Mellophone Misadventures #3 Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-06-12 | Introducing the (in)famous Conn 16E "Mellophonium" of Stan Kenton fame! Played (badly) and contrasted with the 1911 Conn instrument. Outtakes at end.
Maat Garden, first look Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-05-22 | More or less complete Ma'at garden overview, before its consecration. Still awaiting its entry gate, and the grass and flowers need to "grow in" a bit.Ma'at Garden - think "Zen Garden" but without the Orientalia. From the ancient Egyptian concept (and Goddess) of the same name.
Star Wars community dance. Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-05-12 | A dance community performance for a Star Wars themed hafla - simple, fun, easy choreography by Jenn!
Mandalorian Dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-05-09 | Mandalorian dance by Oracle of Flow for a Star Wars themed hafla. Fantastic music by @samkimmusic3380
Baby Bellies Zill Dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-05-09 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform with Zills (Finger Cymbals)!
Mary Janes Dance 2024 Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-05-08 | Mary Jane's dance 5/4/2024. Very harsh lighting.
Sandstorm Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-05-07 | Luna Habibi presents the dance we were told that we were crazy to attempt: Sandstorm! Performed at the American Belly Dance Club spring Hafla 5/4/24
Serene Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-04-30 | Someone sent this to me, said it reminded them of me. If only. I'm nowhere near this serene. Letterboxed the vertical video to bypass the "shorts" nonsense.
Snek! Black Racer in backyard Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-04-06 | Beautiful Black Racer snake in backyard. Low rez cell phone video letterboxed to prevent the shorts nonsense. 11 secs.
Jessica running in sprinkler Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-03-28 | Jessica runs through the sprinkler celebrating her hard work laying all this sod! She was dirty, but happy!
Seaside Rendezvous Parasol Dance better framing Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-03-04 | Oracle of Flow's Parasol dance with better framing to show off Kira's wonderful dancing - she stole the show! Lower resolution than the other video, but worth watching! Higher res but not as well framed video here: youtu.be/SxDD-W9xQK8
Oracle of Flow: 1 minute drum solo Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-02-24 | Short and sweet! Drum solo that is all of one minute long! Zorba was VERY stiff with a sore back, so his chest work wasn't very good.
baby bellies drum solo Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-02-22 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform a drum solo!
Seaside Rendezvous Parasol Dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-02-19 | Oracle of Flow with Zorba as you've never seen him before! Definitely NOT Belly Dance per se, more of a show girl dance with a sometime Belly Dance vocabulary. Just a LOT of fun - and some of the "mistakes" were intentional! Zorba is even (pseudo-)dipped in the dance, at least as much as a 225lb old guy can be dipped!Dealing with a sore back, made me a bit stiffer than I'd like. A better framed, but lower res video here: youtu.be/F9otux8_0A8
Zorba dances Warda Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-02-18 | Based on Janette Brenner's Choreography.Dealing with a painful back - a bit stiff here.
Silly under Jeep video, directors cut. Zorba, The Veiled Male 2024-02-17 | Revised version of a silly video made from footage of hauling small utility trailer off to the welding shop, coupled with a couple of other short vids - taken from ground level as Jeep passes over. Bonus: utility trailer's first trip to Home Depot!
Practice Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-27 | Zorba practicing a new routine at Bianca's "Goddess Circle" for feedback from his dance sisters. Not perfect by any means, re-started finger cymbals too soon, imperfect arms, "repeat-itis", etc, etc. This is why we practice!Music: "Chase the Wind" by Light Rain
Story Dance, low resolution Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-18 | Janette Brenner's advanced class presents "The Story Dance", filmed at a festival a number of years back. Very low resolution, Zorba can be seen in the back. Annoyingly, the very start and the very end are cut off.
Story Dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-18 | Janette Brenner's advanced class presents "The Story Dance", filmed at her studio a number of years back. Too many dancers, too small of a space, camera too close. Zorba can be glimpsed in the back, demonstrating that the dance can be performed sans skirt.
Charter Arms Santa Fe Sky, unboxing, first range trip Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-17 | Wife's new Charter Arms revolver, as only Zorba can bring it to you! Apologies for some of the sub-standard production values on this video...
Silly under Jeep video Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-10 | Silly video made from footage of hauling small utility trailer off to the welding shop, coupled with a couple of other short vids - all taken from ground level as Jeep passes over.
Start Wearing Purple, Luna Habibi and Oracle of Flow. Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-05 | Special performance of "Start Wearing Purple 2.1" for Melbourne Ballroom's Halloween party. Actual footage is low res - a grab from a cell phone that was in the audience.
Granddaughter gymnastics jump Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-03 | Granddaughter has been working up to this literally for years. Sorry about the wonky aspect ratio - converted from a stupid smartphone vertical video to avoid the "shorts" nonsense...I don't like smartphones, I don't like that people won't use their cameras correctly, and I especially don't like "shorts" which caters to people using smartphone cameras incorrectly!
Jana - Luna Habibi Fall Hafla 2023 Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-02 | Luna Habibi - ABDC 2023 Fall hafla performance "Jana", where Zorba looks a bit lost at times!
Start Wearing Purple, Luna Habibi and Oracle of Flow with the Baby Bellies Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-02 | ABDC 2023 Fall hafla performance of the ever favorite skirt choreography "Start Wearing Purple 2.1". Three combined troupes and some special Halloween dancers!
Op - Oracle of Flow and Luna Habibi Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-01 | ABDC 2023 Fall hafla performance of the famed 2016 ShimmyMob alternate choreography "Op", with some special Halloween dancers!
Hafla Solo Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-11-01 | ABDC Fall hafla solo, music by Fahtiem, costume by The Mighty Siwa
Un Vaxxed Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-10-31 | I didn't create this, nor do I know where it came from. I can't seem to find it on youtube - so I thought I'd post it again as Goddess knows the world needs to understand what has happened.
35 yard skirt Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-10-29 | 35 Yards of yummy goodness! I'm ruined for life - 25 yards just won't cut it anymore if I'm doing actual skirt dancing!
Witchs Ball 2023 Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-10-19 | An "Angels & Demons" skit/dance by Troupe Anahata, especially convened for this one off performance at the 2023 Space Coast Witch's Ball - not really Belly Dance but fun! The space was MUCH smaller than we had been led to believe, the venue was NOT closed to the public so we had "Muggles" running around, BUT the performance while not perfect came off better than it had any business doing considering the sub-optimal space and being hemmed in on all sides!
Zorba Teaching Purple Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-08-18 | Brief snippet of Zorba teaching Heather's "Start Wearing Purple" skirt dance - to a different version of the song! Hilarity ensued...
Hi-Point C9, unboxing, first range trip Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-08-15 | As I already had the most coveted Hi-Point of all time, I figured I couldn't afford not to buy regular one when PSA was blowing them out at $129. So here it is, along with the very rare $100 bill version, as only Zorba can bring it to you!Short outtake at end.
R Lee Ermey The Gunny Bobblehead, RE-UPLOADED Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-08-14 | Introducing everybody's favorite Drill Instructor, "The Gunny"! R. Lee Ermey shares 30 seconds of wisdom well worth listening to! Semper Fi!Old video letterboxed and re-uploaded to bypass the "shorts" nonsense. Apologies for the stupid vertical video. Not sure why I shot this in vertical format, I know better and it wasn't done with a stupid smartphone!
Baby Bellies Tambourine Dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-07-02 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform a Tambourine dance for a July 4th celebration!
Baby Bellies Finger Veil Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-07-02 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform a dance with Finger Veils at a 4th of July festival!
Zorbas new solo, 3rd performance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-07-01 | Third iteration of Zorba's latest. High res video. Note the presence of "Claudette ][", the camel far stage left (viewer's right)!
I Wanna Dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-06-12 | The newly named "Oracle of Flow" performs an intense new choreography that's a LOT of fun!
Start Wearing Purple skirt dance 2.1 Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-06-12 | The newly named "Oracle of Flow" performs the 2.0 version of "Start Wearing Purple" skirt dance. Heather says "Last time until at least the fall!"
Baby Bellies Veil Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-06-12 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform a Veil dance.
Baby Bellies Finger Veil Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-06-12 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform a dance with Finger Veils!
Zorbas new solo Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-06-12 | New solo number, first performance. Pretty typical of a first run of a new piece. A bit rough in places, some "repeat-itis", some sub-optimal bits, etc. It was really cool having the live drummer adding in!
Tisas 1911A1 Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-05-28 | New Tisas 1911A1 pistol. Unboxing, quick breakdown and reassembly. Short outtake at end.
Zorba Gets Dipped! Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-05-14 | Learning to let Lady Heather dip me during our new Parasol dance. Working on getting it lower - it takes a while to build trust and do this right, plus I'm 63 years old and outweigh Heather by quite a bit which makes this QUITE the challenge!
Luna Habibi veil dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-05-07 | Luna Habibi performs a beautiful veil dance, followed by a short drum solo piece at the Spring Hafla 2023. Afterwards, we make a presentation to our troupe leader, Samarah! Thanx go to Jessica for the video!(Note Claudette the camel ][ at the far right!)
Start Wearing Purple skirt dance 2.0 Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-05-07 | This choreography was originally supposed to be a throw away, but it was so stupid that it was fun and everybody, both dancers and audiences, loved it. So we revised it to make it a bit more "real", and here it is yet again!
Sewer pipe inspection Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-05-05 | 60 year old sewer pipes are failing. Reverse pull from street (with newer PVC piping) to rooftop vent stack - with some ABS along the way, and lots of ugly cast iron - and roots! Roots removed, but this entire system to be replaced ASAFP!
Bud Barf Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-04-08 | A VERY old sound file from the 1980s finds a new purpose what with today's nonsensical politics!
Baby Bellies Veil Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-03-04 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform a Veil dance.
Baby Bellies Tambourine Dance Zorba, The Veiled Male 2023-03-04 | Zorba's granddaughter and her dance siblings perform a Tambourine dance.
