Some of you may have seen this already, but just in case not ... our good friend Tim has posted this on tribe and myspace and I feel the need to make sure Everybody is aware, so Please pass this on where you can.

Aparrently this guy has a history and has had run-ins with choir girls in the past, and is trying to teach middle eastern drumming after openly stating he picked up his first doumbek 6 weeks ago. So who knows where he'll be next.

From Tim:
This is addressed mainly to my wonderful dancer friends here, but is useful for everyone.

Some of you may know that an individual has been haunting Tribe and the Bay Area belly dance scene for the last few months. He has approached and propositioned dozens of dancers both locally, and nationwide (online), upsetting many (including friends of mine), and even scaring a few with his stalker-like behavior.

He finds women's phone numbers, home addresses, emails, etc., and starts contacting them, often repeatedly.

There has been considerable discussion about him on Tribe, with many women coming forward with horror stories about his unwanted attention

You can read the full details here:

mideastpercussion.tribe.net/thre...37fe9

(he's the one who started this thread, get a good look and avoid him if you see him locally)

bellydancebiz.tribe.net/thread...42ab2b3

(various people's reactions to him)

Here is his MySpace profile:

profile.myspace.com/index.cfm

Needless to say, do NOT accept a friend invite from this man, do not correspond with him at all.

Various dancers are looking into taking appropriate action, and the hope is that he will be gone from Myspace and Tribe soon. In the mean time, have nothing to do with him.

This kind of thing really makes my blood boil, and I felt it was necessary to put out a warning, since I have a large number of dancer friends. Please pass this on to everyone, even non-dancers!