La Voz Del Mambo Featuring interviews with some of the best dancers and musicians in the salsa/mambo scene!By “Evil DJ” Sal S. Amambo article provided by www.williefuego.com Disclaimer The following article is entirely fictional. No particular real-life DJ was considered in writing this work. Any resemblance to a DJ, club owner, social organizer or party manager known to you is completely coincidental. The evil DJ Sal S. Amambo is a fictional character …
SONGS OF THE MONTH: DJ Nik’s 25 Old and New Salsa Picks for the Dance Floor September 2004 (not in ranked order) “Campesino” – Orquesta Dee Jay “Chupa” – Joe Cuba feat Ismael Quintana “Delta Mambo” – Cache “Por La Playa” – Pijuan y Su Combo “Una Rumba en Mi Barrio” – Conjunto Impacta “Tumba …
By Rick Greenfield It’s a wrap!!!!! The 1st Annual Charlotte Salsa Congress is history. In order to provide a complete synopsis of the Congress, I have to be candid, and direct. We’ll discuss what didn’t work and move on to what did. As a Congress, this one may go down as a disaster..but it was …
By Johnny Johnson Many local salsa dancers often wonder why some salsa dancers love to travel to other cities to experience other salsa environments. As a native Chicago salsa dancer, I have experienced many benefits from traveling to various cities to do Salsa. These experiences have exposed me to many levels of dancing, performing and …
Editorial Comments: I wanted to put the editorial comments up front this month to ensure that they would not be missed. This month I had the pleasure of visiting the Boston salsa scene. Not only was the dancing off the hook, but the camaraderie between top notch salsa groups such as Salsa y Control, Masicote …
MARCH DISCUSSION QUESTION Salsa music is very powerful! No matter how tired you maybe or how much you maybe be ready to leave a salsa venue, that one song comes on. You know, one of your favorite songs! The song that sends chills through your body! Suddenly you feel re-energized and you could care less …
SOUTH CAROLINA SALSA WORKSHOPS Featuring Lucy Lu and Johnny from Atlanta, GA February 5, 2005 3-4 pm New York Style Salsa ON2 – Beginners 4-5 pm Ladies Styling 5-6 pm Partnering ON1 (Intermediate to Advanced) Where : English Theatre Arts Dance Studio, 1791 Woodruff Rd., Greenville, SC Cost = $12 per session (cash is preferred, …
“La Luz de Salsa or whatever you call this site!” by The Mad Mambero a.k.a “MM” I’ve held back long enough, it’s time someone spoke up. Who does the johnnyboy guy think he is? La Luz de Mambo or whatever he calls this salsa spot. I don’t like La Luz el Mambo and I definitely …
NORTH CAROLINA Ladies, get ready! Just what you requested – Styling!!! Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 19th, 2005 As Salsa4U hosts this is a spacer Lucy Lu – Atlanta, Georgia Diana Nuñez, Santo Rico Dance Company – New York, New York Come join us for this mini workshop! These talented ladies will teach unique, …
Discussion Response: La’Shena Ballard – Detroit, MI “What are the best ways to regain your salsa passion?” First of all,we all can remember how passionate we were about dancing when we were newbies…just begining to learn. We had to know every salsa venue,take every group lesson,purchase as much salsa music as possible and we took …
Washington, DC – SOS Presents The Fiesta Flashback Party! The Midnight Madness continues….At first there was the $550.00. Wild and crazy Jack and Jill contest at “The Resolution Jam”, this time at the February “Flashback Fiesta” we will be having a drawing for a free cabin for 2, A PACKAGE WORTH OVER 1,100.00 on The …
Burning Salsa by Jason Pacheco For Christmas I gave a friend a burned CD. I was only interested in giving him one song but I figured since I was making a CD I might was well just make a full CD. So I made it and printed my play-list. (Making a CD without a play-list …
Discussion Response: Andre Bovell – Florida Why do so many people lose their passion for dancing Salsa? I think there are several reasons why a great dancer loses his/her passion–whether it be temporarily or completely. In my working stereotype of a great dancer, part of the criteria, if you will, is tenor, or having been …
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Salsero’s Perspective: Jason Pacheco – Chicago, IL The “Pimp” Teacher This is the guy whose only form of game is making a girl feel inferior. Everyone knows who he is… he is in the corner teaching some girl the basic step or cross body lead. He spends the rest of the night “teaching” her all …
Audition Notice: Revolu Dance Company will be holding open auditions: WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2:00p.m. WHERE: Bacchus Productions 2095-A General Truman St. NW Atlanta, GA 30318 404-350-0206 For directions go to: http://www.bacchusprod.com/ While this company will focus on salsa/mambo and afro-Cuban movement, dancers with hip hop, modern, jazz, ballroom, tap and/or ballet experience are …
An Interview with DJ D. Martinez – Boston Chris: DJ D, for those who dont know you, can you tell us where you’re from and how you became one of Boston’s best DJs? DJ D: I started to really get into Latin music while in college. While at Northeastern, I decided to start my own …
January 2007 Featured Material An Interview with Carmen Taveras – NYC, NY An Interview with Ike “Dr. Ike” Ogbaa – Houston, TX An Interview with DJ D. Martinez – Boston, MA An Interview with Eddie Lopez (Orquesta MaCuba) – Atlanta, GA Featured Profiles – Uriel Medina, DJ Carlos Latalladi, Christina Soto, Erica L, Britany Webb, …