Category Archives: music

{Down East Fest- Part 2}

We had the best time!!! We were hoping to go down to New Bern Friday night for the hafla too, but it was just too long to be away from the kids, so we left Saturday morning. It was only … Continue reading

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Shimmies at the Eno

It was sweltering this past weekend at the Eno, but we shimmied in the sun anyway! Luckily this year our stage was in the shade. We got to dance to the wonderful live music by local Middle Eastern musicians, the … Continue reading

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{videos from this weekend}

Trying to get everything up to date before I leave for the Mountains on Thursday. (Can’t wait!!). Here are my video clips from the Graduation party this weekend: My performance: I didn’t get any video of my actual performance with … Continue reading

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{testimonial}

I woke up this morning to this wonderful testimonial: “Dear Amara and the band, We cannot say enough thank you for Saturday, May 12th night’s performance. It was our godson’s college graduation and we wanted to give something special to … Continue reading

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{gigs galore!}

What a fun night! More than one gig in a night is tiring though…my heels and costume are not meant to be worn for 4 1/2 hours!! LOL. Anyhow, my first gig was at Bradford Hall at Carolina Preserve. Each … Continue reading

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Playing at Neomonde’s

So we hung out at the new Neomonde’s this afternoon for the music meetup (TAME- Triangle Area Middle Eastern Musicians meetup). If you know me, you know I LOVE their food! First thing I did was get me a sampler … Continue reading

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{Arabian Nights begins….}

So I went Fri, Sat, and Sun to the production of Arabian Nights at NC State. It was sold out each show and it was wonderful! The decor and lighting is a dancers dream. ( I so wanted to get … Continue reading

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