From:	SalsaBoston [sbc_moderator@salsaboston.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:04 PM
To:	'salsaupdate@salsaboston.com'
Subject:	399:  ATN Tonight, Salsa for Grin_gos workshop Sat. July 19

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** See you tonight at An Tua Nua as usual!
Last week we had another great crowd, almost 200 people in the house.  Come on 
down to _THE_ party!
  http://salsaboston.com/antuanua or scroll down.


** Special Note to beginners:  Level 0 "Salsa for Grin_gos* Workshop" will be 
held Saturday, July 19 at An Tua Nua, 12-4pm (this is the rescheduled date) 
"For people with 2 left feet, and up."
http://salsaboston.com/salsa4gringos/workshop.html
      * we have to spell it that way because some spam filters.  Go figure.


** This Friday's Salsa Cruise is SOLD OUT.  There may be limited tickets 
available at the dock. Standby list starts at 6:30 at the dock.

However, we have another dozen cruises this summer...!  Including Friday, July 
11.

Cruise tickets are on sale:  http://salsaboston.com/catalog General Cruise 
info: http://salsaboston.com/cruise Group info: 
http://salsaboston.com/cruise/groups or call 617-513-9841

Friday, July 11:
6:30-8:15 Preparty at "The Landing"
7:00-8:15 Salsa Lesson with Johnny and Kelly (dockside or on the boat, 
depending on circumstances)
8:15: Boarding, party starts, buffet served 8:30-11:00 CRUISE!  2 Decks of 
dancing: Latin Mix on the lower deck, Salsa on the mid-deck. Observation on 
the top deck.

All ages welcome on the cruises.  Must have valid 21+ ID to drink.

BOOK A CORPORATE SALSA CRUISE GROUP!  We typically have 1-2 bigger groups with 
us each week and is a fantastic group outing.  
Wedding receptions, birthdays, and bachelorette parties are very popular too. 
Call Olaf at 617-513-9841 or email olaf@salsaboston.com for more details.

Cruises are alternating Fridays and Sundays this year, our 8th season.

See you on the dance floor!
-Olaf



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Salsa Night at An Tua Nua with SalsaBoston every Wednesday
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Boston's original "All Salsa by Salseros for Salseros" party, over 7.5 years 
running!

835 Beacon St., 1 block outbound from Kenmore Square, near Fenway Park
SalsaBoston: (617) 513-9841
An Tua Nua: (617) 262-2121 (for directions only) More details and directions: 
www.salsaboston.com/antuanua

** Have you checked out Masa?  If you're up for a casual night and some dining 
and an upscale bar, this place is cool on Thursdays.  Casual lesson around 
10pm, a mix of music, no cover.  439 Tremont St, South End, Boston

      7pm Personalized Salsa Instruction (AKA "How'd They Do That?!") 
      8pm Casino Rueda Lesson (w/ Anara and the Gang, beginner through 
advanced levels)
      9pm Salsa Lesson (w/ Johnny and Kelly, beginner and intermediate levels)
      10:15pm-1am Salsa!
   http://salsaboston.com/antuanua  for discounts and info or call 617-513-
9841
   An Tua Nua
   835 Beacon St. Kenmore Sq/Fenway, Boston

$10 cover, $2 per lesson additional, 21+
**Note: $6 for 7pm class
Call 617-513-9841 for details about Salsa Night For a discount coupon, please 
visit the website.

An Tua Nua is a great contemporary Irish bar & grill on Beacon Street just 
outside of Kenmore Square (only about 3 blocks from Sophia's).  In the back 
they have a dance club about the same size as the upstairs at Sophia's, with a 
sizable dance floor that holds about 150 people, a bar, and plenty of lounge 
seating.

Close to the green line (St. Mary's on the C train, Fenway on the D, Kenmore 
on the B), plenty of street and lot parking.

Irish/America/Bar food available until 10pm.  I have eaten there regularly, it 
is very tasty and modestly priced.

Note: they have Karaoke with my man Kev-Mac Daddy in the front portion of the 
bar when you walk in, but don't let that scare you... Salsa is in the back 
room!  Full Bar.  Please check your coat.

More info, discounts, and directions: http://www.salsaboston.com/antuanua


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1) Havana Club Update
2) Providence: Jeannie Oki's Salsa Sundays update
3) The "Johnny Show"!  RITMO SALSERO on Radio Latina 104.1
4) Don Omar at Comcast Latino Family Festival, Fenway Park, Saturday July 5th
5) Tito Puente Latin Music Series, free outdoors, Thursdays (O'Day park next 
to JHCC)
6) Salsa in the Park, Mondays, South End, Free
7) Masacote's Beantown Salsa Jam, July 12

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1)
Havana Club news:

Havana Saturdays Live in Boston
85 West Newton Street, South End, Boston .  9:30-10:30 Beginner Salsa Lesson 
w/ Ivan .  10:30-2am Salsa Dance Party with Salsa Night Band and DJ Cuban Jeff 
.  $15 Ages: 21+ Full Cash Bar. Dress: Smart Casual to Fashionable


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2)
Jeannie Oki's Strictly Salsa Sundays

Now located @ LOT401(in the Jewelry District)
44 Hospital Street Providence, R. I.
www.lot401.com

Re-opening on July 6th, 2008   Open: 9:00 P.M.- 1:00 a.m.
No Summer lessons   2 levels- all hardwood floors

Rotation of D.J.s  $7.00 Cover  More info: 401-941-8008
email: okisalsa@netzero.com

Salsa demonstration by Freddy y Jasmine 

Music by DJ SUGAR ROY from Boston

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3)

Salsaludos from Johnny Giraldo
 
Finally...what the boston salsa community has been waiting for, a one of a 
kind radio show! Join Johnny this and every tuesday from 4pm to 5pm as he host 
his own radio show...RITMO SALSERO on Boston's newest and hottest radio 
station...Radio Latina 104.1 sca (subcarrier frequency). Listen to some of the 
best salsa music of all times, learn about the history of the music and its 
artist, and participate in contests for a chance to win great prizes!!! Now 
broadcasting online through www.radiolatinaboston.com  



When: This and every Tuesday from 4pm - 5pm
Where: follow this link: www.ustream.tv/RadioLatina104
What: RITMO SALSERO radio show is a weekly spanish language radio show that 
showcases some of the best salsa music of all time. Join Johnny for a journey 
through the wonderful world of Salsa music. Interviews, contests, and learn 
interesting facts about this contagious afro-caribbean rhythm.  Each week we 
focus on different topics related to the history and evolution of the music. 
Including tributes to your favorite artist like Hector Lavoe, El Gran Combo, 
Tito Puente, Sonora Poncena, Gilberto Santa Rosa and spinning the immortal 
classics of all time!!! 
Contact: Johnny @ salsumba1@aol.com or Radio Latina @ 617-569-2700 and 617-
569-1700 for shout-outs and to make your requests.
 
Program Schedule.
This week (June 17th): Tributo a Los Sextetos (Tribute to the Sextets) We will 
be playing some of the best tunes from Joe Cuba to New Swing Sextet and the 
rare finds of the likes of Sexteto Armonia, Sexteto fantasia and many more!
 
Next week (June 24th): Debate Salsero...Oscar D' Leon vs. Andy Montanez.
Send in your votes to Salsumba1@aol.com for your favorite artist for a chance 
to win great prizes. We will be showcasing salsa legends Oscar D'Leon from 
Venezuela and Andy Montanez from Puerto Rico.
 
watch a sample of these two giants of salsa doing what they know best. Sing 
their butts off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfU4C0U1Ld0
 
Gozalo! y Que Viva La Salsa!

Johnny Giraldo
director,choreographer,performer
Salsa y Control Dance Company
617-312-6464 www.salsaycontrol.com

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4)

It's official!!
Don Omar
will be the headline act at this years
Comcast Latino Family Festival
@ Fenway Park
Saturday July 5th
We finally confirmed Don Omar as the headliner for this year's "Comcast Latino 
Family Festival" hosted by El Mundo.
http://www.elmundoboston.com/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48

Contact: Allen Bush, Office of Public Information, 617-747-2658


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5)

Latin Music Concert Series and Dance Party Outside in the South End Returns 
for Fourth Year on Four Thursdays in July Free Music from Berklee College, La 
Casa de La Cultura, and ParkARTS

Boston, MA, June 16, 2008 - Summer afternoons in Boston can sizzle, but 
evening respites in a neighborhood park listening and dancing to tropical 
sounds and syncopated beats can be even hotter.  The fourth-annual Tito Puente 
Latin Music Series - presented by Berklee College of Music; La Casa de La 
Cultura /Center for Latino Arts, IBA; and ParkARTS - combines the Latin 
rhythms of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica, with influences from far-
flung corners of the world, reflecting Berklee’s sonic melting pot.

The FREE music series takes place over four Thursday evenings - July 10, 17, 
24, and 31 - outdoors at O’ Day Park, next door to the Jorge Hernandez 
Cultural Center, 85 West Newton St., in Boston’s South End.  Concerts are from 
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
For more information call 617-927-1707, e-mail info@claboston.org, or click 
berklee.edu/events.  The park is wheelchair accessible.
This year’s program:

July 10 - The wildly danceable Gregorio Uribe Big Band is a 15-piece group 
that plays Gregorio Uribe’s original songs and traditional Colombian music.  
With Berklee alum Uribe sometimes squeezing an accordion and nine horn players 
soaring over the percussion, the Orquesta is reminiscent of Columbian porro 
groups, similar to New Orleans second line bands, but with updated harmonies 
and arrangements.  Uribe was born in Bogota, Colombia, and started his musical 
life playing drums and guitar in traditional Colombian music and punk/rock 
bands.  His current projects reflect the energy of his teenage years; he also 
plays drums in Pop Filter, rocking out on music from the Caribbean coast of 
Colombia. 

July 17 - The Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars is six top scholarship students 
from Puerto Rico, Israel, and the United States.  Members coalesced around 
their love for the polyrhythm and joyful precision of Latin jazz.  The group 
was named this year's Best College Jazz Band by Down Beat magazine, under the 
name La Timbistica, and recently performed in the Monterey Jazz Festival's 
Next Generation Festival in Monterey, California.  The All-Stars are led by 
conguero Paulo Stagnaro, and include trumpeter Niv Toar, flutist Enrique 
Trinidad, pianist Abraham Olivo, bassist Juan Maldonado, and timbalero Marcos 
Lopez.  This summer, the group will also perform at the Duke Ellington Jazz 
Festival in Washington, D.C.

July 24 – Manolo Mairena is a sonero (salsa singer) and percussionist from 
Costa Rica who has fused Afro-Caribbean and Latin music with an array of 
styles he learned since moving to the U.S. at 16.  He began his career 
stateside performing traditional Puerto Rican music.  His playing drew 
attention from some of the major Latin bands in New England, and he played or 
recorded with Tropical Sound, Mango Blue, Manguito, Obini Tumbao, and Combo 
Sabroso, among many others.  He started his own band called Curubandé, which 
he still performs with today.  Mairena has toured Spain and Mexico and has 
also performed in Australia, Cuba, India, and Puerto Rico.  Currently, he is 
working on Mi Oportunidad, an album of original music featuring a cast of top 
performers including Alex Alvear, Angel Subero, and Gonzalo Grau, among 
others. 

July 31 – Eguie Castrillo, who will perform with his orchestra, is a native of 
San Juan and an authority on the rhythms of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, 
Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago.  The timbale and conga player has 
performed or recorded with such Latin luminaries as Arturo Sandoval, Ruben 
Blades, and Michel Camilo, and American pop and jazz stars including Michael 
Brecker, Steve Winwood, and Jennifer Lopez.  Among his greatest influences is 
Tito Puente, whose spirit lives in Castrillo’s orchestra performances that 
salute the 1950s Palladium Ballroom scene in New York City, where dancers went 
wild for Puente’s mambo music.  The 18-piece orchestra includes a large horn 
section, congas, bongos, and lots of energy.  He has been teaching in 
Berklee's percussion department since 1999. 

About the presenters:
Now in its 12th year, ParkARTS began as Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s initiative to 
present a yearlong program of arts and culture related programs and events in 
Boston's park system. ParkARTS, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department's 
multi faceted arts program incorporates the visual, performing, and 
participatory arts.  The 2008 ParkARTS performing arts program will present 
concerts in Boston neighborhood parks that range from jazz to symphonic music. 
The Center for Latino Arts/La Casa de la Cultura is a cutting-edge, multi-
functional community arts complex that conveys to both Latinos and non-Latinos 
from all over New England, the vitality of contemporary and traditional Latino 
cultural expressions, including folk dance and music, Latin jazz, film, 
poetry, and theater.  The Center joins our Jorge Hernandez performance space 
(converted into a 450-seat venue from a historic church in 1986) with a new 
community arts center (renovated from the adjacent parish house in 2003) that 
includes a gallery, dance studio and visual arts studio.  Inquilinos Boricuas 
en Acción (IBA) is a dynamic community building agency dedicated to increasing 
the social and economic power of individuals and families through education, 
economic development, technology and arts programming that build safe, vibrant 
and culturally diverse affordable housing communities.
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the 
best way to prepare students for careers in music was through the study and 
practice of contemporary music. For over half a century, the college has 
evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the music 
business. With over a dozen performance and nonperformance majors, a diverse 
and talented student body representing over 70 countries, and a music industry 
"who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the 
music of today — and tomorrow.



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6)
What: Salsa in the Park--tonight and every Monday in July!

When: Mondays, 2008 6:30 PM

Where: 
Blackstone School Park
Washington St & W Brookline St
Boston, MA 02118 

These fun outdoor events are sponsored by the Mayor's Office and are FREE and 
open to everyone...so, bring the whole family if you'd like! Whether you've 
been dancing salsa for years or you'd like to learn how?or if you'd just like 
to relax after work to the sounds of salsa music, join us in the park on 
Monday nights!

Each night will feature live performances, dance instruction for all levels 
(beginner to advanced), and lots of time to dance and socialize. There will be 
food and drinks for sale, as well as other items.

Please note: If it rains, the party will be inside the Community Center

Sponsors include: SalsaBoston.com, El Show de Fernandito, Teddy's Shoes, 
BostonSalsero.com, Harry O's Pizza, MetaMovements and Boston ROCKS!

At Blackstone Park in the South End; 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM SPECIAL KICK-OFF PARTY 
with DJ Hernan: Monday, June 30th!

Location: Corner of W. Brookline & Washington Streets, in the South End

Parking: On-Street parking available

Public Transportation:a) Orange line to Back Bay, exit Dartmouth Street side. 
Take a left on Dartmouth and walk about 10 minutes down, till you pass Tremont 
Street and cross onto W.Dedham Street, take left on Washington St., walk down 
and park is on right. b) Silver Line bus leaving from Dudley Station to W. 
Newton stop, park is on left.

For more information: www.metamovements.com
Telephone: 617 983-1418

Learn more here:
http://salsa.meetup.com/193/calendar/8246453/


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7)

Masacote's Beantown Salsa Jam!
Heat up the dance floor with us this July!
Come dance with us July 12th! 
2nd Saturday of the month!
Come for the free lesson @ 8 and stay for the dancing!

3 hours of DANCING starting at 9pm!
Party for ONLY $8! Student Discount: $5! 
FREE Lesson!

Cash Bar...Plenty of FREE Parking...Warm, Family Vibe! 
All Ages Welcome!

THIS NIGHT IS CREATED BY DANCERS, FOR DANCERS! 
OUR LOVE OF SALSA IS THE SHEER MOTIVATION FOR THIS NIGHT. 
IT IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THAT SALSA FIX!

Location: 
Knights of Columbus
75 West School St. 
Charlestown, MA 02129
For More Info: 
http://www.masacoteentertainment.com/salsasocial.html