Each week we send reporter Keith Fairbank to embark on a new challenge This week he gets all dressed up and has a go at belly dancing. replica gucci bag
LEAVING my socks, shoes and inhibitions at the door, I took a deep breath and prepared myself for 90 surreal minutes of belly dancing. Cheap Bracelet
The women of Seal, including village vicar Anne Le Bas, were already dressed to impress and wiggling their hips
Immediately, my enthusiastic tattooed instructor Chantel Phillips - who appeared on Britain's Got Talent this year - beckoned me inside and handed me a Tommy Cooper-style fez and a striking purple coin belt
Most Popular ArticlesAznar, Trimble to launch new pro-Israel project Too stressfulWiden it to help ease traffic jamWar of words on nukes continuesTied around my waist but over my suit trousers, it looked as out of place as I did in the women-only group However, I could not resist a quick bum shake and to my delight it produced the same tinny sound as the women's beautiful dresses
Chantel remained at the front and so with terrifyingly little introduction, I attempted to follow her lead. (Bath Towel).
Many of our initial movements primarily involved bending our knees so I concentrated hard and found myself growing accustomed to each pose just in time for Chantel to introduce another
These moves - the shimmy, figure of eight, and camel - are the building blocks of belly dance and can be incorporated into longer more flamboyant routines
Chantel added an "undulation" into our sequence and I attempted my first belly roll
Unable to form any defined shape with my waif-like chest, I tried to compensate by arching my back further, sticking my bum out and thrusting forward like Elvis. (Gucci).
Growing in confidence, soon the advanced class arrived and Chantel handed out plastic shepherds' crooks. Juicy Couture wholesale With my odd hat, I felt like an exotic Little Bo Peep. (Crystal Rock Women t-shirts).
Stick dancing, Chantel informed me, is a more popular dance among men and fortunately none of the other girls had learned it before
Our minute-long dance, choreographed by Chantel and accompanied by some Arabian pop, featured much spinning and side-stepping I never really mastered belly popping, but the girls were too polite to criticise
I feel I embraced the spirit of the evening, but was firmly put in my place when the girls performed their show dance
Chantel teaches belly dancing classes at Seal church hall every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm Visit for details
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