Port Elizabeth’s Zahra’s Oriental Dance Studio is presenting its annual student showcase for the fifth time on Saturday, December 1 at the Open Door Assembly of God Westpoint.
“This year we are having a High Tea Hafla, and we are collecting goodies for the children of Latitha Ilanga Educare in Greenbushes,” said Melanie Wallis, one of the owners of the studio.
Hafla in Arabic means party and belly dancers around the world call their get-togethers and events a hafla.
Zahra’s studio is joined this year by Gigi, the stage name of a bellydancer based in Grahamstown who will also perform.
“We have collaborated to bring a jam-packed programme of various forms of oriental belly dance,” Wallis said.
The tea and dance hafla will begin at 3pm and the cost is R50, plus a small item for the children’s hamper.
Wallis said the Open Door Assembly of God Westpoint had set up the Educare as part of its ministry. It provides a meal for the children every day and organises a Christmas party at which each child is handed a hamper full of goodies from Santa. Further information, and tickets, from Wallis, 084-552-3187.