...so...here is to the memory of Rose...

soo... a few years ago... when i didnt know anything about photographing dance, i emailed this lovely belly dancer if i could come and photograph one of her performances... and maybe some backstage documentary stuff... to my surprise... i got an very positive email back... saying i am more then welcome to... and with a bunch of options...

so i headed upto mount holyoke to photograph her... Rose Champagne... i photographed a few of her performance over the next couple of years... and even in the short time she knew me... she treated me like she knew me for years... gorgeous dancer tooo she was...

i recieved an email today from one of her students recognising my name in the dance photo thats on the umass magazine... informing me that Rose passed away earlier this year after batteling with a brain tumor for the last few years...

we talked in december about using some of my photos for a DVD that she was working on... but i never followed up on it because of my busy spring semester... i would have known about this earlier if i did...