Another anomalous Thursday

August 16, 2007

Playlist

La Muy Muy – Roberto Torres
Sientate Ahi – Oscar D’Leon
Soulsa – Estrellas Caiman
Trucutu – Tommy Olivencia (version from Plante Bandera)*
El Cantante Y La Orquesta – Angel Canales*
Nadie Como Ella – Marc Anthony
Nadie Se Salve De La Rumba – Celia Cruz-Ray Barretto-Adalberto Santiago
El Hueso De Maria – Tito Rodriguez*
Mama Guela – Gilberto Santa Rosa*
Baila Que Baila – Jose Alberto “El Canario”*
Atizame El Fogon – Willie Rosario*
Traicion – Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound* (1)
Ay Que Rico – Eddie Palmieri*
Ahora Me Da Pena – Henry Fiol*
Muneca – Alfredo De La Fe (2)
Lo Que Traigo Es Sabroso – Eddie Palmieri*
Fuego A La Jicotea – Marvin Santiago
Lo Loma De Belen – Santigo Ceron*
No Quiero Na’ Regalao – Gilberto Santa Rosa*
Agua Limpia Todo – Tito Puente
Picadillo – Tito Puente (50s version)
Guaguanco Del Gran Combo – El Gran Combo
Llore – Hector Lavoe
Lagrimas Negras – Cubanoson
Bailando – Frankie Ruiz
Contigo – Cache (3)
You Will Remember Me – Domenic Marte
Que Bueno Baila Usted – Oscar D’Leon

(1) I guess this was my Coro Miyare of tonight.
(2) I originally picked Fuego A La Jicotea but ended up fiddling with the song order quite a bit here - ending up inserting two songs before getting to Marvin Santiago.
(3) Somehow I ended up being too busy to dance most of the night. I did have a dance to this song, however.

Total 28 songs. 1 Cha Cha (new). 1 Bachata. 26 Salsa (12 new).

This was a very busy night of social dancing. I don’t recall it being more crowded and staying so for such long time this summer. Most people seemed too busy to dance to stop for drinks, etc. That’s not necessarily good.

There was a new couple standing out quite a bit from the crowd – quite showy but also doing well musically and dancing with interesting flavor. They only danced with each other though – a bit of a shame. I’m guessing that they were just passing through – one would think that they would have made more of an effort to socialize with other people if they had just moved to Cambridge. I think they danced to all of the songs I played except for Nadie Como Ella by Marc Anthony – they decided to make Traicion their last song of the evening and were seen to leave during Henry Fiol. I don't know if anyone here made any effort to chat with them.

Zern is back. I caught up with him briefly at the Sauce before I came down early to Club Salsa to get ready. Mimi also made a rare appearance – and I didn’t dance with her! Oh well. Also at the same table were Sebastian and Louise.

Vishal also returned this evening. He showed up towards the end of the first half of the social. He adjusted sound system immediately resulting in a abrupt boost of sound, which might have startled some people. This happened somewhere between Mama Guela and Atizame El Fogon – I’m guessing Baila Que Baila, but I don’t remember for sure. He also turned on the air circulation pump (or whatever it’s called), which made the AC more effective. Good to have him back – now things should run more smoothly (aside from occasional power failures, flooding, etc).

It was nice to play some different music once again. I don't think I'll do it very frequently because it does cut into dancing a bit. Sally had offered to get someone else to relieve me after a while, but I declined because I still had a number of songs I really wanted to play.