Seattle Rueda

Rueda @ Folklife Monday 5/28 – warm-up for Cambalache!

HeatherH — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:01:03 +0000

Hola salseros! Come join Rumba Northwest for a rueda session at the Folklife Festival at Seattle Center, 5-7pm on Monday May 28th. Great warm-up for those interested in the Alma y Azucar at 6:10pm and/or Cambalache at 7:10pm, both at Center House. Let’s meet at the fountain and scope out a good spot. Call if you can’t find us, or if it’s raining: Heather 907-723-2822 or Antonio 360-595-7369. We’ll bring music and play a mix (not just rueda). Hope to see you there! Heather

5/13 Practica outside at Gas Works

Israel — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:44:55 +0000

If you’re planning to come to the rueda de casino practica today, Sunday 5/13, we’re doing a last-minute venue change to the Wallingford Steps at Gas Works Park from 4:30-6:30 pm

The place to be today

. The Wallingford Steps are located across the street from Gas Works Park, where Wallingford Ave N terminates between Northlake Way and N 34th St. We get to dance wearing sunglasses and sun block today, woohoo!!!

Hope to see you there,
Israel

Video of the Week

Cat — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:00:23 +0000

Washington, D.C.

Video of the Week

Cat — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:00:33 +0000

Cuba:

Ashe and Cambalache at Trago – Cinco de Mayo

annpianista — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:58:44 +0000

I hear that Ashe is on at 5 PM and Cambalache at 11 PM – at Trago – $10 for the day. Go to the Trago facebook page to try to extract more information

Suelta Summary April 29 2012

Ofer — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:24:30 +0000

Next session should be 5/27 - are we doing Folklife ? Even if so – we can suelta.

Play list – heavy on Havana D’Primera and Alexander Abreu due to their US Tour:

1) Intro del Mayimbe, Mayimbe y Barbaro Fines, De La Habana a Peru

Introduced Quatro – very simple step on 1 /3 / 5/ 7 - basically marking half time.

We also did a cool twist on the base adelante ( basic forward):

LF1 RP2 LC3 RF5 LP6 RC7 – to be read as : Left Forward, Right in Place, Left Close……

Instead we do:

LP1 RP2 LF3 RP5 LC6 RF7 LP1 RC2 LF3… - we are still dancing on “1″ but it looks like we are not and it has a nice different feel to it that emphasizes the “3″ and the “7″.

2) Ella no Tiene, Tumbao Habana, Mambo Duro

Until not to long ago I would have trouble getting back to the basic step after a complex foot pattern. I would try hard to keep track of where I was in the count during the pattern. We did an exercise to help with this problem: They key is not to worry of where you are during the pattern as long as you know to hit the “1″ when you are done.

3) Carita_de_Pasaporte, Havana D’Primera, Demo

We did linea footwork – moving back and forth, added to our repitoire by doing quadradas (squares) both of 1 and 2 steps , clockwise and counter clockwise

4) Mi música, Havana D’Primera, Haciendo Historia

Scencillo / Sencillo complicado

5) Mis Dos Habana, Wil Campa, Todo Es Posible

Oscarito review – we looked quite good by the end.

6) Julito, Cesar ‘PUPY’ Pedroso, Siempre Pupy

7) Cha cha-Cha cha chá, Vission Latina, Sonando como un Cañón

8 ) Ni Te Lo Imaginas, Suave Tumbao, La Canonera

This song had opportunities to hit ponches and quatro (which we learned earlier) in the music.

9) Cuando el rio suena, Havana D’Primera, Haciendo Historia

We did some taps and kicks. We normally tap/kick during the pause on the foot we are about to step on i.e. on 4 and 8: RT4 and LT8 (T for Tap, K for Kick).

so : LT8 L1R2L3 RT4 R5L6R7……

Remember that in ponche we delay the pause and switch between a step and pause and then get back on the normal track. Here we delay the step and instead kick (or tap):

L1R2L3 R5L6RK7R8 L1R2…

This idea can be developed further which we will do in the future. We modified the above pattern further and added the normal kick/tap on beat 4 to get two kicks on the left side :

L1R2L3 RK4 R5L6RK7R8 L1R2…

10) La Familia (ft. Alexander Abreu), Tumbao Habana, Mambo Duro

11) Ella Dice, Maikel Blanco, Promo 2007

SuperSones in May!

gianthoupis — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:46:29 +0000

Happy Springtime to all our friends and fans! We hope you come out and join us this Tuesday at St. Clouds for the annual May Day celebration with the Sexteto SuperSones. On this special holiday honoring international workers, step out of your workday into a celebration of solidarity and union with like-minded lovers of good food, drink and tasty Cuban Son music.

TUESDAY, MAY 1st St. Clouds Food & Spirits in Madrona 1131 34th Ave – www.stclouds.com It’s the annual May Day Celebration at St. Clouds! This special night of festivities includes Cuban food, beverages, and Cuban Son music from the Sexteto SuperSones. Come celebrate international workers rights by dancing and celebrating with the fiery, inspiring sounds of Son Cubano! Cover: Free Time: 7:00-10:30pm Saturday, May 5th

SATURDAY, MAY 5th Twisp River Pub – Twisp, WA We’re excited to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the beautiful Methow Valley! The food and beer, brewed on site are fabulous – featuring $4 margaritas and $12.95 all you can eat Mexican buffet. This is going to be a PARTY! Cover: $5 Time: 8:00-11:00pm Sunday, May 6th

SUNDAY, MAY 6th Tutta Bella Wallingford 4411 Stone Way N – www.tuttabella.com The Trio SuperSones will be back to warm-up the ambiance and get people smiling and moving at this bustling, north Seattle venue. This family-friendly restaurant has great food, drink and plenty of space for children and adults to dance and celebrate to the sounds of Son Cubano. Cover: Free Time: 5:30-8:30pm

Video of the Week

Cat — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Ukraine:

Birthday Party For Eddie

eddiea24 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:31:06 +0000

Birthday Party
For Eddie
He requests that you come enjoy music, friends, dominos, cake and snacks.
Where: @ Katherine’s-7216 Fourth Ave NW, Seattle
(98117- in case you want to get a map)
The party starts @ 7pm and goes until 11pm, on May 4th (his real b-day)
Please no gifts but BYOB
If you have questions you can email or call Katherine: KBranigan@HealthViaKB.com or 206-779-1959.

Cuban Style Dance Party this Saturday April 28th

baracoa — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:20:54 +0000

Hi everyone,

I’m posting this for our friend Adam Vance..see you there !!!! Dj Baracoa aka David y Eglis

Adam says ” I’ve just renovated my house, there is no furniture in the living room yet and the wood floors are wide open. Time to dance! So I am having a Cuban-style dance/house warming party this Saturday April 28th.

Please join us and help me to break in the new dance floor (albeit gently with shoes-off and socks only because the floors were just redone…) – we can christen the new decor and raise a glass together. Feel free to bring music if you like, an extra bottle or appetizers to make sure we are well equipped for a fun evening of dancing. Standing room only, no furniture btw…

Please feel free to fwd, but pls keep the invitation among our Cuban friends…

Here is my address:

4216 NE 113th st
Seattle 98125

Starts at 8pm til…?

See you this Saturday! ”
Adam