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[Nick Child]

SCOTLAND's SALSA EVENTS CALENDAR

Summary Info that Organisers put on Salsaholics delivered by Salsalink

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Frequent Salsaholinks is part of my push to get reliable info for you over the festive season! Check your regular venue - it may be on but not in here, or in here and not on! 1100 people get this ~ so if it matters to you, please put pressure on your organisers to keep Salsaholics updated so it comes out right here too! Happy New Year everyone ~ may 2010 be good for all of us McSalseros. Nick

Tell others to get on this list by sending an email to: Salsalink...@googlegroups.com

You can access the information and links - eg if your email loses the links - at this web URL: http://salsaholics.org/cgi-bin/salsalink.cgi

Weekly Events

Wed 30th December

SALSA - Harry's Bar, Edinburgh - Edinburgh (FREE CLUB NIGHT)
7b, Randolph Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7TE
SALSA at Harry's Bar in Edinburgh's West End

Sun 3rd January

Cantina Cuban Rueda Bachata Night - 9-11pm - La Cantina Bar/Restaurant - Edinburgh (Free)
72 Commercial Quay, Leith
Free dancing for all after the classes

Mon 4th January

LATIN QUARTER CLUB NIGHTS at MEDINA - 21:00 to 03:00 (Classes start at 7pm) - Medina - Edinburgh (£2.00)
Lothian Street, Edinburgh (opp Bristo Sq) 
Every monday bringing you salsa infused world beats to your ears and feet...

Wed 6th January

Harrys Bar Salsa night every Wednesday - 9pm - 12mn - Harry's Bar - Edinburgh (Free )
Bar 7b, Randolph Place,
Free Salsa night from 9pm 

Thu 7th January

CN Salsa - 10pm-12mn - Cuba Norte - Edinburgh (£2)
Morrison St, Edinburgh
Ten years going strong! After his classes, Orlando DJs.

Fever Latina - - Madogs Bar - Edinburgh (Free Entry to dance party)
George Street, Edinburgh
Dance salsa, bachata, merengue, reggaeton and more

Fri 8th January

CN Salsa - 10pm-1am - Cuba Norte - Edinburgh (£2)
Morrison St, Edinburgh
Ten years going strong!

Sat 9th January

CN Salsa - 10pm-1am - Cuba Norte - Edinburgh (£2)
Morrison St, Edinburgh
Ten years going strong!

Non-Weekly Events for Next Couple of Months

December 2009

HOGMANAY SALSA PARTY IN ARTA, GLASGOW, WITH TUMBAO SALSA SCHOOL - Thu 31st December - ARTA - Glasgow (£10 in Advance)
Albion Street, Merchant City, Glasgow

January 2010

Fever Latina Sunday - Sun 3rd Jan - - Madogs Bar - Edinburgh (£5 entry)
George Street Edinburgh
Latin Dance Party ... Salsa, Bachata and more in Edinburgh

Lily Son Class - Sun 10th Jan - 1-2pm - Beach Lane Social Club, Portobello - Edinburgh (£5 / £9 MM Combo)
Beach Lane, Portobello, EH15 1HL (behind the Police Station on the High Street)
Put the missing heart beat into your salsa - learn to dance on4

Malecon Matinee - Sun 10th Jan - 2-5pm - Beach Lane Social Club, Portobello - Edinburgh (£5 incl drinks)
Beach Lane, Portobello, EH15 1HL (behind the Police Station on the High Street)
Scotlands Only Buena Vista Social Club!

SUNDAY SOCIAL AT SPORTS CAFE, Sauchiehall St - Sun 10th Jan - 4.30pm-7.30pm - Sports Cafe - Glasgow (free entry.. so please spend some money at the bar)
sports Cafe, 292/332 Sauchiehall St Glasgow, G2 3JA
It's fun, free and friendly!

Pre Scottish Salsa Congress Party - Thu 14th January - City Cafe - Edinburgh (From £7)
19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
The 2nd Scottish Salsa Congress the Mammoth of the Scottish Salsa Events

Tumbao Salsa Night in the Winchester club - Thu 14th Jan - 9.pm till 12am ish - Winchester Club - Glasgow (£2)
49 Bell St, Glasgow G1 1NX (just around the corner from Arta)

Salsa Friday returns to the BiG dance floor for the 1st time in 2010 - Fri 29th Jan - 9pm - 1am - Merlin - Edinburgh
Morningside Road, Morningside, Edinburgh

February 2010

Salsa Lounge - Sun 7th Feb - 19:00 - 23:00 - 28 York Place - Edinburgh
28 York Place, Edinburgh
Established friendly social with Lloyd and Carol Ann - cha cha class at 7pm

Malecon Matinee - Sun 21st Feb - 2-5pm - Beach Lane Social Club, Portobello - Edinburgh (£5 incl drinks)
Beach Lane, Portobello, EH15 1HL (behind the Police Station on the High Street)
Scotland's Only Buena Vista Social Club!

Salsa Friday @ the Merlin - Fri 26th Feb - 9pm-1am - The Merlin - Edinburgh (£6)
Morningside Road, edinburgh EH10 4PU
The BiG dance floor returns to Edinburgh @ the Merlin

Salsa Weekenders, Workshops and Holidays

January 2010

2nd Scottish Salsa Congress - Fri 15th to Sun 17th January - Best Western Edinburgh Capital Hotel - Edinburgh (From £70)
187 Clermiston Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6UG
The Mammoth of the Scottish Salsa Events returns to Scotland

Salsasplash - Fri 15th to Mon 18th January - Barcelo Hotel, Daventry
Sedgemoor Way Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 0SG
MamboCity's Winter Wonderland

February 2010

3rd Amsterdam Salsa Festival - Fri 5th to Sun 7th February - Mercanti Club (See website)
Amsterdam
Workshops, shows and parties

March 2010

Ski and Salsa Weekend - Fri 5th to Sun 7th March - Cairngorms (£165)
Cairngorms
Ski and Salsa Weekend

Cubamemucho Munich - Wed 17th to Sun 21st March - TBC Munich
TBC Munich
Weekend of Cuban workshops, party, competition and live shows incl Los Van Van

April 2010

5 Star London Congress - Fri 23rd to Mon 26th April - Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow
Bath Road, Heathrow, UB3 5AW
MamboCity's Top Class Weekender

June 2010

Club Cubana “Salsa y Kizomba” - Fri 18th to Mon 21st June - Pontins
? Pakefield, Nr Lowestoft
Pontins Weekender

July 2010

Salsasplash - Fri 23rd to Mon 26th July - Botley Park Hotel, Southampton
Winchester Road, Boorley Green, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2UA
MamboCity's Summer Weekender

Nick

Nick Child, Co-ordinator of Salsalink / Salsaholink   Scotland's Salsa Summary

"Three steps for a great Salsa scene: 1. Go somewhere. 2. Have fun! 3. Buy some drinks.  Plus 4. Tell all."

From Jan 2009, with Graeme Mathieson's help, Salsalink emails summary information that Organisers put on Salsaholics about upcoming Salsa events that have Scotland-wide McSalsero appeal. When Salsalink sends Salsaholics info it is called Salsaholink.

WHO RUNS Salsalink / Salsaholink?

Organisers put the info into Salsaholics. Graeme runs Salsaholics. Nick coordinates Salsalink email list and sending out. So Salsaholink depends on all three together, but most of all: Organisers.

Contact the organiser of an event to feedback about their info or lack of it in Salsaholink. Encourage them to use Salsaholics better. If you are an organiser and want to enter info on Salsaholics but don't know how, contact Graeme at <gra...@salsaholics.org> or Nick at <nick....@virgin.net>

GETTING Salsalink / Salsaholink

There are over 1100 people on the email list of this Salsalink Google Group.  Simplest way to get Salsalink / Salsaholink is to send an empty email to Salsalink...@googlegroups.com, or go to http://www.salsaholics.org and use the "Email List" box there. 

OTHER SCOTTISH INFO SERVICES

Salsaholics is THE website for Scotland's Salsa information at: http://www.salsaholics.org. Try it's Links page too.  That is the best place for up-to-date comprehensive info about Salsa Classes across Scotland - you can ask for info by teacher, place and day-of-week.  Lots of McSalseros are now on facebook which makes for a more personal friendly network and way to be reminded of events.

For Tayside, Aberdeen, SE Scotland Google Group email lists, send empty email to (respectively)  TaysideSals...@googlegroups.com, AberdeenSal...@googlegroups.com, SEScotlandSa...@googlegroups.com  or join up through the "Email List" tab on Salsaholics.

HISTORY

Salsalink began like this: A personal freelance email list grew out of a printed non-Salsa Edinburgh dancers phone contact list in January 1998 – we couldn't get even a handful of people together to go dancing over the 1997 festive season lull!  Salsa dancers got added in 1999.  Emailing slowly grew alongside. On 1st April 2001 the first named Latinburgh Newsletter was sent out. 2003 renamed the Newsletter to become just Latinburgh but the edition number continued. Given the pros and cons of more local versus Scottish e-newsletters, we went Scottish during 2003. Recognising this and covering Salsa rather than "Latin", we renamed ourselves Salsalink for 2004. In June 2004, Rohan Cragg initiated our Salsalink Google Group. The continuing edition number provides a connection with Latinburgh. So the first Salsalink was "No 114". The first Salsaholink in Jan 2009 was "No 184". There is still no formal status or organisation behind Salsalink. 

A SCOTTISH SALSA NETWORK

In October 2001, it was useful to create a network of those interested in looking after the overall Salsa scene in Edinburgh. It was called the Edinburgh Salsa Network (ESN). With some meetings and email discussion, it helped firm up the collaboration and the role of email networking via what was then Latinburgh. There has since been no overt need for ESN, but "behind the scenes" people still can co-ordinate and use the Scotland-wide email list for teachers and organisers - for example to share requests or opportunities that help plan classes and events, to develop thinking about complicated issues, to get access codes for Salsaholics website, and to check information before it's sent out. There is therefore still a Scottish Salsa Network running behind Salsalink Salsaholink. It is also now a Google Group. Nick aims to add all teachers and organisers to this list - contact him if you want to be on it too.

People have largely confirmed that there is not a place for a formal membership Salsa Society. Informal email and internet helps connect, publicise integrate and shape up Salsa dance activities around Scotland. A widely praised 1st Scottish Salsa Congress set up by Sagi Iluz removed any doubts about the strength of our Salsa scene!

WWW.SALSAHOLICS.ORG

Since April 2003, Salsalink has worked more closely together with Graeme and www.salsaholics.org as THE internet website for Scotland's Salsa information. That is our Scottish Salsa scene's "front door" and shop window as advertised in the Metro newspaper in 2003 - an advert that continued several times a week until autumn 2007, even though the payment stopped at Easter 2004!

WORD OF MOUTH

Keep telling every Salsero who doesn't know about it, to get on Salsalink's list. That means new learners especially. There is no other effective publicity of Salsa than by person to person. There are fliers to advertise Salsalink and Salsaholics - ask for some. 

CHANGING EMAIL ADDRESSES

If you haven't yet, go to Create an account with Google by clicking Sign in (top right) at https://www.google.com/accounts/       Just because you get the emails, and can read the public home page, doesn't mean you can get by Google's "front door" without joining Google.  Use your old email that Google knows you by. Then click on My Account at top right of screen so that, on the left, you can change your email etc to the new one. This will apply in one go to all Google Groups you belong to. Lots of other goodies there too, including Unscubscribing easily.