Salsa Dundee

The last Latin Quarter dance classes at the Deaf Hub before the festive break will be 12th December with the Christmas Social folks. Classes to start back on 9th or 16th Jan, will confirm which soon.

The next Latin Quarter charity social is on Tuesday 12th December @ The Deaf Hub which will be our Christmas Social with festive dance party games, a raffle and mince pies. More details of workshops & timings to follow soon.

BIG thanks to everyone who came last night to the Latin Quarter Charity Social for the Azul Wasi home in Peru at the dundee social club. It was lovely to see so many new faces and a few folks I haven’t seen in a few years too !

A really big thank you to everyone who made the effort to come from Aberdeen, perthshire, Edinburgh area and elsewhere it made for a great atmosphere in the room with a lovely dance family. A few pics to follow once sorted them, if anyone else got some nice ones can you send to me please, I like to try to check with any prominent people on them first before posting online.

We raised £493 (after outgoings) for the charity which is fantastic, BIG thanks to hamish for doing the men’s styling class, to Ann for doing the door again, to shane and deirdre for helping do raffle / door , a really big thanks to tania who withputvher ongoing support the deaf hub classes and the socials wouldnt run as smoothy, she always helps with the set up/down for the events and thanks to a few of you who stayed on to help tidy up at the end. Thanks to the dundee social club for a great venue. We had a lovely crowd of musicians present from Aberdeen which I didnt realise the extent of until the end of the night when they played during tidy up time ! thanks to Sebastian for playing the bongos during the eve and friends for coming down, was lovely to hear.

Thanks for all the raffle prize donations too, and especially to Phil for the sol y sombra voucher and to Bill for the sea kayaking voucher.

Hope everyone can make the last LQ social of 2023 at the Deaf Hub, on 12th December for Christmas festivities, will be music for dancing, a few Christmas party games, mince pies etc, details to follow shortly.

BIG thanks to everyone who came to the Latin Quarter Charity Social at the Deaf Hub last night. We raised £182 ( after room hire) for the Azul Wasi home near Cusco, Peru which is great. Big thanks to Tania, Susan & Hamish for helping with the Bachata workshops. Also thanks to everyone who donated a raffle prize.

Sorry I wasn’t able to dance with many of you but I didn’t want to spread my cold too much, hope I didn’t pass it on.

The next LQ social is friday 24th Nov at Dundee Social Club, with a free Salsa class at 7pm and a styling class at 7.30pm for men & ladies, see for more details.

https://www.facebook.com/events/293582823581276?ref=newsfeed

Please pass the word to family & friends, or pop a poster up. Its a large dance floor & room to fill, not had a social in this venue before.

A few new photos of the children at Azul Wasi in a football match

Latin Quarter Social with Mens & Ladies Styling class

Friday 24th November @ Dundee Social Club, 1 Thistle Street, Dundee DD3 7RF
This venue has a large dance floor, please pass the word. Come in the front door & the room is upstairs.

7pm – FREE Salsa class for beginners
7.30pm – Mens & Ladies Salsa (On1) Styling Class – £5. We’ll learn a short sequence /choreography with shines (fancy footwork) and body movement that you can incorporate into social salsa dancing. Separate sequence for leaders & followers. Also fun for beginners.

8.30 pm to midnight – latin music for dancing (Salsa, bachata & a little merengue/kizomba) – Social only £5

Combo ticket, Social & Styling class £8. Entry for children, £2 for social.

(14) Facebook  Dundee Social Club site

https://www.facebook.com/events/293582823581276?ref=newsfeed

Pay on the door, CASH ONLY. Please bring along friends & family & help raise money for charity while having fun ! All money raised goes to the Azul Wasi home, near Cusco for former street children in Peru.

There will be a bar and a raffle. Raffle prizes are gratefully appreciated. Email LQSalsadundee@gmail.com for more details. Also see Salsa Dundee -Latin Quarter facebook group. Please pass the word, pop a poster up if you can, everyone welcome. 

Another date for the diaries folks –

Latin Quarter Christmas Party/ Social @ The Deaf Hub on Tuesday 12th December, more details to follow soon.

Another date for the diary folks- LQ Charity Social on friday 24th Nov at the Dundee Social Club, Thistle St. Details & poster to follow soon about workshop & timings. It’s a large wooden dance floor & room, so hoping for a good turn out to fill it !, please pass the word.

https://www.facebook.com/p/Dundee-Social-Club-100063709025710/

Tuesday 14th November @ the Deaf Hub, Old Mill, 23, Brown St, Dundee, DD1 5EF.

Bachata workshop for Beginners & Improvers at 7.30pm, followed by the Latin social from 8.30pm till 11pm.
Anyone is welcome to come to the workshop and social. It’s an opportunity to meet other dancers and practice moves from classes.
Bachata workshop only – £5, Social £3, Combo Workshop & social £6. CASH ONLY.

There will be NO bar but you can bring your own drinks including alcoholic ones. There should be a few snacks and soft drinks on sale.

There is a raffle, prizes are always very welcome if you have any donations, either bring to classes in advance or just on the night.

All money raised goes to the Azul Wasi project in Peru (except room hire fees).

There is no parking directly outside venue, park on Brown Street instead.

https://www.facebook.com/TaysideDeafHub/

BIG THANKS to everyone who came to the Cuban Fever night with Yamil Cuedo Ferrera last FRiday, especially to those who came from afar. BIG thanks to YAMIL who brought his infectious energy and fun to help spice up the dance floor with the line ups and performance and for providing a glimpse into different Cuban dance styles. Big thanks to Fiona who did the door again and to the Blackwatch Club for hosting the evening. We raised a fabulous £475 ( after outgoings) for the Azul Wasi Project in Perufor former street children. Thanks to everyone who donated the raffle prizes and to Emma & Sheila for selling the tickets. I’ll post a few pictures/ videos soon, just checking some with a few people. If anyone took nice pictures or videos last Friday eve can you send them to LQsalsadundee@gmail.com.

For anyone who is interested in knowing more about the Colombia Rumba dance Yamil performed. There are 3 Afro – Cuban Rumba dances – Guaguancó, Yambú, and Columbia. The first 2 are danced with a partner usually, but Columbia is a male solo dance.

IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Traditions – Rumba Guaguanco, Yambu, Columbia, Comparsa

Also we did a little bit of the Orisha Elegua in one of the line ups. Some movements from this. Eleguá/Eshu – AboutSanteria

video of Elegua performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJOrs-9JoM

Here is some information about the different Orishas, if anyone is interested in learning more. What is Santeria? – AboutSanteria

Also examples of Cuban Son Dance –

Examples Chan Chan, a Classic Cuban Son Dance – YouTube

Fabulous Son Dancing in Santiago de Cuba! – YouTube

I hope you enjoyed the evening despite the technical issues, apologies for this, I checked the system last week using a different cable following some intermittent interference noise in September and it worked fine then, but it was still there on friday. So sorry for the delay at the start of the evening while setting up my PA which I can use from now if it’s not solved. In addition there was another issue with the playlist not playing tracks continuously so I could only set up to play 2 tracks at a time, a right pain. So I didn’t play some of the new Cuban salsa & bachata tracks unfortunately. It usually works fine without issues, so I’ll look at this and fix for next social on Friday 24th November at Dundee Social Club, it has a large dance floor and room with a bar, more details to follow soon. Please save the date & pass the word. The next Latin Quarter tuesday social will be 7th or 14th nov hopefully, am checking for room availability.