Latin Dancing In the Triangle
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Latin Events Calendar
Short List. All details are given below the calendar. One time events are highlited in Blue. Asteriks divide weeks running Thursday to Wednesday.
Disclaimer !! - You were going to the hot salsa dance and ended up at the crabcake convention for retired suspender salesmen. Events change, the author may be in an altered state, check first. Please send all corrections and additions to jackhwolf@yahoo.com .
May 16 to May 22
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May 16 (Thursday All) Salsa Night at Cuban Revolution, Durham.
May 16 (Thursdays All) Latin Thursdays at Temple Beth Or, Raleigh.
May 17 (Fridays All) Salsa Xtreme Fridays at Cinco de Mayo, Chapel Hill
May 17 Cuban Salsa Movie & Dance Party (One Time Event!) Paso Studio, Durham.
May 18 (3rd Sat) Salsa4U Social restarted w DJ Mike, Triangle Dance Studio, Durham.
May 19 (Sunday All) Salsa Social at Triangle Dance Studio, Durham. DJ Gabriel Sanchez .
May 21 (Tuesday All) Carmen's Salsa After Work Carmen's Cuban Restaurant, Morrisville.
May 23 to May 29
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May 23 (Thursday All) Salsa Night at Cuban Revolution, Durham.
May 23 (Thursdays All) Latin Thursdays at Temple Beth Or, Raleigh.
May 23 (4th Thursday) Latin and Salsa Night at Mosaic Wine Lounge, Raleigh.
May 24 (Fridays All) Salsa Xtreme Fridays at Cinco de Mayo, Chapel Hill
May 25 Salsa Dura at la Casa de las Enchiladas Restaurant, Cary.
May 25 (Last Saturday) Colombian Party at Jibarra, Raleigh
May 26 (Sunday All) Salsa Social at Triangle Dance Studio, Durham. DJ Felix
May 26 (2nd and 4th Sunday) CDC Swing Dance with Early Latin Dancing, Elks Club, Raleigh
May 28 (Tuesday All) Carmen's Salsa After Work Dance at Carmen's Cuban Restaurant, Morrisville.
May 30 to June 5
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May 30 (Thursday All) Salsa Night at Cuban Revolution, Durham.
May 30 (Thursdays All) Latin Thursdays at Temple Beth Or, Raleigh.
May 31 (Last Friday) Cimarron Latin Night at 4020 Lounge, Durham.June 7
May 31 (Fridays All) Salsa Xtreme Fridays at Cinco de Mayo, Chapel Hill
June 1 (1st Sat) Salson Goza DJ Mike at Carmen's Cuban Cafe, Morrisville
June 2 (Sunday All) Sunday Salsa Social at Triangle Dance Studio, Durham. DJ Jack .
June 4 (Tuesday All) Carmen's Salsa After Work Dance at Carmen's Cuban Restaurant, Morrisville.
June 6 to June 12
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June 6 (Thursday All) Salsa Night at Cuban Revolution, Durham
June 6 (Thursdays All) Latin Thursdays at Temple Beth Or, Raleigh.
June 7 (1st Fri) First Friday Live Band Orquesta K'che at , Cinco de Mayo, Chapel Hill.
June 7 (Fridays All) Salsa Xtreme Fridays at Cinco de Mayo, Chapel Hill
June 8 (2nd Sat) Baile Carrboro * Chapel Hill at The Flowjo, Carrboro.
June 8 (2nd Saturday) Latin International Party at Jibarra, Raleigh.
June 9 (Sunday All) Sunday Salsa Social at Triangle Dance Studio, Durham. DJ Salsa Mike .
June 9 (2nd and 4th Sunday) CDC Swing Dance with Early Latin Dancing at Elks Club, Raleigh.
June 11 (Tuesday All) Carmen's Salsa After Work Dance at Carmen's Cuban Restaurant, Morrisville.
June 14 Africa Meets Salsa at Triangle Dance Studio, Durham.
June 14 (2nd Fri) Paso Salsa Social at Paso Dance Studio, Durham.
June 22 Ritmo Latino Festival (One Time Event !) Annual event in Cary.
One Time Dance Events or New Events
5/17 Cuban Salsa Movie & Dance Party. Eduardo and Nadia of Paso Dance Studio are hosting a showing of the documentary movie La Salsa Cubana , the story of a Cuban dance group trying to win a national competition in Havana. Dance party to follow. Movie 7:30 followed by dancing until 11:30 PM. Free to Meetup members. Paso Dance Studio, 1601 E. Geer St. Durham. Meetup .
5/31-6/2 Port City Salsa Splash 2013. Wilmington Latin Dance is sponsering a weekend of dancing and beach fun with Friday through Sunday events on the beach in Wrightsville Beach, NC.. Salsa and Bachata workshops with Mambo Dinamico and Oui 2 Well known out of town DJs Facebook .
6/8 Baile Carrboro*Chapel Hill at The Flowjo, DJ Abuelo Salsero Jack The Flowjo has one of the best dance floors in the Triangle, great acoustics, friendly vibe, and the mix is similar to Sunday Socials with about 60% Salsa/Mambo and the rest, a mix of Bachata, Merengue, and Cha Cha. Excellent hardwood floor. Lesson 9 PM. Dance 9:30 -12:30. $8 www.theflowjo.com www.dancegumbo.com/salsa
6/14 Africa Meets Salsa. A collaboration between DJ Sino Mokosa of African Rhythms and Abuelo Salsero Jack featuring the best of African Salsa: Africando, Ricardo Lemvo, Pape Fall and others, Latin American and NY Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, and Cha Cha as well as music from the continenet including Highlife, Soukhous, Xhosa, Soweto Jive. Triangle Dance Studio, 2603 S. Miami Blvd., Durham. Basic Salsa lesson at 8:45. Dance 9:15. $7
6/22 Ritmo Latino Festival. Diamente Inc annual Free festival at Cary Park, Cary. 12 Noon to 7 P. Workshops with Mambo Dinamico and Oui Dance 2 of Charleston. www.diamenteinc.org
Ongoing Dance Events
Weekly Events List
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(Thursdays All) Salsa Night at Cuban Revolution, Durham.
(ThursdaysAll) CDC's latin Thursdays at Temple Beth Or, Raleigh.
(Fridays All) Salsa Xtreme at Cinco De Mayo, Chapel Hill. First Friday Band, others DJ.
(Sunday All) Salsa Social at Triangle Dance Studio, Durham.
(Tuesday All) Carmen's Salsa After Work Dance at Carmen's Cuban Restaurant, Morrisville.
Monthly or Less than Weekly Events
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(4th Thursday) Latin and Salsa Night at Mosaic Wine Lounge, Raleigh.
(1st Fri) Live Bands at Cinco de Mayo, Chapel Hill.
(2nd Friday) Paso Salsa Social at Paso Dance Studios, Durham.
((Last Friday) Cimarron Latin Night at 4020 Lounge, Durham.
(1st Saturday) Salson Goza at Carmen's Cuban Cafe, Morrisville.
(2nd Sat,) Baile Carrboro/Chapel Hill Social at The Flowjo, Carrboro.
(2nd Sat) Latin International Party at Jibarra, Raleigh.
(3rd Sat) Third Saturday Salsa Social w DJ Mike at Triangle Dance Studio, Durham.
(4th Saturday) Salsa Dura at la Casa De las Enchiladas, Cary.
(4th Saturday) Colombian Party at Jibarra, Raleigh.
(2nd and 4th Sunday) CDC Swing Dance with Early Latin Dancing at Elks Club, Raleigh.
Ongoing Dances
Note, there are several dozen studios or instructors that teach Latin along with swing, ballroom, two step etc. and are listed on my dance links tab. These are just those that are primarily Latin dancing.
Latin-dance Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Latin-dance/
Triangle Salsa Meetup http://www.meetup.com/triangle-salsa/
Salsa 4 U (Mathew Walden) www.salsaforu.com
Cobo Brothers (Milton and James Cobo) www.cobobrothers.com
Mambo Dinamico (Betto Herrera) www.mambodinamico.com
Paso a Paso, Salsa Rueda, Afro-Cuban, Eduardito http://www.pasodancestudios.com/
Salsa Rueda, Felix Padilla www.ruedardu.com
Salsa/Mambo
A Smooth Milton and Light Griselle Milton Cobo and Griselle Ponce
Betto and Jamila Performing at Copa Night
One of my favorites, Yamulee from the Bronx, Austin Congress 2009
Eddie Torres , Mambo King Still Has It, & Nancy is on Fire Eddie and Nancy Ortiz 2006
James Cobo Solo at Copa Night at George's Garage
James Cobo and Isabel at Chicago Salsa Congress 2008
Efrain sent this one. Para que lo disfruten. Beethoven En Salsa.
Cha Cha Cha
Enrique and Emily Cha Cha at Hawaii Salsa Festival 2008\
Cumbia
El Gordo is down with it. and La Vaquera has some moves. Cumbia Texana-Nortena
Man or woman? Does have some moves. Grupo Kual
La Excelencia
In London at Barbican Hall Jan 2010, Deja De Criticar
Off the new Album Salsa Dura
Burning it Up on La Lucha
Live at the Copacabana with El Loco
SOBs in Nueva York August 2009, Deja De Criticar