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Sorry we are no longer maintaining this page or updating pics on the site as heavy workload with ongoing events & classes & large home project to build our own conservatory from recyled materials.

In 2011 Zehara's Small Group of Dancers & Urban Gypsy Group in great demand. Here's a small selection from 2011 starting in February at the wonderful Three Counties Malvern large Belly Dance Event & throughout the spring & summer numerous appearances including Mind & Body Stockport Guildhall, several days of PR at NEOne Newcastle, Chesterfield Mayday, Holmfirth Folk Festival, Bikerthon Macclesfield, Hayfield MayQueen, St Johns College Shropshire Workshop with School, Didsbury Festival, Barnaby Festival Macclesfield, Buxton Mind & Body, Hazel Grove Carnival, Warrington Disability Day, Festival at the Edge Shropshire, Stockport Carnival, Chadkirk Festival, Limetree Festival nr Ripon, Eyam Carnival, Mind Body Spirit MBS Harrogate, Blackberry Fair along with numerous Private Parties, Dance Workshops, Hen Party performances & workshops that Zehara has done.

Below is Selection of Events pre 2011

Sun 21st November 2010 Zehara & Dancers 1pm Manchester Gmex Mind Body Spirit Contact www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk

Sun 7th November 2010 Zehara 2pm Fun Taster Zehara Dance Workshop at Clubdance UK Malvern Contact Dawn Clubdance UK Spring Lane Malvern Worcestershire WR14 1BY Email: enquiries@clubdanceuk.co.uk Telephone: 01684 561 880

Sat 2nd Oct 2010 Large number of Urban Gypsies were on the streets of Whitchurch, North Shropshire Blackberry Fair http://blackberryfair.co.uk/BlackberryFair2010.aspx a lovely community autumn event music, parade, dance, bands, local produce & unique craft shopping for Christmas gifts.

Sun 26th September 2010 Zehara & Small group of Urban Gypsies MBS Health & Healing Harrogate Event 10-6pm with our performances at 1.40pm & 3.20pm at the Pavillions of Harrogate Great Yorkshire Showground HG2 8QZ Zehara taster workshop 4.30pm. Telephone Neil Auchterlounie 01405 769 875 or 01405 769 875 neilauchterlounie@btinternet.com

Sat 25th September 2010 Zehara & Small group of Urban Gypsies Rosemary Douglas Mind Body Spirit Event 10.30am - 6.00pm with our performances at 1.30pm & 3pm at the Stockport Guildhall Wellington Road South Stockport, SK1 3UA Zehara taster dance workshop 4.15pm. Tel Rosemary Douglas 07828 187 468
or 01270 619104 email rosiembs@googlemail.com

Sat 18th Sept 2010 Emma Wheate invited Urban Gypsies to a fun weekend away to perform at her Redditch Haflah for Charity and also Zehara led a fun taster dance workshop in the afternoon. The event was well attended and the show had a great variety of styles, ending with the audience on their feet partying with the us.

June/July/August packed out with loads of events, including in July Hazel Grove Carnival & Cliffe Castle Event & Stainsby Music Festival and also Limetree Festival & Silloth August Bank Hol weekend and many other events.

Sun 27th June 2010 in afternoon Urban Gypsies a couple of performance slots and later a taster workshop with Zehara at Buxton Health and Healing Festival Pavillion Gardens Buxton

Sat 20th June 2010 out and about around Macclesfield Town Centre at the recently revived Barnaby Festival fantastic weather nice local event.

Sat 19th June 2010 Chapel Carnival parade starts at 1pm and we will be performing in park shortly after parade.

Sat 12th June 2010 The 31st Didsbury Festival held in Didsbury Park event is 12-4pm with 11am procession with "South African Theme" for world cup.

Sat 5th June 2010 Urban Gypsies performing at Fund Raiser for Douglas MacMillan Hospice venue Meir Community Centre Education Centre Pickford Place Meir Stoke on Trent ST3 7DY £10 per ticket guests bring own food and drink. Event starts 8pm until Midnight contact Carol Howard http://www.angelsinarts.co.uk/ by email carol@benhowardappeal.org for tickets a fantastic mix of Bellydance entertainment and a charity fundraiser.

Sat 8th May 2010 Bridlington Health & Healing Festival at the Spa with an enormous stage and fabulous Victorian venue, a weekend away to dance at MBS Mind & Body Event was great fun, and we enthusiastically celebrated one of the groups birthdays, and everyone stayed in caravans in Bridlington so lots of fun & frivolity.

May Bank Hol Weekend Sat 1st May Nottingham Mayday Parade also attended Mon 3rd May Chesterfield Mayday Parade the rain missed us at both events in fact sunny most of time and we had great time in the parades and also raising awareness for lot of good causes and we appeared on ITV news which helped raise profile.

Sun 25th April 2010 Health & Healing Festivals York at York Racetrack, fantastic venue and loads of great stalls, lots of children joined in with our performance.

Sat 24th April 2010 Nantwich Civic Hall Mind Body & Spirit Fair 10-6pm Beam Street Nantwich Cheshire CW5 5DG tickets £2-3 Performances by Urban Gypsies 1pm and 2pm and Zehara leading a fun taster Belly Dance session at 3pm. Another great day out in lovely historic Nantwich, nearly all the group performed at this event and created a colourful spectacle that was greatly appreciated.

Fri 26th March 2010 6-7pm Free event FX Fridays in the main foyer of The Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester city centre. The "Urban Gypsies" performed their own show of famous eccletic dances. Press release "With their energetic style and fabulous rhythmic world music with strong African overtones, URBAN GYPSIES, founded by Zehara, are completely unique" - Great turn out Foyer was packed.

Sat 13th March 2010 Shimmer Bellydance Showcase The Gate Keppoch Street Cardiff CF24 3JW show from 7pm. Event for cancer charity Tenovus - a wonderful show and the whole audience waved arms in unison as the Gypsies rounded off the first half of the show, in the ultimate audience participation experience.

Sat 13th & Sun 14th February 2010 small group of Urban Gypsies were warmly received at the Valentine Weekend Mind Body & Spirit Fair at Stockport Masonic Hall 169 Wellington Road South Stockport Sk1 3UA at 1.30pm & 3pm both days event 10.30-7pm and Zehara led a fun taster Belly Dance session at 4pm both days.

January 2010 The "Urban Gypsies" went down a storm at both the Equity Annual Party held at Monroes in Manchester and also during February 2010 at the Three Counties Belly Dance Festival in Malvern