SCOTLAND's SALSA EVENTS CALENDAR
Summary Info that Organisers put on Salsaholics delivered by Salsalink
Had one of my wee culls of too much info in the title line. Avoid venue repeating. Suggest organisers think of more imaginative names. And use the tagline for the rest. Reasonable complaints to me please. Nick
Non-Weekly Events for Next Couple of Months
August 2012
NO Cuban salsa tonight - Thu 16th Aug - 6pm - The Jam House - Edinburgh (£5 one class/£8 both classes)
5 Queen Street, EH2
Improver/intermediate salsa and rueda
Salsa Night Bannockburn - Fri 17th to Sat 18th August - Bannockburn Miners Welfare - Stirling (£5 )
Morrison Drive Bannockburn
It's an .. er .. Salsa Night in .. er .. Bannockburn
Malecon Matinee - Sun 19th Aug - 1pm-2pm-5pm - Beach Lane Social Club, Portobello - Edinburgh (£5/£9 Combo)
Beach Lane, Portobello, EH15 1HL (behind the Police Station on the High Street)
Olympic Record .. FOUR Teachers at 1pm
Salsa Buena Festival Special - Thu 23rd Aug - 8pm to 3am - The Jam House - Edinburgh (£6/£4 students)
5 Queen Street, EH1 2JE
Salsa club nights in the heart of Edinburgh with a Cuban twist
Sunday Social Special ... - Sun 26th Aug - 4.30pm-10pm - O'Couture - Glasgow (£2)
373-377 Sauchiehall Street G2 3HU
.. Frank Dillon turns 80! The original salsa matinee, que rico!
Barca Fiesta Friday! - Fri 31st Aug - 20:00 - 00:00 - Barca Tapas - Glasgow (Free!)
2nd Floor, Princes Square, Buchanan Street
Academia de Salsa brings you the best Salsa on a Friday night!
September 2012
Barca Fiesta Friday! - Fri 7th Sep - 20:00 - 00:00 - Barca Tapas - Glasgow (Free!)
2nd Floor, Princes Square, Buchanan Street
Academia de Salsa brings you the best Salsa on a Friday night!
Salsa Latin Dance Cruise - Fri 7th Sep - 20.00 - Forth Belle Boat - Edinburgh (12.50)
South Queensferry
LAst of Summer 2012 Latin Dance Cruise!
Fiesta Latina - Sun 9th Sep - - Teviot Underground - Edinburgh
Teviot Row House, 13 Bristo Square,
Edinburgh Uni Salsa Soc's monthly party night
Malecon Matinee - Sun 16th Sep - 1pm-2pm-5pm - Beach Lane Social Club, Portobello - Edinburgh (£5/£9 Combo)
Beach Lane, Portobello, EH15 1HL (behind the Police Station on the High Street)
Scotland's Only Buena Vista Social Club - Class 1pm
Salsa Buena - Thu 27th Sep - 8pm - The Jam House - Edinburgh (£6/£4 students)
5 Queen Street, EH2 1JE
Cuban club nights in the heart of Edinburgh
Barca Fiesta Friday! - Fri 28th Sep - 20:00 - 00:00 - Barca Tapas - Glasgow (Free!)
2nd Floor, Princes Square, Buchanan Street
Academia de Salsa brings you the best Salsa on a Friday night!
Salsa Friday - Fri 28th Sep - 9pm - Merlin - Edinburgh (£6 club)
168 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4PU
Stomping hot salsa at the Merlin
October 2012
Barca Fiesta Friday! - Fri 5th Oct - 20:00 - 00:00 - Barca Tapas - Glasgow (Free!)
2nd Floor, Princes Square, Buchanan Street
Academia de Salsa brings you the best Salsa on a Friday night!
Weekly Events - Next 7 days
Wed 15th August 2012
Salsa Club at Boteco - 9.30pm to 12.30am - Boteco do Brasil - Glasgow (FREE)
62 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5EP
Classes and club in a Brazilian restaurant and bar
Salsa Dura - 20:00 - Meadows Hotel - Edinburgh
78 - 80 Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1PY
Your Free salsa fix
West End Salsa - 9pm-12mn - Harry's Bar - Edinburgh (Club night 9pm is FREE (salsa classes are £5pp))
7b, Randolph Place, Edinburgh EH3 7TE
Edinburgh's longest running Salsa classes and Club night - EVERY WEDNESDAY
Thu 16th August 2012
Barca Salsa Fiesta - 8.30pm-11.30pm - Barca - Glasgow (free entry.. so please spend some money at the bar)
2nd floor Princes Square, Glasgow
Come along for a cocktail, dancing and socialising every Thursday!
Salsa @ Cruz - 20:00 pm till 1:00 am - BAR @ CRUZ - Edinburgh (£5 for 1 class, £8 for 2 class.)
14 The Shore Edinburgh, EH6 6QN
Salsa Classes with Oscle and Lisi of Cuba Dance
Salsa with Orlando - 10pm-1am - La Tasca Edinburgh - Edinburgh (FREE)
9 South Charlotte Street. Edinburgh. EH2 4AS
The music goes on at La Tasca
Tumbao's Arta Salsa Club - 9.30pm-12mn - ARTA - Glasgow (Free)
Arta Restaurant, 62 Albion Street, Merchant City, Glasgow
Fri 17th August 2012
Fridays at LaTasca - 22:00 - La Tasca - Edinburgh (£5 including £2 drinks voucher)
9 South Charlotte Street. Edinburgh. EH2 4AS
Salsa Sabrosa - 7.30pm - La Bodega Tapas Bar - Glasgow (Free Entry)
1120 South Street, Glasgow G14 0AP
The Hottest Salsa in Town!
Sat 18th August 2012
Salsa DJ Collective @ La Tasca - 10pm - 1am - La Tasca - Edinburgh (£5 this includes a £2 drinks voucher.)
9 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh
Hasta La Tasca babe!
Sun 19th August 2012
Ratata Ratata - - Wash Bar - Edinburgh (FREE ENTRY FROM 8PM (Classes before night))
11-13 N Bank St, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 2LP
Los Cubinicanos Class+Party . . the ifyouwalkyoucandance team
Salsa Sabrosa's Latin Journey - 12.30 -11pm - La Bodega Tapas Bar - Glasgow (Free Entry)
1120 South Street, Glasgow G14 0AP
Every Sunday - salsa, bachata, rumba, tango, merengue, african and more
Mon 20th August 2012
Latin Quarter Relocated for August - 10pm - 3am - Fiddlers Elbow - Edinburgh (Free 10pm - 11pm, £2 11pm - Midnight, £3 after Mid)
4 Picardy Place, Old Town, Edinburgh EH1 3JT
Come and Partyi Latino Style
Summary Info that Organisers put on Salsaholics delivered by Salsalink
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You can access the information and links - eg if your email loses the links - at this web URL: http://salsaholics.org/salsalink.php
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."
Since 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> Be creative with the "tagline" box.
GETTING Salsalink / Salsaholink
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 comprehensive details of many UK Salsa Weekenders:
And International Weekenders:
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. The success of the Scottish Salsa Congress has removed any doubts about the strength of our Salsa scene!
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.
