It’s hard to believe but the time for the San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival is here once again! Celebrating 7 years of existence, the local festival draws the world’s best salsa, bachata, merengue and Latin dancers to compete, instruct and inspire.
As we’ve seen in past years, the San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival is broken up over several days beginning with a Thursday night pre-party celebration winding down to social dancing on Sunday night. The Festival will feature top salsa and bachata dance groups from the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia as they perform during each night. During the days you can take advantage of the many workshops that focus on particular dance skills related to salsa and other Latin dances.
An added bonus this year is the 5th Year Sabor on the Bay Yacht party that is set to Launch on August 31st. That event will feature 3 hours of fun aboard a luxury yacht with live salsa bands and a Las Vegas style theme.
Whatever you choose to do on Labor Day Weekend, here in San Diego the Salsa and Latin dance choices are limitless!
See you all during the fun events of Labor Day Weekend 2013!
The 7th Annual San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival 2013 is August 29th through September 1st (Labor Day Weekend) and Ritmo Bello is giving away a full access VIP pass again this year! The Full access VIP event pass will give you access to all evening and day shows, competitions, and social dancing starting August 29th. The passes are normally $179+ but here is your chance to get one FREE (airfare and hotel not included, just the all event pass!).
This year we will be using YouTube to once again help pick the winner just as we did in years past. The past couple of years have shown great creativity with the contest as shown by these past winners videos:
To be considered for the 2013 full event pass simply:
1. Create a 2 minute or less YouTube video
2. that explains why you choose to dance and why you would love to attend the Festival, all at no cost to you for the full VIP access pass
3. and makes mention of Ritmo Bello in the video submission.
The winner will be chosen based on:
1. Creativity
2. Message clarity and relevance
3. Motivation and inspiration
4. Overall impact
To be eligible for the contest please submit your YouTube video link to bello_jf@ritmobello.com by Monday, August 5th, 2013. The winner will be announced on RitmoBello.com Tuesday, August 6th, 2013.
Good luck to all of you and don’t forget to submit your YouTube videos by the deadline!
The 6th Annual San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival 2012 is August 30th through September 2nd and Ritmo Bello is giving away a full access VIP pass again this year! The Full access VIP event pass will give you access to all evening and day shows, competitions, and social dancing starting August 30th. The passes are normally $179 but here is your chance to get one FREE. This year we will be using YouTube to once again help pick the winner just as we did last year. As you may remember, the winning video submission last year was by Erika Briones from LatinaSkin and you can see it here:
To be considered for the 2012 full event pass simply:
1. Create a 2 minute or less YouTube video
2. that explains why you choose to dance and why you would love to attend the Festival, all at no cost to you
3. and makes mention of Ritmo Bello in the video submission.
The winner will be chosen based on:
1. Creativity
2. Message clarity and relevance
3. Motivation and inspiration
4. Overall impact
To be eligible for the contest please submit your YouTube video link to bello_jf@ritmobello.com by Monday, August 20th, 2012. The winner will be announced on RitmoBello.com Tuesday, August 21st, 2012.
Good luck to all of you and don’t forget to submit your YouTube videos by the deadline!
The San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival is coming up September 15th through the 18th and the schedule of events has been recently updated. In order to make it easy to follow the various events we’ve added the events to the calendar of the San Diego Salsa and Latin Dancing Meetup group. Here are some of the main points of interest:
Of course you will need to purchase your passes to each of these events (you can purchase them here). There is still time, though, to get a FREE full access pass to all these days events by entering in the RitmoBello.com YouTube contest (ends Friday August 26th, 2011!!!)
The San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival is coming up again in September and I thought I’d remind people about the great performances that are in store for them when they attend. This video below is a great performance by Sergio and Alejandra from Alma Latina Dance company at last years event:
If you ever want to see the possibilities of salsa styling and footwork look no further than Manuel Dos Santos. The Toronto based salsa instructor and performer recently showcased his talents at the 4th Annual San Diego Salsa Bachata Festival 2010 which you can see here in this Ritmo Bello YouTube video. I hope you enjoy the new 1080p High Definition video viewing option which is now enabled in our videos (just pick that setting when you view for HD).
If you haven’t bought your passes for the event there is a great opportunity to get in for free in exchange for volunteering at the event. Below is the email from the event organizers concerning the offer and how to take advantage of it.
