A magical evening of dance to raise money for the Asia Disaster Appeal Funds.
A Very Big Thank You!
To Hossam & Serena & all the wonderful performers for such a special night!
My grateful thanks to everyone who bought a ticket - you were a fantastic audience!
Thank you to the London & South of England Dance Community for their support and promotion of Dance of Hope!
Thank you to my wonderful team of helpers - I couldn't have done it without you!
We raised £3650!
The performers in our sell-out show were:
Hossam & Serena Ramzy
Vashti, Charlotte Desorgher, Beatrice Curtis, Maria D'Silva, Zahra,
AZIZA Egyptian Dance Group, Mersin Dance Group,
The Blue Scarab Dance Company, Ljljana, Anne White, Lily
Georgina Howson, Sharlene Pratt, Rebekah, Mia & the Mesmera dancers
& Afra Al-Kahira
Hossam & Serena's website is www.hossamramzy.com
Some of the performers an hour before curtain up: 
Spot the organiser next to Serena - no make-up, no costume -
just as well she was dancing in part two!
Afra would also like to thank the following people:
Croydon Council for their generous discount for the hall hire
The staff of The Stanley Halls
Aladdins Cave & Wiggle It , Hossam & Serena, Peta Gilbert, and all the people who generously donated items or services for the auction
The Grand Design (Paul Houghton) for the design of the flyer and the programme
Simon Desorgher - Sound & lighting
Charlotte Desorgher - who did so much to help the event happen!
Mary Roberts - Stage Manager
John Hancock - MC
Arthur Smith for supplying the sound equipment
Christopher Gordon printers for printing the 1000 flyers for free
Richard Blatchford - Box office services on the night
Maayan Aviran & Brighton Orient who donated 30% of their profits from the bazaar
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