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6/4/2004

Ryles rant

Filed under: City: Boston,Clubs,General — on123567 @ 6:01 am

water water everywhere and not a drop to drink. okay a bit of an exaggeration, but that’s how ryles felt last night if you were a male on2 dancer. a couple of us were trying to figure out why. it’s been the case more often than not for a few months now. the music is good, the floor is good, the night is crowded, the area is safe, parking is easy, but hardly any ladies dance on2. They are in the classes and in the dance groups, so it’s not that they don’t exist in this town.

people in dance groups were putting in extra practices getting ready for last weekend’s LA congress. perhaps things will improve now that’s over.

looking forward to the friday salsa night opening in cambridge in a couple of weeks. won’t spill the beans on its venue as that hasn’t been announced yet, but it has lots of potential.

6/3/2004

Los Angeles Salsa Congress – Friday

Filed under: City: Los Angeles,General — on123567 @ 5:17 pm

Friday 5/28/04:

In what became a pattern for the weekend, I spent much of the day either sleeping or making use of the free wireless internet at the Hilton lobby. I hadn’t registered for the workshops this year because in the past they’ve been too crowded to be useful. I suspect they might not have been crowded after all on account of their being at Salsa Land and not convenient to the hotel. (more…)

6/1/2004

Los Angeles Salsa Congress – Thursday

Filed under: City: Los Angeles,General — on123567 @ 3:14 am

Thursday 5/27/04:

Made it to Logan airport with much time to kill but not enough to pick up shoes forgotten at home. The highlight of an otherwise uneventful flight from Boston was the aerial view of “Salsa Land” as we were about to land at LAX. Salsa Land is the tent village set up in the parking lot of the Hollywood Park Casino and to be home for all the dancing activities planned for the congress weekend. I was curious how it would work out having all the workshops there instead of at the hotel as in previous years. (more…)

4/24/2004

Boston Congress Dispatch

Filed under: City: Boston,General — SalsaFrenzy II @ 6:07 pm

Here’s a brief dispatch from the Boston congress after the first night and day of workshops at the Hilton. The opening party last night (Friday) was well attended by local and visiting dancers. Performances were well received, particularly those of Ana & Joel (got a standing ovation), Hips on Fire (nice tricks), Latin Enchantment (Philly/New Jersey), Mambo Dinamico (North Carolina), Mambo Mike (a street bum drowning his sorrows with alcohol and Mambo from Chicago), Piel Canela (New York), and Salseros Unidos (very synchronized and clean number by a large dance group from Philadelphia). (more…)

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