Salsa Live

On Feb. 10th El Mundial de la Salsa (The world cup of salsa.) One of the biggest broadcast salsa concert takes place in Bayfront park, Miami . It is where thousands of people gather together to dance and enjoy bands playing salsa for 10 consecutive hours. If you really want to learn about Latin culture you can not miss this event where different countries (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia etc) get together to play one of our most representative dances. Tickets are available in ticketmaster. ENJOY!

El Mundial de la Salsa Artists:

• Julio Voltio


• Manolin


• Ismael Cala


• Son de Cali


• Avana


• Alexis Valdes


• DJ Albert


• Rey Ruiz


• Jerry Rivera


• Sexappeal


• DLG


• Edgar Daniel


• NG2
  

A little bit of South America

Carnaval de Barranquilla in “La Covacha” , a club located in Miami, is celebrating the well recognized Colombian festival held four days preceding the ash day in Barranquilla, Colombia. It’s a four days long carnival where everybody is dancing-cumbias, porros, mapalés, gaitas, chandés, puyas, fandangos y merecumbés type of dances-on the streets and become part of the parades. Every year La Covacha and different Latin clubs in Miami bring Colombian bands to portray the Carnival in South Florida. Tickets are on pre-sale now in "La Covacha"$25 and the Carnival is on Feb. 9

The King of Bachata

Juan Luis Guerra was born in 1957 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a singer, writer and producer. He is associated to the Bachata Rhythm even though, Juan Luis likes to incorporate more rhythms to his songs like Rock, Gospel, bolero and merengue. One of his more popular and acclaimed song is "Ojala que llueva cafe" (if only it would rain coffee) which gave him his international fame in 1989. In 1997 he won 'five Latin awards being the first artist to receive the most awards in one night. And "Que me des tu carino" is one of my favorite songs from his album "La llave de mi corazon"(My heart's key)

West Palm beach brings cultures together

Clematis By Night is an event organized by the City of West Palm Beach mayor’s office. It brings different cultures together by having rock, r&b, reggae, Latin and blues bands playing live along with sidewalk shopping (food and items). It is held every Thursday from 5:30p.m. to 9:00p.m. in downtown West Palm Beach. If you want to enjoy the Latin rhythms Sabor Latino band will play on stage on Jan. 24 and Rozco Martinez on Feb. 14.

Delray Beach offers variety in its food

If you want to try Latin food all at once Cabana is the place; you can find from churrasco (Argentinean Steak) to Paella (Spanish Seafood) and appetizers from the Caribbean. Cabana El rey is well decorated with colorful walls, unique lamps shapes and Latin music playing in the background gives you a sense of fiesta. Cabana is located in Delray Beach; it offers indoor and outdoor sitting in front of Atlantic Avenue. Cabana has been Zagat rated: Food: 23 Decor: 20 Service: 20. More locations are located in Clematis St, Fl and three more in Forest Hills, Queens and Seaport, New York.
http://www.cabanarestaurant.com/

Banchata one of the more sensual dances in Latin Culture

Bachata is a dance original from Dominican Republic. Its themes are usually love stories featuring heartbreaker and sadness. One of his major exponents is Juan Luis Guerra who gave the Bachata its international recognition. And groups as Aventura has continued to popularized Bachata.

Here is a link where you can watch and learn how to dance Bachata.IIf after seeing the video you were not able to dance bachata; there is a place in Miami where they teach how to dance Bachata. They charge$75 an hour or you can buy a package of four classes for $200 http://www.salsa-art.com/. Good luck!

Little Cuba in Miami

During the first two months of 2008; every Sunday Spiegelworld is presenting six concerts by young Cuban musicians featuring new fusion with other cultures but without losing their roots. I highly recommend it if you are a fan of fusion and like to spend a quality time right next to the beach.

• The event starts with: January 13“Overproof”


• January 20 Gema y Pavel


• January 27 Dafnis Prieto


• February 03 Artevivo


• February 10 Tiempo Libre


• February 17 Los Herederos

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