David Sugarman's Salsa Newsletter
The deranged ramblings of a salsa wannabe.His continuing mission: To seek out new shines and new syncopations …
Wednesday, 10th March 2010
The full Newsletter can be found here www.davidsugarman.co.uk/news.html.
Club News
I now cover 127 active clubs.
Club news, recent changes
- Tuesdays - DNA Club, Bournemouth - club only
We've gained some clubs…
- Tuesdays - DNA Club, Bournemouth
- Wednesdays - Royal British Legion, Newbury
- Saturdays - S Bar, Esporta Gym, Chiswick Park
Some clubs are due to open soon…
- Wednesdays - Tongham Community Centre - 17/03/2010
- Thursdays - Libertaire Club, Acton - 18/03/2010
And we've lost some…
- Thursdays - Artsbar, Wokingham
- Mondays - Newbury Manor Hotel, Newbury
Newsletter Features
The Parties section now links each party to my on-line website where the full details, the links to the organisers and to Facebook can be found. Let me know if you have any comments.
After asking about advertising on the website I've now added Google Ads to the web pages at www.davidsugarman.co.uk. Hopefully, any revenue will help pay for hosting and software.
I've realised that many people don't understand how to use the useful News feeds (Atom / RSS) or Calendar feeds (iCal). So, I've prepared a Netvibes page that collects together all of the information I produce. Click here for David's page.
If you see a warning triangle against a club it's because
- I've not been able to track down a website for the organisers
- In a couple of rare cases, the organisers have cancelled events with little warning
Listings are available on-line - starting at www.davidsugarman.co.uk.
Resources
| Resource | Location |
| Club, Party & Weekender Calendar |
David's Salsa Club, Party & Weekender Calendar |
 Follow me on Twitter |
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| Salsa Pictures |
http://community.webshots.com/user/davidsugarman Photo viewing stats |
| Dave's dance expenditure |
Dave's dance expenditure for 2010.
Dave's dance expenditure for 2008. Dave's dance expenditure for 2007. |
| Garmin SatNav venue listing |
http://www.davidsugarman.co.uk/SalsaPOI.zip
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| Blogging |
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| Salsa Party News Feed. |
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| Mobile phone pages |
WAP mobile phone pages - http://www.davidsugarman.co.uk/mobile.wml HTML mobile pages - http://www.davidsugarman.co.uk/mobile.html |
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Events this week, details below
Thursday, 11th March 2010Havana Bar & Restaurant, Windsor
Friday, 12th March 2010
Weston on the Green Memorial Hall
Hilton, Bracknell
Saturday, 13th March 2010
Bellhouse Hotel, Beaconsfield
Sun Street Community Centre, Reading
Priory School Sports Centre, Portsmouth
Berkhamsted Town Hall
Sunday, 14th March 2010
Reef Encounter Bar & Restaurant, Bournemouth
George IV, Chiswick
Tuesday, 16th March 2010
Echo Bar, Windsor
BeePee's Club, Lakeside, Frimley
Thursday, 18th March 2010
Winchester Discovery Centre
Party Nights and Special Events
| Date | Club | Details | |
| Thursday, 11th March 2010 | 20:30-02:00 £7 per class with a free drink compliments of Havana. Come and enjoy a fantastic friendly atmosphere, cocktails & dancing with infectious Latin rhythms to modern music. |    | |
| Friday, 12th March 2010 | 20:00-01:00 On2 ~ Cuban ~ ChaChaCha ~ Bachata ~ Rueda ~ Merengue ~ On1 |  | |
| 20:00-01:00 Salsa Classes 8-9, 4 Levels, Dancing til 1. Parking. Easy access.M4/M3. £9 (£6 full-time students & concessions) class+party. £6 (£4 full-time students & concessions) party only. | | ||
| Saturday, 13th March 2010 | Black and White £10 | | |
| 13:45-16:30 Salsa Booster Workshop [Improver and Intermediate levels] with Ian Worrell. 2 - 3pm First class. 3 - 3:15pm Dance Practice. 3:15 - 4:15pm Second class [more experienced improvers and intermediates]. 4.15 - 4:30pm Dance practice. |  "Venue photo") | ||
| 13:45-17:00 Eva is one of the most elegant and graceful salsa dancers on the South Coast and with more than 6 years of experience in salsa and previous training in contemporary and jazz dance she brings a lot of knowledge and inspiration from her native Czech Republic. Eva's styling workshops will introduce you to various types of styling and spinning technique. More importantly, the workshop is designed to give you confidence so that you feel amazing and beautiful on the dance floor. |  | ||
| 20:00-01:30 Classes 8pm and Rueda 9pm. Easy safe access, licensed bar until 1am, free near-by parking. £10. | | ||
| Sunday, 14th March 2010 | 19:00-00:00 Over 25 of us will be enjoying a very tasty hot buffet followed by Salsa dancing 'til midnight. Tasty hot buffet & Salsa dancing £15. Meet for drinks 7pm and eat from 7.30pm. Salsa dancing 9.30pm - 12.00am £3 on the door. | | |
| 20:00-00:00 Our monthly Salsa Party with our live band Cosa Latino. Fun Salsa warm up class at 8pm. Dancing from 9 to Midnight. Live Music and DJ's all Night. | | ||
| Tuesday, 16th March 2010 | 20:00-01:00 Salsa Dancing - Live Salsa Band. No classes just a fun night out dancing to welcome in the Spring. | | |
BeePee's Club, Lakeside, Frimley Salsa Esperienza and Marcel Productions Renato 07961 174149 Lakeside Leisure Complex, Wharf Road, Frimley Green, Nr. Camberley. Surrey GU16 6PTgeo:51.3026-0.7203 | Our next salsa party we will be welcoming back Lakeside favourites Mambata. |  "Venue photo") | |
| Thursday, 18th March 2010 | 19:30-22:30 Live Cuban Jazz with "Los Cerebros". £15. There is nothing like dancing to the rhythms of a live band. |  "Venue photo") | |
| Friday, 19th March 2010 | 19:30-00:30 A fabulous opportunity to learn and experience how to add the passion of Tango to your Bachata with the famous Tony Lara and Daniela. £11. | | |
| 20:00-00:00 So You Think You Can Salsa? In support of Sport Relief. Dance competition and freestyle event. Entry to the event for participants and spectators is £5 - all proceeds go to Sport Relief. | | ||
| Latino Beat Salsa Heaven Party Night with Taz & Alex Fright. Adv £6 / Door £8 / £7 Latino Beat Members / £5 Students with ID | | ||
| 20:00-22:30 We always have lots of fun and our La Rueda family is growing and growing! Mexican munchies and dancing at Pachanga Restaurant afterwards too is a pure delight. | | ||
| Classes from 8:30pm. Free teas, coffees, biscuits served through the night! Dance till 1am, Easy parking. £7, non-members £8. Brilliant floor, Brilliant sound, Brilliant Music. |  "Venue photo") | ||
| 21:30-04:00 Main Salsa room, Cuban room plus Chill Out Lounge overlooking the Thames, full wooden dance floors and air con. We have top London DJs Eric 'The Saint' & Marquitos with resident teachers Amanda Maitland, Michael Mandrel, Lazaro & Paola. £10. | | ||
| Saturday, 20th March 2010 | 20:00-23:30 8pm Intermediate/Advanced workshop with the FANTASTIC Marchant & Davina. 8pm Improvers workshop with Tracie ('on1'). 9.30pm Dancing until midnight. Entrance for workshops £10 (includes dancing until 11.40pm). Entrance for party night only £7. | | |
R.I.S.C., Reading Red Hat Salsa Sharon: 0118 9668292 35-39 London Street, (above Global Cafe & Traidcraft shop), Reading. Berks RG1 4PSgeo:51.4527-0.9681 | 20:00-01:00 Bachata and 3 Levels of Salsa 8-9 then dancing on huge wooden floor til 1am. Car park at back. Nice relaxed venue, always a Good Vibe, Bar downstairs. |  "Venue photo") | |
| 21:00-01:30 Doors open 9pm. Fun salsa warm-up with Lisa & Mark. Dancing with DJs Clave & Cesar 'til 1.30am. £8 entry, £5 for students. | | ||
| Sunday, 21st March 2010 | 15:00-18:30 Sport Relief Workshop Day. We have 3 great workshops to offer you: 1. Argentine Tango, 2. Cha cha cha, 3. Paso Doble. 1 Workshop - £9. 2 Workshops - £16. 3 Workshops - £21. | | |
Weekly Clubs
The complete listing of weekly salsa clubs can be found here. The clubs, sorted by organiser, can be found here. Here's a random club as an example.
| Sunday | |
| Bishop on the Bridge, Winchester Salsa y Sol, 1, High Street, Winchester. Hants SO23 9JX | Cuban Salsa at the Bishop on the Bridge. Starting from Sun 10 Jan. |
Time and Distance table
These are approximate times and distances to clubs in the area and to weekenders from central Reading. Your mileage may vary!
Click on the Club name and I'll take you to a map giving directions to the venue.
The complete Time and Distance listing can be found here. Here's a random club as an example.
| Club name / Location | Distance from Reading |
| The Glasshouse, New Malden | 38.1 miles |
Salsa Music and Concerts
Concerts etc. requiring tickets. The full list of Salsa Concerts can be found here. Here is the next event.
| Tuesday, 9th March 2010 to Wednesday, 10th March 2010 | Wycombe Swan Theatre, St. Mary Street, High Wycombe. Bucks HP11 2XE | Cuba is today producing some of the world's finest contemporary and ballet dancers who are performing around the globe, setting standards of excellence both in terms of teachers and as performers. Leading the field is the unique and exciting Danza Contemporanea de Cuba who this year celebrate an outstanding 50 years of excellence with their first ever major UK tour. | |
Salsa Weekenders
The full list of Salsa Weekenders can be found here. Here is the next weekender.
| Friday, 9th April 2010 to Monday, 12th April 2010 | South Downs Holiday Village, Chichester AfroCuban, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester. Sussex PO20 8JE | Spring Salsa Fiesta, featuring: Alexis Hernandez, Osbanis Tejeda & Anneta Kepka, Rafael del Busto, Ariel Rios Roberts, Cesar Pacheco Cachacha, Jose Ferrera Mulen, Moe Flex, Iris de Brito, Antonio & Esther (Cubaneando), Frank Santos & Natalie Baltao, Mikey (Salsa CubaRican), Yersin Guillen Rivas, Roger Hall, Stuart Thomas (Salsa SOS) Perry Beaumont (Cubanisimo), Rocky, Lindale, Vanessa, Javier, DJ Rich ( la Clave Cubana), DJ Sol, Shorty, Rico - Leximan & Philipman plus a top Cuban Band. |
International Salsa Events
My full list of International Salsa Events can be found here. This is the next Event.
| Sunday, 21st March 2010 to Sunday, 28th March 2010 |  Havana, CubaClub Dance Holidays, Havana. Cuba | Salsa in Cuba - what more could you ask for? This holiday is designed to completely immerse you in Cuban culture and the Cuban dance scene, both of which are energetic, very real and spontaneous. £1599, £1219 without a flight. |
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