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Selayma during a performance of The Naughty Navels at the Ohio Renaissance Festival - 2000

History of the Naughty Navels~
 
In 1996 Laylia and Mary E. were approached by a clipboard wielding person at ORF while they were having a great time belly dancing as playtrons!  Mary was leaving for college so Laylia stayed on to create the 2 dancer and drummer team. 
 
Laylia hired the fiery Selayma as a partner and someone (we would like to kiss the ground for) found Kalina an experienced Middle Eastern Drummer.  
 
 Laylia's concepts of comedy and family style costuming made the show fun and interactive for all ages......
Selayma's fiery personality and mesmerising dancing made show goers laugh, gasp, and drool.....
Kalina's mastery of Middle Eastern rhythms and drumming for dancers glued everything together......
 

Laylia hired the fiery Selayma as a partner and someone (we would like to kiss the ground for) found Kalina an experienced Middle Eastern Drummer.  
 
 Laylia's concepts of comedy and family style costuming made the show fun and interactive for all ages......
Selayma's fiery personality and mesmerising dancing made show goers laugh, gasp, and drool.....
Kalina's mastery of Middle Eastern rhythms and drumming for dancers glued everything together......
















The Show was evolving!
 
Kalina's hands started to ache so she went off to find a massour.  Wild drummer Amon arrived to make the show's heartbeat!  People still remember his antics and crazy eyes!
 
After a year or two Amon pilgrimaged to Africa for further study of drumming.  Laylia opened her door and found that the stork left Huria and Willie!  Now we had two drummers! 
 
Huria took a year off and Miesha of clan blackstar jumped in for a season...

After the show was about 4 or 5 years old Selayma moved to Colorado and replaced herself with the red-haired dancer named Phoenix!  She wow'd the audience with her water tray dance... very heavy...very sloshy!
 
After 2 years Phoenix got tired of everyone else getting to take all the photos!  She left to teach photography in the university!
 
 Laylia promptly kidnapped Local favorite Little Egypt~ who was already supbstituting for a weekend or two..  the audence was in a tizzy over her wine glass dancing and quarter rolling!

We have had wonderful substitute and understudy dancers: 
 Reymere, Jeanette, Shakira, Melissa...

This year opens with Laylia, Huria, Willie and Zenobia! 
Special guest Mistrals on strings
 are Micheal Rosa and Jackie O'brian.
 
Zenobia from Arkansas has stepped up from being a one weekend member  to joining the show for the first 4 weeks! 
 
Little Egypt will be in the last 5 weeks!!! 
 
Dancing Understudy for 2005: Kira LaFave
 
Thank you for all your clapping and Opahs!
















Mesmerizing Comedy with the Naughty Navels ~Renaissance Belly Dancing show
Booking&Interviews: Laylia layliasbellydancing@yahoo.com 
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