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Juan's Salsa Experiences No.1
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| (Thursday, 19 July 2007) Written by Juan |
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So this is me….. Juan.
I’m a bear on a mission to meet as many interesting people as I can. I thought I might share where I’ve been and who I’ve seen with all of Salsa Central.
My first salsa weekend has been HUGE. It kicked off with me meeting Asere at The Ironworks, Oswestry on Thursday night (12/07). What a brilliant gig. The boys couldn’t wait to get their photograph taken with me AND what a photo to start off my salsa blog!
However, this was only the first night of an extremely busy extended salsa weekend. I had to catch up on some serious beauty sleep before I hit Club Candela the next night.
It’s Friday……. It’s Shrewsbury……. It’s Club Candelaaaaaaaaa !!!!!
I knew JoJo had a soft spot for small furry things so it wasn’t long before she’d nestled me in her elbow ready for a paparazzi call. Yeah, yeah… Lee Hunter couldn’t wait to squeeze into the photo as well. I had a wicked night.
Hopeton stopped off for a 'man to bear' chat, and then Diablo came to give me some advice on which CD’s I should really have in my collection.
Towards the end of the night I tried to persuade two lovely ladies they needed to take me home with them… but they weren’t up for it. Damned shame!
Ok………… so I started off on Thursday, partied some more on Friday and decided to give my paws a well earned rest on Saturday. But, come Sunday, I was off to Ipanema, Birmingham.
Now, I’m a bear that hates getting my fur wet……. so I’m sure I’ll be forgiven for looking at the weather forecast and deciding NOT to go to the all day event, and just hitting the after party. My first job was to get to Edlin and give him a hand to choose some pumping tracks. Then Rohan came along and really started to come on to me in a big way! As you can see, I was trapped between a rock and a hard place with a look of blind panic starting to spread across my cute widdle face!! Anyway, excellent night all round.
So I got to bed in the early hours of Monday morning. Although I’d had a few late nights all on the run, as the serious salsero I am, I couldn’t pass up on a few hours of practice at the Buttermarket in Shrewsbury. As far as I’m concerned…. you can NEVER get enough salsa. The only problem was that Rohan is the teacher, and after meeting me the previous night, he just couldn’t keep his hands off me! I mean, that face says it all (mine, not his!!). Still, I got in a hour of rueda and an hour of x-body before a wee spot of social dancing to Rohan’s DJ-ing.
And there you have it…… my salsa debut. What a weekend to kick it all off with.
Now you know my face… make sure you look out for me. You never know what gig I’m going to be at next, and I just LURVE having my photo taken with all you salsa folk out there.
See you at the next one……………………….
Juan
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