Well, we have used wordpress for a while, but we have finally finished the new website which will contain all the latest information, including salsa video podcasts, the salsa youtube gallery, our salsa dance forums and much, much more….

So, please change your bookmarks to

addicted2salsa.com

Noches de Salsa @ Hotel Fort Des Moines! $6 advance/$8 door. Salsa dance lesson with Ruben Zamudio III at 8pm and then dancing with DJ Julian Serrano from 9pm-1:30am. CASH BAR/ALL AGES

Reserve advance tickets via return e-mail or pick them up in person at the
Hotel Fort Des Moines Front Desk or Peeples Music, 42nd & University, DSM.
Your drink purchases in the ballroom offset the rental cost of using the space. (In other words, buy a drink to keep the event on-going!) And a MUCHOS GRACIAS to The Hotel Fort Des Moines management for their generous arrangement which makes these dance parties possible.

Well, I went to Hotel Fort Des Moines and some very interesting people – specifically the manager of a new year event in Cedar Rapids. They were handing out CDs for Dave Santiago and Latin Affair – and they sound very good.

New year’s Eve with Dave Santiago & Latin Affair
December 31, 2005 9:00pmj – 2:00am
Alejandro’s Restaurant
616 2nd Ave. SE, Downtown Cedar Rapids, IA

Dave Santiago and Latin Affair is a New York City based salsa / son band whose primary focus is on performing original salsa as well as traditional afro-cuban/ Puerto Rican and Caribbean dance music. Dave and the band have shared the stage with notable artists such as, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. So come join Dave Santiago New Years Eve at Alejandro’s Restaurant!

For Ticket Info: Henry @ 319-651-7371 or Sergio @ 515-213-5012

Doors Open at 5pm, Show starts at 9pm – 2am.

The provided audio samples on the event CDs they handed out, so to get you excited to going to this event, I have uploaded them so you can listen to them!

This just in from a friend, (no one posted the event, but I just got the information through email): There will be a Salsa Night at Hotel Fort Des Moines this Saturday, December 17th, 2005 (yay, for those students, thats where its at to party after finals!). Here is the info:

SALSA NOCHES, 8pm, Saturday, Dec. 17, Hotel Fort Des Moines Grand Ballroom. $6 advance/$8 door. Salsa dance lesson with Ruben Zamudio III at 8pm and then dance to Sergio Correa’s Latin Rhythmz from 9pm-1:30am. (nearly 90 people attended the dance lesson at 8pm on nov. 26. WOW!) CASH BAR / ALL AGES.

If you are in Ames, and you may need a ride, you can contact us (use ‘Contact Us‘ button on the addicted2salsa.com website) and we’ll see what we can do! The event is also posted on the ‘Upcoming Events‘

LAST LESSON OF THE SEMESTER

Yes, its cold outside but WE DO HAVE LESSONS TONIGHT! Our final lessons are December 2, 2005 and December 9th, 2005. So come and enjoy our last lessons for the semester! Lessons are at 7pm – 9pm, Beginner – Intermediate~! at the Memorial Union of Ames, IA. ($3 per lesson)

FREE SALSA VIDEO PODCASTS

Again, we have been very busy! We have started a VIDEO SALSA PODCAST. It is absolutely free! We will be posting our lessons and combos, hopefully on a weekly basis. You can download iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes) to subscribe to our videos! If you have a video iPod, you can take our videos with you wherever you go!!!

We are really excited about this new feature and hope you can email us with what you would like to see in future podcast episodes! We are planning on having other instructors give host future episodes!

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Well, the Chicago Salsa Congress website http://www.chicagosalsacongress.com finally got updated! So I’m excited to announce that we are planning on going to congress! – if you are interested in coming with us, let us know. We are planning to subsidize the price of registration (but only a few spots are available)
What is Salsa Congress? Well, its this huge International event that takes about 3 days of of almost 24 hours of learning salsa, seeing really awesome performances, partying until 3am, having fun in the city…..and meeting LOTS AND LOTS of fantastic people! I would have to say it is one of those LIFE CHANGING experiences! You forget you ever have to come back to ‘the real world’!

If you would are interested in going to the 5th International Chicago Salsa Congress and changing your life , just drop us a line.
For one weekend only you’ll have the opportunity to choose workshops from a list of the most sought after Latin dance instructors both nationally and internationally renown. Over 45 workshops offered in one weekend! You’ll enjoy instructors teaching at all levels of Latin dance covering the latest styles and traditional methods. In addition, percussion workshops along with discussion panels on Latin and Afro-Cuban historical perspectives honor the multi-cultural origins of this music and dance. Nightly dancing to the best Latin bands and Chicagoland disc jockeys playing throughout the Congress provide wonderful opportunities to explore new styles and expand your expression of the music.

Highlights of the Congress include:

• 4 nights of dancing to world class mambo and salsa bands
• 3 days of 45 Latin dance workshops at beginner, intermediate and
• advanced levels
• See 7 Spectacular dance productions featuring world renown
• international and U.S. performers
• Rueda Festival and Workshops – new addition
• Music by the hottest Latin music DJs
• Discussion panels on salsa, mambo, cha cha cha, rumba and bomba
• history makers (in English and Spanish)
• Exciting exhibits & merchandise…and much more!