Subject: FW: Salsa Update #161: El Bembe Reopens, plus Miami Club
Sat.!
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:38 PM Subject: Salsa
Update #161: El Bembe Reopens, plus Miami Club Sat.!
Hola
Salseros!
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on the web at http://salsaboston.com/archive
This issue: -Olaf's
Editorial Section -This week's highlights -SalsaBoston events -Sponsor
news -This week's mailbag
Catch the Grammy's? The 3rd annual Latin
Grammy was held September 18th, 2002 at the Los Angeles Kodak
Theater. Nominations went to such salsa stars as Gran Combo, Marc Anthony,
Tito Rojas, Giro and Celia Cruz. The final winner for Best Salsa Album was the
Salsa queen Celia Cruz for "La Negra Tiene Tumbao". Pick up the CD!
Click on the Timba.com link on the website.
--
While many of us
were out of town last week at the Congress, Salseros flocked into the Miami Club
last Saturday. I'm told it was a great party! Thanks to all that
made it. This weekend we need to do it again! We hope to see you
there again. Please make sure you're on the VIP list to save
$5! Lessons from 9:30-10:30 this week with Johnny and Kelly. More info
below.
Also, tonight, El Bembe reopens for the season, with a special
performance by Esencia Latin, a dance group from Costa Rica in town for the next
week. Check out their workshop schedule in the
Mailbag. *** SPECIAL PERFORMANCE NEXT WEDNEDAY AT SOPHIAS!
****
Also, save the dates! The 2nd Annual Salsa mini-Congreso will
be Friday/Saturday November 15/16. Next Sunday, Sept. 29, we will have a
special brunch/volunteer meeting at my place in Chelsea. Please RSVP if
interested.
See you on the
dancefloor!
*********************** Highlights this
week: ***********************
- El Bembe reopens Friday, Jorge
Hernandez Cultural Center. Details in the mailbag
- Esencia Latin
Dance Company of Costa Rica in town all week, check out workshops. see
mailbag
- SalsaBoston presents the "Miami Club" at Ekco Lounge! (formerly
Hollywood KTV) Every Saturday, http://salsaboston.com/miamiclub Lessons at
9:30
- Wepa Salsa Sunday, Fred Astaire. See mailbag
-
SalsaBoston Night at Sophia's! Every Wed, http://salsaboston.com/sophias Lessons at
9:15
- "Salsa for Gringos" beginners class at Sophia's with Olaf "el
Gringo Salerso", 8-9 Thur. $5 Check it out in the Globe
Calendar! http://salsaboston.com/salsa4gringos/
********************* SalsaBoston
Events *********************
************************** SalsaBoston.com
presents The "Miami Club" at Ekco
Lounge Every
Saturday **************************
"Boston's
newest Salsa Hotspot!" with DJ D. Martinez 41 Essex St, Chinatown (look for
"Hollywood KTV") $15, $10 vip list. To join the vip list, send email to
miamiclub@salsaboston.com 1 Block from Chinatown Orange Line T, 2 Blocks from
Boylston T (T runs until 2:30am) Parking lot adjacent, $10 all
night. Salsa Lessons from 9-10 with Johnny and Kelly Directions, info, and
photos! http://salsaboston.com/miamiclub Plenty of local
restaurants within 1 block open until 4am
************************** SalsaBoston.com
presents Salsa Night at
Sophia's Every
Wednesday
**************************
"Boston's original all Salsa, 'by Salseros for
Salseros' hotspot!" 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! Featuring
DJ Luis Arroyo DJ Antonio Ortiz DJ
Nik 21+ Proper ID and Dress $10 Cover, $2 extra for lesson http://salsaboston.com/sophias
****************************** SalsaBoston
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Anyway, 2 styles, regular T's
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**********************************************
Sponsor News (please patronize the establishments that
help bring you SalsaBoston.com)
"What's a sponsor?" email:
info@salsaboston.com **********************************************
TEMPORADA
LATINA @ RYLES Salsa & Merengue Dancing - Thursdays in
Cambridge Friendly environment for beginners, Quality dance space for more
experienced salsa enthusiasts, Nonsmoking, 21+
Dance Lessons with
Dance Caliente Intermediate Salsa: 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm Beginner Salsa: 9:15
pm - 10:00 pm
Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St., Inman Square,
Cambridge, (617) 876-9330 Dancing: 10:00 pm - 1:00 am Admission: $12
before 10:00 pm; $8 after 10:00 pm
Presented by: Suzanne Steele, Assorted
Affairs, (508) 224-5120
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SuperShag Mega Dance Complex 406
Moody Street Waltham, MA 02453 781-894-7424 (SHAG) http://www.supershag.com
Salsa Night 3rd Sat. each
month! Next date: Sat. Aug. 17
Ongoing this summer: "Duel of the
Dancers" gives the best dancers in Swing, Latin, Salsa and Ballroom a chance to
compete for over $2,000 in cash and prizes. Winners of finals in each dance will
proceed to the final "duel" on Friday, September 13th! All events are held
at the Waltham studio, 406 Moody Street. Lesson: 8:15 p.m. Admission: $12,
$10, for SuperShag Members. Dance from 9:00 p.m.-12:00
a.m.
---
Salsa Socials with April 2nd and 4th Sunday each month
with DJ Nik Fred Astaire Studio, 100 Mass Ave, Boston Classes
prior www.aprilon2.com Also, check out 5 week class
schedules
---
SALSA NIGHT PARTY with ASIAN taste Every 1st
Sunday each Month 8:30pm - Midnight, $5 Drinks & Food available (sorry
it is not free) All Asia Cuisine & Bar, 332 Massachusetts Av, Central Sq,
Cambridge www.hipsonfire.com
--- JAM'NASTICS'
Sunday
Salsa Lessons with Ana & Andres at Johnny D's: "If you would like
to get your dancing feet in gear on the weekend, JAM'NASTICS teachers
Ana and Andres are teaching every Sunday night at Johnny D's in
Somerville. Salsa class from 9 to 10 p.m., followed by dancing
to a live band! More information at http://salsaboston.com/clubguide/sunday.html
Also,
JAM'NASTICS offers ongoing Salsa lessons for all ages and all levels. Current
schedule and info at http://jamnastics.org
**************************** This
Week's Mailbag ****************************
1) Personal Protection
Seminar for Boston Dance Community 2) MIT Casino Rueda Workshop Sat. 3)
Supershag Salsa Night, Sat. 4) Latin Fire Dance, HBDC Sat. 5) El Bembe
Reopens 6) Noches Colombianas, bands, Wonderland, Sunday 7) Salsa under
the Sukkah Tuesday, September 24th, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 8) Alexander Performance
Schedule 9) Wepa Salsa Sunday 10) New Classes with Dan and FreEmotion at
Braz. Cult. Center 11) Salsalort Update new classes 12) ** Esencia Latina
Workshop Schedule 13) Latin Band from Panama, "RABANES", at the Matrix,
Sunday
***************************************************************** 1) Personal
Protection Seminar offered to the Boston Dance Community
WHEN A LIFE
DEPENDS ON IT
“Can you neutralize an attack and escape alive?” You can
learn realistic personal protection principles designed to help anyone,
regardless of age, gender, or experience, survive a fighting encounter.
This workshop will introduce fundamental principles that you'll be ready to
use right away!
Learn effective, personalized methods and techniques
based on natural human motion. See why the results of Robert Bussey’s
ingenuity, lifelong commitment to his work, and ground-breaking methods have
widely influenced the stream of protective studies throughout the
world.
October 5th 12:00pm – 1:30pm
The Dance
Complex Studio 1 @ The Dance Complex 536 Mass Ave. Cambridge,
MA $15 in advance, $20 at the door
For more information and event
poster: Visit: http://www.busseystyle.com/clubsanctions/boston/ Contact:
Alex Iglecia, Combat Advisor email: alex@iglecia.com phone:
617.661.7294
***************************************************************** 2) THE
MIT CASINO RUEDA
GROUP'S
FIRST WORKSHOP OF THE YEAR!!!
Is TOMORROW Saturday, Sept. 21. It
looks like we're going to have a great turnout! If you still haven't
registered, act fast, there are still a few spaces left...
Here are
the details again, and see you guys tomorrow!
>When: Saturday, Sept.
21, 2002, 2 PM to 5 PM >Where: Sidney & Pacific Multipurpose Room (70
Sidney Street, Cambridge) >Damage: $10 > >No partner is
necessary. People will be split up into three levels: >beginner,
advanced beginner, intermediate/advanced. Notice that these >levels are
not designated in terms of salsa. If you dance salsa but >have never
danced Rueda, you will be placed at a beginner level. It >will be up
to the discretion of the instructors to move you up to the >next
level. > >Beginner: No experience neccessary. Teaches basic Salsa
and Rueda moves, > lead/follow technique. >Advanced
Beginner: Assumes a knowledge of basic Rueda moves, teaches >
intermediate-level moves. >Intermediate/Advanced: Assumes the dancer is
comfortable with beginner > and intermeriate rueda moves and
has a good lead/follow technique. > Teaches advanced
moves. > >Workshops are formal instruction, so bring your sweats,
your jazz >sneakers/dancing shoes, your water bottles, and plenty of
energy to >burn for 3 hours straight. With that said, we hope to see
you all there! > >Space is limited. Please RSVP by sending an email
to vfm@mit.edu with >the following
information: >Name: >Email/number: >Estimated
Level: >Leader or Follower: > >For a map of the location, go
to: > http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?state=0&pri.x=238&pri.y=86 >
The building on the map is labeled as NW86 > >Also, feel free to
visit our web page for more details about the
group: >
http://web.mit.edu/rueda/www/ > >
MIT Casino Rueda
Group
***************************************************************** 3) Saturday
9/21 Salsa Night 8:15 p.m. Beginner and Intermediate lesson. Dance: 9
p.m.-12 p.m. Admission: $12/$10 SuperShag Members
Also: Russell
Jackson and Magda Shenai, former Finnish/Polish Latin Champion will give a
Latin Peformance during our Friday night Ballroom
Dance Party.
SuperShag Mega Dance Complex 406 Moody
Street Waltham, MA 02453 781-894-7424 (SHAG) http://www.supershag.com
***************************************************************** 4)
LATIN FIRE DANCE Presented By Harvard Ballroom Dance Club
Friday
Featuring
LATIN September 20th Special
Latin Dance
Exhibitions!!
^
^*^ Adams House Dining
Hall
^*
^***
SWING
^* ^* ^**
^***** 8 PM -12:30 AM
^^ ^***
^*********^
^**^ ^*****^ ^***********^ FREE
LESSON ^***^
^*******^
^************^
BALLROOM with admission
^*************^
^**********^
^**********^ ^***************^ $5 students with
ID/ ^^***********^
^***************^ $7 non-students
^****************^
^*************^
^*********************************^
^****************************************^
^^^**********************************^^
Especially for
beginners!
ABSOLUTELY NO EXPERIENCE OR PARTNER
NECESSARY!
Dress to
impress www.harvardballroom.org
***************************************************************** 5)
El Bembe Friday
More good news... Manguito will be performing this
Friday for the kick-off of El Bembe. It will be a great night and I
sure hope you can join us.
Here's the
info:
MANGUITO
Appearing at:
EL BEMBE, at the Jorge
Hernandez Cultural Center 85 West Newton Street, South End,
Boston Info: www.jhcconline.com
*Complimentary Salsa/Merengue
Dance Lessons with "HIPS ON FIRE TEAM" 9:00 PM
*Live music by the best
Salsa/Merengue bands in the region
*Salsa/Merengue Disc Jockey
*
Special Performance, Esencia Latina
*Full Bar Service
*Shuttle
service to and from attended parking lot
El Bembé is from 9:00 pm - 1:30
am Admission is only $12.00, 21+ event, Off-site parking and shuttle
service available for only
$5.00
***************************************************************** 6)
Colombian Night at Wonderland Greyhound Park Carlos Donoso Hugo
Patino Enrique Colaviza Edwin Munera
with "Alexander" Sunday,
Sept.
22 $20
***************************************************************** 7) This
has got to be one of the more unusual salsa events of the season. Dance salsa
and drink margaritas in a synagogue!
Salsa under the Sukkah
- Live
music, sangria, margaritas, dancing, and more... - Tuesday, September 24th,
6:30-8:30 p.m. - Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Ave, Boston. (on the
Riverway-on the way to JP from Fenway Park, a short distance from
Sofia's) - $7 per person. Please bring toiletries or a non-perishable
food item. All donations will be delivered to local food pantries through
Project Bread.
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish holiday to celebrate the
harvest. Part of the celebration includes building and decorating a
Sukkah, a tent-like structure designed for sleeping under the stars.
It's a combination of Thanksgiving (come together to commemorate the harvest)
and Christmas (put up a big thing made of wood and decorate
it).
***************************************************************** 8) Alexander
y Su Orquesta's Live Performance Schedule!
Join Alexander, one of Boston's premier Latin singers, and
his grand orquesta, for their great
performance schedule this month:
Saturday,
Sept 21: La Cabaña Discothèque, Lincoln,
RI.
Alexander y Carlos Donoso Sunday, Sept 22:
Greyhound
Park
Alexander y Carlos Donoso Friday, September
27: Aleander at El Bembe, Boston...
Alexander recently appeared on September 14th, Latin TV
show "Pachanga Latina" on UNIVISION 27 - WUNI
at 10am, featuring Alexander's great
performance at the Six Flags New England with
interviews.
For More Information,
Contact: ALEXA
PRODUCTIONS 657 Worcester St.,
#1207 Southbridge, Mass
01550 Tel (508) 765
6950
preguntas@alexaproductions.com http://www.alexaproductions.com/
***************************************************************** 9) HOLA
SALSEROS de Corazon!!!!
This Sunday (Sept 22) is the 4th Sunday of the
month, so it's time again for the Wepa Salsa Social at its new location,
the Fred Astaire Studio in Boston - with great hardwood floors, air
conditioning, mirrors, two rooms, and a view.
If you haven't been
there before, check out some of the rave reviews on SalsaBoston (and also the
$5 newcomer special further below):
http://salsaboston.com/club_script/reviews/WepaSalsaSundays.html
Come
and enjoy the best DANCING in the Boston area to the very best music for
DANCERS!!!! SALSA CLASICA, SALSA DE HOY, MAMBO, and CHA CHA.
8-9pm NEW
YORK STYLE Salsa class for ALL LEVELS with APRIL of New
York's Eddie Torres Dance Company
9-12pm SALSA DANCE
PARTY with DJ NIK!
At the Fred Astaire Dance Studio 4th
Floor, 100 Massachusetts Ave., Boston (corner of Mass. Ave. and
Newbury St., above Urban Outfitters) The
#1 Bus stops across the street The Green Line Auditorium T stop
is 100 feet away. Street parking on Mass Ave and Newbury
St http://www.fadsboston.com/directions.asp#Boston-Studio
$10
for class and party!
$5 SPECIALS: Newcomers: bring a
friend and get in for $5 each!!!! Oldtimers: bring a newcomer
and get in for $5 each too!!
Questions? Write to above address or
call 617-388-0925.
***************************************************************** 10) NEW
Classical Salsa & Smooth Footwork & Partnering
Lessons: Wednesday_Classical_Salsa_@_BCCNE.htm"
target=_blank>Wednesday_Classical_Salsa_@_BCCNE.htm" target=
_blank">http://www.freemotion.org/Wednesday_Classical_Salsa_@_BCCNE.htm
Have
you ever wanted to dance with a new partner and have such a good connection
that people are convinced you have been dancing for a long time? Or, would
you like to travel across the floor effortlessly, and still be able to
perform quick and highly technical combinations, and maintain your smoothness
and sharpness?
Well, look no further:
Classical Salsa & Smooth
Footwork & Partnering Lessons by Dan Y. Marshall of
FreEMotion/LibrEMoción Repertory Company, Inc.:
Weekly Wednesday Evenings
Beginning on September 25, 2002
at the Brazilian Cultural Center of New
England 310 Webster Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02141 (MBTA bus #69 runs between
Harvard Sq. & Lechmere Sq. along Cambridge
Street)
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. - Beginner-Intermediate
Lesson
(no experience necessary) 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Advanced Lesson
* No
partner necessary
* The inspiring setting of the Brazilian Cultural
Center's beautiful and spacious mirror-equipped 1st floor
studio, and the special format of these classes will allow us to
teach you the details necessary for you to perfect you Salsa
& partnering skills, as well as improve you presentation
level, footwork abilities, freedom of movement and body part
isolation, and general dance repertoire.
* $5 for trial
class $10/class - 4 lesson package ($40)
$9/class - 8 lesson package ($72) $16/both Beginner-Intermediate
& Advanced classes - 4 lesson package
($64) $14/both Beginner-Intermediate & Advanced
classes - 8 lesson package ($112)
For more
information contact: FreEMotion: dan_y_marshall@prodigy.net or (617)
970-1444 Brazilian Cultural Center of NE:
BCCNE@mindspring.com
or www.BCCNE.org or (617)
547-5343
***************************************************************** 11)
SALSAlort
Latin Dance & Fitness Company Javier F. Salort-Rios,
Director Worcester ~ Cambridge/Boston ~ Bridgeport, CT ~ New York P.O. Box
20172, Worcester, MA 01602 ~ (508)
792-0263 www.SALSAlort.com ~ SALSAlort@juno.com
* CAMBRIDGE
Salsa/Mambo/Latin Dance Classes ... NEW SESSION Starts Tuesday, Sept 17 !!!
* @ the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 42 Brattle Street
(Harvard Square), Cambridge.
SCHEDULE: - Intro to Latin
Dance: Salsa and More! (LATN)-01: Tues's 6:30-7:30 PM
-
Intro to Latin Dance: Salsa and More! Part 2 (LATN)-02:
Tues's 7:30-8:30 PM - Salsa! (SLSA): Tuesdays 9:00-10:00 PM (This
course will include Razz-M-Tazz Turn Patterns and Shines!)
Remember
these classes fill up quickly! REGISTER TODAY!
To Register and for
more information, please check the schedules page at www.SALSAlort.com or
visit the Cambridge Center for Adult Education web site at www.ccae.org or
call them at (617) 547-6789. Don't forget that CCAE has a Scholarship
Program. You may qualify for a discounted
course fee.
***************************************************************** 12)
Esencia Latina Workshop Schedule (see hipsonfire.com for latest
details)
Schedule of Classes & Workshops:
- Performance at EL
BEMBE - Friday 20th, 9pm-1:30am Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, 85 West
Newton St, South End - Costarrican Popular Rhythms Workshop -
Saturday 21st 3pm-4:30pm, Dance Complex, 536 Mass Av, Central Sq,
Cambridge. - Latino Motion for Women - Saturday 21st 5-6pm,
Dance Complex - Latino Motion for Men - Saturday 21st 5-6pm,
Dance Complex - Tropical Fire (Mix of Latino-Caribean
dances) Sunday 22nd 3-5pm, Dance Comple Thursday 26th - 7-8:30pm,
VFW , 299 Green St, Cetrnal Sq. - Sunday 22nd Night Salsa Party at All
Asia Cusine & Bar. Performances & Classes. , 332 Mass Av, Central
Sq 8:30pm - 9:15pm Salsa Beginners 9:15pm - 10pm Salsa
Interm/Adv. - Salsa Beginners -Friday 27th 5pm-6:30pm -
Dance Complex - Salsa Interm/Adv - Friday 27th 6:30-8pm,
Dance Complex - Latino Blend (1 h Latino Dance workout) Wednesday 25th
- 8:30pm- 9:30pm, Dance Complex - Salsa Line Dance - Monday 23rd - 5pm - 6pm,
Dance Complex - Cool Moves Beginners - - Saturday 28th -
3-4:30pm, Dance Complex - Friday 27th - 7-8pm, Dance Complex - Cool Moves
Interm/Adv - Saturday 28th, 4:30-6pm, Dance Complex - Women Styling - -
Thursday 26th - 8:30 - 9:30pm, Dance Complex - Saturday 28th - 11am - noon ,
Dance Complex - Salsa - Merengue Line Dance - Thursday 26th -
5:30- 6:30pm, Dance Complex
Workshops are $15 for 1, $55/4
workshops
$100/8 workshops.
***************************************************************** 13) Submitter: KARINA
ROSADO
Email: ROSADO_KARINA@HOTMAIL.COM
Info: I JUST WANTED
TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE LATIN BAND FROM PANAMA, RABANES IS IN TOWN THIS SUNDAY,
AT THE MATRIX IN BOSTON!!! THIS BAND HAS A GREAT AND UNIQUE SOUND THAT CONSISTS
OF HIP HOP, ROCK, CALYPSO, REGGAE, SOKA, SKA, PUNK, RAP, SALSA AND MUCH MUCH
MORE!! SO PLEEEEEASE SPREAD THE WORD, AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO BUY TICKETS PLEASE
CALL 978-387-7222... I APPRECIATE IT!!
THX, KARINA
ROSADO LATIN
CONCERTS
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