For those of you following my Balkan dance (or more specifically my Bulgarian National Dance) debut you probably know that I danced on both Thursday and on Friday at school for the Christmas concert.  The first song we danced to was relatively easy and the second one was, um, not.  I don't think that I'll be winning any competitions any time soon.  But hey, the dress is great and I made it through.

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You'll see that I am the tall blond girl on stage in a yellow dress.  You'll also notice that on the first song I do a great job but on the second one, well it's a mess.  I don't leave the stage hop jumping in the right order. Oh well.  The second dance has been cut down from the whole to just a clip but I have to say it felt like I was on stage a lot longer than this two-plus minute clip.

At least I am good at English.

Finally, I'd like to apologize to anyone who feels like I've co-opted his or her culture,  to anyone who now has a cramp in his or her side from laughing and to anyone who now can't get the image of me jumping off stage on the wrong foot.  Thanks for being patient with me.

Oh, this probably my last post for a day or two. I am going to be flying to the States this afternoon and I wont get to Walla Walla until Tuesday evening.  Wish me luck with this and the 10 hour jet lag that I will soon be suffering from.