Pangia presents Mystic Blue Caravan, featuring original and tradtional world music. Contains three haunting and powerful vocal tracks by Pat Olson along with drum solos by Reda Darwish and Tim Bolling. Carmine Guida is featured on the title track; Mystic Blue Caravan by Pat Olson. Exciting, driving and up tempo versions of some of your favorite Belly Dance songs from Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey and more! Mystic Blue Caravan is our 7th CD, a collaboration of musicians who generously share their talents and ideas. Pangia thanks you all for your love and support in our ongoing journeys! Pat Olson - Oud, Guitar, Vocals, Sound Engineer, Mixing Wizard, Warp Drive expert and much much more! Denise Mannion - Keyboard and Zils, Wrangler and Chef. Carmine T. Guida – Percussion on track #5. Very busy musician and programmer! Tim Bolling - a percussionist and drum set player skilled in diverse musical styles from around the world. He is known as a “dancer’s drummer” and has been playing for top belly dancers for over 15 years in many well known bands and venues. Reda Darwish is one of the premier drummers in the San Francisco Bay Area. His music contains wonderful authentic rhythms and incorporates the old with the new. A native of Cairo, he has played various percussion instruments since childhood. At age 8, he was featured weekly on Egyptian television. As a teenager, Reda played for Egypt's most famous dancers and singers and was much in demand at recording studios. In the early 80’s, he toured the U.S. with Egypt’s Hani Mahanna orchestra. After touring, he decided to make the United States his home and has lived here since then. He has recorded many of his own compositions and was commissioned to compose the sound track for the Reader’s Digest's Wonders "Sacred and Mysterious" series covering Egypt and Turkey. Mariah - cover dancer A World Class Belly Dancer and Instructor since1997 she is owner and operator of Belly Dance by Mariah Studio of Canton, Ohio USA. Mariah has taught Belly Dance to thousands of enthusiastic students in the classroom, at workshops and now LIVE online internationally. To Mariah, dance is not only an art, but also a sport involving physical exertion and skill bringing people together for entertainment and harmony. Resembling her personality, Mariah's belly dancing style is playful and uninhibited and is loved by fans, students, fellow dancers and friends from around the world. "A special heartfelt thank you to Pangia for sharing your musical talents with us belly dancers who are always looking for new and exciting music to dance to in the classroom and on stage. Love, Mariah" Photography: Pangia – Pat, Denise, Carmine: Sarah Skinner Photography Tim Bolling and Reda Darwish – courtesy of the artists Mariah - Laura Dark Photography