VENICE — Hip scarves are part of the costume in the belly dancing class taught by Jacquelyn Baldelli at the Senior Friendship Center in Venice and several other places in North Port, Englewood and Port Charlotte.
This past Friday, while an exercise class was happening downstairs on the main floor, Baldelli was leading a room filled with ladies wearing assorted sports wear and their hip scarves, which make delightful sounds as the dancers move and sway.
As belly dance students followed Baldelli’s instructions in the upstairs dance classroom with a mirrored wall, they moved in near perfect unison to music from the Arabian Nights and similar songs…