Hawaii Salsa

Welcome back to the new Hawaii Salsa. After a long hiatus of inactivity, we’re back to providing you useful information about salsa, Rueda, and Casino in Honolulu. If you’re interested in classes, please check out Gene’s site at ¿qué bolá? dot us. You can also reach him here.

This is the week to get your dance shoes back on!

The Salsathon, Honolulu’s biggest salsa event, is this Saturday from 11am-7pm at the McCoy Pavillion in Ala Moana park. The event features Latin food, drinks, music, and dancing =) Some big names are coming from the mainland, and our group will be performing a Rueda, so come along and cheer us on!

In preparation here are the classes for this week:

Tuesday 6:30 - 8pm Beginner Salsa
Thursday 8 - 9:30pm Intermediate Salsa & Rueda
Location Atherton YMCA (both)

Don’t be afraid to come just because you missed a few classes! (I hear this all the time I assure you you’ll catch right up. And you’ll have fun doing it.

There will also be salsa events every night leading up to the Salsathon. Here’s a quick breakdown. Tuesday at Zanzabar, Wednesday at Panama Hatties, Thursday at Rumors, and Friday at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (open to all). For more info on the Salsathon and the events, contact me or check out www.salsathon.com

As the year comes to a close I want to say Thanks! to all of you for your participation and support. It’s been a great year and we’ve really come a long way. And now, it time for summer! Classes will still be going on, so stay tuned.
As for this week, we’ll be celebrating the end of the year at the Latin Dance Night at the Atherton YMCA. The event is on Saturday from 6-10 pm and is always a lot of fun. What’s more, Ritmos Latinos will be performing there this weekend! Come out, dance, relax, celebrate the end of the school year, and support our group!

Wednesday April 20th 6-8.30pm (TOMORROW!) - Street Salsa II

Come enjoy the live sounds of Conjunto Tropical! Get your dance ON - it’s the perfect break from your work week Lucita managed to convince these guys to come play for us, so let’s make a good showing for the UH salseros. Note that they are only here for about two hours, so arrive early!!

Sunday April 24th 1-6pm - East-West Festival (Performance ~3:30pm)

Come support our dancers!! These guys have been practicing very hard to put together a great Rueda performance, so come be dazzled and give them a big hand. We should be on stage at the East-West Center sometime after 3:30pm. See what a good Rueda can look like (That could be you in a couple months!)

Come check out the new Cuban-style social we’re hosting every other Friday at the Al Franz studio across from Restaurant Row. Your favorite music playing and your favorite people dancing from 9pm till after midnight! For more info ask me for a flyer.

Check it out - Gene is starting a new Cuban style dance class (including Casino / Salsa, Salsa Suelta, Son, Cha cha cha, and Rueda de Casino), in the Dream to Dance studio. The class will be from 6:30 - 8pm. The address is 661 Auahi St. #201, Honolulu, HI. For more info, check out his website: Gene Horita.

Hey! Congrats to all of you who started beginner salsa yesterday; it went very well. Now if I could just get that darn count out of my head.

1 2 3..5 6 7..

Thanks to all the Rueda de Casino performers who participated in the UH International Night 2005. The event went off without a hitch, and we looked great on stage! It’s your dedication that made it a success If you guys see Hao, Kana, Severine, Ruby, Bob, Vilona, Gene, Luci, or Shayne around campus, give them a pat on the back!