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Mel (aka Mel C, DJ Melody)
Main SC Responsibilities: General Website Management, and Salsa Central Parties.
Contact: 07980 154139 /
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Director of Carpe Diem Dance Company & Co-Founder of Salsa Central and Salsurban.
"Salsa Central started off as an idea to provide information to the salsa community about events and music. It has since grown, no, exploded, into so much more! My vision for Salsa Central is to make it as informative and entertaining as possible. Oh, and to be the best d*amn Salsa Site out there!"
Jo (aka JoJo, DJ Candelita)
 Main SC Responsibilities: News, Reviews, and Interviews.
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Member of the Candela Crew, complete Salsaholic and founding member of Salsa Central.
“I was introduced to salsa in 1999 and have not looked back since – I can barely remember what pre-salsa life was like! I was first taught to dance by Liz Walmsley, Founder of Club Candela and I have been a member of the Candela Crew for the last 5-6 years. The Salsa Central concept is very exciting and I am very pleased to have been asked to be a part of it”.
Norman (aka Sizzla)
Main SC Responsibilities: Music related News, Reviews, and Interviews. Resident DJ.
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Founder of LatynVybz , Sizzla runs Wednesdays at the Wharf in Walsall, one of the Midlands longest running nights. He's also an established Congress DJ.
Steve (aka Torqueo)
Main SC Responsibilities: General Site Management, Design, Music Reviews, Charts & Playlists.
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Steve, aka DJ Torqueo, originally started DJ'ing House music in the early 90's with great success, including an appearance on Radio 1's Essential Mix and DJ slots across the UK, including Cream, Ministry Of Sound, Creamfields, Gatecrasher, etc. A few years later, he moved onto DJ'ing funk, breaks and hip-hop in bars and smaller clubs, before becoming involved in the Nu-Skratch project. It was during this period that he did the DVD Production on Turntable Trixters, a documentary about the old UK Hip-Hop group, Hijack, who got signed to Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate label. The film ended up being shown at the National Film Theatre in London, in 2006.
The musical journey finally ended with Salsa in late 2006, after falling in love with the music and scene, while bringing with him the experience and versatility gained from those other styles of music.
DJ Torqueo plays a good mix of Salsa, Mambo, Cha-Cha-Cha, and more, constantly able to read the floor and adapt accordingly to keep the dancefloor full!
He plays regularly across the UK, guesting at numerous high-profile events, with great feedback from all levels of dancers and a number of international Congress bookings confirmed for late 2009. Previous gigs include the 1st Scottish Salsa Congress, Scalalatina, The Leeds Weekender and the Belfast Dance Asylum Weekender (where he made his Salsa DJ debut).
Steve is one of the founding members of Salsa-Central.com, a global online Salsa magazine, through which he regularly interviews musicians, runs their online radio station, and reviews cd's.
Karen Chau
Main SC Responsibilities: London (and further afield) based event reviews
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Karen was brought up as a classical musician, grew up in Hong Kong but later attended College and worked in London.
She started salsa 2002, was soon hooked in salsa, and the music. She joined the Magazine Salsavine/Dancevine 2003 to 2004, and worked as reporter/photographer. Known as the “salsagirl”, she danced six days a week; but because of a slight knee problem, she left salsa and took and interest in “Egyptian Dance” Raqs Sharqi, which was mainly for women.
She resumed her salsa dancing 2008 and have not looked back since. She danced all styles but especially keen of Mambo On 2.
Herve
Main SC Responsibilities: All Things Cuban.
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Bio coming soon!
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