Penultimate Thursday

July 24, 2008

It occurred to me that I have never felt so little has changed in my perspectives on Salsa dancing after a congress event as this last one at Hamburg. Sure it was fun but nothing approaching a breakthrough. I suppose that was bound to happen as I go to more of them. I could also say that I developed some confidence about Cha Cha. I wouldn't say that there was a dramatic improvement, but I think I would now be enjoying it rather than sweating through it. I probably would feel more comfortable about asking people to dance to it at SOS and elsewhere.

I have no idea how things were last week. This week marked return of Ivan from his longer vacation as well as me being back after one week's absence. Other notable leads included Steve, Johnny and that big On2 dude I've seen more often in London than in Cambridge. Zhenzhi, Lindsey and Jane were there too. Musical selections included slightly more familiar choices than usual - Acid, La Llave, Usted Abuso (Son Boricua), Mujer Divina (Son Boricua), Lluvia Con Nieve, Swing La Moderna, Juana Pena. More Cha Cha than usual too.

Next Thursday is the last one for Sally at Club Salsa. Sally asked me to bring my music collection so I'll probably play a small number of songs. It'll be Cuban on Thursdays starting August. There's someone named Leandro in discussion for teaching at Club Salsa at some point too although it didn't sound like he would start in beginning of August. Back to Casino Rueda maybe? I haven't actually heard anything in person from Vish. Maybe tomorrow.