Jamaican Salsero in L.A.

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Joseph Conde, aka Yossi, is one of my favorite instructors here in Los Angeles. He specializes in Cuban salsa and his classes are always entertaining, you are almost guaranteed to have a good time. While I am sad to no longer see him at Zabumba, he is doing well teaching classes at La [...]

Today is the birthday of one the sweetest, nicest and most genuine persons I know in the salsa community. Christina Haggerty is one of the more well-known and well-loved salsa instructors in the LA area. Christina and her partner/instructor, Mike Ticas, are also longtime members of Rueda in the Park. Last night, Christina celebrated her [...]

On Sunday Rueda in the Park (RITP) celebrated its fourth anniversary by having a potluck and party at the Santa Monica beach. While the actual anniversary date is actually this coming Sunday, it was held a week early so as not to conflict with the Oxnard Salsa festival. The party had good food, a lot [...]

The city of Santa Monica held an all night art event entitled, “Glow”. It was held at the Santa Monica pier and the surrounding waterfront. It was scheduled to go from 7 pm to 7 am. It featured, art installations, performers, musicians and DJs from KCRW. I didn’t get to the event until after 10 [...]

This Jamaican decided to celebrate USA’s Independence in Mexico. So I spent the 4th of July weekend in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was overcast when we landed on the 4th of July. The area was feeling the effects of a nearby tropical depression. The first thing you notice about Puerto Vallarta is the feeling of [...]

This past Sunday, Jamaican Gold held their 13th Anniversary party at Forbidden City. There was a special guest performance by Beenie Man. The night started out with some fairly decent juggling by White Lightning. It was a good mix of dancehall and hip hop. The audience was then treated to two dance performances from a [...]

Kanye West brought his “Glow in the Dark” tour back to LA this past weekend. This time it was held at the Staples Center. As usual, I was late to the concert and got there in the middle of Lupe Fiasco’s set (this time I really had no excuse seeing that I was right next [...]

Thanks to the folks at LearnSalsa.com, I think I have my justification for mentioning my attendance at Erotica LA on Saturday. Not only did they have a dance floor set up at the convention where patrons could dance, they were also holding classes in the middle of the convention. I also found out afterward that [...]

“Hoviate Man” (My Identity) was the title of The UCLA Iranian Student Group’s (ISG) Sixth Annual Culture Show. The show was held at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA. The show featured a comedic skit interspersed with dance and musical numbers. The skit followed the journey of an Iranian-American youth who wanders the streets of Iran [...]

The Police were in town for two concerts last week. They performed back-to-back nights at the Hollywood Bowl. I managed to catch them on the first night. Prior to the concert I probably knew about four (maybe five) Police songs. I was given a crash course in their discography by my best friend who I [...]