KC Peoples: I'm going to be dancing soon, in public as part of Troupe Duende's sets at Fringe Festival.duendegrrl's Level 2 class that I'm in at Bella is going to do a choreography (La Camisa Nega - for those of you that might be familiar with it) around 8:30pm (ish) Saturday night July 25th.  Should be awesome.  Or at least that's what I'm going to keep telling myself.  

I've never really been a nervous sort of person when it comes to talking to people (ala public speaking) I'm generally pretty loud and talkative, so having a crowd hasn't really bothered me before.  When I was younger I did some singing in junior high and high school - and not just as part of the choir (although I did that too).  But singing in public was always sort of nervewracking in a way just speaking wasn't.  Dancing in public - oh my - I'm not quite sure how I feel about it, but it's definitely on a higher scale than singing or speaking ever was.  But I love my costume (or at least the skirt) and I love the song, so it should be fun at the very least.  

I know I haven't talked about it much here, but I've been taking her bellydance classes since January.  And before that she was giving me private lessons in November.  So, I feel like I've been doing pretty good, and it's about time that I prove to myself that I've learned something. 

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In other news, I've been listening A LOT to this new band Halestorm (see music signature). They're sort of Evanescence-like.  Rock band with female singer.  I'd heard their song on the radio (98.9 of all places - which almost never plays female vocals) "I Get Off" and the lead singer reminds me so much of Skin from the British ex-band of Skunk Anasie.  Most of the songs start slower, but rock out in the middle.  And if you don't like it at first when you listen to it - imagine a male singer with the same song/lyrics.  Rock/Metal fans place a whole different image on songs/bands with female vocals and they tend to get brushed off - but seriously, I can imagine the same songs coming from band like Cold, or RA or Crossfade.  Anyhow.  

Also, on the music front. There's new Killswitch Engage.  Has anyone listened to it?

And also on the new music but completely not rock or metal, there's new Regina Spektor.  It's good.  When I'm done being obsessed with Halestorm, I'll probably put it on repeat for a while.