OH YES! Going with your mom, excellent :) How funny ~ you're taking your mom, and i am taking my daughter, and it's a new experience for both of them..... i'm sure after the performance she will totally understand your love of the art form :) and also sure you are going to have a wonderful time!! When the Tribal contingent comes onto the stage for the first time, if you don't well up with tears of.... I don't even know what to call it [I'm actually welling up thinking about it from last year's show].... I will be very surprised, ESPECIALLY if you take a workshop.
We get tickets in row 4 or 5, dead ctr... which means, the performers can see you, so Sharon told me. And when she came to the front of the stage and looked right at me, while she was dancing, I was dabbing up the tears.

You know, that is exactly how I felt the first time I took a workshop with one of the BDSS Tribal dancers.... it was Sharon, and i was overwhelmed.... but you know, they are the sweetest, nicest women.... not at all affected or full of themselves, and so happy to share their knowledge!! Seriously, if one of them is giving a workshop in your area, particularly if it's your fave, Kami, GO!! Do not even hesitate for a second on that decision... cuz if you don't, you will forever regret it. They all have this wonderful way of making everyone feel special, truly they are remarkable women. So take the workshop!!

xo
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very true, plus it must be a blinding/distracting moment for the dancers as well..... and it's somewhat like bloody cell phones ringing, and people who think they need to talk several decibels above normal while on a cell phone, that detract from theatre performances, movies, restaurant dining... etc... /rant ;)

Yes, I know about flash photography with dancers. It is rude and it's something I do not do unless the performance is outside during the day :)