PANGIA: News

Pangia is now booking 2013/14 dates, domestic and international. Contact us to reserve a date soon!

Pangia is now booking 2012 dates, domestic and international. Contact us to reserve a date soon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBfEXFX0QU featuring Percussion with Brian Nutson and Shade Siha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5ciI89up0&feature=related Evanlgeline dances with PANGIA

Our Community of Mt. Shasta has been given a Great Gift! Coleman Barks, renowned Poet and Translator of Rumi and Lisa Starr, Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, have graciously committed to an evening of inspirational poetry and music at the College of the Siskiyous in Weed, Ca., June 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm. Please view this YouTube link for a taste of what is to come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa07vKCwWPA This will be a fundraising event with proceeds going to Mercy Hospice Mt. Shasta. We appreciate your support. This is an evening not to miss.

http://www.youtube.com/zabeth44#p/a/u/0/i7wtqKsfaYg

PANGIA will be in TEXAS at the 10th Annual YALLA Y'ALL Playing for 2 shows along with Carmine Guida.
see the Website for details!
http://www.isisandthestardancers.com/Events.htm

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=211584275169&ref=ss

Festival Isis de Baile Oriental
http://festivalisis.com/ This is going to be an amazing event! Check it out and be there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls-mMcNoVzE

A ' better have it now' item for all dancers. KNOW your history! Also, it features quite a bit of PANGIA's Music from "West of East" vol 5.
Purchase information at:
www.maria.amaya.com

Denise will be teaching T & TH at College of the Siskiyous beginning Sept 15 at 6pm
Register for ART 611- Creative Expression/Belly Dance. Code 9009 '0' units/
Cost is a $15 health fee for 27 hours of instructions!
Such a deal!

College of the Siskiyous for the Spring '09 semester!
Beginning thru Advanced students will be able to take classes twice a week on Tuesdays & Thursdays beginning Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Register for Art 611 at the Weed Campus. Total fee is $15 for the enire semester! go to their website and look up ART 611- Creative Expression/Instructor Mannion: www.siskiyous.edu

Pangia is accepting SPRING '09 through FALL '10 Bookings for
Haflas, Performances, Workshops etc.
Please contact us as soon as you have a date in mind.
Check our calendar dates for dates already filled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV06EQ8RKFI

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQBw0HT6mA .

Denise will be continuing Belly Dance classes at College of the Siskiyous for the Fall '08 semester!
Beginning thru Advanced students will be able to take classes twice a week on Tuesdays & Thursdays beginning Tuesday, Sept. 9 Register for Art 611 at the Weed Campus. Total fee is $15 for the enire semester!

Here is a link to us playing for the fabulous SHEMS!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y30rdIsQ2w and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNvl63rWYF8

BELLY a feature length documentary by Full Tilt Boogie, and Cecilia Rinn’s feature directorial debut has been submitted to 5 film festivals for consideration into national film festivals. Included in the film are many pieces of music from PANGIA's CD along with a live performance playing for Delilah from Seattle. Check out the new trailer at http://www.ftbproductions.com/films_belly.htm

'Edges of Tradition' is the newest and most exciting CD from 'PANGIA' offering Traditional, Original and Tribal Belly Dance music. Sensual compositions that include searingly stimulating original taxims that can be used for tribal style along with several traditional songs lovingly arranged and updated that dancers will relish performing to. Acoustic instrumentation including Oud, Guitar, smokey vocals, Yalli Tambor & Cumbus in addition to exotic percussion instruments all played & arranged by Pat Olson.Carmine T.Guida provides four astounding drum solos as well as accompaniment on the entire CD. Keyboard, Turkish Spoons and Zils played by Denise Mannion. This is a CD that showcases the rich, colorful tapestry of World, Mid East and Belly Dance music. There are four complete 'routines' for dancers. Each track can stand on its own and yet all of them may be 'cut and pasted' to create your own selection of music. Beautifully recorded with a truly 'live' sound that performers of different styles of dance and listeners alike with delight in

Pangia's New CD will be released on Friday, March 14 at the Rakkassah West Festival!

Still available from cdbaby.com only in DIGITAL MP3 format. Also available from Apple I Tunes and many other digital sites.

New CD to debut in March!
Pangia's Vol 6 ' Edges of Tradition' is on its way.
We are totally excited about this new release!

Carmine has been here all week and in addition to 2 shows and a workshop, we are hard at work recording.
Lots of exciting music and for those of you who felt something was missing from Vol 5, PAT WILL BE SINGING