Electric Vardo: LICKY benefit July 7, 2007

ELECTRIC VARDO presents - LICKY
Saturday July 7 @ IL PIRATA

performances by
Clandestine
Frederique
Dhol Rhythms
Azure
Freyja
Red Lotus
Evil Eye Belly Dance
Students of Nâ Lei Hulu I Ka Wçkiu

plus DJ sets by Jimmy Love & Amar

10pm-2am . 2007 16th Street (@ Potrero), SF

In addition to helping our friend, you are will experience a top notch show with the best in innovative belly dance and bhangra performances with rockin DJ sets for you to get your groove on.

Il Pirata's location is ideal and easy access from the east bay and all parts of SF, with Plenty of parking, Great bar, outdoor patio and ass-kicking sound system.

Licky's story:

Licorice (Licky to his friends) is a beautiful 7-year old kitty; he is kind, gentle, and playful, and loves his "mom" Andra so much he'll let her dress him up as a bee (or the pope)… as long as there are treats, of course! You may know Andra from FatChanceBellyDance, Ultra Gypsy, or most recently Azure Tribal Belly Dance.
Licky recently became very ill, much to his family's distress. Their vet could not figure out what was wrong with him after an MRI, blood tests, and an extended stay in their ICU.
Andra switched to a gastrointestinal specialist vet who did another MRI and exploratory surgery, finally diagnosing Licky with irritable bowel disease, a manageable disorder now that they know what it is! Licorice is home now and feeling much better and more like his old playful self.
Unfortunately, every day in the vet's ICU, every test and MRI -not to mention the surgery- has added up to a monstrous vet bill: about $10,000!
Andra is a preschool teacher and is also getting married in a few months, so her closest friends have banded together to help out with the bill.
What better way to do so than to throw a belly dance benefit?
We have an amazing dance lineup featuring some of the Bay Area's finest in belly dance, bhangra, and hula, plus 2 kickass DJs, and a raffle with fabulous prizes. Andra is performing twice: with the hula group, and with Azure. She and Licky thank you from the bottom of their hearts!

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