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Subject: SalsaUpdate128 Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:22 PM Subject: Salsa Update #128 Hola Salseros! Formatting messed up? Read this on the website at http://salsaboston.com/archive/SalsaUpdate128.html For information about subscribing and unsubscribing from this list, or about submitting info, scroll down to the end. Well... just back from a long weekend of dancing and boozing it up in DC. Man, those people wore me out! As always, a good time down there. NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! Discount tickets to the Valentine's Weekend Salsa Dance at Knights of Columbus! Buy your ticket in advance on and save $5. http://salsaboston.com/pabon/ Also, More info below! First, **************** HEADLINE NEWS: **************** "Hacha Y Machete Dance Stylists, the first group from Boston ever, will be representing Boston in the 2002 LA Salsa Congress. We've just got the word from Albert Torres!" Way to go Sammy and company! The question to you, BostonSalsaLovers, are *you* going to LA? On about Feb. 10 I am sending a list of people to Albert Torres Productions (ATP) who will be eligible for the SalsaBoston price for the event, which right now is about $100 off the regular price (Hotel and event pass). That means, by Feb. 15, you will be able to call ATP and get that price. After Feb. 15th, you're on your own, so don't miss out! About 10-12 people have rsvp'd in some manner to date, plus the Hacha dancers, so its going to be a good group out there again! Emailing me fine! Send email to IWannaGoToLA@salsaboston.com to reserve your discount! In other news, discussions are underway for the SalsaBoston Salsa Night at Sophia's on Wednesday, to two floors. This could happen as soon as next week, so stay tuned! This and every Wednesday... ************************** SalsaBoston.com Presents Salsa Night at Sophia's ************************** with SalsaBoston.com 1270 Boylston St., Boston (near Kenmore Sq. and Fenway Park) Lessons with Johnny and Kelly at 9:15, beginnner and intermediate, no partner necessary! Salsa until 2am! 21+ Proper ID and Dress $10 Cover, $2 extra for lesson http://salsaboston.com/sophias ********************************* Valentine's Weekend Salsa Party! ********************************* Edwin Pabon, SalsaBoston.com, and Tito P. Productions presents... A Valentine's Day Salsa Party featuring: - SANTO RICO DANCE CO. Live from New York! - Salsa Spin Entertainment and the Hot Latin Sounds of -EDWIN PABON & ORCHESTRA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2002 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Salsa Lesson from 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. Knights of Columbus Hall 75 West School Street Charlestown, MA (next to 99 Restaurant) $20 in advance / $25 at the door ($10 Students with ID) Free parking! Advance Discount Tickets available at http://salsaboston.com/pabon/ For more information, call Olaf at (617) 524-0457 ******************** This week's Mailbag ******************** 1) Thursday, "Calle-C" at Western Front 2) Tuesday night update at Sophia's 3) Something different on Valentine's Day? Check out LeClub.ws's Party at Mantra, Feb. 14 4) New Classes with April start Feb. 4 5) Valentine's Party Feb. 14 at ************************************************************* 1) This is a last minute broadcast. There is a very cool new salsa group making its way around town. Very traditional, classic salsa with a lot of "sabor". They call themselves Calle-C and they will perform this Thursday at the Western Front in Cambridge. Que vengan Rumberos!!!!!!!!!! Calle-C 10PM 343 Western Ave. Cambridge, MA *************************************************************** 2) Today's schedule at Sophia's - Tuesday, January 29, 2002: I. Tuesday Latin Night - Sophia's 1st & 2nd floors - $5 - Use the RIGHT ENTRANCE: Join us for Angela M. Shamsi's - my dance partner of 2 years - last class. Tonight's special events in her honor will include: 1. 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. - A selection of free Tapas, enjoyed to a great Latin dance music selection; 2. 9:30 - 10:15 p.m. - Merengue class with 4 instructors on 2 floors; 3. 10:15 - 11:00 p.m. - Puerto Rican Salsa footwork & partnering lesson; 4. 11:00 - 11:45 p.m. - Enjoy a great Latin dance performance followed by our best mix of Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cha Cha Cha, Samba, Lambada, Mambo, & More - on Two floors! -- FOLLOWED BY A DANCE PERFORMANCE! 5. 11:45 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. - Enjoy the 1st set of our Live 5 piece Latin band, featuring Vicenter Lebron, Rady Motero, Gonzalo Grao, Panalloti, & Francisco Pirulo, bringing you an exciting selection of Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, & Cha Cha Cha favorites. 6. 12:30 - 1:15 a.m. - Dance to our Latin music and DVD mix as televised across our 1st & 2nd club level dance floors; 7. 1:15 - 2:00 a.m. - 2nd set of the live Latin band as will be heard and televised accross the clubs 1st and 2nd floors! *************************************************************** 3) Ooh La La!!! Mais Oui!!! LE CLUB is hosting a Valentine's Day Party on Thursday, February 14th at Mantra. The event will feature our favorite LE CLUB house dancer, the LE CLUB DJ and House Dance mix, a newly expanded disco and a Champagne Lounge with LE CLUB Champagne Specials, where there will be an appearance by the LE CLUB love dancers. There will also be a new faces pre-party in the downstairs Om Lounge and and if you really want love bad, a visit from Cupid is also planned. LE CLUB's intention is to photoshoot all of the people who attend this exciting event for our Valentine's Day party website. Below are some of the the familiar LE CLUB faces you'll expect to see there. In addition the event is co-sponsored by a number of the premiere organizations you've seen on our website and we expect a sellout so RSVP your intentions early. There will be no cover charge for this event. Checkout this Valentine's Love Event along with more familiar faces at www.leclub.ws. Thanks, Garry (617) 899-9500 Peter (617) 816-0333 ******************************************************************** 4) From April: NEW 4 week SALSA SESSION starting February 4thth and 5th. Learn to dance New York Style Salsa with April, of New York's Santo Rico Dance Company! ALL classes take place at the VFW Post, 288 Green St. in Central Square, Cambridge. One block from red line. Public Parking Available. MONDAYS, starting February 4th: 6pm Ladie's Salsa Styling for ALL levels. Body movement and isolations, head whips, elegant arms and much more!!!! 7pm Beginner footwork and partnering. Intro to NY Style Salsa "on 2". 8pm Spin technique and partner styling for ALL Levels. Spin drills, adding "flava" to your partner styling, increasing creativity while partnering, and more!! 9pm Advanced Beginner/Intermediate classic NY turn patterns. Fine-tuning of leading and following techniques. Tuesdays, starting February 5th: 6pm Beginner footwork and partnering. Intro to NY Style Salsa "on 2". 7pm Advanced Beginner footwork and partnering. 8pm Men's and Ladie's Styling for ALL Levels. Designed to improve your open footwork, body movement, coordination and execution of open shines. 9pm Intermediate footwork and turn patterns. Cost: 4 week session--$50, $45 full time students $15 drop-in class, $13 if registered in one class. Call April at 617-388-0925 for more info, or e-mail aprilon2@aol.com Plus, check out www.aprilon2.com for current info on classes, special events, pics from class, etc. ******************************************************************** 5) My name is Kumi Okabe and I am organizing a party called "La luna caliente" with my partners. The party will have international food, world beat, and other hot stuff. We will have live salsa music,and maybe salsa lessons. The date will be on Thursday February 14th, the Valentine's date. The idea is to have fun with everybody by dancing, eating, chatting, and mingling. The ticket to the party is $20 per person. The place is at Western Front on Putnum and Western in Cambridge. I am wondering if you could list our party on your Salsa Update. If you need more information, I can give you more information. Please contact me at kumadelic@hotmail.com or my cell 617-216-7729. Thank you and I hope you can join us. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to "Salsa Update", published aproximately weekly, send email with ONLY the word "subscribe" in the subject line to salsaupdate-request@salsaboston.com. To unsubscribe, send email with ONLY the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line to salsaupdate-request@salsaboston.com. To submit information to SalsaBoston.com or to inquire, send email to inquiries@salsaboston.com. Inquiries must be received by Monday each week to insure inclusion that week. Salsa Update generally is published on Tuesday evening. (c) Copyright 2002 SalsaBoston.com, all rights reserved |