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[Nick Child]

SCOTLAND's SALSA EVENTS CALENDAR

Summary Info that Organisers put on Salsaholics delivered by Salsalink

Graeme has set up a Facebook Salsaholics page which features this layout of events. It's getting "Liked" a lot, so thanks to Graeme for moving us forward with familiar formats. Organisers, now you are going to be featured like this on Facebook, it's more important that you enter your events on salsaholics.org events page. Nick

Non-Weekly Events for Next Couple of Months

April 2012

Salsa Night - Fri 20th April - Bannockburn Miners Welfare - Stirling (£5 )
36 Morrison Drive , Bannockburn
Filipe and co's popular "it does what it says on the tin" event!

Fiesta Latina - Sat 21st Apr - 21:00 - Teviot Debating Hall - Edinburgh (£3 (EUSS members £2))
Teviot Row House, 13 Bristo Square,
Edinburgh Uni Salsa Soc's monthly party night

Extravadanza Event - Fri 27th Apr - Corn Exchange - Edinburgh (£10-12)
11 Newmarket Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RJ
A dance event which includes Salsa and other Latin styles

Latin Quarter Charity Band Night with Son al Son - Fri 27th Apr - 8pm till 1am - The Invercarse Hotel - Dundee (£12/£10 (students) on door, £2 discount in advance)
371, Perth Rd, Dundee DD2 1PG

Salsa Friday - Fri 27th Apr - 9pm - Merlin - Edinburgh (£6 club)
168 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4PU
Stomping hot salsa at the Merlin

May 2012

Salsa Buena Cuban club night - Thu 3rd May - 8pm - The Jam House - Edinburgh (£6 (£4 concession))
5 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH1
The heart and soul of Cuban dance

Fiesta Latina - Sat 19th May - 21:00 - Teviot Debating Hall - Edinburgh (£3 (EUSS members £2))
Teviot Row House, 13 Bristo Square,
Edinburgh Uni Salsa Soc's monthly party night

Kizomba Bootcamp with Miguel & Marlene - Sat 19th May - 11am - Teviot Row House - Edinburgh (£35)
78 - 80 Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1PY

Malecon Matinee - Sun 20th May - 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 Friday - Fri 25th May - 9pm - Merlin - Edinburgh (£6 club)
168 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4PU
Stomping hot salsa at the Merlin

Hen Party Edinburgh - The Latino Experience - Sat 26th May - 4pm - tbc - Edinburgh (£65 pp)
tbc
Salsa, Exotic Cocktails and Mexican Meal

Hen Party Glasgow - The Latino Experience - Sat 26th May - 4pm - tbc - Glasgow (£65 pp)
tbc
Salsa, Exotic Cocktails and a great meal

Salsasuave Presents LA EXCELENCIA - Wed 30th to Thu 31st May - TBC - Edinburgh (TBC)
TBC
- live & direct from New York to Edinburgh

Salsa Buena Cuban LIVE BAND Cuban Combination - Thu 31st May - 8pm - The Jam House - Edinburgh (£16 (concession £14))
5 Queen Street, Edinburgh Eh1
The heart and soul of Cuban dance

June 2012

Salsa Latin Dance Cruise - Fri 1st Jun - 20.00 - Forth Belle Boat - Edinburgh (12.50)
South Queensferry
Summer Salsa Cruise is Back!

The European Salsa Open Championships Scottish Heat - Fri 15th to Sat 16th June - La Tasca - Edinburgh (£5)
9 South Charlotte St Edinburgh

Alma Cubana Highland Salsa Fest 2012 - Sat 16th Jun - From appx 9am til late! - Eden Courth Theatre - (£60 if booked by 31st March (£65 from 1st April))
Bishops Road, Inverness
Includes our now famous Salsa Cruise on Loch Ness

Malecon Matinee - Sun 17th Jun - 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 Weekenders, Workshops and Holidays

May 2012

MamboCity 5* Congress - Fri 4th to Mon 7th May - Radisson Hotel -
Heathrow, London
MamboCity's 5-star Salsa Weekender

June 2012

Salsa Central Weekender - Fri 22nd to Sun 24th June - Connaught Hotel -
Wolverhampton
Repeating success of 2011

August 2012

NY International Salsa Congress - Wed 29th August to Sun 2nd September - HIlton -
New York
New York dance and music festival

Weekly Events - Next 7 days

Mon 16th April 2012

Latin Quarter - 22:00 to 01.30 - The Third Door - Edinburgh (£3.00)
45-47 Lothian Street, Edinburgh. EH1 1HB (opp Bristo Sq)
Every Mon Latin Explosion & salsa infused world beats to your ears & fee

Wed 18th April 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 @ Meadows Hotel - 20:00 - Meadows Hotel - Edinburgh
78 - 80 Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1PY
Your Free salsa fix

West End Salsa at Harry's - 9pm-12mn - Harry's Bar - Edinburgh (Club night from 9pm is FREE (salsa classes £5pp St)
7b, Randolph Place, Edinburgh EH3 7TE
Edinburgh's longest running Wed Salsa class/Club night

Thu 19th April 2012

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 20th April 2012

Fridays at LaTasca - 22:00 - La Tasca - Edinburgh (£5 including £2 drinks voucher)
9 South Charlotte Street. Edinburgh. EH2 4AS

Salsa Sabrosa - - La Bodega Tapas Bar - Glasgow (Free Entry)
1120 South Street, Glasgow G14 0AP
The Hottest Salsa In Town

Sat 21st April 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 22nd April 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

Mon 23rd April 2012

Latin Quarter - 22:00 to 01.30 - The Third Door - Edinburgh (£3.00)
45-47 Lothian Street, Edinburgh. EH1 1HB (opp Bristo Sq)
Every Mon Latin Explosion & salsa infused world beats to your ears & fee

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Summary Info that Organisers put on Salsaholics delivered by Salsalink

CLICK HERE FOR CLASSES
CLICK HERE FOR CONTACT DETAILS OF TEACHERS AND ORGANISERS

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/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

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 comprehensive details of many UK Salsa Weekenders:

http://www.davidsugarman.co.uk/Weekenders.html

And International Weekenders:

http://www.davidsugarman.co.uk/International.html

For Aberdeen, or SE Scotland Google Groups email lists, send empty email to AberdeenSal...@googlegroups.com, SEScotlandSa...@googlegroups.com or EdinburghCubanS...@googlegroups.com  or join up through the "Email List" tab on Salsaholics. Tayside website and email list now at: http://www.salsadundee.com

 

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!

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.