For those who have been fans of addicted2salsa for a long time, the names Micah Boon and Kathy Cabrera should be very familiar. They have been long-time favorites of ours, and we are pleased to announce that we will be giving away 3 copies of their brand new DVD!
A few weeks ago Micah and Kathy released their first DVD titled Crazy Turn Patterns Fodadaz, which includes 7 great hand turn patterns for intermediate to advanced dancers. If you have been unable to attend Micah and Kathy’s hand pattern workshops at congresses, this is an excellent alternative to get you started. And if you HAVE had the opportunity to attend their workshops, this is a wonderful supplement to help keep up your skills and retain what you learned.
For those who are new to addicted2salsa and have not seen Micah Boon social dance with his very unique set of hand patterns, here is a social dancing video of Micah and Kathy social dancing! It is one of addicted2salsa’s favorites.
In celebration of his DVD release, Micah Boon has given us 2 Crazy Turn Patterns DVDs to give away to addicted2salsa fans! Here is how you can enter to win:
Now that everyone is becoming more experienced with computers, I wanted to give everyone a creative holiday salsa project! About a year ago I created a few salsa music tracks that became very popular with some of our fans and we received several emails asking how any salsero (with a Mac) could make their own. The process is very simple! Garageband, a free application that comes with every Mac computer, allows you to do this with just a few clicks of the mouse. When you start a new project in Garageband, you can select ‘New’ from the menu and select ‘Magic Garageband‘. From there all you have to do is select the instruments you like and you are done! You can also add your own clave in Garageband to give it a more salsa feel!
Here are the salsa music instrument tracks I made previously with Garageband that are available on our salsa feed (feel free to download and distribute, however, not for commercial use):
Here is a video of how you can easily change the different instruments in Magic Garageband to get the right feel for your musical style.
Salsa Holiday Contest Time!
Given how easy it is to create fun salsa music tracks, we’d like to listen to your creativity! Come up with a few salsa music tracks of your own! Send your track as an email attachment, with your name and location to contact@addicted2salsa.com (we’ll post them on our website at a later time). Submit as many tracks as you’d like for the contest.
The TOP 5 contestants, selected by us, will receive my favorite iTunes album for the Salsa Dancing Holidays: “Feliz Navidad” by Hector Lavoe and Daniel. Please note you need to have a valid iTunes account to receive the prize. Contest ends January 15th, 2009. The best track will be danced by us during the intro of a future Addicted2Salsa video episode (how cool is that!).
[Updated] Here are the winners based on our random comment selection. Congratulations to:
1st Place Winner of the Magna Spins DVD: “Susan C” Comment #3616
2nd Place Winner of the Hacha y Machete DVD: “Marco” Comment #3430
Thanks for everyone for entering and supporting Addicted2Salsa. We will have more contests in the future – stay tuned!
To celebrate Anthony’s 28th birthday on February 10th, 2009, Addicted2Salsa has decided to offer a DVD to a randomly selected contestant. To enter the contest, you must have a valid email and postal address (where we can ship the DVD). All you have to do is leave ONE comment below. The comment doesn’t matter (it can be a simple ‘Happy Birthday Anthony!’). Only one entry per person. Addicted2Salsa will be mailing the prize DVDs to the winners. We will be selecting TWO winners in this contest!
For our first lucky winner, we are giving away the famous Magna Gopal Spins DVD (region 1) that helps both men and women improve on spinning! This DVD is helpful for dancers of all levels to increase stability, balance, and achieve overall better spinning technique. Magna is an excellent instructor, who breaks down concepts very well and makes her teachings easy for all to understand. This is a DVD everyone must have in their collection.
The second randomly selected winner will win the Hacha y Machete Intermediate Patterns Vol 1 DVD (Region 1). If you love complicated dance patterns and want to learn how to do a bit of styling like Burju – this is the DVD for you! (And of course, if you win it, its FREE).
The contest ends February 10th, 2009 at 11:59pm CST. The TWO winners will be announced on February 12th, 2009. Good luck to everyone!
For those who have been fans of addicted2salsa for a long time, the names Micah Boon and Kathy Cabrera should be very familiar. They have been long-time favorites of ours, and we are pleased to announce that we will be giving away 3 copies of their brand new DVD!
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