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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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Sending this every week as December gets going. Also tell me about weekenders you think McSalseros should know about. Ta. 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

Non-Weekly Events for Next Couple of Months

December 2009

El Castillo - Thu 3rd Dec - - Mediterranea Restaurant - Stirling (£8)
4 Viewfield Place, Stirling
Salsa & Tapas Night

BARCA salsa, Princes Square, Glasgow 8pm-midnight. Free entry! - Fri 4th Dec - 8pm-midnight - BARCA - Glasgow (free entry)
2nd Floor Princes Square
Brought to you by Academia de Salsa, we bring you the very best variety of salsa

Salsa Lounge - Sun 6th Dec - 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

SUNDAY SOCIAL AT SPORTS CAFE, Sauchiehall St - Sun 6th Dec - 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!

BARCA salsa, Princes Square, Glasgow 8pm-midnight. Free entry! - Thu 10th Dec - 8pm-midnight - BARCA - Glasgow (free entry)
2nd Floor Princes Square
Brought to you by Academia de Salsa, we bring you the very best variety of salsa

BARCA salsa, Princes Square, Glasgow 8pm-midnight. Free entry! - Fri 11th Dec - 8pm-midnight - BARCA - Glasgow (free entry)
2nd Floor Princes Square
Brought to you by Academia de Salsa, we bring you the very best variety of salsa

Christmas Salsa Party with Tumbao at Winchester on Friday 11th Dec from 7.30pm - Fri 11th Dec - 7.30pm till 12am ish - Winchester Club - Glasgow
49 Bell St, Glasgow G1 1NX (just around the corner from Arta)

Academia de Salsa Christmas Ball - Sun 13th Dec - 7pm-1am - Classic Grand, Jamaica Street - Glasgow (£15)
Jamaica Street, opposite QParking and between McDonalds & SubClub
The swishest salsa event of the year..salsa elegance at it's best!

Salsa Sunday - Sun 13th Dec - 8pm - 12mn - Merlin - Edinburgh (£5)
Morningside Rd, Edinburgh.
Salsa Sunday returns to the BIG dance floor with DJ James

Christmas Latin Quarter night - Tue 15th Dec - 8.45-11.30ish - The Chamber Suite - Dundee (£2 or free if attend paid classes)
Chamber of Commerce buildings, Panmure st, Dundee DD1 1ED

BARCA salsa, Princes Square, Glasgow 8pm-midnight. Free entry! - Thu 17th Dec - 8pm-midnight - BARCA - Glasgow (free entry)
2nd Floor Princes Square
Brought to you by Academia de Salsa, we bring you the very best variety of salsa

BARCA salsa, Princes Square, Glasgow 8pm-midnight. Free entry! - Fri 18th Dec - 8pm-midnight - BARCA - Glasgow (free entry)
2nd Floor Princes Square
Brought to you by Academia de Salsa, we bring you the very best variety of salsa

SALSA + Beginners Competition - Wed 23rd Dec - - Harry's Bar, Edinburgh - Edinburgh (FREE CLUB NIGHT)
7b, Randolph Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7TE
Annual Scottish Beginners Salsa Dance Competition @ Harrys Bar

Boxing Day special @ the Merlin - Sat 26th Dec - 8pm-1am - The Merlin - Edinburgh (tbc)
Morningside Road, Edinburgh
Salsa Saturday 26th Dec 8pm-1am

HOGMANAY SALSA PARTY IN ARTA, GLASGOW, WITH TUMBAO SALSA SCHOOL - Thu 31st December to Fri 1st January - ARTA - Glasgow (£10 in Advance)
Albion Street, Merchant City, Glasgow

January 2010

SUNDAY SOCIAL AT SPORTS CAFE, Sauchiehall St - Sun 3rd 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!

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)
Cuban son and dance inspired by all-day clubs in Cuba: Class at 1pm

Pre Scottish Salsa Congress Party - Thu 14th to Fri 15th January - City Cafe - Edinburgh (From £7)
19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
The 1st 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

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)
Cuban son and dance inspired by all-day clubs in Cuba: Class at 1pm

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

December 2009

Club Cubana: West Coast Latin - Fri 4th to Mon 7th December - Pontins
Brean Sands, Somerset
Salsa, Latin American & Burlesque & all the usual workshops and parties.

January 2010

2nd Scottish Salsa Congress - Fri 15th to Mon 18th 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

March 2010

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

Weekly Events - Next 14 days

Wed 2nd December

Arta Salsa Club with Tumbao Salsa School from 9.30pm-12 - 9.30pm - Glasgow (Free)
Arta Restaurant, 62 Albion Street, Merchant City, Glasgow

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

Salsa at St Brides Centre - - St Brides Centre - Edinburgh
Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh

Salsa Dura - 10pm- 1am - City Cafe - Edinburgh (Free)
19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR

Thu 3rd December

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

Fever Latina - 7pm - 3am - Madogs - Edinburgh (Free and subscription classes)
George Street, Edinburgh
La noche autentica latina

Fri 4th December

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

Salsa @ EL BARRIO - 10-3am - El Barrio - Edinburgh
119 Rose St - Edinburgh
every week

Sat 5th December

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

Salsa @ EL BARRIO - 10 til 03am - El Barrio - Edinburgh
119 Rose St - Edinburgh
every week

Sun 6th December

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 7th December

Latin Quarter - 9pm to late - Medina - Edinburgh
Lothian Street, Edinburgh (opp Bristo Sq)
NO more Salsa classes at Medina

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...

Salsa at York Place - 18-30 - 23:00 - Edinburgh
28 York Place, Edinburgh

SALSASUAVE Mondays - Salsa - 8:30 - Steak & Cherry - Glasgow (Free)
Sauchiehall street Glasgow
Your CBL in Glasgow

Tue 8th December

SALSASUAVE MARTES CUBANA - 20:00 - 24:00 - City Cafe - Edinburgh (Free)
19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
Rueda Classes in Edinburgh

Wed 9th December

Arta Salsa Club with Tumbao Salsa School from 9.30pm-12 - 9.30pm - Glasgow (Free)
Arta Restaurant, 62 Albion Street, Merchant City, Glasgow

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

Salsa at St Brides Centre - - St Brides Centre - Edinburgh
Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh

Salsa Dura - 10pm- 1am - City Cafe - Edinburgh (Free)
19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR

Thu 10th December

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

Fever Latina - 7pm - 3am - Madogs - Edinburgh (Free and subscription classes)
George Street, Edinburgh
La noche autentica latina

Fri 11th December

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

Salsa @ EL BARRIO - 10-3am - El Barrio - Edinburgh
119 Rose St - Edinburgh
every week

Sat 12th December

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

Salsa @ EL BARRIO - 10 til 03am - El Barrio - Edinburgh
119 Rose St - Edinburgh
every week

Sun 13th December

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 14th December

Latin Quarter - 9pm to late - Medina - Edinburgh
Lothian Street, Edinburgh (opp Bristo Sq)
NO more Salsa classes at Medina

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...

Salsa at York Place - 18-30 - 23:00 - Edinburgh
28 York Place, Edinburgh

SALSASUAVE Mondays - Salsa - 8:30 - Steak & Cherry - Glasgow (Free)
Sauchiehall street Glasgow
Your CBL in Glasgow

Tue 15th December

SALSASUAVE MARTES CUBANA - 20:00 - 24:00 - City Cafe - Edinburgh (Free)
19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
Rueda Classes in Edinburgh

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 1000 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.