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NOVEMBER 2008
SATURDAY 1st NOVEMBER
SALSA REPUBLIC @ CAFE REZ, VAUXHALL SW8 - SALSA REPUBLIC'S SATURDAY SPECIAL (ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH). Venue: 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall SW8 5NQ. More: info@salsarepublic.co.uk info@olalatina.co.uk see www.salsarepublic.co.uk or www.olalatina.co.uk Call: 07950 507 798
FRIDAY 7th NOVEMBER
EL GRANDE @ CLUB COLOSSEUM, SW8 - 4 Rooms of music and more. More: info@salsarepublic.co.uk info@olalatina.co.uk see www.salsarepublic.co.uk or www.olalatina.co.uk Call: 07950 507 798
Sunday 9th November
Master Class Course on Cuban Salsa with Key2Cuba's Kerry Ribchester, the UK's top home-grown specialist on Cuban Salsa. Aimed at dancers who want to move with more technique, sensuality and style. Times: 2.00pm-
6.00pm. Cost: £30 for 4hrs, £25 if paid in advance by cheque. Venue: Chisenhale Dance Space 64-68 Chisenhale Road, Bow E3 5QZ Bethnal Green/Mile End Tubes. Buses 8 / 277 / 379 / D6 Professional Dance space with free parking on Sundays. www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk HOW TO BOOK: Send a cheque payable to Key2Cuba to 89B Victoria Park Road, London E9 7JJ Text /call Kerry on 44 (0)7767 313 168/ Email kerry@key2cuba.com for more.
FRIDAY 14th NOVEMBER
LAUNCH OF SALSA REPUBLIC'S REGULAR FRIDAY @ CAFE REZ, VAUXHALL, every Friday thereafter. Venue: 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall SW8 5NQ. More: info@salsarepublic.co.uk info@olalatina.co.uk see www.salsarepublic.co.uk or www.olalatina.co.uk Call: 07950 507 798.
Friday 14th November 2008
Salsa Party Night @ the Royston Club, Penge 85 Royston Road, SE20 7QW. Classes for all levels start at 7.45pm followed by dancing until midnight. Entrance £8. For further information contact Chris 07957 644979 or Debbie 020 8698 6212. www.SalsaDanceClub.co.uk for more.
SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER
Salsa King Present the Charity Salsa Marathon in aid of the Poppy Appeal @ The British Legion, Union Rd, Solihull, Midlands B91 3DH. Dance a Salsa Marathon and raise money for a great cause. Email info@salsaking.co.uk for a sponsorship form. Plus Rueda Class with Dave & Sarah! DJ Henry Vina. 7:30 - 8:30pm Absolute Beginners Salsa & Improvers 1 Salsa 8:30 - 9:30pm Beginners Plus and Rueda 9:30pm - Midnight - SALSA MARATHON. Classes £6 for one class or £7 for two (NUS £3.50). Admission free but a donation of £3 is suggested. Call: 07710 981586 www.salsaking.co.uk for more.
Saturday 29th November
Live Music at MundoLatino's Launch of a New Monthly Party Night at Que Pasa, 2 Tilly's Lane West, 2 Rivers Retail Park, StainesTW18 4ED. Salsa Classes, Beginners @ 8pm, Improvers & Intermediate @ 9pm. Club 10pm - 2am. Food served until 9pm. Admission: Strictly over 18's - Dress to scare! Salsa Class & Club £7, Club Only £4. www.mundolatinouk.com Tel: 07775 624089 for more.
Friday 21st Sunday 23rd November 2008
The Great British Salsa Experience launches in Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester. With 1,500 dancers expected, hosts Emma and Kate Moore revive their partnership to launch a new salsa congress in the North, following on from the now defunct Salsa Britfest. The Great British Salsa Experience offers 80 workshops over 2 days (according to organisers, limited numbers will prevent over-crowding), 3 late night parties and showcases, and an international line-up of instructors/performers/DJs. www.thegreatbritishsalsaexperience.com webiste launches soon. Ticket prices range from £89 to £109 with Early bird offer of £10 off all tickets til 30 Apr 08. For more: info@thegreatbritishsalsaexperience.com 00 44 (0) 161 881 4604
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Friday 21st November 2008
OFFICIAL ALBUM LAUNCH FOR ALEX’S WILSON’S SALSA CON SOUL ALBUM at the Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, London NW1 7PG. Wilson spices up his edgy London meets Latin sound with Soul grooves and melting Gospel vocals. Tickets: £17.50, in advance/£22 on the door. Tel: 0870 060 3777 CLICK HERE TO BOOK or visit: www.alexwilson.net for more.
SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2008
Salsa Asi's Autumn Party Night at WESTGATE HALL, WESTGATE HALL ROAD, CANTERBURY CT1 2BT from 8.00pm. Special Guests: Show by MOE FLEX, Classes all levels(inc. complete beginners)Intermediate - advanced with MOE FLEX. Free prize draw, Freestyle Dancing, Dance shoes to buy(no buffet at this event). TICKETS: £11(£10 if bought in advance). Contact Bob on: 01227 766685 - 07718 186613 or Julia on: 07729 118559email: info@salsa-asi.co.uk website: www.salsa-asi.co.uk for more.
28th November - 1st December 2008
The International Cuban Congress weekender at Boddelwyddan Castle in Wales, courtesy of hosts Havana Nights. Impossibly romantic setting in a folly castle in deepest Welsh Wales and masses of fun workshops with top Cuban stars on Cuban salsa, rueda, son, rumba, orishas and so on three nights of partying. CLICK HERE for more. “An indulgent Fantasy Break”, London Salsa Scene - CLICK HERE for a full review.
Sunday 30th November 2008
'Record Rueda' is a Guiness World Record attempt to create the largest 'Rueda de Casino' wheel in history. This world record attempt will be taking place at the International Cuban Congress weekender on 28th November - 1st December 2008 at Boddelwyddan Castle in Wales. This event is run by Havana Nights - 'Record Rueda's' main sponsor. This non profit charity event is organised by the Moe Flex Dance company.
DECEMBER 2008
5th-8th December 2008
Club Cubana presents the 1st Salsa & Irish Dance plus Argentine Tango weekender with Marchant Birch & Davina, Kerry Ribchester and Ariel Roberts, Rohan and Cressida, Emma & Mushi at Brean Sands, Somerset. Styles: Salsa - Cross body, all levels & Cuban improver/Int. From £109 per person self catering - extra sharers from just £55. for more. TO BOOK: 0844 576 5949 www.clubcubana.com contact: 0117 3306933 or 07808 581739 for more.
SATURDAY 6th DECEMBER
SALSA REPUBLIC'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! @ CAFE REZ, VAUXHALL. 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall SW8 5NQ. More: info@salsarepublic.co.uk info@olalatina.co.uk see www.salsarepublic.co.uk or www.olalatina.co.uk Call: 07950 507 798
Sunday 14th December
Master Class Course on Cuban Salsa with Key2Cuba's Kerry Ribchester, the UK's top home-grown specialist on Cuban Salsa. Aimed at dancers who want to move with more technique, sensuality and style. Times: 2.00-6.00pm Cost: £30 for 4hrs, £25 if paid in advance by cheque. Venue: Chisenhale Dance Space 64-68 Chisenhale Road, Bow E3 5QZ Bethnal Green/Mile End Tubes. Buses 8 / 277 / 379 / D6 Professional Dance space with free parking on Sundays. www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk HOW TO BOOK: Send a cheque payable to Key2Cuba to 89B Victoria Park Road, London E9 7JJ Text /call Kerry on 44 (0)7767 313 168/ Email kerry@key2cuba.com for more.
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Sunday 14th December
THE INCOMPARABLE OMARA PORTUONDO in concert at Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN, Doors 7.30pm. Tickets: £25.00. Omara Portuondo is the First Lady of the Buena Vista Social Club and has long been one of Cuba’s most celebrated female voices. This show celebrates the release of her new album, Gracias. To Book: 08700 600100; Ticketweb: CLICK HERE www.comono.co.uk for more
Friday 19th December
El Grande Christmas Party, Club Colosseum, 1 Nine Elms
Lane, Vauxhall SW8 5NQ. More: info@salsarepublic.co.uk info@olalatina.co.uk see www.salsarepublic.co.uk or www.olalatina.co.uk Call: 07950 507 798
SATURDAY 27th December
The date’s changed again! Hopefully for the last time! Christmas Salsa Party @ the Royston Club, Penge 85 Royston Road, SE20 7QW. Classes for all levels start at 7.45pm followed by dancing until midnight. Entrance £8. For further information contact Chris 07957 644979 or Debbie 020 8698 6212. www.SalsaDanceClub.co.uk for more.
WEDNESDAY 31st DECEMBER
SALSA REPUBLIC'S NEW YEAR'S EVE @ CAFE REZ, 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall SW8 5NQ. More: info@salsarepublic.co.uk info@olalatina.co.uk see www.salsarepublic.co.uk or www.olalatina.co.uk Call: 07950 507 798/ 07759 584 591 / 07789 684 482 see www.salsarepublic.co.uk or www.olalatina.co.uk for more.
Wednesday 31st December 08
Salsa King Present NYE Special @ The British Legion, Union Rd, Solihull, Midlands B91 3DH. Call: 07710 981586 www.salsaking.co.uk Info@salsaking.co.uk for more.
FEBRUARY 2009
Saturday 9th- Sunday 10th February 2008
The International Flamenco and Creative Dance Marathon is an intensive weekend to learn and/or improve Flamenco dance with two facilitators. The course is suitable for Beginners to Advanced levels and will include: feet and body technique and some Choreography routines created by the Leaders, 10.00am-6.00pm, The Dome: Upstairs from the Boston Pub with its own entrance in Dartmouth Park Hill, NW5 (Tufnell Park station, Northen Line, a few stops NW from Camden Town). General price £150
Check our event section in www.raceandrhythm.com for further information and offers.
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Saturday 28 February
The finest guitarist of his generation.” - The Guardian.
Eliades Ochoa is one of greats of the Buena Vista Social Club album and film. Hailing from the countryside near Santiago in the east of Cuba, Eliades Ochoa's roots are in guajira (Cuban country music) and his trademark cowboy hat and penchant for wearing black have led some to dub him 'Cuba's Johnny Cash'. Tickets: £27.50. Buena Vista Social Club® presents Eliades Ochoa, the Barbican Silk Street, London, EC2 8DY, 7.30pm. Tel: 020 7638 8891. More and took: www.barbican.org.uk
www.comono.co.uk for more.
MARCH 2009
Friday 6th-Monday 9th March 2009
GRAND SALSA WEEKEND - WITH HEADLINERS SUSANA MONTERO, SUPER MARIO, MARCHANT BIRCH & DAVINA and more at the Grand Burstin Hotel, Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone. Join Salsa Calientita’s Clay and Debbbie Thomas at the Grand for one of the friendliest and chilled weekenders on the salsa calendar. To secure your place, £10 p/p deposit, early bird price £170, £10 single supplement. More: www.salsacalientita.co.uk www.salsapromionsuk.co.uk email: salsacalientita@yahoo.co.uk tel: 07973 390440
Friday 6th-8th March 2008
MOVE IT Dance Exhibition Olympia, London
more: www.moveitdance.co.uk
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Saturday 7th March
Cuba's Greatest Dance Band Los Van Van in concert at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH. DJs Dr. Jim + Javier La Rosa, 8.30pm until late. Formed in 1969 in Havana, Cuba, this 20-piece orchestra plays an irresistible brand of dance groove they created called 'songo' - a solid and invigorating fusion of rich Caribbean rhythms, Afro-Cuban drumming, salsa & rock/pop elements. This new sound became the rage of Havana and one of the most influential Cuban rhythms since the cha-cha-cha. Tickets: £22.00. Tel: 0844 482 8008 www.roundhouse.org.uk
www.comono.co.uk for more
APRIL 2009
Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th April 2009
LATINO BEAT'S 5TH LATIN FESTIVAL PARADISE WEEKENDER, CARRINGTON HOUSE HOTEL - BOURNEMOUTH. Over 30 Hours of Salsa and Latino Dance Workshops, 3 Salsa Party Nights, Salsa & Latino Dance Shows, Live Salsa Band. Special Guests are popular Bachata instructors Tony Lara and Daniela. Email: info@latinobeat.co.uk Visit: www.latinobeat.co.uk for more.
11th-14th September 2009
Fresh, friendly, chilled out vibe plus flavoursome teaching complement made Afro-Cuban's 2008 launch event a knock-out and London Salsa Scene’s BEST 2008 NEWCOMER SALSA EVENT. Expect even more for this year. Afro-Cuban Weekender at Mundesley Holiday Park, Mundesley, Norfolk, United Kingdom. £169 till 31st of Jan 2009 to Book call 01263 721 553.
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