Salsa comp details

[Henk Wang]

hi all,

If you are looking for some information about the salsa comp, here it is
http://www.latinfire.co.nz/south_island_salsa_competition/

now what we need is a nice team name so suggest away people!

practices for thursday and sunday will both still be on in 4th term so come along!

thursday: 3-5pm UCSA ballroom
sunday: 5:30-6:30 teachers college gym

~Henk ~quote of the day (i want to eat pig on a stick)

[Ant L]

I like the name "Danza Latina" seeing as it's free now. I guarantee we'll get a laugh!
 
I have a rather interesting idea...I really think a name in Spanish would be most fitting, especially as no other teams as far as I know will use a Spanish name.
 
I like "Jornado del Muerto". It means "The Journey of Death" or "Route of the Dead Man". I like it because for most of us it's our first time in a Salsa competition and the name is tinged with dark humour.
 
For any additional info. people want to give it more cultural background, it is actually the name given to a place in the Nevada desert by Conquistadors to a particularly dry route roughly 100 miles long; the name implying you run out of water, you run out of life. It was within this area that the Trinity site at Los Alamos was; the testing ground for the first atomic bomb and its creative birthplace.

If anyone thinks that suggestion too 'dry' then how about something with 'Fuego' in it...?
 
Okay, the Spanish is my main suggestion, but I do like the Jornado idea.
 
Anyone like this?
 

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:54:41 +1200
Subject: [UCD Rueda] Salsa comp details
From: wispy...@gmail.com
To: ucdr...@googlegroups.com

[Jesse Unger]

Ha yea, I think 'Danza Latina' or 'Latin Fuego' are both out.

Spanish does sound pretty cool...

2009/9/4 Ant L <nuclear...@hotmail.com>

[Henk Wang]

journey of death seems bit too farfetched...

i was thinking of something with fuego  in it... or just rolling off the top of my head "UC Caliente" yea that's cheese for you :D

2009/9/4 Jesse Unger <jesse...@gmail.com>

[Tanya Jacobson]

thanks Henk for changing my surname. Good luck with name choosing. Tanya --- On Fri, 4/9/09, Henk Wang <wispy...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Henk Wang <wispy...@gmail.com> Subject: [UCD Rueda] Salsa comp details

[Paula Arbouw]

what about canterbury on fire?? only then in spanish.. whatever that makes.. something with fuego right??

[Jesse Unger]

That would be "Canterbury en el fuego"

2009/9/6 Paula Arbouw <babyijs...@gmail.com>

[Ant L]

How about "La Murga"?
 
It means "The Murga", and the Murga is a theatre/dance in Latin countries. Seems pretty apt. Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe did an awesome Salsa classic about it.
 
Or we could have "La Murga Caliente" or something like that. My Spanish grammer isn't very good, so I don't know how that'd work.
 

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From: jesse...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:25:35 +1200
Subject: [UCD Rueda] Re: Salsa comp details

[Ant L]

How about "La Murga"?
 
It means "The Murga", and the Murga is a theatre/dance in Latin countries. Seems pretty apt. Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe did an awesome Salsa classic about it.
 
Or we could have "La Murga Caliente" or something like that. My Spanish grammer isn't very good, so I don't know how that'd work.
 

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From: jesse...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:25:35 +1200

Subject: [UCD Rueda] Re: Salsa comp details

[E. Ryder-Morgan]

Rueda con Carne!
Ruedamigos!
Bailaronde! (check this, my Spanish is russsssty)
Rueda del Queso!
...I'll stop now

[Ant L]

I like Ruedamigos quite a lot actually
 

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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:24:55 +1200

Subject: [UCD Rueda] Re: Salsa comp details

From: erinl...@gmail.com
To: ucdr...@googlegroups.com

[Cathy Neill]

Yeah, Ruedamigos is a bit cheesy, but I like it.

2009/9/6 Ant L <nuclear...@hotmail.com>

[Henk Wang]

indeed.. Ruedamigos does have a good ring to it... originally i wanted to work "fuego" into the name somewhere but not sure how to make it have a good ring...

2009/9/6 Cathy Neill <cathy...@gmail.com>