Hey Austin salseros!

I'm a first year UT grad student new to Austin and a HUGE fan of salsa!! I went
to undergrad in Chicago and the salsa scene there was wonderful ... so I was
quite amazed (and thrilled!) to see such a big crowd at the salsa festival last
night at the Union. :)

I have a couple quick questions for you local experts ... I went to the
cityguide link and saw a list of all the places to hit in Austin for salsa
nights, but which ones are the most highly recommended? (good music, best
dancing scene, primarily salsa tunes and NOT reggaeton or random hip-hop songs,
etc.) I kept hearing things about Copa last night, and I heard Oasis is
beautiful but, according to the website, the Brew only plays there during the
summer, so ... does that mean it kind of dies down during the rest of the year?
I also heard Speakeasy is pretty good as well. Which ones do you guys think are
worth checking out?

Thanks a bunch and hope to be seeing some of you very soon! :)

-Sharlie

P.S. If you guys know of any great dance studios and/or instructors (with
reasonable prices ... remember I'm a broke grad student!), feel free to
recommend those as well. :)

Dallas Nite Club has Salsa on Sunday.  It starts at 9:00 and goes until 2:00. 
The dancing is great.  They have a large wooden dance floor.  There is free
dance lessons from 9-10:00.

Kathy

Please join us for Breakthrough's Salsa Under the Stars

Host: Breakthrough Austin
Location:  Speakeasy Rooftop Terrace: 412D Congress Ave, Austin, TX
(entrance in alley 1/2 block west of Congress)
When: Wednesday, October 12, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Phone: 512-423-1892

Breakthrough Austin invites you to Salsa Under the Stars!

Enjoy an evening of food, cocktails, music and dancing at Speakeasy's
newly-renovated Rooftop Terrace. Get the latest news on Breakthrough and learn
first-hand about its impact on Austin students.

Please join us for this informal social event made possible by our generous
sponsors:
Speakeasy, Bacardi, Paula's Texas Orange, Marbridge Nursery, Bobalu and the
Texas Culinary Academy.

We look forward to seeing you there and remember your dancing shoes!

P.S. The entrance to Speakeasy is in the alley 1/2 block West of Congress Avenue
between 4th and 5th Streets.

Breakthrough is a non-profit educational organization that provides a path to
college for students who will be first generation college graduates. For more
information visit www.breakthroughaustin.org

Hello,

Here is our schedule this week @ COPA:

WED. Salsa & Bembe
Salsa Dance Lesson with Marion @ 8pm ($5)
Salsa Music all night
NO COVER all night with $2 Tecate

THU. Latin Night
Salsa Dance Lesson with Tony @ 8:30pm ($5)
Live Music with THE BREW @ 9:30pm
$5 Cover @ 9pm

FRI. Social Friday in the Buzios Room
Salsa Dance Lesson with AustinSalsaPromotions @ 9pm (complimentary lesson with
your cover)
Dj Fabian with Salsa, Merengue, Cha Cha, Bachata and more...@ 10pm
$5 Cover before 10pm and $6 after

Special Event (Patio) - Plena Libre - 1st Show

Live Music with Plena Libre from Puerto Rico (first time in Austin)
doors open at 9pm
$12 advanced
$15 door
more info: www.bluefishent.com
Tickets: http://tickets.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?pl=76&lid=2850&eid=4665

SAT. Latin Night - in the Buzios Room
Salsa Dance Lesson with Cesar & Rhonda @ 8:30pm ($5)
Dj Alvaro with Salsa, Merengue and more... @ 9:30pm

Special Event (Patio) - Plena Libre - 2nd Show

Live Music with Plena Libre from Puerto Rico (first time in Austin)
doors open at 9pm
$12 advanced
$15 door
more info: www.bluefishent.com
Tickets: http://tickets.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?pl=76&lid=2850&eid=4665


See You at COPA,

Silvio Ramos
Copa Bar & Grill
217 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
p: 512 479 5002
f: 512 479 5094
www.copabarandgrill.com

SALSA RHYTHMS WORKSHOP SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th at GO DANCE
with Azucena Perez, Carlos Leon & Percussionist Daniel Elizalde

Register by Wednesday Oct 5th and save, call 512-339-9391 to sign up.

Improve your timing and never be lost in the music again! These 1½ hour
workshops will help you better align your dancing with the music by learning to
recognize and dance to some of the fundamental Salsa rhythms. Both workshops
include high-tech visual and audio aids that will help you quickly understand
all concepts. Dancing exercises complement each workshop to help you integrate
the concepts into your dancing. (Understanding concepts covered in Session One
is strongly recommended before taking Session Two.)

SESSION ONE: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Intro & Fundamental Rhythmic Concepts
Clave * Tumbao * Bongo Bell

SESSION TWO: 2:15pm - 3:45pm
Part A. Montuno - Definition
Part B. Montuno - Understanding phrasing to anticipate changes in music.
Cascara * Mambo Bell

EACH 1½ hour workshop is $25 pp at the door OR $20 in advance by Wed, Oct 5th.
BOTH WORKSHOPS are $40 pp at the door OR $35 in advance by Wed, Oct 5th.

---

SALSA SOCIAL at GO DANCE
Saturday, October 8th *** 9:00pm- 1:00am

Join us for another evening of sizzling Salsa, Merengue and Cha Cha dancing with
DJ Azucena. Beautiful large wood dance floor, great music and great partners for
only $5 per person at the door.

Go Dance (located in Northcross Mall)
2525 W Anderson Ln Suite #530
Austin TX 78757
512-339-9391
info@...
www.godance.cc

Copa will be open for happy hour Monday through Friday starting at 5pm.

Silvio and I thought it would be a great idea to have someone teaching salsa
during the happy hour. The schedule for that will be 5:30pm until 6:30pm Monday
through Friday.

If any body is interested please contact Silvio at Copa.

Here the web site for contact information

http://www.copabarandgrill.com/

Marion Sanchez
Salsa y Bembé

> Message forwarded by Sandra Moro Sleeper

There's a new e-group starting in Houston for Casino dancers.  Here's the link
to join:  http://groups.google.com/group/Houston-Casineros

Here is the group's description:

A group for fans of casino style salsa dancing and casino rueda in the
Houston, Texas area. Subscription to this group means you'll have the latest
info about casino style and rueda dancing in the Houston area.

Best regards, Art Williams Houston, TX. 281 236 2852

Salsa Grooves is a revolutionary, easy-to-use software tool that will
help you improve your dance timing and musicality by teaching you
fundamental Salsa rhythms.  It is a tool created by dancers, for
dancers. With Salsa Grooves you will:

     * Learn fundamental Salsa rhythms such as Clave and Tumbao
     * Use it as a practicing tool to develop solid timing
     * Connect your computer to a recording device and burn CDs with
your favorite Salsa Rhythms so you can place it anywhere

Salsa Grooves hosts many features that help you learn all the
fundamental salsa rhythms with ease. Find out what's inside Salsa
Grooves, including a free download, at http://www.salsagrooves.com/

If you're interested in learning salsa rhythms, we will be teaching a
Salsa Rhythms workshop this Saturday at Go Dance featuring Salsa
Grooves.

Azucena Perez
Director & Co-Founder
Jazzy Dance Company
wwww.jazzydancecompany.com

Bluefish Entertainment Presents

Plena Libre

Two Evenings of Afro-Puerto Rican Roots Big Band Sound
Friday October 7th & Saturday October 8th

Copa Bar
217 Congress Ave. Austin, TX
http://www.copabarandgrill.com
512-479-5002

Doors: 9pm
$12 Advance & $15 door

Advance Tickets: http://www.frontgatetickets.com (more info below)

It has been eleven years since the group Plena Libre  burst onto the musical
scene in Puerto Rico.  What they offered was different, fresh, danceable, and
experimental but rooted in the traditional one-hundred year old genre– the
Puerto Rican plena. On October 4th 2005 Times Square will be releasing their
11th CD, titled Evolución (Evolution, TSQ-CD- 9048)

Going against the currents of the Latin commercial music scene, this Afro-Rican
group of 13 members presented a different and relatively unknown genre. Plena
Libre created a presence on the scene for itself, and have since also become
ambassadors of the new sounds of Puerto Rico. They have taken their updated
blend of roots music to many parts of the world. In the past few years, Plena
Libre  has been nominated three times for the Grammies and has received many
awards in their native Puerto Rico.

Evolución, marks the beginning of a new decade for the “plena ambassadors”, as
they are known in Puerto Rico. While their previous CD, “Estamos Gozando!”
celebrates their first decade in a tribute to past interpreters of bomba and
plena, Evolución returns to Plena Libre’s experimental path with a new and
vigorous perspective.

For Plena Libre, Evolución marks a new level of maturity and quality. The core
of the band’s repertoire remains the danceable plena.   Evolución also presents
a new sound for the group, amplifying its trombone section with the profundity
of the baritone sax and incorporating the flute, classical and electric guitars,
vibraphone, the Puerto-Rican cuatro and the accordion for additional color in
Evolución.  The traditional formats of bomba and plena are enhanced by the
rhythm section as well. In short, every track presents both the traditional
essence of plena and bomba as well as the musical liberties taken by Gary Nuñez,
the band’s leader and arranger, and the members of the group.


Join us for this artists first time appearance in Austin. This should be a most
memorable evening for all!

Tickets for this event can be purchased in advance through FrontGate Tickets
512.389.0315

Ticket outlets: Encore Video & CD, Stubb’s BBQ & Waterloo Records
Online at:
http://tickets.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?pl=76&lid=2850&eid=4665re
www.bluefishent.com

Silvio Ramos
Copa Bar & Grill
217 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
p: 512 479 5002
f: 512 479 5094
www.copabarandgrill.com

Sorry for the late notice...

Vicci is introducing Salsa to their upscale club:

6pm-8pm Pink Happy Hour
Benefitting the Susan G Komen Foundation
For a $10 Donation you get:
- Plate of food
- Pink drink from the bar menu

8:30pm Free Salsa Lessons

10pm-2am DJ Fabian spinning Salsa

All Night Drink Specials:
- $5 Pink Drinks from the Bar Menu
- $3 Any Drink in the House
- $2 Tecate

DRESS CODE ENFORCED

Mitch
AustinSalsaPromotions

Sorry for the additional post but I forgot some important details:

NO Cover!!!
21 and over only

Vicci's is located
404 Colorado

Their website is http://www.vicciaustin.com/

Hope to see you there!

Mitch

PS - Btw, it's the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, so come support this
worthy charity.


--- In austinsalsa@yahoogroups.com, "austinsalsa" <austinsalsa@y...>
wrote:
> Sorry for the late notice...
>
> Vicci is introducing Salsa to their upscale club:
>
> 6pm-8pm Pink Happy Hour
> Benefitting the Susan G Komen Foundation
> For a $10 Donation you get:
> - Plate of food
> - Pink drink from the bar menu
>
> 8:30pm Free Salsa Lessons
>
> 10pm-2am DJ Fabian spinning Salsa
>
> All Night Drink Specials:
> - $5 Pink Drinks from the Bar Menu
> - $3 Any Drink in the House
> - $2 Tecate
>
> DRESS CODE ENFORCED
>
> Mitch
> AustinSalsaPromotions

Hi Everyone:

The Diamond Ballroom and Pedro's @ The Riverside are pleased to announce the
Salsa Grand Opening Nite on Saturday, Oct 22, 2005. One of the greatest band in
this area, HAVANA NRG! will take to the stage from 10:30 pm til 2 am. Doors open
at 9:00pm. For more info: http://www.havananrg.com

The Diamond Ballroom is a premier venue located at 2410 E. Riverside Dr. Suite E
3  Austin, Texas.

Please click on the link below for a map and aerial views:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2410+East+Riverside+Dr,+Austin,+TX&spn=0.026275,0.\
040362&hl=en

For a look at The Diamond Ballroom click below:
http://www.ccsi.com/~ams/diamondballroom

The Diamond Ballroom is very excited about hosting salsa events. The response
received in the past few days about this event has been fenomenal, this will be
the salsa event of the year. I am really looking forward to seeing all of you
there.

I will like to know if you got this email please reply.

Please make this information available to your friends.

Thank You.
Pedro S. Gutierrez
pedrosgutierrez@...

I had a few classes left on my Go Dance class card and I decided to check out
the advanced salsa classes there.

I've been concerned that with Taletha's departure Go Dance won't have
experienced salsa instructors to teach advanced level material. I was very
pleasantly surprised.

First off, unlike in the good ol' days, Level 4 was a lot more advanced than
Level 3. I'm sure, Azucena and Carlos spent good effort preparing the material
for the class: the pattern was fresh, interesting, and challenging. The kind of
stuff you'd normally learn at a salsa congress and not in a local dance studio.

I was very impressed with the quality of instruction, too. It was very clear
that they are very comfortable with the pattern and could break it down very
clearly, with Carlos giving pointers to the leads and Azucena to the follows.
That's was most salsa classes miss:
one instructor often gives you only one side of the story.

The pacing of the class was excellent and I left with impression that most
students enjoyed it. I certainly was happy to have learned a cool new pattern
that I used the very same evening on some strange girl at Copa (it was very
leadable).

I'm very happy that Austin has a new couple of salsa teachers who not only have
charming personalities and great work ethics, but also keep up with all the
latest salsa fads and fashions by traveling to other cities and congresses and
bring us cool new stuff to
dance.

Good job, guys! Great choice of material and excellent presentation.

Max

-----------------------------------------------
http://www.on2.cc/ - a Russian salsero's blog

What a wonderful Salsa weekend, in Austin, Texas, USA!!!

Plena Libre @ Copa:

Incredible Caribbean/salsa sound! Excellent musicians and
performers! They know their music really well. Kept the audience
(primary non salsa dancers) moving and enjoying the different
traditional and non-traditional songs. A large group of Puerto Rican
was also present given the full PR effect to the experience. At one
point the drummer play a ten minute solo that kept all of us
clapping, yelling, and moving our hips like crazy. Wonderful talent!

Carlos, Azucena, Daniel's workshop @ Go Dance:

To me, being Venezuelan, I know a little about the music, just
because I "hear" and "feel" the music. But that does not help if you
are planning to take your dancing to the next level, so it put
my "street knowledge" at an "academic" level, understanding
arrangements, music phrasing, music patterns and instruments
typically play in a salsa band. The workshop has made an impact on
my dancing already and my appreciation of the music has been
elevated to new heights. I still have a lot to learn, but I am
excited that we have the right team here in our own backyard!

The software develop by them was an excellent visual aid to
understand where our feet need to be at as we listen to the music,
why certain portions of the music feel like explosions of sounds and
others like a calm lake.

And of course we also had a little demonstration of dancing at the 1-
2-3  5-6-7 patterns vs. following the clave from Azucena. Who is a
joy to watch dancing.

Daniel, Azucena and Carlos what a great team of Salseros we have
here!

Marion Sanchez
Salsa y Bembe

Hello All,

Here is our schedule this week .....

WED - Salsa & Bembe
Salsa Dance Lesson with Marion at 8pm ($5)
and Salsa Music all night
NO COVER and $2 Tecate all night

THU - Salsa Music (Main Room) & Sahara Night (in the Buzios Room)

Main Room:
Salsa Dance Lesson with Tony at 8:30pm ($5)
Dj Alvaro Aguilar with Salsa Music

Buzios Room
Sahara Night with Sabaya Belly Dancers @ 9pm

$5 Cover @ 9pm


FRI - Social Friday
Salsa Dance Lesson with Mitch @ 9pm (complimentary with $5 cover)
Dj Fabian with Salsa, Merengue and more...

$5 cover before 10pm and $6 after...
*** DRESS CODE ENCOURAGED ***


SAT - Live Music
Salsa Dance Lesson with Cesar & Rhonda @ 8:30pm ($5)
Dj Alvaro with Salsa, Merengue, Cha cha and more...@ 9:30pm

Live Music with Orquesta Shati at 10:30pm

$5 Cover before 10pm and $8 after...
*** DRESS CODE ENCOURAGED ***


See you at COPA,

Silvio Ramos
Copa Bar & Grill
217 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
p: 512 479 5002
f: 512 479 5094
www.copabarandgrill.com

Here's an article written by my friend's son about salsa in the Arab area.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1005/p01s04-wosc.html

Lora Herring

---

Our reporter asks, Is this the rhythm of a world in step?
By Scott Baldauf

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – What if it could be proved that no two nations that play
salsa music have ever declared war on each other?
Some of the best salsa music in the Middle East comes from Egypt and Israel, for
instance. Both nations have been at peace since 1979, the same period when salsa
began to take hold.

A coincidence? Perhaps not.

The first time I heard Arabic salsa music, I was in a taxi in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, racing to catch a connecting flight to Afghanistan. The taxi driver, a
Pakistani, was playing an incredible song on his radio. First came the Latin
rhythms on bongos, then the rush of flamenco guitars. It sounded like the sort
of dance music I grew up listening to in south Texas but with a distinctly
Middle Eastern trill of the voice and the guttural lyrics that could only be
Arabic.

The music was a revelation. After Sept. 11, and the media barrage proclaiming a
"clash of civilizations" between the West and the Arabic world, here was
evidence of something quite the opposite. Instead of a clash, this was a blend,
and a gorgeous one at that.

It was a reminder that there were other voices in the Arab world than Osama bin
Laden, and good voices at that.

"Amr Diab," the taxi driver announced proudly. "He is Ricky Martin of the Arab
people."

Age has taught me manners, so I remained silent until I reached the airport. But
in my head I was thinking: I know Ricky Martin, from his few years at the top of
the charts. And Amr Diab is no Ricky Martin. He's much better.

At the airport, on the way to my gate, I grabbed every Amr Diab tape on the rack
of the airport's ample music store. Once in Kabul, my Afghan driver in Kabul was
very enthusiastic when I put it into the tape deck of his Toyota Corolla.

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Scott," he said, giving me the thumbs up and his only
four words of English.

It was then that I realized two things. One, I would never see these tapes
again. And two, that salsa is universal. It takes root in whatever soil it is
planted. In the past four years in South and West Asia, I have heard salsa in
Arabic, Persian, Dari, Urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai, Sinhalese, and Nepali.

With such universal acceptance, one starts to think of whether salsa can
contribute to world peace.

But let's just focus on Arabic salsa for a moment.

By far, the prime practitioner of the art is Amr Diab. His greatest hits album,
"The Very Best of Amr Diab," should be in the collection of any worldly
world-music lover. Most of my friends can sing the words to his hit song "Nour
Elain," ... but then, keep in mind that most of my friends are war
correspondents who travel between Baghdad and Kabul. Perhaps not a
representative crowd.

The most satisfying thing about Arabic salsa is the fact that it fits so well.
You hear the ululating of an Arabic singer, and you compare it to the harsh
vibrato of the Gypsy Kings, and you are suddenly aware that you are standing on
that middle ground between cultures.

From about 700 A.D. until a few years before the discovery of America, Spain was
a land occupied by Muslims. Its universities taught Arabic. Its musicians and
troubadours sang in Arabic. Its architecture and arts were all influenced by the
Middle East, and Europeans flocked there for decent educations.

Is it any surprise that Arab singers would find Latin music attractive?

Amr Diab is not alone. Over the past few years, there have been plenty of other
examples - including Cheb Faudel's "Salsa," Natacha Atlas's French-and-Arabic
language "Ne me jugez pas," the Gypsy Kings' crossover Arabic song, "Alabina,"
and Hakim's Spanish-language hit, "Los cuatros punales," - of those who have
experimented with salsa in the past years.

There is even an Iranian singer named Andy who has gotten into the salsa game
with the Persian-Arabic salsa hit, "Yalla."

Ya Allah, indeed, the Islamic extremists must be thinking, as they tug at their
beards. What has happened to the new generation? All they want to do is dance,
and run down the street singing, "Habibi... habibi... habibi... el Nuor Elain
(My darling, you are the light of my eye....)"

How exactly can one carry out a clash of civilizations if civilizations refuse
to clash?

Hello From Rosie From the Valley!!! (McAllen)

This is a special invitation to invite you to try something different this
weekend. If you have not been able to visit the Valley (Brownsville/South Padre
Island), this is the perfect opportunity to come support us in our biggest Salsa
Event.  Our goal is to double our guests on Friday night (Oct 14) from the 600
that we had last year to 1,200.

Friday, October 14th (Our Event-Sabor Vallero (Rosie and Israel))will include
Shati from San Antonio that will entertain us with their full orchestra, and
also amazing salsa performances never seen before and also awesome new salsa
groups.  Doors open at 7pm. First performance is at 8pm. Event finishes at 2am.
Jacob Brown Auditorium, Brownsville.

On Saturday Giovanni Hidalgo and Melena from LA will give a concert/dance also
at the Jacob Brown Auditorium. However, those that want to continue the Salsa
Party are welcomed to join us at Salsa Padre Nightclub located in South Padre
Island will have the First (1st) Salsa Showcase with more performances and salsa
dancing all night.

Finally to finish the weekend with a bang on Sunday there is a FREE salsa
Party/Concert on 11th Street and Leeve. Chuchito Valdes, Rosalia de Cuba and
Melena from LA will be performing for us and we can all dance on the street.

Complete information at these websites:

http://www.saborvallero.com
http://www.salsadallas.com
http://www.brosociety.org/Jazz/

And please see flyer:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/austinsalsa/files/LatinJazzPromo.bmp

Here is the line up for the Weekend:

Salzumba, Monterrey Mexico
Semeneya, San Antonio
Enfuego Danz Co, Dallas
Guaguanco, Houston
Xibuke Dance Co, San Antonio
Guajiro, Dallas
Mambo Nerds, San Antonio
Tumbao y Cache, Houston
Soul 2 Sole, San Antonio
M&M, Monterrey Mexico
Claudia & Edgar, Mexico
Sabor Vallero, McAllen
Amor al Arte, Brownsville


DJ rated "R", Houston

Here is the Hotel and Workshop Information!!!

     Red Roof Inn
     2377 N. Express way Brownsville, TX
     Reservations (956) 504-2300
     Rates
     Single bed $ 45 flat rate
     Double $ 49 flat rate

If you mention the Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival special for entire weekend.

Workshop Information:

Saturday September 15th Workshop
    Xibuke Dance Co.
     San Antonio, TX From 1:00 to 2:00pm
     Salsa Body movement
     All levels

    Salzumba
     Monterrey, NL Mexico From 2:10 to 3:10pm
     Turn patterns salsa Combinations
     Beginner/Intermediate

    Semeneya
     San Antonio, TX From 3:20 to 4:20pm
     Salsa Combinations
     Beginner/Intermediate

    Salzumba
     Monterrey, NL Mexico
     From 4:30PM to 5:30pm
     Afro-cuban
     All levels

      $ 50 for all workshops
      $15 per individual workshop
      SalsaDallas@... to register,
      or call Rosie at (956) 453-3907

      Workshops at Unlimited (Dance Studio)
      2310 N. Express way Brownsville, TX 78521
      Saturday October, 15th starting at 1pm
      (1 hour sessions)

TIPS: Bring comfortable shoes, water bottle, and small towel for perspiration,
video camera for your own personal dance diary (NO filming during classes), and
a smile. This will be a fun, informative day. If you have never taken an all-day
workshop before this will be the perfect one to start because we will have
beginner, intermediate and advance classes all day long.

JetBlue is an airline that will be offering three nonstops flys to New
York daily, the introductory price is $79.00 each way if purchase by
October 31 and traveling between January 19 and February 14.

I would like to know if any body on the Salsa community would be
interested in going and share costs (primary hotel) and take as many
classes available in New York as possible as well as Social Dance.

This is an incredible opportunity! New York has some of the greatest
instructors in the world not to mention the incredible salsa scene.

Please email me directly at "marion @ salsa-bembe.com" if you are
interested.

Thanks,

Marion Sanchez
Salsa y Bembe

Hey Marion,

Thanks for the good word.  I also wanted to thank everybody who came to the
workshop.  It was very nice to see so many of you out there! We had a great time
teaching the workshop and we got great response from everybody.

We are looking forward to future workshops and events.  We have a lot more
things planned for the future!  =)

Thanks again and see you on the dance floor!

Cheers,
Daniel Elizalde
Co-founder
Jazzy Dance Company
www.jazzydanceco.com

Hello everyone. Just wanted to remind you that Vicci's has Salsa on
Thursdays. Here are the details. Hope to see you there.

NO Cover!!!
21 and over only

Vicci's is located
404 Colorado

Their website is http://www.vicciaustin.com/

6pm-8pm Pink Drink Happy Hour
Benefitting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

8:30pm Free Salsa Lessons with AustinSalsaPromotions

10pm-2am DJ Fabian spinning Salsa

All Night Drink Specials:
- $5 Pink Drinks from the Bar Menu
- $3 Any Drink in the House
- $2 Tecate

DRESS CODE ENFORCED

Thanks, DJ Fabian

ATTENTION Salseros/as!!

I'm proud to announce that the Fuerza Latina Dance Company website is
up and running!!  Here you can meet all of our members, read their
biographies, get an updated listing of our upcoming performances, and
check out our photo gallery. We welcome you to stop by and visit us at
WWW.FUERZALATINATX.COM.  We're proud to be the newest addition to the
Austin salsa community, and we appreciate all of the support we've
gotten thus far!!

Latina Luv,
~Delilah~

Here is the excerpt from the this week's Chronicle (page 48):

Austin Chronicle 2005 Best Of Austin Readers Choice for Best DANCE LESSONS Go
Dance

"Interest during the Nineties' swing and early 2000s' salsa crazes turned out to
not be fading trends, as local dance groups still seem to be popping up all over
town. Go Dance wins this brand-new category for their smooth moves and many
workshops (Cha Cha with David! Salsa Team with Azucena and Carlos!), classes
(over 40 weekly!), and social dance parties (a chance to hone or show off your
chops). So don't just hold up the bricks like a wallflower, go dance, and shake
what your mama gave ya!"

Go Dance, 2525 Anderson Lane #530, 339-9391 www.godance.cc

Kudos to Mylie Alrich (GoDance's owner) for all the hard work and dedication she
brings in every day to the studio. She is a true inspiration!

And thanks to everyone who voted in this poll !

Azucena Perez
Instructor/Performer/Choreographer

Hi Everyone:

The Diamond Ballroom and Pedro's @ The Riverside, announces the Salsa Grand
Opening Nite on Saturday, Oct 22, 2005.

Address: 2410 E. Riverside Dr. Suite E3.

(use Map Quest or Google Maps to get a map and an aerial view of the address)

From IH35 go east on Riverside Dr. until you get to Willow Creek (Popeyes Fried
Chicken) traffic light, then turn left, follow the parking lot to the back of
the shopping center, (the parking lot is lighted) you will see our entrance
about 75 yards or so.

Doors Opens: 9:00 pm
Cover: $10.00 now and at the door.

Band starts: 10:30 pm - The Greatest Salsa from Havana NRG! Dallas, Tx.
http://www.havananrg.com

Seating: 400 people

Beer, Wine and Set-ups available.
BYOB

Please click on the link below for a map and aerial views:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2410+E+Riverside+Dr,+Austin,+TX&ll=30.236620,-97.7\
23850&spn=0.003778,0.010111&t=h&hl=en

For a look at The Diamond Ballroom click below:
http://www.ccsi.com/~ams/diamondballroom

One of the reasons that I am so excited about this event, is that I will have
all of you together again enjoying our great music, our great bands under one
roof. This will be the salsa event of the year.

Please make this information available to your friends.

Thank You.
Pedro S. Gutierrez
pedrosgutierrez@...

SALSA GUANACA DANCE COMPANY

Salsa Guanaca is honored to be able to come to Austin and perform on
Friday, October 28Th and to teach a workshop on Saturday, October
29Th at Copa.

Copa Bar & Grill
217 N. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 479-5002

Workshop Times:
1-2pm Beginning
2:15-3:15pm Ladies' Styling and Men's Footwork
3:30-4:30pm Intermediate patterns/combinations
4:45-5:45pm Advanced patterns/combinations

Prices:
1 session $15
2 sessions $25
3 sessions $35
4 sessions $40

You can also visit us and register online at
http://www.salsa-guanaca.com/Calendar/October.html
or contact Luis X. Herrador at luis@... (469) 323-7493

We want to give a special thanks to Copa for letting us come to
Austin to perform and teach, and for helping our community to "Keep
Salsa Alive"


Thank you in advance for your help and support!

"Keep Salsa Alive"
Salsa Guanaca Dance Company
http://www.Salsa-Guanaca.com
469-323-7493

United Salsa and the Melody Club Present
XibicionesX2
November 4-5, 2005
Featuring Santo Rico Dance Company from New York City!!!

All event activities will be held at
The Melody Club
3027 Crossview Dr., Houston, TX 77063
(close to Tropicana)
Phone: 713-785-5301.

For more info and pricing information, please visit http://www.unitedsalsa.com
or
Contact Jerome Carter at "j_carter001 @ yahoo.com" or 832-741-9854.

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The History of the Santo Rico Dance School, Inc.

The history of Santo Rico dates back to 1995. The name of the dance company is
derived from the initial members of the group being half from Santo Domingo
(Santo) and half from Puerto Rico (Rico), hence the name "Santo Rico." Santo
Rico was initially formed by Wilton Beltre, a 32 year old Dominican native, who
expressed his love for dancing by displaying his street style of dancing
Mambo/Salsa in local nightclubs in New York City. Prior to forming Santo Rico,
Wilton received dancing instruction from the well renowned Eddie Torres. This
gave him professionalism and grace and ultimately led to the development of a
unique style. During his stint with Mr. Torres Wilton excelled and brought his
dancing ability to such a high level that he became one of the most outstanding
members of The Eddie Torres Dance Company.

After several years with The Eddie Torres Dance Company Wilton decided to start
his own dance company called Santo Rico Dance Co. At first there were many
difficulties he had to surmount, for obvious reasons: (1) The dance company
didn't have a place of its own and therefore its members had to submit to the
schedules and rules and regulations of people who didn't understand its purpose
and its art; (2) the business environment was unstable, making it difficult to
establish a strong and sturdy foundation at the time; (3) the attempt to
maintain a consistency with the students in the new dance company, but Wilton
was not discouraged. Wilton held the group's rehearsals on the second floor of a
restaurant called "La Pequeña España" - "Pequeña" meaning very small in Spanish
and indeed the space was small. At times, he would take most of his students on
some Sundays to Jones Beach and give them classes out there perhaps either
because his Sunday class schedule conflicted with that of the person he was
subletting from, or it was probably too hot due to the lack of air conditioning
in some of the places in which he taught. By this time, Wilton's classes were
growing at a rapid rate as his clientele grew stronger. Once people found out
about Wilton's dance school and how others were already getting so good at the
art via his teaching methods they would flock into Wilton's classes wanting to
know how to dance, and right before our eyes Wilton's school established itself
as one of the best Salsa schools among the Dominican community.

One of the turning points for Santo Rico came when Wilton acquired rehearsal
space through a friend. This was Wilton's big break because they sold the place
to him at an incredibly low price and in pretty good condition. Wilton
immediately took advantage of this opportunity and in his short time teaching he
had his own school, with his own schedule and the chance to build an even
stronger foundation from his aspirations. Santo Rico Dance School was up and
running. There was more rehearsal time and more rehearsal space.

One of Santo Rico's most pivotal turning points was when they performed on
Channel 41, the Latin community's most popular channel. It performed on a
program called "Sabado al Medio Dia." This performance signaled the beginning of
something special because it drew an even larger following of students and
increased Santo Rico's popularity among other communities. Several promoters and
organizations, including Channel 41, grew interested in the group. Channel 41
put them in some of their commercials, and from this a lot of other performances
and opportunities arose. Their visions grew and their dreams were becoming
reality before their very eyes. In fact, thereafter they were invited to
audition for a fundraiser at a club located in downtown Manhattan called "Roxy"
that was to be hosted by Michael DeLorenzo and Lauren Velez of Fox 5's "New York
Undercover," which was one of the hottest shows on TV at the time. Santo Rico
was also invited to perform in Madison Square Garden. At the first annual World
Salsa Congress in Puerto Rico they were also invited to perform one of the
hottest routines out at the time, a number called "Soneros de Bailadores,"
choreographed by Wilton Beltre. It was this routine that actually put Santo Rico
on the dancing map because Wilton Beltre and Santo Rico Dance Co. were rolling
and only getting better with every performance.

In 1997 things started to roll downhill for the company. Wilton was forced to
relinquish the group due to personal matters he had to attend to. At that point,
the group had no direction without Wilton's leadership and experience. The
reality of Wilton's unexpected leave of absence left the group disoriented and
unprepared to deal with the daily grind of managing the group's affairs on a
full-time basis. Ultimately, the members of the company went their separate ways
and did their own thing on a part-time basis with their dancing.

Upon his departure Wilton entrusted Thomas Guerrero with the company's
responsibilities due to the closeness they developed while working together
within the dance company. At the time, this was an incredibly challenging feat
for Thomas because of his lack of experience and know-how as far as handling a
business or maintaining the dance school. However, Thomas felt determined to
persevere because of his commitment to their friendship and therefore didn't
want to desert Wilton at such a time of need. Wilton pleaded with Thomas to not
let the Santo Rico name vanish or be taken away, and vowed to someday return.
This led Thomas to proceed with devoting himself to Santo Rico and its
endeavors. He began to formally give classes at Wilton's school alongside others
who helped out for Wilton's sake. At first, Thomas figured that teaching
wouldn't be that big of a deal; however, as time progressed he became more
curious as it became incredibly difficult before he realized that he had to do a
lot of learning of his own in order to acclimate himself to the teaching
environment.

After a few months of teaching Thomas assembled a student group comprised of his
most advanced students and named it "Xibicion" Santo Rico - "Xibicion" meaning
"Exhibition" in English. This officially marked the beginning of Thomas' career
as a choreographer and the director of his own group. Xibicion Santo Rico was
Thomas' personal project and his pride and joy. After approximately a year of
hard work and dedication Thomas decided it was time for Xibicion, due to their
maturity as dancers and as people to move on, so he made Xibicion Santo Rico
into his actual professional dance company, and called them "The New Santo
Rico."

Today, Santo Rico Dance Co. is a certified dance corporation registered with the
State of New York. Santo Rico Dance School is currently well established with a
formidable clientele. Santo Rico's curriculum entails teaching on a daily basis
and the recruitment of students with the potential and the will to someday
perform. Santo Rico's professional dance troop currently consists of thirteen
(13) dancers, six (6) males and seven (7) females and their goals are to prepare
themselves well for future endeavors. Santo Rico is currently enroute to
exploring and traveling to different places, like London, England, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Norway, to entertain where their style and their
dance company has not yet been introduced.

I will be DJing Steve Marcom's birthday party this Friday October 21.  I usually
play mostly salsa, with a little merengue and cha cha, but can be persuaded to
play other material. Steve will have a room set up for an ad hoc musician
jam--so if you play an instrument feel free to bring it.

Everyone is welcome.  Steve's address is 1403 Garner, in the Barton Heights
neighborhood.  His phone number is 326-2482.  The party starts at 10 pm.

See you there,
Edgar

Austin Salseros!

Vicci's is once again hosting Salsa on Thursdays.  For those who have not
ventured in yet, it's a verryyy nice upscale club!  They recently installed a
new wooden dance floor (which they have promised to clean/wax the floor before
every THU night!).  DJ Fabian spins his fav salsa selections.  FREE salsa
lessons.  If you need a change of pace, there's also a nice outdoor bar/patio,
and the new basement/lounge with house/dance music.

NO Cover!!!
21 and over only

Vicci's is located
404 Colorado

Their website is http://www.vicciaustin.com/

6pm-8pm Pink Drink Happy Hour
Benefitting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

8:30pm Free Salsa Lessons with AustinSalsaPromotions

10pm-2am DJ Fabian spinning Salsa

All Night Drink Specials:
- $5 Pink Drinks from the Bar Menu
- $3 Any Drink in the House
- $2 Tecate

DRESS CODE ENFORCED

Mitch
AustinSalsaPromotions

Once again it's that time for me to update my list of online footage... this is
an opportunity for those who don't get an opportunity to attend salsa events to
see how salsa/mambo dancing is done outside of the Austin bubble.  Enjoy!

Btw, if you are aware of any other great online footage repositories please
share.

Mitch
AustinSalsa MODERATOR
AustinSalsaPromotions

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Shaka and the iMambo team have probably the most current footage i'm aware of,
and have recently added an instructional vid section!
http://www.imambo.tv/ -> Media Gallery

Our very own Chris "QuickQuickSlow" from SA hosts this fab website full of great
footage from our trips to LA, New Orleans, etc!
http://www.salsavision.com/ -> Show Clips

Another great reposity of footage... unfortunately the link to additional
footage "MoVideos" is no longer valid - it had some great footage as well =(.
http://www.mamboston2.com/ -> Video Gallery

Manny has created the following salsero/a fan egroups which have many
downloadable footage:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GrisellePonceMamboDiva -> Links
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YeseniaPeraltaTheJloofSalsa -> Links
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IsmaelOteroMillionMovesMan -> Links

http://www.lasalsavive.com/ (Eddie Torres, Frankie Martinez, Jhesus Aponte, Juan
Matos, Jorge Santana, Milton Cobo, and more)
NOTE you might need to download this codec:
http://www.euroicom.it/forum/eventi/g726inst.exe

The definitive LA style showcase!  '05 comp only.
http://www.clubmayan.com/

http://www.mamboinc.com/ -> Movies
http://www.mamboinc.com/movies/MAMBOINC_LA2004_BERJU.WMV (this is what I call
STREET salsa!... asphalt, street shoes/sandals, etc =)

http://www.ricardoandmichelle.com/sfsalsacongress/videos/2003bb/
(SF'03 Comp)

http://www.tosalsa.com/ -> Video Gallery (near the bottom)

http://www.salsachicago.com/n_SofiaDWSC2003.htm (Detroit'03)
http://www.chicagosalsa.com/ChicagoSalsaCongressPics.htm (Chicago'03 scroll to
bottom)

Site geared towards instructional (vs social/performance footage):
http://www.salsamafia.com/ -> Video Clips
http://www.how2mambo.com/
http://www.how2salsa.com/

Hi Everyone:

Reminder about this great evening. Please pass it on to your friends.

The Diamond Ballroom and Pedro's @ The Riverside,

When: Saturday, Oct 22, 2005.

Address: 2410 E. Riverside Dr. Suite E3. Go Riverside Dr. until Willow Creek
(Popeyes Fried Chicken) then turn left, follow the signs to the back of the
shopping center, entrance about 75 yards or so.

Doors Opens:    9:00 pm

Cover:          $10.00 now and at the door.

Band:                   Havana NRG!  http://www.havananrg.com

Band starts:        10:30 pm

Seating:              400 people

Beer, Wine and Set-ups available.
BYOB    (means that you can bring your own liquor for this event.)

Thank You.
Pedro S. Gutierrez
pedrosgutierrez@...

Here's some *more* online footage (not that you didn't have enough to look at
already =)  Thanx to Chip for the leads!

Here's a discussion forum focused on clips:
http://www.salsaforums.com/ -> VideoClips

Supposedly over 400 clips on this French website...  Azucena/Carlos can you
translate for me!!! =)
http://www.videosalsa.com/

http://www.borntosalsa.com/ -> Videos
http://www.stuckonsalsa.com/ -> Video Clips

http://salsaseb.com/ -> Features -> Video Clips

Some great clips of Ana & Joel...  Ana, who is originally from Dallas btw, also
includes footage to demonstrate her progression as a dancer and as a way to
encourage others to perservere thru their dancing...  Watch her LA '00 footage
and their "Take Five" performance in '04...  she has come a long way!!!
http://www.masacoteentertainment.com/ -> Videos

From the salseros in Utah, yes, Utah! =)
http://www.drugayaforma.com/ -> Media -> Gallery

A clip of the Boston boys: Johnny & Andres... great footwork as always!
http://www.atin1.com/video/salsaycontrol.wmv

The normal website only links a couple of the clips, so you can access the
others using this... =)  There is a short clip of Grisselle Ponce's ladies
styling class.
http://www.lasalsacentral.com/Videos/

The direct links to the Mayan comps... can't locate the '04 ones yet...
http://www.clubmayan.com/salsa2002/main_menu.htm
http://www.clubmayan.com/salsa2003/main_menu.htm
http://www.clubmayan.com/salsa2005/index.htm

Enjoy!

Mitch
AustinSalsa MODERATOR
AustinSalsaPromotions

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