1st Thursdays of the Month with Meetup.com on February 2nd is coming fast and this edition will have a St. Valentine Day theme. Come dressed in red in honor of the holiday wearing any article of red that you have (red shirt, skirts, shoes, whatever you have) and be ready to meet and greet new members who love salsa dancing as much as you do.
The event is open to everyone so feel free to come alone or bring any friends. We’ll meet downstairs at 8pm in the Meetup.com area of the club that will be reserved for our group. Look for the Meetup.com signs. Valerie will give a free salsa lesson starting at 8:30pm.
San Diego is blessed with dance venues that you can visit any day of the week and it looks like the new venues keep coming! Mambo Rooftop, hosted by Juan-Two-Three, already had its grand opening on January 10 but you can take advantage of the new venue every 2nd Tuesday of each month. The new salsa dance location is located at The Inn at the Park (525 Spruce St., San Diego, CA 92101 between 5th and 6th Avenue).
Here is some important information if you plan to go next time it is open:
Doors open at 6pm
Free before 7pm/ $5 afterwards
Complimentary Salsa Lesson at 7pm
Drink & Food Specials
Brand new wooden dance floor
Check out Mambo Rooftop and thanks to Juan and Erica for hosting San Diego’s newest salsa dance venue!
1st Thursdays of the Month with Meetup.com is coming up again and with it a great opportunity to meet new people here in San Diego in 2012. The focus of this meetup is to cater to those new to San Diego and new to salsa in general (especially in the new year!).
This monthly event held at Café Sevilla is a great way to break the ice with new people in a safe and friendly environment. For those of you unfamiliar with Café Sevilla, the venue is known for its great Spanish Cuisine and as a great salsa dance venue.
The event is open to everyone so feel free to come alone or bring any friends. We’ll meet downstairs at 8pm in the Meetup.com area of the club that will be reserved for our group. Look for the Meetup.com signs. Valerie will give a free salsa lesson starting at 8:30pm.
1st Thursdays of the Month with Meetup.com is coming up again and with it a great opportunity to meet new people here in San Diego. This time the event will have a different twist in that we are asking people who attend to donate food to the St. Vincent de Paul Villages in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Please bring any NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS for donating to the St. Vincent de Paul Village and Food pantry. We will have a box on site at the event to collect any canned food and other non-perishables to help out the less fortunate during this Thanksgiving season. In return the club will thank those who donate by giving 1/2 off the cover price before 9:30pm. For those of you unfamiliar with St. Vincent de Paul’s Villages check out the videos here that explains some of the great services they provide to our community:
This monthly event held at Café Sevilla is a great way to break the ice with new people in a safe and friendly environment. For those of you unfamiliar with the newly re-opened Café Sevilla, the venue is known for its great Spanish Cuisine and as a great salsa dance venue.
The event is open to everyone so feel free to come alone or bring any friends. We’ll meet downstairs at 8pm in the Meetup.com area of the club that will be reserved for our group. Just look for the Meetup.com signs. Valerie will give a free salsa lesson starting at 8:30pm.
Ooh La La Dance Company is going big and expanding their offerings through a brand new dance academy that launches October 9th.
This free event for the general public is going to be a family, all ages event complete with an official ribbon cutting ceremony at 2pm. There will be live music, free massages for adults, games for kids, face painting and a number of other activities for the whole family. The grand opening will also be a great opportunity to meet the 19 master instructors that will head the new dance academy.
The 5th Annual San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival is now over but we have some great memories from the event. I’ve uploaded a number of videos from the event (still working on some uploads) but you can see them all at Ritmo Bello’s YouTube Channel. Here is one example of a great performance by Rodrigo Cortazar and Selene Tovar from Veracruz, Mexico:
The San Diego Salsa and Latin Dancing Meetup Group along with RitmoBello.com are hosting our third Meetup.com night at Cafe Sevilla.
This event will have a dress in black theme in honor of Halloween. Also, we are going to have a Meet and Greet Theme for October. We are asking our members to please come at 8pm in order to meet and greet before the music and lesson begins!
Cafe Sevilla is offering drink specials only to our Meetup.com members. Also members will get 1/2 off the cover price if you arrive before 9:30pm. The restaurant is giving away a gift certificate in a raffle again but you’ll have to come early at 8pm to be entered to win (plus you can take the FREE salsa lesson which starts at 8:30pm).
Here is a short video from one of our recent events showcasing bachata dancing at Cafe Sevilla:
