DanceSF Salsa Classes Are Back!!

Register NOW with Dance SF

for your New Years Salsa Dance Classes!!

Starts Monday January 5th, 12th, 19th (3 Week Series!)

Rockit Room
406 Clement Street
between 5th and 6th Ave
San Francisco, CA

To Register Click HERE

About Evan Margolin:

Evan Margolin (aka “SalsaCrazy”) has been teaching salsa for over ten years, known across the world for having fun, social, and step by step “club style” salsa dance classes.

As producer and instructor of the bestselling salsa dance videos in the world, having taught over 100,000* people how to salsa, he’s created a true, step by step methodology for teaching people how to salsa dance that is both fun, and accessible.

About the Rockit Room:

Rockit Rooom is dedicated to bringing San Francisco the best in emerging music from the Bay Area and around the world.

Upstairs you will find one of the greatest sounding and most intimate music venues in the nation. Recently renovated, Rockit Room provides a top-notch sound system, giant stage, hardwood floors, full bar and comfortable seating throughout the venue.

Downstairs, find a warm neighborhood bar with all the amenities, including two pool tables, a foosball machine, multiple lounge areas, three flat screen TVs and an iTunes jukebox.

To Register Click HERE

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Wanna know about all the Salsa Christmas Parties this year?! Here they are!!

PB&G SALSA DANCE X’MAS PARTY!!

December 19, 2008 7:00PM - 2:00AM

Salsa Classes 7:00-9:00 by Ricardo and Michelle after Special X’mas Buffet and at 11:00pm special X’Mas production by PB&G productions and friends…. then dance until 2:00am to MR. Dj Fab Fred, Holiday Buffet and Music till 2:00AM w/DJ FAB FRED!!

All Ages Welcome! www.ricardoandmichelle.com

Cafe Cocomo Special X’Mas Party

Cafe Cocomo
650 Indiana Street
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415.824.6910

Salsa Lesson By Jake 8:00-9:30pm

Live Bands at 10:00pm,

Cover is $15 after 10:00pm

Pena Pachamama Holiday Party featuring MILAGRO

Sunday December 14th, 2008

1630 Powell Street (Union & Green)
San Francisco, CA

6:00pm-9:00pm

Featuring Marquinho Brasil - percussion Rich Armstrong - trumpet, vocals, guitar Andius Jent- bass Jara Queeto - keys and vocals Matt Willis- drums Jojo Styles - Guitars Max Goldman- Guitar

$10 at the door

Dinner reservations are highly recommended!

http://www.milagromusic.com

http://penapachamama.com/

Pre X’Mas Bang at Roccapulco

Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA

Avance Performing for the Pre X’Mas Bang

Friday December 20th, 2008

Salsa Party at the Heights Lounge

Friday, December 12 – 10PM – 2AM

A new fabulous location: Heights Lounge!!

Two of the best Latin DJs in SF
DJ Nica
DJ Juan Data

Salsa, merengue, cumbia, cuarteto, bachata, reggaeton, brazilian, rock & pop latino and much more!

Live drummers and samba dancers!!
Many other surprises!

The best Latin music… Beautiful friendly people… Live drummers!! Live samba dancers!!! Many other surprises!!! And, always, the most fun parties!!

So, wear your sexiest RED and/or BLACK outfit and come to meet people like you, have fun, and dance all night long to the best Latin beats at this fantastic location!

Invite your friends and don’t forget to RSVP for a discounted entry… You don’t want to miss this tremendous party!

RSVP only at http://www.latinfusio…

See you all there!!

Heights Lounge
2080 Van Ness Ave @ Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA

Cover: w/RSVP and in by 10:30PM - Ladies free / Men $10
All others: Ladies $10 / Men $15
Dress code enforced: dress to impress

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Tito Garcia LIVE at Cafe Cocomo, San Francisco

Tito Garcia y Su Orquesta Internacional

Saturday November 29th, 2008

Cafe Cocomo
650 INDIANA STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
Tel:415-824-6910

Cover $10.00 Before 10:00pm / $15 after 10:00pm

Salsa Lessons by Jake at 8:00pm

DJ Luis Medina from KPFA Radio spinning the best of Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Cha-cha-cha.

About Tito Garcia:

Ernesto “Tito” Garcia is an optometrist in the predominantly Latino mission district of San Francisco.

I have been playing Latin Music profesionally since 1971. There are an incredible amount of talented musicians just waiting for the opportunity to learn how to play what is known as Modern, Popular Salsa-Mambo music of today.

I created this type of discipline Orquesta in order to provide the General Public an example of what i call Jazz-Influenced, High-Energy Latin Music. We play Salsa in the traditional format of the pioneers of this music and add our own West Coast “Tinge.”

We also dip into our bag of Salsa Tricks to bring back some of the Mambo’s, Cha-Cha-Cha’s and Boleros that this generation missed out on.

We take full advantage of our Multi-Cultural or “International” array of musicians in this area and thus the name of “Internacional.” We vary in size from as many as 16 performing musicians to as small a combo as 4-5 musicians. Depending on our performance necessities.

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Rumbache LIVE at Jelly’s Havana Cafe, San Francisco

Rumbache LIVE at Jelly’s

Sunday November 16th, 2008

Jelly’s Havana Cafe

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

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Doors open at 4:00pm With DJ Luis Medina / Band Starts at 5:00PM

21 and over for all dance events

Cover $10.00

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About Rumbache:

Rumbaché (formerly Quimbombó) has established themselves as one of the hottest Bay Area salsa bands. Fusing salsa, timba, bomba and whatever else they could find to spicen up the mood, they provide a hard hitting style of playing. And while you can hear them interpreting the classic and contemporary Cuban and Salsa repertoire, they are not shy with their own expression. Their fresh originals make them stand-out in an otherwise cover heavy salsa scene. Under the leadership of percussionist Patricio Angulo, Rumbaché is the voice of youth for San Francisco’s salsa scene, and ignites enthusiasm in dancers and musical connoisseurs alike.

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Don’t Miss Salsa Crazy’s New Years Party at the W Hotel, San Francisco

Party with Salsa Crazy This New Years

At the W Hotel!!

Wednesday December 31st, 9:00pm - 2:00am

Get your Pre-Sale tickets HERE!!

Get Your Tickets Today!!

Click HERE!!

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Orquesta Bakan LIVE at Roccapulco Supper Club, San Francisco

Orquesta Bakan LIVE

Friday November 14th, 2008

Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel. 415.648.6611

—Salsa Lesson at 8:30pm with Ava & Rodolfo—

—Band Plays at 10:00pm—

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

About Orquesta Bakan:

The very meaning of Bakan is Festival, Carnival…. and Fiesta, which is shown in their style of music and presentation.

Basically if you’re hot, you are Bakan! Bakan is a full powerful Orchestra which features the Tropical and Latin Spirit that the Bay Area and beyond has come to know and love.

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, Victor “Cafe” August and Fernando “Nando” Wilkins. On Trumpets, Tom Bertetta and John Ruff. On Bari Sax, Peter Cornell, and on Trombones Doug Beavers, and Mike Rinta. Christian Tumalan on Piano, and Carlos Ramirez on Electric Bass.

Eric Mendez on Timbales, Sean Zuniga on Congas, and Director Jose Guaman on Bongos/Vocals. Each member brings the flavor of his country ranging from Puerto Rico, Panama, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Chile, and the USA.

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Latin Fever Fridays, The Beat Dance Studio, Berkeley

Latin Fever Fridays is back with another

LIVE BAND!!!!!

Friday, November 14, 2008 at 8:45pm

The Beat Dance Studio
2560 9th Street
Berekeley, CA

LIVE BAND: Gary Flores & Descarga Caliente

Afinkao and Kanadonga debut their new routines!!!!!

DJ: El De La Clave

— Friday, November 14th, 2008—

—(Free Lesson from 8:45pm to 9:45pm)—

—Band starts @ 10:30pm—

PLENTY OF FREE PARKING!!!!

About Gary Flores:

A native of San Francisco, California. Born and raised in the Excelsior District (Outer Mission District). I started playing the Trumpet in 1972 at the age of 19. In 1973, I joined a neighborhood Latin Rock band called Café. In 1974, I joined the great Ritmo 74, which was a very serious and organized band. Ritmo 74 played at all the Big Salsa Shows in the Bay Area featuring the greatest latin bands from New York and Puerto Rico. We performed with Willie Colon with Hector LaVoe, Grand Combo, Bobby Valentine, Ismael Quintana, Ismael Miranda, Eddie Palmieri with Lalo Rodriguez, Papo Lucca and Sonora Poncena, Larry Harlow, Johnny Pacheco,Celia Cruz, Cheo Feliciano and many others. In 1976, I started a new band called Salsa Caliente. In 1982 I moved to playing piano with the group. Salsa Caliente performed together for about twenty years and was considered the best Salsa Group in the Bay Area; unfortunately to my regret, we never recorded. Many great Musicians came through the Salsa Caliente such as Richard Kermode (Janis Joplin, Malo, Santana), and Luis Gasca (Santana, Malo, Maynard Ferguson, Mongo Santamaria Woody Herman and many others.) Many great local musicians came in and out of Salsa Caliente and are successful band leaders of their own now. After Salsa Caliente, I started a latin jazz group called “Caliente 2000″ where I enjoyed the freedom, individuality and creativity of improvising with this group. The musicians are featured which was very refreshing after backing up singers all the time and the group was smaller. I always loved the Great Jazz Musicians who mastered their instruments and improvised so well like Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Dexter Gordon to name a few. So I am attempting to following that path, but with a Latin feel. My major musical influences besides the names just mentioned have been Luis Gasca, Luis “Perico” Ortiz, Richard Kermode, Papo Lucca and many more.

See more details and RSVP on Underground Mambo:
http://undergroundmambo.com

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Glas Kat Supper Club, Salsa Tuesdays!!

Glas Kat is THE place for Salsa Dancing in

San Francisco on Tuesdays!

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

Glas Kat Supper Club
520 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415.495.6620

Glas Kat Supper Club is located in the heart of the SOMA district of San Francisco. It’s a nightclub and restaurant that combines Hawaiian fusion cuisine and dance. It is one of San Francisco’s premiere nightclubs.

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.

Glas Kat’s 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.

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Avance LIVE at Cafe Cocomo, Saturday, October 18th!!

AVANCE Live at Cafe Cocomo

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Come See the Bay Area’s Hottest Salsa Band Live at Cafe Cocomo This Saturday October 4th, 2008

Cafe Cocomo

650 INDIANA STREET | SAN FRANCISCO, CA. | 415-824-6910

*Salsa lesson by Jake at 8:00pm

*Band starts at 10:00pm

*Cafe Cocomo’s bar and grill is open for happy hour & dinner

*Half Price on all Drinks from 5pm-7pm

*Cover: $10 before 10pm / $20 after 10pm

About AVANCE:

Avance Originates and consists of the hottest and newest talents the San Francisco Bay Area has come to know. Four electrifying, bilingual singers, a sizzling horn section, and one of the best rhythm sections on the West Coast. You put this all together and you get a new and unique sound that crosses the language barrier: Spanish and English. Leading the group is Carlos Santana percussionist, Karl Perazzo, and Co-Founder/Vocalist Armando Cordoba.

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Do’s and Dont’s Part 2: The Guys Speak Out This Time

This is Part Two of Do’s and Dont’s of Leader and Followers on the Dance Floor. If you haven’t read Part One, check it out here.

(Rising crescendo): Ladies and gentlemen - Here now the long awaited (drum roll please) Part 2 of Turn-Offs on the Dance Floor, this time featuring what specifically turns guys off about the girls! For those of you just tuning in, I recently did a completely unscientific study of what bugs women most about men on the dance floor - What kinds of things turn them off the most. The results (see my previous article in the salsa archive) were interesting if not surprising, and my hope is that they may plant a few seeds, open some eyes and perhaps in some small way help us all out. You know, it’s so easy, just in general in life, to get caught up in whatever it is we’re doing and (not maliciously) forget that what we’re doing effects those around us, sometimes not very nicely either, no matter how well-meaning we are.

Of course if you’re not well-meaning, well, then what I’ve been writing isn’t going to help you or change anything, nor are you likely to read this or anything else that you might find critical. You’ll continue to be a self-aggrandizing fool that’s the only one who thinks you’re really doing any good out there, and you’ll never have enough narcissistic self-feedback to feel satisfied with yourself or anyone else. Sorry, am I being too vague?

Seriously, though - I think that most of us, by a huge margin, really are well-meaning, and really are open to feedback and really are willing to take a look at ourselves and change if it seems that it might help us and those we dance with. If I may generalize, dancers are on the whole very nice, respectful, good people, and however critical I may sound please remember that that is my basic premise. My intention in these articles is to raise some consciousness, not ire, so please take whatever I say in that spirit.

Some general comments: First, and quite interestingly, overall I found that guys had a much harder time coming up with complaints about the ladies than the ladies did about them. There were a lot less specific things guys mentioned that turns them off on the dance floor. “Why is that?” you might ask. Well, at least it’s the question I asked, and I came up with four possible explanations (which are not mutually exclusive):

1) Guys are less picky, more tolerant and less likely to complain. They just enjoy the positive and don’t make big deals out of the negatives. Further, men are just less likely in general to complain than women are.

2) Guys just appreciate the dance more and as such are more likely to overlook their partner’s faults. One respondent stated: “I am usually just happy to be dancing with someone.”

3) Guys are so grossly over the top in their bad qualities that the women’s shortcomings pale by comparison, leaving, relatively speaking, very little to righteously complain about. One (male) respondent aptly put it: “The freaky-women to freaky-guy ratio out on any given night is very small in my opinion…We really have no leg to stand on [as it were] when it comes to complaining.”

4) Women are just objectively and in general better behaved/mannered and more considerate and respectful than men are. This, of course, gets reflected on the dance floor and therefore there is simply less about them to complain about.

Another general observation is that a disproportionate number of the guys’ complaints were of ladies’ behavior off the dance floor, while in the previous survey, most, if not all of the girls’ complaints about the guys were of the guys’ behavior during the dance itself. Interesting. Let’s get back to that later, ok? You’ll see what I mean.

First I want to digress profanely for a moment, if I may - Try this - Go back over everything that I just wrote (starting with “Some general comments:”) with sex in mind instead of dancing. Yeah, right?! Sorry - I know it’s off-topic but some things are just too funny to be ignored. Please forgive me. Now, where were we? Oh, yeah…ok…

Compare and contrast:

One of the biggest complaints women had about men in my previous survey was grossness and sleaziness - bad breath, body odor, inappropriate touching, groping, etc. This was, almost unanimously, a non-issue for the male respondents. Bad breath and excessive sweat were mentioned very briefly by only two guys. None mentioned inappropriate touching or groping. One guy, interestingly, mentioned getting violated by too much eye contact! So women score for hygiene and for manners/respect during the dance.

But where women came up way shorter than men was on the issue of respect, consideration, and rudeness off the dance floor! There was a clear gender differential here, with men seeing women as much more prone to being rude than women seeing men that way. One common complaint was: Turning you down for a dance and then dancing with someone else, often in the same song. If I turn someone down I one: Certainly do not dance with someone else to the same song and two: Find that person later and ask her to dance.

You know folks, dancing, like life, isn’t, or shouldn’t be, all about “What’s in it for me.” It’s about, or should be about, at least as I see it, giving, passing on joy, and letting it come back around to you; and come back it will, I promise. I will make you an absolute guarantee right here and now: If you do something for someone (like dance with her/him) even when you don’t want to, you will go home feeling better about yourself. I promise. Try it.

Another frequent guys’ complaint was about women (and you ladies know who you are) who only dance with their little clique of “cool guys”(e.g. Cubans) and forget that we all were beginners once; and that perhaps the reason guys wanted to dance with you when you were just beginning had a lot more to do with your cleavage than your dance skills or your natural charm. I make it a point, in life in general, to try to give away what was given to me, so I try to always ask a beginner to dance. Because I know what it’s like to sit there all night and try to muster up the courage to ask a girl to dance and then that feeling of I can’t wait till the song is over because she must be hating every minute of this, etc., etc., etc. Be kind, people - It’s always a good investment.

A couple of guys with girlfriends expressed (understandable) amazement that some women have the audacity to interrupt them while they are cozying up with their significant others and ask the guy to dance, while ignoring his girlfriend! Ladies, what’s up with that? Really, I would like someone who does this to explain that one to me! Please, I’ll give you five bucks, ok? The other off-the-floor complaint that came up more than a few times was that women get into all these little (or not-so-little) dramas with each other and others, that it creates a real “negative energy,” and it was kindly suggested, and I’ll second that motion, that you leave that drama at home, or anywhere else.

The narcissistic dancer was noted by men and women, but there seem to be a lot more men narcissistists than women, at least based on my non-scientific (but very astute, brilliant, entertaining and non-narcissistic) survey. Some of the guys’ comments that would fall into this category were: “…they dance by themselves, not paying attention to the lead.” Not making eye contact was a very common complaint. Don’t worry, ladies, we are not going to interpret a sweet glance as a sex proposal, ok? And if we do you should have the appropriate tools to deal with it. Look at me. Smile. I alluded to this in my first article but I’ll say it more specifically here: A dance is a brief and intimate and sensuous and completely compartmentalized encounter. It neither implies nor suggests anything at all beyond the parameters of the song that happens to be playing at that moment. Anyway, here’s what I do when a woman has her eyes all over the place except on me while I’m dancing with her: I just stop and ask, “Who are you looking for? Do you need to stop? Can I help you find him/her?” That usually puts an end to it, as well as my ever dancing with her again.

Several guys spoke of women acting overly dramatic on the dance floor - One, (I love this!) called it “Faux Latin Passion,” - The attempt at looking sexy but really looking more like you’re “convulsing on the dance floor.” Another respondent called it the “over-dramatic-look-at-me super crackhead watch-me-shine dancers.” Now that description needs no further comment, and I think we’ve all seen it. It’s not sexy. It’s silly.

Some of the complaints were the same as the ladies’: Not a strong enough connection, too strong of a connection, being disengaged. In comparing the women’s and men’s’ peeves most of the common ground was in the area of lack of awareness and consideration - for your partner and for others: Being aware of space, of other dancers, connecting with your partner, being present with your partner and for your partner, making (and breaking!) eye contact, and overall just trying to make your partner feel special and allow him/her to make you feel special. Can’t we all do that for five or six minutes at a time? Once again, my friends, it all comes down to kindness and respect, and not being totally clueless.

Since this is my article, I’ll take the liberty to list my own personal pet peeves, about leaders and followers, in order from least to worst:

1) Look at me. Dance with me. Make me feel like there is something special, however small it may be, about me.

2) Don’t stink. Can I make that more clear? Is anything more easily fixable? Don’t stink!

3) Guys stay the **** away from me on the dance floor ok? Either you’re good enough to know better or you are bad enough to be extra careful. Watch your space and respect others’ space - It’s not all about you!

4) Ladies, don’t turn me down just to dance with someone else who is just as good a dancer as I am but cuter.

5) Ladies, don’t turn me down to dance with someone who is a worse dancer than I am but cuter!

And finally, let me close with a quote from my friend and respected member of our Bay Area scene here, Mr. Rick W. aka Dark Rum, who says it better than I can:

“I strongly feel that ladies (and men) should always take a chance with respect to all those involved to dance with each other. People, this is your chance to meet someone new and make new friends. Ironically, with it being called ‘salsa’ you’re adding new ingredients with each dance. If you don’t know a guy, that is no reason not to dance with him. Basically, try to dance with someone new every once in awhile, keeping the African proverb in mind: ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ I believe we are all responsible for each others’ progress in this social dance.”

Dr. Bill

www.drbillsblog.com
drbillperry@comcast.net

October 2008

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Borinquen Live this week at Cafe Cocomo, San Francisco

Borinquen Performing LIVE!!

Thursday, October 16th 2008

Cafe Cocomo
650 Indiana St.
San Francisco, CA
Tel: 415-824-6910

Salsa Lessons with Jake at 8:00pm
DJ Fab Fred at 9:00pm

Borinquen Live at 10:00pm

About 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.

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Tito Garcia LIVE at the Shattuck Down Low

Tito Garcia Performing LIVE!!

Wednesday, October 15th 2008

Shattuck Down Low Lounge
2284 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Tel:(510)548-1159

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*Beginner Salsa lessons from 8-8:45*
*Intermediate Salsa lessons from 8:45-9:30*
$10 cover, $5 w/student ID
$4 margarita special!

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”.

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Monthy Afro-Funky Dance Party at Bollyhood, San Francisco

CubaCaribe & Dj Alfie1Bateria’s **Monthly**

Afro-Funky Diaspora Dance Party

www.CubaCaribe.org

Saturday October 11th, 2008

8:30pm - 2am

¡¡¡ 2nd Saturday of Every Month !!!

(Oct 11th - Sat. Nov 8th - Sat. Dec 13)

The Bollyhood Cafe
3372 19th st. at Mission st.
San Francisco, CA

Djs Spinning - Salsa - Timba - Samba - Pagode - Dancehall - Soca - calypso - Hip Hop del Mundo - Electro Latino - y mås!

Live Performances by:

Live Samba Show
“Sambamora”
& The Bateria Blocura de San Francisco
(Featuring Members of Loco bloco)
www.sambamora.com

Resident Dj’s

Alfie1Bateria
(CubaCaribe.org)

DarkRum
(Añejo Productions, La Tropical,
& La Bodegita del Medio)
www.anejoprod.com

- Also -

International Concert Video’s on the Big Screen
(And Remember “No Cover” Before 10pm)

Cover for this Event is $5.00 (You Can’t Go Wrong)

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Mazacote LIVE at The Beat This Friday!! Berkeley

MAZACOTE Performing LIVE

at Latin Fever Fridays!

Friday October 10th, 2008

Latin Fever Fridays will be hosting our 2nd Annual SAME SEX Jack and Jill Competition on Friday!

The Beat
2560 9th St.,
Berkeley, CA. 94710.

Come see your favorite bay area leaders and followers compete for the JACK AND JILL GRAND PRIZE!!!

Special Performance by Rumbacha & Son de Mania!

Special guest DJ’s spinning the hottest salsa music in the Bay Area,
DJ El de La Clave and DJ Boriqua

Free dance lesson with admission and lesson starts at 8:45 pm, no
partner necessary.

Plenty of free parking!

About Mazacote:

Mazacote is teh 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 Colon, Ruben Blades, Celisa Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jass stars in his native New York.

Based in San Francisco, Mazacote plays a crowd-pleasing, high-energy mixture of classic salsa facorites 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 classis 1972 recording of the song with Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon. 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.

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Dance for a Change, Salsa For OBama Fundraiser at Jelly’s

Salsa for Obama

All -Star Latin Salsa Band

Featuring John Calloway, Jesus Diaz and Louie Romero and many more Salsa and Rueda Dance Lesson, DJ Luis Medina.

Thursday, October 9th , 2008

Jelly’s Havana Cafe

295 Terry Francois Blvd.

Pier 50, San Francisco CA

www.jellyscafe.com

www.barackobama.com

7pm - 1am
21 and over

$25 per person

%100 of the Proceeds go to the Obama campaign.

This is an exciting show that is bringing the Latin dance and music community together to BRING THE CHANGE WE NEED!!  %100 percent of the money raised will be donated to the Obama Campaign.  Si Se Puede!!

An All Star line up that includes: John Calloway - Flute, Jesus Diaz - Congas, Louie Romero- Timbales, Peter Cornell- Saxaphone, Sandy Cressman-Vocals, Ayla Davila-Bass, David Flores - Drums, Manny Martinez- Vocals, Peter Meridith- Piano, Javier Navarette- Percussion, Orlando Torriente- Vocals and many many more.

How to get involved:

www.barackomaba.com

www.voteforchange.com

RSVP’s To:

salsa4obama@yahoo.com

s.g.dalton@gmail.com

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Latin Hipnosis Fridays at Bollyhood Cafe, San Francisco

Check out the NEW Latin Hipnosis Party!!

Friday October 3rd, 2008

Bollyhood Cafe
3372 19th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110

Once-a-month LATIN PARTY IN SF!

OCTOBER 3, 2008

- Dj Eldelaclave returns

- GARY FLORES y Su DESCARGA CALIENTE (all star salsa musicians)

- SALSA LESSON AT 8:30 PM

- Door Cover $10.00

NOTE - $5.00 FACEBOOK GUESTLIST - send your complete names to Guestlist@rodchata.com

About Bollyhood Cafe:

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

The menu offers a contemporary spin on regional Indian street food—many dishes are vegetarian and ingredients will be organic and local whenever possible with a sensibility that is inclusive and playful, dabbling with Southeast Asian/Indian, European, and American cultures

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Los Boleros LIVE at the Pacific Coast Fog Fest, Pacifica

Los Boleros Live at the 23rd Annual

Pacific Coast Fog Fest

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Bachata Social at Glas Kat Supper Club this Tuesday

Salsa Dancing and Bachata Social!!

Tuesday September 16th, 2008

Glas Kat Supper Club
520 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415.495.6620

From upstairs at Glas Kat Skylounge to downstairs Main dancefloor, you can bet you bottom dollar that this Tuesday, Sept 16, 2008, will be a special night at the Glas Kat!

Glas Kat Supper Club is located in the heart of the SOMA district of San Francisco. It’s a nightclub and restaurant that combines Hawaiian fusion cuisine and dance. It is one of San Francisco’s premiere nightclubs.

7:30 Salsa Lesson with Allison and Jesus

8:30 Salsa Lesson w/ Rica Salsa

8:45 Bachata by Rodchata (upstairs)

10:00 PM - BACHATA SOCIAL W/ Dj El Guapo (upstairs)

10:00 PM - Orq Humbria + DJ Boriqua in da house

Bachata Performance by THE RODCHATA PROJECT

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Salsa Dancing this Sunday at Jelly’s SF with La Moderna Tradicion

La Moderna Tradicion Live at Jellys!!

Sunday September 14th 2008

Cover: $10.00 4:30pm-9:00pm