Video of the Week
Posted by Cat on 05 Feb 2012 | Tagged as: Video
Italy:
- Next Practice: Every Sunday 4:30 - 6:30 pm at Sonny Newman's beautiful dance hall. Everyone welcome, newcomers encouraged! Come introduce yourself during the first hour of any Sunday practica. Indoor dance shoes only at Sonny's, please.
- Sun, Jan 29: Open meeting, 2:30 pm at the Broadview Library
- Sun, Jan 29: Sueltas with Ofer from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, regular practica from 5:30 - 6:30 pm.
- Upcoming Events:
- Thurs, Feb 9, 8:30pm: Savani World Jazz Quintet & Supersones @ Columbia City Theater
Suelta Summary January 29 2012
Posted by Ofer on 02 Feb 2012 | Tagged as: Instruction, Practice
Next sessions are Feb 12 and Mar 11.
1) Music: Salsa, Timba Y Amor, Issac Delgado, SuperCubano (latest Delgado Album)
Warm up and going through our developing repetoire. The song is about a couple from Puerto Rico and Cuba – He loves Salsa and she Timba.
2) Music: La Gorda, Wil Campa, Todo es Posible
Taps & crossovers.
3) Music: Que Tiene ese Guajiro, Los Van Van, La Maquinaria (Latest Los Van Van)
Salsa Time to Son Time :
L1R2L3 P4 R5L6R7L8 P1 R2L3R4 P5 L6R7L8
Explanation : L1R2L3 P4 - Left step on 1 , Right on 2 and so on. P = Pause. In Salsa we often tap on the pause. If you are dancing Son you typically won’t tap on the pause, if you are just dancing to Son time, you can do as you please.
So when switching to Son we step an extra step on 8 onto our left (just like in Ponche). In Son time our anchors are beats 4 and 8 that correspond to a pluck on the Bass.
Son Time to Salsa Time :
R2L3R4 P5 L6R7TL8 L1LR2L3 P4 R5L6R7
When heading back to Salsa, we tap on 8 with our left and then immediately step back with same foot “1″.
4) Music: El Veterano, Maikel Blanco & Suprema Ley, Mi Olvidé Quien Era
Uno Y Cinco to match the hits in the song. Practiced Salsa/son switching to a faster tempo.
5) Music: Fuga (Cha-cha-chá), Tiempo Libre, Bach in Havana
Cha-cha-cha – vuelta, izquierda, enchufla. Song is based on Bach’s Sonata In D Minor – how cool is that ??
6) Music: El Año Que Viene, Issac Delgado, Los Grandes Exitos De Isaac Delgado
We studied a move taught by Duane Wren. Practiced it to our standard slow practice song.
Let call it “El Duane”. See our own Maritza demonstrating it:
Let me know if you have any questions.
Savani (from Zarabanda) World Jazz Quintet & Supersones @ Columbia City Theater – Feb 9th
Posted by gianthoupis on 30 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Events, Music, Social
Join Elspeth Savani (from Orchestra Zarabanda) and her Jazz Quintet, as they play a nightof World Jazz at the beautiful and historic Columbia City Theater. Afterwards, Supersones will play a set of their infectious and danceable music starting around 9:45.
Doors: 8pm
Savani will open the show at 8:30 and the Supersones will come on for dancing 9:45 until 11:30.
Cover: $10
Today’s Open Meeting
Posted by betsyg on 29 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Admin, Practice
One more post from me today: We had a really good discussion about the practica format and related issues at the open meeting today. A sincere thanks everyone who participated! There were 11 of us. We narrowed down and tweaked the list of ideas and will be looking for folks to help implement them. I plan to bring a summary sheet and and a sign up for specific volunteer tasks next week at practica. Also check back in a week for a new post about it here.
Rose City Salsa Festival
Posted by betsyg on 29 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Events
The Rose City Salsa Festival is April 12-15 at the Hilton in Vancouver, WA. This is Portland’s festival but it’s a little shorter drive for us this year, and they are having casino and rueda, with Duane, Mike and Simona, and Katy Hernandez! http://www.rosecitysalsafestival.com/workshops-2
The full pass is $110 for Fri and Sat night parties, plus all day Sat and Sun workshops. If you pay for workshops individually they’re $20 each. Or a Saturday workshop pass is $60, and the Saturday party is $35.
I expect there will be several people driving down Saturday and returning Sunday. It would be great to have a small crowd from Seattle. The hotel is $114 + tax per room, and that’s the total cost for up to 4 people.
We’ll figure out carpools as the time gets closer, but in the meantime you can let me know if you’re interested in carpooling.
San Francisco Rueda Festival
Posted by betsyg on 29 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Events
Here’s the website for the San Fran festival, which is President’s Day weekend, Feb 16-19. http://www.salsaruedafestival.com/
News from San Diego
Posted by betsyg on 29 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Social
I heard from Maritza that she started a monthly casino on cardboard event in San Diego, is teaching, and is in a rueda performance group with some of the rueda instructors in San Diego. She also started a rueda community blog for San Diego at www.sandiegorueda.com. She sounds really happy!
Reminder: open meeting today at 2:30
Posted by Kyra on 29 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Practice
Details can be found by clicking here.
Location: Broadview Library meeting room, 12755 Greenwood Ave N; on the #5 Metro bus route, just a few miles north of Sonny Newman’s Dance Hall (**This event is not sponsored by the Seattle Public Library.**)
Agenda: Download the agenda in advance by clicking here.
Hope to see many of you this afternoon!
Best Cuban ablums of 2011…and Club Sur tonight, 1/28
Posted by DJ-T on 28 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Music
Here are some of the best Cuban timba, reggaeton and rumba alblums of 2011 (in my opinion) from Los Van Van, Halia Mompie, Combinacion de la Habana, Los 4, Agüiri Yo and the beautiful soundtrack to Chico y Rita. Click on the ablum covers to hear music samples.
And I’ll be spinning many of these tonight at Club Sur.
