Tidbits of Information and Some Fun!
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At the American Memory Historical Collection site, click on "search" and then type in "
Ella Lola", "Princess Rajah", or "Karina" to download or view the videos described below (download the videos in the format of your choice to save them for future viewing so you don't have wait for a download again!)
Ella Lola (1898): Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (4.6 MB, ~30 min to download MPEG format via modem)
"...Oriental dance (commonly known as a belly dance) with some
Turkish styling. ...include shoulder shimmies with pelvic movements
and several foot patterns, side traveling movements with pelvic circles, a slow pelvic circle and a front pelvic lock,
and paddle turns with various arm gestures. Her dance costume consists of a two-layered skirt to the knee, a hip belt
with fringe, a chemise-like shirt under a fitted vest, several layers of necklaces... "
Princess Rajah (1904):
American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. (10 MB, ~70 min to download MPEG format via modem)
"Princess Rajah performs an "Oriental" or belly dance...balancing chair act in her teeth like that often found in folk performances...
While playing finger cymbals, Princess Rajah performs a variety of dance movements that include spins, traveling movements, shoulder and hip shimmies,
a frontal hip lock, other hip movements, and pirouettes. She then grabs a decorated chair in her teeth and swings it above her head, playing the finger cymbals
and performing traveling foot movements... with the chair in her mouth, she performs shimmies and hip movements while playing the finger cymbals."
Karina (1902):
American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. (3.8 MB, ~20 min to download MPEG format via modem)
"....a woman with short, curly hair, wearing a dark dress with a sleeveless top, low-cut bodice..... Smiling at the camera, ...Peering over her lifted skirt, Karina slowly turns
around and then lowers to her knees and leans back, circling with her upper body and arms. ...she returns to standing. ...bend backwards.... dramatically covers her face with one arm.
Karina then stands back up and turns to the camera....she performs a "dance" consisting of circles, leg lifts, and twirls."
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Tidbits and Hints
Best product to instantly polish brass zills: Revere Copper and Stainless Steel Cleaner.
Available at Corning-RevereWare stores in some Outlet Malls or Kohl's.
This takes off tarnish with one wipe, leaving little or no residue (far less "gunky" to work with than Brasso polish).
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Handcrafted lathe turned Ambrosia Maple zill box courtesy of:
BDLWoodworking
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Now mess up Samia a bit
((it takes a while for this applet to load)
Hold down your left mouse button and drag your mouse around for some "QGoo" fun!
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Have some fun creating your own impressionist style painting!
Start Painting!
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