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Anthony Blea y Su Charanga and

Eric Rangel y su Orquesta America with DJ Antonio

Cover $15 at 4:00

Jelly's Havana Cafe

295 Terry Francois Street | Pier 50 | San Francisco, CA 94158 | Phone: 415.495.3099

About Anthony Blea y su Charanga:

..Combining the traditional Charanga instrumentation (violin, flute) with a driving horn section, Anthony Blea y su Charanga will satisfy any true music lover's fantasy. Complimenting Anthony's prodigious skills are the finest musicians to be had in the Bay-Area. On piano, the venerable Marco Diaz, on Bass, the humble Saul Sierra, on Conga, Javier Navarrette, on timbales, the inscrutable master Carlos Caro, on Flute, the always amiable Juan Ceballos, on Trumpet, the punctual Julius Melendez, On vocals we have the street edged stylings of the young Cuban Sonero Orlando Torriente and the smooth crooning of Venezuelan born Eduardo Herrera. The combination is monstrous featuring these incredible musicians and other great guest artist's including the pre-eminent Trombone player in salsa today, Jimmy Bosch and Latin Violinist Legend, Alfredo Delafe… Don't miss the ride !!!

About Eric Rangel y su Orquesta America:

Eric Rangel is multi-talented percussionist and vocalist. He has been performing and recording music for the past 30 years. He crafted his musical ability to become one of the most sought after percussionists in northern California. At present he is leading his own band “Orquesta America” with some of the best local talent the Bay area has to offer.

Monday Salsa Rueda Progressive Series, San Francisco

Learn to Dance Salsa Rueda

with Nick and Serena!!

 

Starting Monday September 8, 2008 at 6:00 pm

till 

Monday, October 6, 2008 at 7:30 pm

Shoebox Studio

 

855 Folsom St. Suite 112
between 4th and 5th 
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415.608.6180

Mondays

6:00 – 6:30: Open work/Salsa Suelta
6:30 – 7:30: Multi-Level Salsa Rueda

This is a great beginning and intermediate level class that covers all the moves you need to know the dance salsa rueda.  Experienced dancers and absolute beginning are more than welcome.  Varying levels of curriculum are available based on individual skill level.

Nick and Serena teach clear technique for lead and follow in a fun, non-competitive, and relaxed environment.

Experienced Salsa Rueda dancers: if there a gap in your knowledge, one of those moves is just not familiar.  Perhaps you have some friends who have never done Salsa or Rueda before, heres their chance to get involved.

Experienced Salsa Dancers:  Even if you have been dancing Salsa for a while it is a good idea to start at the beginning when learning the Salsa Ruada curriculum.  Here is your opportunity.  All the moves you need to get you to the intermediate level.

New Salsa Dancers: Have no fear; you can learn both Salsa and Salsa Rueda at the same time.  In fact it is a great way to learn club style dancing.  The skills you learn from dancing this style of Salsa will make you a better club dancer in the end.

Visit Bay Area salsa Rueda for more info.

Borinquen LIVE at Roccapulco Friday, San Francisco

Come See Borinquen LIVE at Roccapulco!

Friday, August 29th 2008

Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415.648.6611

Roccapulco is an internationally renowned Salsa Club and restaurant in San Francisco.

Information – Age for admission: 21 and over; Dress code enforced;

Doors Open: 8:00 pm.

Cover Charge:

$10.00 Friday and Saturday before 9:30 pm,

$15 after 9:30 pm, except for special events.

About Orquesta Borinquen:

The powerful latin sounds of Orquesta Borinquen have become one of the top choices for salsa in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one of the busiest salsa bands in the Bay Area, Borinquen consists of carefully picked musicians to make the perfect band for people who love to dance to powerful, energetic salsa. Orquesta Borinquen keeps you on your feet! The incredible sound and highly energetic personality of Borinquen is matched only by our stage presence. We love to have a great time on stage, and enjoy making music together. Come out and take a ride with Orquesta Borinquen.

Borinquen LIVE at Roccapulco Friday, San Francisco

Come See Borinquen LIVE at Roccapulco!

Friday, August 29th 2008

 

Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415.648.6611 

Roccapulco is an internationally renowned Salsa Club and restaurant in San Francisco. 

Information – Age for admission: 21 and over; Dress code enforced;

Doors Open: 8:00 pm. 

Cover Charge:

$10.00 Friday and Saturday before 9:30 pm,

$15 after 9:30 pm, except for special events.

 

About Orquesta Borinquen:

The powerful latin sounds of Orquesta Borinquen have become one of the top choices for salsa in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one of the busiest salsa bands in the Bay Area, Borinquen consists of carefully picked musicians to make the perfect band for people who love to dance to powerful, energetic salsa. Orquesta Borinquen keeps you on your feet! The incredible sound and highly energetic personality of Borinquen is matched only by our stage presence. We love to have a great time on stage, and enjoy making music together. Come out and take a ride with Orquesta Borinquen.

 

Tito Garcia y Su Orquesta International at Cafe Cocomo, San Francisco

Tito Garcia y Su Orquesta International LIVE!!

 

Saturday, August 30th 2008

Cafe Cocomo

650 Indiana Street
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415.824.6910 

8:00 pm Salsa Lesson by Jake

9:00 pm DJ Luis Medina from 'KPFA' Radio Spinning Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, and Cha Cha Cha.

COVER: $10 Before 10:00 pm or $20 After 10:00 pm

 

 

About Tito Garcia y Su Orquesta International:

Ernesto "Tito" Garcia has been playing music professionally since 1971. During these last 20 or so years he has experienced the incredible and thoroughly inspiring evolution of the West Coast Salsa scene in the Bay Area. "Tito Garcia y su Orquesta Internacional" has taken full advantage of the multi-cultural or "international" array of musicians in this area and thus the name of "Internacional". "Tito Garcia y su Orquesta Internacional" plays Salsa in the traditional format of the pioneers of this music and adds their own West Coast "tinge". 

Viva Cuba!! Amazing Story Through Dance.

Viva Cuba

An American Musical
Written, choreographed, and directed by David Alonzo Jones

From New York Engagement!

When:

Friday September 12, 2008 – 8:15 pm
Saturday September 13, 2008 – 8:15 pm

$17 General Admission

$14 Seniors/Under 12 yrs old

Where:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr.
Walnut Creek, CA
Phone: 925-295-1400

"VivaCuba" is a journey into avant-garde musical theatre and a stylish documentary on post-revolutionary Cuba.  Based on fact, 'Viva Cuba' is a provacative blend of culture and expression presented in dance (jazz, salsa, hip-hop, moder, ballet ) to an original musical score of ten songs.  Its theme song, 'Viva Cuba' is the hallmark refrain of the enduring spirit of the Cuban people.  'I'll Swim if I Have To' and 'American Tourists' are songs which echo the frustration withCuba's economic isolation and desperate need for a better quality of life.  'Viva Cuba' is a captivating story told with hot Latin rhythms, and an exuberand song and dance ensemble.  It is difficult to sit still while watching it!

'VivaCuba' is an American Theater Company production.

More Info:

www.lesherartscenter.org

www.atcrocks.org/vivacuba/vivacuba.htm

Live Salsa Dance Thursdays at Bing Crosby's, Walnut Creek

Green Lantern Lounge, Mountain View

Green Lantern Lounge

1477 Plymouth St.
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 968-8879

*Salsa Thursday Nights*

On 2 Salsa Class with Felipe Martinez at 8:15- 9:20 p.m.
Dancing till 1:00 a.m.
$5 cover
Music by DJ El de la Clave

Salsa Tuesdays at Glas Kat

Check out Salsa Tuesdays at Glas Kat Tonight!!

Glas Kat

520 Fourth St. (at Bryant)
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415.495.6620

If you want to dance salsa on a Tuesday night in San Francisco, AY KARAMBA is the night for you at the Glas Kat.

Dance Lessons:
Beginner Salsa lesson is 7:45 to 8:30 with Alison Hurwitz (Metronome Ballroom/Harmony Project Dance Company). Alison is an amazing dancer and an excellent teacher of beginners. Her humor and clear instruction will have you doing the basic in no time.

Intermediate Salsa lesson is 8:30 to 9:30 with Ricardo Tellez (RicaSalsa Dance Company). Ricardo is a salsa dancer/instructor with thousands of moves.

Once a month (3rd Tuesday), Rodney Aquino (Rodchata.com/Salsagang.com) hosts a Bachata Social in the upstairs lounge with DJ El Guapo. Bachata is a Dominican dance that became popular in the Bay Area about 4 years ago – a romantic and sensual dance.

Our Salsa DJs: DJ Chino, Don BoriQua and El De La Clave. All are serviceable to good salsa DJs, playing a mix of salsa, cha cha cha, merengue and bachata.

Cover: $12. If you sign up on the Glas Kat guest list (go to the website, http://www.glaskat.com and click on the VIP guest list for Tuesday) you get in for $5. The list closes at 5 PM, and you have to be in the club by 10 PM.

Philippine Salsa Festival News!!!

It’s like spitting on David Melendez’s grave!

One of the few regrets I have in the salsa scene was missing the very 1st Salsa Congress in the Philippines back in 2005. How can a Pinoy like me miss such a good thing? Ah, but then past is past.

On the last week of December 2006, I emailed David Melendez asking him If I can help out for the next Philippine Salsa Congress.  I received a reply in an instant saying, "Hey Rod, I appreciate your willingness to help out, but we will not be doing a congress this year, But  I will let you know."

After a few days, I have heard from a friend in New York that David had been battling Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor. In a word, Cancer. So being the cancer survivor that I am, on December 27, 2006, I felt compelled to call him again just give him a pep talk and positive energy.

He was very positive and upbeat and assured me that we would see each other and talk at the Salsa Event in Palm Springs. Little did I know that was the last time I'll ever talk to him.

On February 8, 2007, on his way to his new dance studio in Florida, David sufffered a seizure and died. It was a big shock to the salsa community world. He was an icon and was a true ambassador of salsa. To this day, David Melendez is sorely missed.

Last year of 2007, the New York Salsa Congress, which happened to be David Melendez creation, started honoring David by giving The David Melendez Award. "Every year, we at the New York Salsa Congress honor a person or persons that contributed in his or her own way to the dance community.  From now on, we are acknowledging this honor as the David Melendez Award.  This year, at the 7th Annual New York Salsa Congress, it gives us great pleasure in presenting the award to its first recipient, to its namesake, Mr. David Melendez."  – NYC Congress Inc

Indeed, David's Legacy continues, the salsa congresses he created all over are still being held yearly, and of course, one of them is the Philippine Salsa Festival. This is David Melendez's baby.   Although PSF wasn't held in the year 2007, Kristine Constantino, the co-creator of PSF, felt that David's legacy and his vision for salsa in the Philippines must go on. Enter Philippines Salsa Festival 2008.

"Of all the Asian countries in the world, Philippines has the most Latin influence, so there is no reason why salsa is small. Philippines Salsa Festival will catapult the salsa genre in the country." said, Constantino, Director of PSF.

On November14-16, 2008, Kristine Constantino along with Latin Dance Professionals, promoters and world class DJs, once again, will be honoring the late David Melendez at the Annual Philippine Salsa Festival in Manila with performances, workshops and social dancing.

But let me back up here for a moment…

November 2008 is probably the busiest month for me considering that I am involved on events like the Dallas Salsa Congress and San Francisco Salsa Congress, so for me to do the Philippine Salsa Festival is overstretching it. Then I recieved a shocking letter from Kristine…

To the friends of the 2008 Philippine Salsa Festival,

Hello everyone, hope all of you are doing well. My name is Kristine Constantino, Owner and Director of the 2008 Philippine Salsa Festival. I received alarming news from several of our Philippine Salsa Festival instructors that an outside source have informed them that the 2008 Philippine Salsa Festival has been cancelled and is now being directed by another production company.

This person continued on to say they will now call this event Manila Salsa Festival and it will be held on the same dates as our event. This person and production company is soliciting our current staff and attendees to be part of their event and is providing false information to make you believe otherwise. I am sending you this email to let you know I have not cancelled the 2008 Philippine Salsa Festival and the event will go on as planned.

I want to assure you that I am the current Owner and Director of the 2008 Philippine Salsa Festival and will continue to make final decisions regarding the event. If you have not been contacted by these outside sources please expect them to do so.

We need your support more than ever! We need to band together and and continue our relationship in being part of this event, and making it a success. Please do not believe these rumors and forward me any correspondence you receive and I will personally handle them. It is people like these that destroys the unity and love that Salsa brings to our lives.

Due to these unfortunate news I am determined more than ever to create an amazing and memorable event for you. I am not only doing this for my own dreams, but most importantly to continue David Melendez' legacy and to bring Salsa to the Philippines in a positive way.

If you could please pass this information along to your friends and to other Salsa lovers in the world. I hope you continue to join me in this cause.

Sincerely,

Kristine Constantino Director, Philippine Salsa Festival November 14-16, 2008 Website: http://www.philippinesalsafestival.com Email: kristine@philippinesalsafestival.com – Phone: (650) 832-1681

When I read this letter I was furious, dismayed and very disappointed. How could people dare steal someone else's idea. And to top all that, how can these people purposely do this same event on the same dates and the same hotel? This is David Melendez's vision.

To imitate such event, doing it on the same dates and same hotel is like spitting on his grave!

It's a divisive act and an absolute insult to the salsa community as a whole.

I contacted Kristine to tell her that I am on board. I'm gonna support and help her all the way, after all, this was supossedly what I was gonna tell David at the Salsa Palm Springs event anyways, but the event got cancelled and a month later, David died.

We're now a few months away before the event and salseros all over already confirming their support and presence to the Philippine Salsa Festival. I don't think the dancers and performers supporting the so-called Imitators (Manila Salsa Festival and GWorks) are fully aware of the truth and the whole story of what happened. They need to know and someone or some people need to tell them. I don't even think they know that it is David Melendez's event.

But we're moving on and more salseros now are on board with Philippine Salsa Festival (PSF). We now have salsa brothers and sisters from all over the globe such as Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, USA, Abu Dhabi plus Albert Torres, and recently, PSF and Albert Torres agreed to make Philippines Salsa Festival a qualifier for ESPN World Salsa Championship. It is going to be a fun festival!

We are calling all salseros and salseras around the world to support the Philippine Salsa Festival. We need your help more than ever.

P.S. If you have never met David Melendez or maybe have interacted with him one way or another, enjoy these clips as a tribute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN6yArK_GCo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkjYGOvg2Oc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXhNo67Ke9M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxdZc_4jr8

P.P.S: http://www.philippinesalsafestival.com

- Rodchata  www.rodchata.com

Check Out the Monterey Salsa Freestyle Championships This Friday!!

Enter to Win and Compete in the Monterey Salsa

Freestyle Championships

Friday, August 29th

For location and more info visit:

www.montereysalsa.com

It's on! The hottest dance contest in the Monterey Bay is now underway, and you know Monterey Salsa is about to crown the baddest salsa dancers in the 831.

Monterey Salsa Freestyle Contest is now in EFFECT! This contest is designed for one thing… to find the best dancers in the 831. Period.

Having seen and judged tons of other contests, Monterey Salsa has created a set of rules guaranteed to provide maximum excitement and to find out who REALLY is the best in the 831. This contest is not only going to be more FAIR than traditional contests, it's going to be way more suspenseful. So how does it work? Let's find out…

YOU PICK YOUR PARTNER
You will need a dance partner. If you have one, cool. If not, Monterey Salsa will try to help you find one.

MONTEREY SALSA PICKS THE MUSIC
We want to find the best dancers, not the best choreographers. And, real dancers can rip to ANY music. So, on the day of the contest, Monterey Salsa will select the music that you will dance to. You will not know in advance what your song will be. You will just have to be ready to rip to whatever comes on. This will filter out the REAL salseros from the imposters.

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETS
Instead of the traditional format of all the couples dancing at once, Monterey Salsa will be setting up brackets like a real tournament. The tournament will be single elimination, and couples will compete heads up until a winner is crowned. More below…

TWO PAIRS ENTER, ONE PAIR LEAVES
That's right, we gettin Thunderdome on this!!! When it is time to compete, the competing couples will step on the dance floor. Neither couple will know what the song will be. Once the song starts, both couples will start dancing. When the song ends, a winner will be selected. One couple will advance in the tournament, the other will be eliminated.

$500 CASH PRIZE. WINNER TAKE ALL.
The winning couple will receive $500 cash and the title of "Monterey Salsa Freestyle Champion." There will be no prizes for any of the losers.

Check out the video from the last two contests to get an idea of how the game goes….

Latin Hipnosis: MAZACOTE + DJ ELDELACLAVE

THE NEW LATIN HIPNOSIS EVERY 1ST FRIDAY OF

THE MONTH IN SAN FRANCISCO

Grand Opening Friday September 5th, 2008

You are all invited to the grand opening of LATIN HIPNOSIS, a once-a-month event in San Francisco!

Grand Opening Night features: – MAZACOTE – DJ ELDELACLAVE

Cover: $10.00 We are excited about our new location!

You're gonna love it!

Location: Bollyhood Cafe, 3372 19th street (mission st), SF, CA

www.havanisimo.com

About Bollywood Cafe:

Bollyhood Café is a contemporary space that fuses Indian flavors of film, food and fun drinks.

Candela Performing LIVE at Jelly's San Francisco

CANDELA LIVE!!

Sunday, August 24th

at

Jelly's Havana Cafe

295 Terry Francois Street,
Pier 50, San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: 415.495.3099

Cover $10 Doors open at 4:00

KPFA DJ Luis Medina Spinning Salsa, Cha-Cha-Cha, Merengue

About Candela:

Candela's is a nine piece Salsa Band, based in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1987, and is composed of piano, bass, three trombones, conga drums, bongo drums, timbales and vocalists.

Candela's varied repertoire explores a wide array of Latin rhythms including Son, Bolero, Mambo, Cha-cha-chá, Merengue, Cumbia and the more contemporary  Cuban Timba, combined with a touch of Jazz, which makes the band enjoyable for dancers as well as listeners.

Orquesta Borinquen Live at the Ramp, Saturday August 23rd

Orquesta Borinquen Performing LIVE at the Ramp

Saturday, August 23rd

The Ramp Restaurant
855 Terry Francois St.
San Francisco, CA. 94107

Tel: 415 621-2378

Free Entry before 4:30 / $10 after 4:30

About Orquesta Borinquen:

The powerful latin sounds of Orquesta Borinquen have become one of the top choices for salsa in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one of the busiest salsa bands in the Bay Area, Borinquen consists of carefully picked musicians to make the perfect band for people who love to dance to powerful, energetic salsa. Orquesta Borinquen keeps you on your feet! The incredible sound and highly energetic personality of Borinquen is matched only by our stage presence. We love to have a great time on stage, and enjoy making music together. Come out and take a ride with Orquesta Borinquen.

Columbian Band, Sonora Carruseles live at Roccapulco

Sonora Carruseles LIVE at Roccapulco

Saturday August 23, 2008

Bosco Vega & Roccapulco Present, direct from Colombia, Sonora Carruseles.

Also DJ Tony "O", Bosco Vega, Luis Caballero. Saturday, August 23rd, 2008.

Doors open at 8:00pm. Pre-sale tickets: $25.00 (+ $5.00 online fee).

Roccapulco Supper Club

3140 Mission St., San Francisco, CA.

About Sonora Carruseles:

With nine albums to its credit and more than twelve years of existence, Colombia's Sonora Carruseles has perfected a trademark sound that is cherished by salsa lovers all over the world. There's some seriously powerful stuff in their music: spidery piano lines, tight polyrhythms, explosive riffs, staccato cowbell patterns, impossibly nasal choruses that is just too hard to resist. Sonora Carruseles pays a moving tribute to the spirit of old, hardcore salsa with while at the same time revamping the nearly forgotten classical style.

Salsa Dance Thursdays at Bing Crosby's, Walnut Creek

Orquesta Bakan live at Roccapulco, Salsa Dance San Francisco

Orquesta Bakan Live at Roccapulco Supper Club

Friday August 22nd, 2008

Roccapulco Supper Club

3140 Mission Street | San Francisco CA, 94110 | Phone: 415.648.6611

Roccapulco is an internationally renowned Salsa Club and restaurant in San Francisco.  Information – Age for admission: 21 and over; Dress code enforced; Doors Open: 8:00 pm.  Cover Charge: $10.00 Friday and Saturday before 9:30 pm.  $15 after 9:30 pm, except for special events.

Band Plays at 10:00 p.m.

About Orquesta Bakan:

This high-energy Orquesta consists of some of the finest musicians in Northern California. A nice blend of experienced, and up and coming young talent is reflected in their showmanship. On vocals are, Augustine "Indio" Martinez, Victor "Cafe" August and Mark "Coco" Pagan. On Trumpets, Tom Bertetta and Rolf Johnson.

World Champion in the Making, This Young Salsera Has the Moves

Salsa Wednesdays at the Copacabana, 330 Ritch

Check out Copacabana at 330 Ritch this

Wednesday August 20th

Salsa Lessons from Enrique and Lucy

And live salsa band Mazacote performing for your salsa dancing pleasure.

Cover Charge: $10.00

Come Check out the newest hot spot for Wednesday night salsa dancing.  Thats right, salsa dancing at 330 Ritch is back after all these years.  It is a great venue, with two bars, good sound system,  nice smooth dance floor, and a great mix of dancers for all levels.  Get your salsa on this Wednesday at the Copacabana!!

About Mazacote:

Mazacote is the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group led by legendary percussionist Louie Romero, who came to fans’ attention as the longtime timbales player for famed salsero "El Cantante" Hector Lavoe. Louie is also renowned for his work with Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Celia Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jazz stars in his native New York.

Based in San Francisco, Mazacote plays a crowd-pleasing, high-energy mixture of classic salsa favorites and original latin jazz tunes. It’s no wonder that Latin Beat magazine called Mazacote "one of the premier salsa ensembles in Northern California."

Recently, the band released the album “Timbalero.” Its title track is a fresh take on Louie’s classic 1972 recording of the song with Hector Lavoe and Willie Colón. The album — filled with soulful and danceable salsa, cha-cha, latin jazz, Cuban guajira, and bomba — is receiving rave reviews from dancers, DJs, and music critics alike.

Monterey Salsa Getaway, Salsa Dance Monterey

Monterey Salsa Getaway

Workshops, Dance Socials, Performances and more…

August 30th – 31st, 2008

Come end join Yemaya Salsa on Labor Day weekend for a salsa getaway to wonderful Monterey.  Salsa Workshop and Dance on Saturday and a relaxing Sunday afternoon by the water.  Just some time to enjoy one another and relax.  Potluck, so bring your favorite dish, we'll provide the salsa music and bonfire.

Shall We Dance

205 17th Street

Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Phone: 831.373.5678

Workshop 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Dance and Performances 8:00pm-11:00pm

Cost:

$15 – Two lessons and Dance Party
$12 – One Lesson and Dance Party
$10 – Dance Party Only

Workshop Schedule:

Bachata / Cha-Cha-Cha 6:00 – 7:00pm

Salsa Footwork & Stying 7:00 – 8:00pm

For questions and info email: yemaya_salsa@yahoo.com

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