to make your viewing so much more exciting! The phenomenal support from Tori with Tribal
Massive, Amaya with Aziz in Albuquerque, Virginia with RakStar, Mher with Hollywood Music, Nourhan Sharif with
Raqia Hassan New York City, Isis Productions with Yaa Halla, Y’all, Pasha with Las Vegas Intensive, Amaya with Wise
Woman Retreats, Ma*Shuqa Mira Murjan with Diva Dancer Retreat, Andrea with Belly Dance Masters, Tonya and
Atlantis with Belly Dancer of the Universe for two … and to the Indiegogo fab crew – Jill Pohl, Gail Dittenber, Heather
Hines, Brenna Hemminger, Del and Isis, with assistance from Lynda Cryer, Joan Fritz and Jennifer McCoy.
A personal “Thank You” to all those who’ve been so kind during the sudden illness of my son … Our hearts are so
appreciative of your prayers and good wishes. Prayers for each of you and us for an amazingly healthy, loving and joyous
year of good news!! Don’t know about you, but I’m so ready!
Much love and warm hugs,
From Del, Cassie, the Board of Directors of the Isis Foundation, and Isis
With love,
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