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Salsa Videos

I just remembered that I have this video of the 2008 Mayan Salsa Champions, David Nieto and Charlene Rose, previewing their 1st place routine. It was at Anna Celestria’s Pink Birthday Bash held at Silhouette’s. This was a little over a week before the finals. It is essentially the same routine they preformed at the [...]

Yesterday I checked out the 2008 Cuban Music Festival in Echo Park. Despite the heat, it turned out to be a well supported event. Most of the RITP family was in the house, so there were a Rueda going every few minutes. The bands, food performances and all round atmosphere was great. I don’t have [...]

The finals of the Mayan Salsa Competition was this past Saturday. Earlier in the evening they had a semi-final round for the “International/Out-of-State” competitors. This made no sense to the audience (yours truly included) as all three couples that competed made it to the finals that were held an hour later. The professional division was [...]

Congratulations to the all the competitors in last night’s finals of the 2008 Mayan Amateur Salsa Competition. Six couples made it to the finals from the semi final round. Below are the performances of the top three.
Third Place - Ashley Barba and Eddie Sadiwa

Second Place - Vivian Chavez and Edgar Martinez

First Place - [...]

The UCLA Ballroom Dance and International Folk Dance Club held their second Annual Salsa and Latin Culture Night.
Michael Espinoza and his partner performing Argentine Tango

Redondo Beach High School performing at
UCLA Ballroom Dance Club - Latin Culture Night

Last night was the 1st Annual College Salsa Production held at Steven’s Steakhouse. It was a joint production by Salsa Clubs and Societies from different Southern California colleges and universities. The night featured workshops by some of LA’s premier instructors, as well as, performances from a host of college salsa teams. It was a fun [...]

DJ Zonik and Diane Yoon dancing at UCLA Salsa Society’s Spring Salsa Fever

The CSULB Salsa Club had their Second Anniversary party this past Wednesday. As usual, there were great performances from the participating college teams, as well as, from the CSULB instructors themselves. The videos are after the jump.

UCLA Salsa Society

CSULB Intermediate Salsa Team

UCI Paleros - Bachata

LASA Salsa Team

Andy and Lana

UCI Paleros - Salsa

Gonzalo and Laura

CSULB Advanced [...]

Below are 8 of the 12 couples from last night’s 2008 Mayan Amateur Salsa Competition semi final round. Six couples made the finals which will be held at the Mayan nightclub on May 10, 2008.
Congratulations to:
Alejandra & David
Violeta & Kahlid
Shirley & Kenny
Ashley & Eddie
Yasmin & Gerardo
Vivian & Edgar

2008 Mayan Amateur Salsa Competition - Semi Finals [...]

LASA Merengue Troupe performing at Festival Latino 2008

LASA Salsa Troupe performing at Festival Latino 2008