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AUGUST 2010

Friday 30^th July – Mon 2^nd August
Strictly Come Dancing Stars Shine at Warners' Nidd Hall Hotel, near Harrogate as Brian Fortuna, Kristina Rihanoff and Len Goodman, host a 3-night weekend dance experience break. Prices start at £374 per person and include dinner, bed and breakfast and leisure opportunities. Visit: www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk/strictly-come-dancing or call 0800 048 2879.       

Sunday 1st August
VIXEN OR VAMP? GLAMOUR GIRL OR GAMINE? LADY OR LADETTE? Discover Your Own Salsa Style - Introduction to Ladies' Styling Workshop with Debbie Genet (UKA Dance Instructor) and Find the Rhythm's Lee Knights (IDTA Dance Instructor) at the Royston Club, 85 Royston Road, London SE20 7QW on Sunday 1st August 2pm –
3.30pm. GUYS COME FREE! Leaders - you are invited to join us for the last 30mins of the class to help our ladies practise!
    Debbie & Lee are experienced salsa instructors, dancers and performers with their own very different salsa styles. They want to help you discover your own individual style - Whether you're flamboyant or flirtatious, demure or dirty, serene or saucy, vixen or vamp, playful or private, glamorous or gamine, they will help you feel confident and comfortable and flower on the dance floor with your own personal style.
    The Workshop covers: intro to body isolation/cuban motion; styling up basic steps/moves to the max; why, when and when not style it up; arm styling and footwork for cross body lead; shines; what to do when the guy stops you on the dance floor and expects you to do your own thing, and more.
    Debbie has been teaching salsa for more than 8 years and hosting the Salsa Dance Club @ the Royston for 5 years. Lee is the co-author of the world's 1st dancers guide to feeling salsa music "Find the Rhythm!", with the UK's No1 salsa pianist and bandleader, Alex Wilson. She has taught for Sadlers Wells; performed and taught for the Greenwich Dance Agency and the BBC.
    Price: £12 in advance / £15 on the door. Call Lee on: 07979 280 283 for more, Cheques made out to Debbie Genet,
www.londonsalsascene.co.uk , 23 Padua Road, London SE20 8HF. GUYS: Call 07979 280 283 to confirm your free place!
    GET THERE: Nearest train station is Kent House Station, 15 mins from Victoria, venue is 5mins walk from the station. Good bus and tram links, easy private parking. Just call for full directions.
Guys: free entry!!!
    BUY: Find the Rhythm! The Dancers' Guide to Feeling Salsa Music by Alex Wilson and Lee Knights at the workshop BUY online at www.findtherhythm.com through the Find the Rhythm! Store option. Or buy at the Ladies @ Styling Workshop on the day! 

Sunday 1st August to Friday 6th August
UK Closed Latin American Champions, World South American Showdance Championship finalists and European Latin American Championship finalists John Byrnes and Jayne Littleton-Byrnes host a 4-night dance break at the Piccadilly Hotel in Bournemouth. Four mornings tuition in ballroom and Latin, dancing to contemporary ballroom and Latin music plus an evening dance cabaret. Dinner, bed and breakfast are included. Price: £300.00 per person. To book: Hotel Piccadilly Bath Road Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 2NN enquiries@hotelpiccadilly.co.uk 
visit: www.hotelpiccadilly.co.uk  Call: 01202 298024

Friday 6th to Monday 9th August
HUMUNGUS EXLPOSION OF ALL THINGS CUBAN as Enrique Perez and Robert host a full on Cuban extravaganza at the Cuban Salsa Congress in Bournemouth www.cubansalsacongress.com for more.

Saturday 7th August
ETON BRIDGE MILONGA in Eton, an elegant evening of dancing for experienced Argentine Tango dancers, contact Charles Long at: phone 07793 142743 email: dance@thamesvalleytango.co.uk Arrange an overnight stay at the Milonga, contact: The Christopher Hotel, 110 High Street, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6AN. Visit:
www.thechristopher.co.uk or call: 01753 852 359 

Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010
ISALSA WEEKEND Full Weekend Passes from £99 (if you buy before 4th April); UK and international instructors, over 40 dance workshops throughout the weekend live band and dance shows. 
www.isalsa.co.uk for full pricing details.


Friday 20th August 2010
SALSA PARTY NIGHT AT THE ROYSTON CLUB, with Debbie Genet and Chris Ward at 85 Royston Road, Penge, London SE20 7QW. Entry: £8. Class at 8:00 pm till 09:00 pm. Social dancing 09:00 pm till 12:30 am.

SATURDAY 28TH - SUNDAY 29TH AUGUST
THE BIG LATIN WEEKEND WITH THE ONE AND ONLY ALEX WILSON at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. This is the opportunity for total immersion in the many flavas of Latin music including dance and percussion workshops, a salsa night with Alex's brand new group, a Latin violin workshop with Cuban maestro Omar Puente, dance classes with Salsa Chillout's Yolande Lewis and Find the Rhythm's Lee Knights, a collaboration with Aldeburgh Young Musicians and an intimate solo piano concert featuring new music from Alex's forthcoming solo piano album. The weekend's grand finale is a deliciously varied concert which will include Cuban bagpiper Wilber Calver, a collaboration with the Aldeburgh Young Musicians, soul diva Naomi Phillips and violin maestro, Omar Puente. An inclusive ticket for all the weekend's events (three concerts, dance class and a workshop) is available for £35. BUY TICKETS: CLICK HERE!

SEPTEMBER 2010

SUNDAY 5th September
LONDON'S LATIN HEART IS BACK BUMPING AWAY - LATIN PULSE RIDES OUT AT FLORIDITA, 100 Wardour Street, Soho, W1F 0TN. Orchesta Estelar & Samba Smoulders at Floridita's Latin Pulse, Soho, Sunday 5th September
Time: Doors open 5.00pm-midnight; classes 6-8.00pm
Dress Code: Funky/Glamorous/Dedicated to Dance
Entertainment: A rip-roaring celebration of Cuban rhythms with Sara Guiness's Orchesta Elestar. An exclusive, rare, two hour dance class on the exuberant rhythms of Cuban Salsa and fiery Brazilian Samba with the Element Dance Company, plus world class samba dance show.
Live music: All night with Sara McGuiness's Orchesta Estelar
Dance Classes and World Class Show: Salsa and Samba, Samba Show
Top DJs: DJ Alex and resident DJ Flecha
 Entry: £10, including welcome drink and all entertainment
Dine & Dance: New Latin Pulse Menu, Cocktails from £4.50, Floridita Burger Menu from £10.00
 To Book: 020 7314 4000; sohoe@danddlondon.com 
www.floridita.co.uk  More: www.londonsalsascene.co.uk Call: 07979 280 283 or www.salsateca.co.uk BOOK: Reserve a table: call Floridita: 020 7314 4000

Monday 6^th – Friday 10^th September
Learn to Dance Latin at Warners' Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel on the North Wales Coastline. Enjoy a 3-night weekend or 4-night mid week experience break. Put on your dancing shoes and take your first Latin steps with confidence in our friendly group class. Learn the basics of Latin favourites the Cha Cha Cha and the raunchy Rumba. Prices start at £279 per person plus £35 for the Learn to Dance Latin classes. Price includes dinner, bed and breakfast and a range of leisure opportunities.
Visit: http://www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk/experiences
or call 0800 138 8399.

Friday 10th - Monday 13th September
SALSA FIESTA WITH AFRO CUBAN - with Osbanis Tejeda and Anneta Kepka, Alexis Hernadez, Janet Fuentes Torres, Rafael del Busto Cuni, Leo Henriquez, Moe Flex, Irene Miguel, London Salsa Scene teaching team and much more. Party nights til 6.00am, dance shows, top Cuban band, 2 days of workshops, soul, R&B, Latin jazz rooms, full board accommodation. Venue: South Downs Holiday Village, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, Sussex P020 8JE. To book: 07958 595 546 or 07956 976 954 and www.afrocuban.co.uk for more.

Friday 17^th – Monday 20^th September
Learn to Dance Salsa at Warners' Thoresby Hall Hotel & Spa near Sherwood Forest. Enjoy a 3-night weekend experience break with small, friendly classes. Prices start at £349 per person plus £35 for the Learn to Dance Salsa classes. Price includes dinner, bed and breakfast and a range of leisure opportunities.
www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk/experiences or call 0800 1388 399.

Monday 20th – Friday 24th September
Learn to Dance Latin at Warner Leisure Hotels' Nidd Hall near Harrogate. Take your first Latin steps with confidence in our friendly group class on a 4-night mid week experience break.  Learn the basics of Latin favourites the Cha Cha Cha and the Rumba. Prices start at £359 per person plus £35 for the Learn to Dance Latin classes. Price includes dinner, bed and breakfast and a range of leisure opportunities. 
http://www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk/experiences/index.aspx or call 0800 138 8399.

Friday 24th - Monday 27th September
Mambo City's stylish Salsa Splash weekender at Hayling Island.
www.mambocity.co.uk for more and to book.    

Sunday 26th September
VIXEN OR VAMP? GLAMOUR GIRL OR GAMINE? LADY OR LADETTE? Discover Your Own Salsa Style - Introduction to Ladies' Styling Workshop with Debbie Genet (UKA Dance Instructor) and Find the Rhythm's Lee Knights (IDTA Dance Instructor) at the Royston Club, 85 Royston Road, London SE20 7QW 2pm – 3.30pm.
GUYS COME FREE! Leaders - you are invited to join us for the last 30mins of the class to help our ladies practise!
  Debbie & Lee are experienced salsa instructors, dancers and performers with their own very different salsa styles. They want to help you discover your own individual style - Whether you're flamboyant or flirtatious, demure or dirty, serene or saucy, vixen or vamp, playful or private, glamorous or gamine, they will help you feel confident and comfortable and flower on the dance floor with your own personal style.
  The Workshop covers: intro to body isolation/cuban motion; styling up basic steps/moves to the max; why, when and when not style it up; arm styling and footwork for cross body lead; shines; what to do when the guy stops you on the dance floor and expects you to do your own thing, and more.
  Debbie has been teaching salsa for more than 8 years and hosting the Salsa Dance Club @ the Royston for 5 years. Lee is the co-author of the world's 1st dancers guide to feeling salsa music "Find the Rhythm!", with the UK's No1 salsa pianist and bandleader, Alex Wilson. She has taught for Sadlers Wells; performed and taught for the Greenwich Dance Agency and the BBC.
  Price: £12 in advance / £15 on the door. Call Lee on: 07979 280 283 for more, Cheques made out to Debbie Genet,
www.londonsalsascene.co.uk , 23 Padua Road, London SE20 8HF. GUYS: Call 07979 280 283 to confirm your free place!
  GET THERE: Nearest train station is Kent House Station, 15 mins from Victoria, venue is 5mins walk from the station. Good bus and tram links, easy private parking. Just call for full directions.
Guys: free entry!!!
  BUY: Find the Rhythm! The Dancers' Guide to Feeling Salsa Music by Alex Wilson and Lee Knights at the workshop BUY online at
www.findtherhythm.com through the Find the Rhythm! Store option. Or buy at the Ladies @ Styling Workshop on the day!                

OCTOBER 2010

Friday 15th - Monday 18th October 2010
Salsa Live! Returns - a salsa weekender with live bands, dance classes and late night parties at Mill Rythe Holiday Centre in Hayling Island. Price: £159 pp for 3 nights half board based on standard accommodation. Visit: www.boogaloopromotions.com
or call 01252 793430 to book and for more.

Friday 23rd Monday 26th October
Sexy & Sensual Latin Dance Weekender - Spend a Weekend at this special Festival, Bachata, Tango, Kizomba, Zouk, Salsa and more
at the Park Inn Hotel, Heathrow, London
www.sexylatinfestival.com to book and more details.

NOVEMBER 2010

Tuesday 2nd November
BRIGHTON DOME PRESENTS ALEX WILSON and MALI LATINO, the Brighton Corn Exchange (standing) 8.00pm (7.30pm doors)
£15.00 (£12.50 concs) Pianist, arranger, composer and band leader Alex Wilson presents Mali Latino, a thrilling Afro-Latin music collaboration with Malian kora master Madou Sidiki Diabaté (brother of Toumani). Born out of an earlier encounter (for the 2004 track Remercier les travailleurs) and an Aldeburgh Music residency, Mali Latino is a rare moment of musical alchemy: a collision of two distinct styles and traditions that sparks a genuinely new sound. For info and tickets, CLICK HERE.

Tuesday 9 November
ALEX WILSON and MALI LATINO - featuring Alex Wilson, Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Ahmed Fofana, 7.30pm, RNCM Theatre, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD. T: 0161 907 5200. E: info@rncm.ac.uk £17, £15, £12.50
Info and tickets, go to: CLICK HERE.

Friday 12 November
ALEX WILSON and MALI LATINO - featuring Alex Wilson, Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Ahmed Fofana, 19:30, Kings Place, Islington
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG. Venue: Hall One. Price: £24.50 £19.50 £15.50 £13.50 Saver Seats £9.50 Premium Seats £29.50
Only £9.50 (£6.50 for KP45 concerts) and ONLY available online.
For info and tickets, CLICK HERE.

Friday 12th – Sunday 14th November
Magic of Latin Dance Weekend Launches at Macdonald Berystede Hotel, Ascot. Saturday morning and afternoon workshop sessions in salsa and Argentine tango at the four-star Macdonald Berystede Hotel & Spa, near Ascot, Berkshire. Priced from £189 per person including breakfast, dinner, lunch on Saturday, tuition and entertainment,
TO BOOK: call the Macdonald Berystede Hotel on 0844 879 9104, www.MacdonaldHotels.co.uk/Berystede

Friday November 19th - Sunday 21st November
GBSEx is scheduled for November 19th - 21st November 2010
www.salsology.com - to book and for more.

DECEMBER 2010

Friday 3rd- Monday 6th December
JOIN ALEX WILSON, LEE KNIGHTS AND THE FIND THE RHYTHM! TEAM AND MUCH MORE at Club Cubana's popular South West Latin
pre-Christmas salsa holiday at Pontin's Brean Sands resort in Somerset. More from Cressida Childs, Club Cubana tel: 0117 3306933 or 07808 581739; visit: www.clubcubana.com 
Pontins: 0844 576 5949.

Sunday 5th - Friday 10th December
For dancers looking for a pre-Christmas break, John and Theresa Withey host a four to five night dance holiday (your choice!) from There are two hours of instruction each morning featuring two Ballroom and two Latin Routines. Beginners are welcome.
To BOOK: LANGSTONE CLIFF HOTEL, Mount Pleasant Road, Dawlish Warren, Dawlish, Devon EX7 0NA.
Visit: www.langstone-hotel.co.uk Call: 01626 868000 International: +44 (0)1626 868000

JANUARY 2011

Friday 7th - Sunday 9th Jan 2011
GET READY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH A GARGANTUAN BEHEMOTH OF A SALSA PARTY! The 6th Latin Festival Paradise UK & 1st UK Cuban Rueda Salsa Congress rolls out an amazing line up at the Carrington House Hotel, 27-31 Knyveton Road, Bournemouth BH1 3QQ on Friday 7th - Sunday 9th January 2011. Latino Beat's 6th Latin Festival Paradise UK Weekender & 1st UK Cuban Rueda Salsa Congress. Live 8 piece Salsa Band 'CACHE' Guest Instructors TBA 2 Days of Dance Workshops 3 Party Nights 4 Salsa Rooms Carrington House, Bournemouth For more info contact Latino Beat www.latinobeat.co.uk email: info@latinobeat.co.uk Call: 01202 421104
 

MARCH 2011

10th-13th March 2011
The 6th MOVE IT - the UK's only dedicated dance exhibition - takes place on 10*- 11-13 March 2011 at London's Olympia - more
www.moveitdance.co.uk *10th is by invitation only.

PSSSSST.....
The next Latin Pulse party at Floridita - 2hr workshops and classes with world class acts on Sunday 5th September.

COMING SOON! OPEN A WINDOW IN YOUR FILE O FAX FOR ANOTHER TOTALLY FREE salsa social night at the Slug and Lettuce, Unit E, Cowcross Place, Cowcross St, Smithfields, EC1M 6DH from 7.30pm til late. Slug & Lettuce is right by Farringdon Station. Join in a fun salsa class, dance til you drop to a top salsa DJ all night. We're looking for a fun social night, spontaneous demos, rueda de casino demo, and prizes to give away. More: www.londonsalsascene.co.uk Lee @ Club Salsa, call 07979 280283.   

.....ain't got time to tell you more now - gotta go out dancing!!! Kid Kuba x


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