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2008 Los Angeles Salsa Congress in May!

10th Annual Los Angeles Salsa Dance Congress

It is back again – and coming real soon. The 10th Annual Los Angeles Salsa Congress (previously called the West Coast Salsa Congress). Just a quick heads-up to everyone who is planning to go – tickets are selling fast and hotel is almost booked. This year they are bringing back one of my favorite bands: The New Swing Sextet (rumor has it they have a new album coming out). They are also bringing the great Cheo Feliciano to help us groove to what will be an amazing night of social dancing on that Saturday night. If you have never been to a salsa congress before, I HIGHLY encourage you to attend one – it is an unforgettable experience, no matter your current salsa skill level.

More info at addicted2salsa.com/tag/salsa-congress

Here is a few videos of last year’s congress:

and of course, one of my favorites with Oliver and Griselle taken by our friends at Nuevotec.

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My Favorite Things (salsa) – The New Swing Sextext.

Well, I became impressed with this band when I went to the San Francisco salsa congress and realized that a lot of the nice smooth, symphonic salsa songs that I liked were actually done by them. This is group is called The New Swing Sextet, which might seem like the name of a swing band, but trust me, its more salsa than swing. The songs are smooth and with the nice additional salsa beats. The video is not much about watching people dancing, but about listening to the sextet perform one of my favorite “The Sound of Music” songs “My Favorite Things” as a salsa version. But, while I’m at it, the guy dancing in this video – for those beginners, notice that all he does are very simple moves very, very smoothly, which makes him seem like an awesome dancer. Remember, its not about complexity, but effortless and smoothness in execution.

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