Summer with Juana Ghani - newsletter

Hello everybody!

Maybe it's the extended spring and all the rain we've been receiving here in our part of the world, but the creative seeds we planted less than a year ago have all begun to take root and are growing and blossoming with excitement.  We have grown from a solid core group of 4 to an amazing kumpania of 11 fabulously talented musicians and have a stunning array of beautiful dancers and fire artists that accompany us to most of our shows, much to the delight of our audiences.  We've played dives, cabarets, festivals and private parties.  And the summer continues to be filled with these wonderful experiences!

Tuesday, July 5 we will be at Burt's Tiki Lounge located at 726 S. State Street in Salt Lake City opening up for The Inheritance, an amazing eastern European influenced band out of Austin, Texas.  Tickets are $6 at the door.  Must be 21 years or older to attend. 

July 9th will find us playing at a private party.  If you're on that guest list, you're lucky.  There will be fire and belly dancing and all sorts of Juana Ghani fun!

Saturday, July 16th we are heading back to The Sugar Space (616 Wilmington in SLC) for another Night at the Casbah!  This one is an all ages event, so bring the family for a bellydancing extravaganza ... and Juana Ghani, of course.  Tickets are $10 in advance ( http://thesugarspace.com ) or $12 at the door.

Wrapping up the month of July is the Acoustic All-Stars Music Festival, held at The Downstairs in Park City the weekend of July 29-31.  This is a 3-day music festival featuring some the best acoustic musicians and bands from around the country.  And, yes, Juana Ghani is proud and honored to be a part of it.  We will be playing Saturday, July 30th, but really do encourage everybody to enjoy all 3 days of this event.  Again, it's for the over 21 crowd.  Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 for a 1-day pass or $20 for a 3-day pass.  You can also get your tickets from any member of the band or order them online from our blog (for a discount) at http://juanaghani.blogspot.com/p/2011-acoustic-all-stars-music-festival.html

 

Other exciting events include The Brown Bag Concert Series - Juana Ghani will be playing August 17 from 12:15-1:00pm at City Creek Park - and a couple fundraisers in September.  There's even another Underground Cabaret in the works for this fall! 

Yes, all in all it's been a very exciting spring and summer is looking to be just as much fun! 

 

Budmo!

Juana Ghani

P.S.   Check the July 7th issue of City Weekly for a nice little JG surprise!

Photos are posted!

Photos from the Liquid Joe's show in December and last week's Night of the Casbah are on the website now!  Click HERE and enjoy!

It's a party!

You know it's a great party when days later you're still riding the high from all the fun you had.  That's how we're still feeling after this past weekend's show at "Night of the Casbah".  By the end of the night that line between audience and performer had been successfully erased and we were joined on stage by an army of drummers and so many belly dancers that it was near impossible to count them all.  Everybody was shimmying and singing and having a fabulous time!  (There'll be photos of the hoopla on our website within the next day or two.)

Look for us next at a fundraiser for a local musician who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.  Sending Love: A Benefit for Mike Sheffield will be held Saturday, February 19th from 9pm til 12:30am at the Utah Arts Alliance located at 2191 South 300 West, suite 18 in Salt Lake City.  We will be joined there by the incomparable Filthy McWhiskey and a plethora of beautiful belly dancers, burlesque dancers, pole dancers, henna artists, tarot readers, and so much more!  It is recommended that those attending be at least 18 years old. Admission is $15 at the door with a discount to $5 for each ticket after you've purchased 2.                  

Now on to our recommendations!

Little Heads - Wearable art created by our very own Leisl.  Each piece is handcrafted and one-of-kind.  Guaranteed to turn heads!

Katzenjammer - Four of the hottest, most energetic, incredibly talented and imaginative musical ladies around!  Check out "A Bar in Amsterdam" - I completely run out of breath just listening to it.

Nutella - Hazelnut goodness in a spread!


Let the party continue!  Opa!