Turkish Delight Dancers Woo the WI

Following in the footsteps of our now renowned Ukulele group, our Turkish Delight Desert Dancers recently went abroad to Nettleton to perform especially for the monthly meeting of the local WI.  Those attending the meeting were met at the door by Abdul, the Dancers’ slave, who welcomed them.  The performance was introduced by leader Gillian with a talk on the history of ‘belly’ dancing (our group remain steadfastly well covered) and how she came to start this group.  Then she led Julia, Dawn, and new recruit Felicity, in a series of demonstration dances, complete with lots of jingly bits, hip undulations, tummy rolls and seductive arm movements designed to attract the Pharoahs of ancient times. Music was provided by technician Terry on the cd player.  Clarence the camel made a cameo appearance, as he tends to do!
The ladies of the WI were delighted by the evening performance and copies of our September Newsletter were snapped up by them, so who knows, more new members may result.  This picture shows our ladies performing at the Festival Hall, but shows well how colourful they look.