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New Videos

Mary Ellen and the Quartz Crystals now available for performances ~ Click here to watch video

Middle Eastern Treasures Concert, April 25, 2010
- Hot Stuff part 1 - (click to watch video)
- Hot Stuff part 2 - (click to watch video)
- Music from Thrace and Macedonia - (click to watch video)
- Spicy Turkish Delight part 1 - (click to watch video)
- Spicy Turkish Delight part 2 - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance by Angelena Kyzar-Crowhurst - (click to watch video)
- Audience dancing to folkloric ensemble - (click to watch video)
- Cymbalaya - (click to watch video)
- Oud taqseem - (click to watch video)
- Medley with Omrek Ma Habetini - (click to watch video)
- Yaza Alquawam -(click to watch video)
- Khaligi medley - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance by Nanna Candelaria part 1 - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance by Nanna Candelaria part 2 - (click to watch video)
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Middle Eastern Treasures concert, October 25, 2009
- Khatwit Habibi - (click to watch video)
- La Khabar - (click to watch video)
- Porompompero - (click to watch video)
- Diggu Al Mahabij - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance with Amira Ariana (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance with Amira Ariana (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- Drums Galore (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Drums Galore (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- Mozaik (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Mozaik (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance with April Faith (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance with April Faith (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance with April Faith (part 3) - (click to watch video)
- Ecclectica (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Ecclectica (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- Ecclectica (part 3) - (click to watch video)

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Jazz Birthday Bash Concert ~ August 16, 2009

- Blues Medley - (click to watch video)
- Spain - (click to watch video)
- Belly Dance by Nanna Candelaria (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Belly Dance by Nanna Candelaria (part 2: drum solo) - (click to watch video)
- Blue Moses - (click to watch video)
- The Creator Has a Master Plan (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- The Creator Has a Master Plan (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- The Creator Has a Master Plan (Part 3) - (click to watch video)

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Sunday, October 19, 2008, Oakland, CA
Middle Eastern Treasures -  Afternoon of Music. Drumming and Dancing

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 Mary Ellen Donald Jazz Birthday Bash August 17, 2008

· Flamenco Fusion Dance: Spanish/Mexican Vocals – (click to watch video)
· Flamenco Dance/Spanish Vocals - (click to watch video)
· Reyna Alcala's Drum Solo - (click to watch video)
· Flamenco, Zills, Castanets - (click to watch video)
· Mary Ellen Plays Finger Cymbals - (click to watch video)
· Shabnam's Opening Dance - (click to watch video)
· Shabnam Slow Dance - (click to watch video)
· Shabnam's Drum Solo - (click to watch video)
· Mac Rucks / Trumpet and Others - (click to watch video)
· Solos On Percussion Instruments - (click to watch video)

BRAND NEW ON YOUTUBE!
- Mary Ellen Teaches Basic Doumbec Technique (click to watch video)
- Mary Ellen Donald and RaZan play for Vasha Hatal, Baltimore Workshop (click to watch video)
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Middle Eastern Treasures concert presented by Mary Ellen Donald on April 26, 2009
- Kevin Cloud plus percussion - (click to watch video)
- Tar orchestra 4/26/09, Part 1 - (click to watch video)
- Tar orchestra 4/26/09, Part 2 - (click to watch video)
- Doumbec and cymbal ensemble 4/26/09 (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Doumbec and cymbal ensemble 4/26/09 (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- Doumbec and cymbal ensemble 4/26/09 (part 3) - (click to watch video)
- Ouyun Bahaiya part 1 - (click to watch video)
- Ouyun Bahaiya part 2 - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance by Hannah Romanza (part 1) - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance by Hannah Romanza (part 2) - (click to watch video)
- Belly dance by Hannah Romanza (part 3) - (click to watch video)
- Crackling Drums, part 1 - (click to watch video)
- Crackling Drums, part 2 - (click to watch video)
- Crackling Drums, part 3 - (click to watch video)
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Sunday, November 2007, Oakland, CA
Middle Eastern Treasures -  Afternoon of Music. Drumming and Dancing

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Video Clips of Mary Ellen Birthday Jazz Concert August 13, 2006

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Arabian Music, Tambourine, Tar, Doumbec, Drums
Nationally acclaimed author, instructor, and performer in Middle Eastern Percussion.
Birthday Concert - August 14, 2005
Bella Donna Center, Berkeley, CA - Presented By Mary Ellen Donald
Mary Ellen Donald - Middle Eastern Musician
Mary Ellen Donald - Voice and Middle Eastern Percussion		 Larry Hancock - Drums
Larry Hancock - Drums
MB Hanif - Saxophones
MB Hanif- Soprano and Alto Saxophones		 Kash Killion - Bass Player
Kash Killion- Bass and Sarangi
Reyna Alcala - Belly Dancer
Reyna Alcala- Belly Dance 		Reyna Alcala - Dance of Veils
Reyna Alcala- Dancing with Veils
Sound provided by Lou Judson – Intuitive Audio
Video by Smiles Productions
     Unfortunately, we have no still shots of the following musicians; but want you to know they are marvelous and you can see them on the videos listed below.
Dee Spencer- Piano Kenny Kearney- Guitar Introduction
The following links are video files of our concert. They are Quicktime Movies, so you will need the Quicktime Player. It is available for free for Windows here. These are large media files - anywhere from 6 to 17 megabytes. If you do not have a broadband connection to the internet, such as Cable or DSL, we recommend that you right click and "save target as", thereby saving the file to your own computer, which allows you to watch it from your desktop. Have fun!
Belly Dancing by Reyna Alcala 17.3 Megabytes
More Belly Dancing by Reyna Alcala 16.6 Megabytes
Caravan by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills,
Mary Ellen Donald on Cymbals
9.3 Megabytes
Caravan - Part Two 12.2 Megabytes
Equinox by John Coltrane
10 Megabytes
Estate by Bruno Martino and Brighetti
8 Megabytes
Hallelulia Hamdil Elah by Mary Ellen Donald
6.6 Megabytes
Homage MB Hanif with Mary Ellen Donald on tambourine
17.6 Megabytes
I Only Have Eyes For You by Harry Warren and Al Dubin
5.4 Megabytes
Love A Poem From "The Prophet"
by Khalil Gibran
Arranged by Mary Ellen Donald
13.8 Megabytes
Love - Part Two 16.0 Megabytes
Midnight Sun by Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer
8.2 Megabytes
Naima by John Coltrane
Lyrics by Mary Ellen Donald
5.6 Megabytes
A Night In Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie - 14.0 Megabytes
Pannonica by Thelonious Monk and Jon Hendricks
11.7 Megabytes
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