The season premiere of NBC’s America’s Got Talent airs Tuesday, May 31st at 8pm and San Diego’s Ooh La La Cosabellas were hand-selected to audition for the show. Salsa Susie, director of the group, has worked hard over the last few years preparing her dance teams and it looks like the hard work is paying off in a big way. The picture above and video below show some highlights of the dance team’s competition.
Along with competing on network TV, Ooh La La is hosting a huge FREE event for the San Diego dance community in the form of a “Day of Dance & Wellness”. As Salsa Susie describes it herself, the event is her way to thank everyone that has allowed Ooh La La to continue with great success:
“I’m giving back to the community and really want the San Diego Salsa & Latin Community to be able to enjoy what dance & wellness has brought to my life.”
I’ve included a schedule below outlining some of the events Ooh La La will be hosting on Saturday June 11th:
For more information on the event please contact Susie directly at her website, OohLaLaDanceCompany.com.
For those of you not familiar with the brother and sister salsa duo, the video here is a promotional training video about them. (Although I don’t support one studio over another, Junior and Emily definitely stand out amongst the crowd for their national exposure.)
To find out more information about the group, I know that Alex Tiger is part of the Pro Team and is also an Assistant Organizer with the San Diego Salsa and Latin Dancing Meetup. Feel free to sign up for the San Diego Salsa and Latin Dancing Meetup group if you are not already a member!
If you’ve been following the television program America’s Got Talent you know that salsa dancing has been in the spotlight in a big way. Junior and Emily of Amicitia Dance Company here in San Diego are still in the competition and need your help now.
The brother and sister salsa dance duo are wild cards on the program and need your online votes to position them back into the main competition. You can help decide who joins the quarter-finals out of the judge’s wild card picks that remain (a total of 8 remain).
In order to vote online you’ll need to visit this special VOTING PAGE for the competition.
Voting ends at 4:00 PM EST Friday, August 15, 2008.
Watch the performances, choose your favorite (We hope it’s JUNIOR & EMILY) and vote now! The winner of the wild card vote will be announced in the September 3rd broadcast of Americas Got Talent.
The remaining 8 acts include Donald Brazwell (Operatic singer w/throat injury 11 years ago), Victoria (little-girl contortionist), Junior & Emily ( Salsa/Ballroom dancers), Lil Country & Page One (dancers from New Orleans), Sword Swallower, Kyle Rifkin (R&B Singer), Xclusive (Robotic Dancer), and Miss Pussycat (grinder girl).
Live shows from LA start after the Olympics. Watch to see if your favorite "Wildcard" act advances on September 3rd, 8/7c.
