Mel had been booked to teach and me to DJ, on the Saturday night at Fever Dance Studios in Preston. This is a monthly night that's building steadily. We'd been once before at Cat's invitation.

Mel did her class, footwork and styling, teaching a short routine, and I did the music for her then started the Dj'ing off. Amos is the resident here and was a great host.

The venue is a proper dance studio with the most amazing floor, mirrors across the whole of one of the long walls, and a great sounding system that's embedded into the ceiling. The whole place is really nicely kitted out.

I played the first 90 minutes or so, progressing through my tunes, and managed to get away with dropping a few of my new finds from the likes of Hector Rivera and Serafin Cortez.

We left the venue at 11pm, on a promise to attend the One Love party in Birmingham. Made good time and got to the Irish Centre just before 1am. The party had been moved from it's usual room upstairs to the more cavernous option downstairs. There was a good turnout, and the dancefloor was kept full by the resident DJ, Roger, who was spinning some good tunes but could do with using headphones - some long intro's on a few of those tracks!! Maverick took over and did his thing before we left shortly before 2am. I do like the One Love parties - they always seem to get the vibe right at their events.

Bank Holiday Sunday = No work tomorrow. We thought we'd go and check on the Salsa Frog event at Isis in Nottingham. This party is run by DJ Ricardo and Steve 'El Capitan'. We took two cars up, and had a little trouble on the way, but that's a whole other story. Got to Isis just after 11pm and the party was in full-swing.

Slap, who produces the Salsa Notes articles on this site, then took over on the decks. It was the first time I'd met him in person, let alone heard him play, and he did a cracking job (so much so, in fact, that he'll be appearing at one of the Salsa Central parties at some point!).

At midnight, Salsology Dance Company performed. They've really got this routine nailed!! Once that was over, it was time for Ricardo to unleash his tunes and do a bit of dad-dancing behind the decks! The dj's were getting quite a few drinks in and once Ricardo had finished his set, it all seemed to get the better of him and he had a sleep at the back of the club. Steve finished the night off, keeping the dancefloor busy right until the end.

We left just before 3, did a couple of drops on the way home, and eventually got in at 5.

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