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Micah & Kathy’s Patterns DVD Giveaway!

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.

If you like what you saw, then be sure to check out Mambofodadaz’s page: http://www.mambofodadaz.com/crazy/

Crazy Turn Pattern DVD Giveaway!

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:
Published 1 year, 8 months ago in contest, reviews and Salsa News. 3 Comments Tags: , , .

2008 New Salsa Salsa Congress Review

New York Salsa Congress

New York Salsa Congress

I know it is long overdue. My review of the New York Salsa Congress is finally up. In fact, it was mostly done but I was procrastinating.  Choco, the organizer of the congress, posted a new promo video on facebook of the Congress and guess whose funny face appears at the end!

Review, promo video and photos of the 2008 New York Salsa Congress.

Published 3 years, 3 months ago in article, Congress, reviews and videos. Closed

Sakara Dance Company in San Diego : First Impressions

San Diego is a young salsa city. It is not as mature as San Francisco, Los Angeles or (even close) New York in terms of the salsa community. However, a lot of progress has been made over this last year. We have had Junior and Emily, Mambo2Salsa by Angel and Tulane, and Serena Cuevas’ team (yet to be nicknamed and announced) begin to grow in San Diego.Today, a new dance team as come to San Diego: Sakara (www.sakara.us). The uniqueness of this dance team is the incorporation of enormous amounts of isolated body motions in their routine and style – which is a refresher to having to do zillion of patterns. Their tag-line: ‘fluidity of movement’. It is a breath of fresh air. .. Continue reading ‘Sakara Dance Company in San Diego : First Impressions’

Published 3 years, 10 months ago in reviews and Salsa News. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Music Review – Bag Pipes + Salsa = Magic! (Salsa Celtica)

Salsa Celtica So, its been a while, but since I now have finally (some) money and time – I wanted to start my favorite section: The Music Review. So, it used to be that every month I would showcase my favorite band of the month – but due to me writing my thesis, moving to San Diego and lots of other stuff – I had slipped. But nevertheless, its back with my first review of one of my new favorite bands: Salsa Celtica. Now this is some ‘FRESH’ salsa. (It was a joke good setup, so I had to try).

Now, I tell you, I first thought this was going to be weird. Celtic music with salsa? But, man – I was COMPLETELY wrong. I learned of this band at the Palm Springs Salsa congress. This has become one of my favorite styles of salsa, and they may become a favorite band. I don’t know if its salsa, but they mixed the bag pipes with salsa very well. I was very impressed on how they made a not-so-cool instrument (BAG PIPES!) seem like you want to learn how to play it.

My Favorite Songs are “Sol De La Noche” (top pick – cha cha, this song is just great!), “Luna Celosa”, “Maestro” , “Pa’l Rumberos” , and “Ya Llego” (this is the song that I heard at Palm Springs). (Note: I like a lot of other songs too.. but there are too many). These songs are spread between the two albums they have, so that is why I’m showing both album covers (hover over the image to see both). I will be reviewing this band in my next audio podcast because I thought to start September with the Monthly Music Review section now that I have time.

[UPDATED] – Holy BagPipes Batman! – I found a cool video of them performing on their website: http://www.salsaceltica.com

After I watched this video, all I wanted to see their performance live in the clubs there Scottland! Swear to God, just seeing them have fun jumping and down makes me buy a plane ticket! Shout out to our visitors from Scottland.

Published 5 years, 5 months ago in music and reviews. 2 Comments Tags: , , .