See you at Brit Salsafest

January 9, 2005

Unbelievable. Last night I was thinking that I'll skip Brit Salsafest and concentrate on hosting Tony and Claudia the night after the end of the Salsafest. Now I learn that I won a pair of tickets to Brit Salsafest courtesy of londonsalsa.co.uk and SalsaUK. I guess I could still opt not to go, but I think that would be fighting fate (even if I don't believe in fate…).

Phil at londonsalsa.co.uk assures me that the contest was not fixed. There were seven contests to pick 3 semi-finalists. I entered only the first contest in November and promptly was picked as a semi-finalist (possibly as the first name to be picked). I might add that I was chagrined by and did not completely welcome this turn of event. My guess is that entering all 7 weeks would have given someone perhaps 40% chance of being picked as a semi-finalist (assuming ~50 people enter every week - this number is a pure guess on my part and is probably on the low side). As a semi-finalist, one has 1/21 or a little less than 5% chance of winning outright (or 2% chance overall assuming one did the utmost to try to win). It's not like winning the lottery or even being struck by lightning, but… See you at Brit Salsafest!