This is me last night at an event hosted by the Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA), where I teach jewelry classes (in fact, I taught a beginner's class yesterday morning!). It was a fabulous time! There was a pasta dinner, which was great, and we sat next to some of the board of directors of RoCA...they were a lot of fun, and it's always good to make those kinds of connections! Dinner was followed by music by Slavic Soul Party, which is an amazingly cool brass band. 
Go to their website and listen to some of their music...there's no way I can describe it here! I brought my friend Barb, and we danced all night (boy, am I sore today!). Here's the crowd having a good time:
And here's Barb, dancing with our friend Andre...
I whipped up a necklace and earrings to wear to the event, using raw sapphires (aren't they gorgeous?), pearls, silver, and a great ceramic pendant from ArtBeads. 
It was a terrific evening, and made me realize I have to get out more!
The jewelry is fabulous! Glad you had fun.
Posted by: Nancy | January 29, 2008 at 07:17 AM