An Evening of Belly Dance
Schedule
Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Firehouse Arts and Events Center | Bellingham, WA
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Come experience some of the fantastic, dramatic and breathtaking belly dance that Bellingham has to offer! Plus special guest, drummer David Metz who will be traveling from Seattle to perform for us this evening!Come early to enjoy a beverage at the Firehouse Cafe before the doors open for the show at 6pm. The show will start at 6:30pm in the beautiful Firehouse Performing Arts Center - an old firehouse turned small theatre - a short walk from the Historic Fairhaven District.
This evening will be a sparkling evening of raqs sharqi (oriental dance), fusion, and middle eastern folk dance; while our guest Toastmaster Jeffrey Copeland, will share little bites of history and culture of the music and the dance.
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๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ - Owner of Rachel Belly Dances here in Bellingham, Rachel is a playful performer who may make you feel like dancing along! She is sure to bring energy and sparkle to her performance.
๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ - Led by Cara Cressell and Jen Cerdena, these talented performers will bring a modern style of belly dance that was created here in the U.S. called Fat Chance Belly Dance (FCBD) style.
This style's signature is using cues among the dancers to improvise their dance, while staying in synchrony with each other. Come and watch, you would never know that they are improvising!
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๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ญ๐ณ - The 'dancers' drummer'! David has been playing middle eastern music and drumming for dancers drum solos for many years! Never seen a drum solo?! You are in for a treat! A drum solo is a completely improvised duet between a drummer and a dancer. Fun, fast and thrilling, this is not an act to miss!
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December 6th, 2025
Doors open at 6pm, Show starts at 6:30pm
Firehouse Arts and Events Center
1314 Harris Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225
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Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225-7116, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:

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