JULY SALSA EVENTS

Thu 3rd - Salsa on the Beach - Cornwall - more
Fri 4th - Beginners/Technique course starts - Bovey Tracey - more
Sat 5th - Salsa Siempre Freestyle - Dorchester - more
Sat 5th - Secret Salsa dancenight - Bovey Tracey - more
Sat 12th - Infinity Salsa Dance Night - Bristol - more
Sat 12th - Cuban Salsa Party Night - Exeter more
Thu 17th - La Rueda - Exeter Phoenix - more
Fri 18th - Bongo Bo Party Night - Bristol - more
Fri 18th - Hot Salsa Partynight, Plymouth - more
Sat 19th - SSW Dancenight - Torquay - more
Fri 25th - Salsa Bristol Party - Bristol - more
Fri 25th - Claverton Rooms Party Night - Bath - more
Fri 25th Hot Summer Sexy Salsa - Bristol - more
Sat 26th - Moose Salsa - Exeter - more
Thu 29th - Salsa Party Time - Exeter Phoenix - more

Click here to open our main Events page

Secret Salsa comes to the rescue again!

When we ran our first Secret Salsa event in Ashburton on 15 June we didn't expect our services would be required so soon after!

Well, you obviously can't keep a good idea down! Due to an appalling lack of salsa in the diary this coming Saturday 5th July we will be running another Secret Salsa to rescue your weekend!

This time, the venue is the Town Hall in Bovey Tracey (there will be a map to both the venue and the car parking in the event listing on our website just as soon as I can get to it!)

As before, we'll be running an Improver class from 8-9pm and then there's dancing until 12am. The cost is £4 for the lesson, £4 for the dancing or £7 for both. No bar so bring your own drinks!

If the concept is new to you here it is in a nutshell... we monitor the Events diary - when nothing else is on we will try to find a venue at the last minute and stage a dancenight for you - it'll always be with very little notice - the emphasis will be on really danceable music and not so much on fairy lights - these events will always be friendly and easy-going - just turn up and enjoy! This is a Salsa Kernow service!

Beginners Course starts in Bovey this Friday 4th July!

We are starting a new 8 week Beginners/Technique course this coming Friday 4th July in Bovey Tracey.

There are still places on the course - so if you would like to sign up email Ian or call 07801 889463. You can get away with turning up on the first night but we like to keep the numbers fairly balanced so best to call before if you can.

After the course has started we should be able to accommodate people on a drop-in basis - as long as you can do the basic step you will be able to participate - we cover all the core stuff so each class is dedicated to a move such as Cross Body Lead, Clockwise Turns, Left Turns, Half Crucifix, Full Crucifix and Changing Places.

Our Beginners/Technique courses have been wildly successful this year so book your place now and find out what makes them so good!

And as usual, we will be running our Improver level drop-in class from 9-10 each evening.

The course costs £40 for 8wks (£35pp if you book as a couple) - £5 per class if you attend occasionally. Drop-in Improver classses are £4 (£8 for both classes).

Facebook update

We have created a Facebook Group for Salsa Kernow. This supplements out website by providing a more networked means of updating people on events and a useful open forum for discussions and the like.

So please join the 40 plus people who have already subscribed so you can stay inside the information loop!

Click here to link to the Group

And while you're at it, if you'd like to add me as a friend you'd be very welcome! Click here to link to my profile

Siga La Salsa at Babbacombe

We say... Siga La Salsa are THE salsa band in the South West! We've been to four of their gigs over the last few months and they never fail to impress with a great sound, great spirit and a deep understanding of what makes great dance music!

Unsurprisingly then, their gig at the tail-end concert at the end of the Babbacombe Festival was a blast. And despite (or because of?) a fairly small dancefloor and a variety of wandering sprogs the dancers had a pretty good time of it as you will see from the pictures on our website - click here to view!

Nothing beats dancing to a live band - so if you get a chance to catch a Siga gig go check them out - here's their web address: www.sigalasalsa.co.uk

This is the second time Salsa Kernow has supported the band with a pre-performance Salsa Intro class - the formula seems to work well - especially with the help of our local salseros - thanks guys!

(See also the 'And finally...' item at the end of this Newsletter - the video was filmed at the gig).

Moose at the Rugby Club

June's Moose dancenight fell victim to a double booking so Rodney booked us all into the Conference Suite at the Rugby Club in Sandy Gate, Exeter.

The large, bright dancefloor was a bit intimidating in the early part of the evening but things started to roll as the sun set.

The venue is expensive so it's back to the Moose this month (see events listing above), though Rodney says he may use the Rugby Club again for the occasional special dancenight.

Despite the venue change there was a pretty good turnout (see photos of the event on our website by clicking here).

I managed to get a bit of a grump on when one of the DJs started drumming to the music. Salsa percussion is a very precise thing so any additional percussion that doesn't follow the rules can easily become intrusive - and when the volume balance favours those drums and drowns the percussion in the recording there's always a risk that the music will become very difficult to dance to. This was the case when our drummer got himself a bit carried away - hopefully it's a lesson learned and a more restrained approach will be adopted in future!

But despite this moan it was a good night - Moose (wherever located) always delivers a positive vibe under the quite but watchful control of Rodney, our Master or Ceremonies!

And finally...

Idiot dancing, never a bad thing! To view this video (filmed at the Siga La Salsa gig in Babbacombe) you need to sign up to Facebook just click the link below - and do the sign-up thingy - you won't be (very) disappointed!

Click here to watch the video on Facebook

Thanks to Rebecca Veysey for the filming!