Drinking and Salsa Dancing

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Don’t drink too much alcohol (or preferably non at all) while dancing.
Hard-core serious dancers can’t stand dancing with someone intoxicated.

    • This screws up your lead.
    • This screws up your follow.
    • This messes up your balance,
    • … messes up your spinning.
    • … destroys your career,
    • … destroys your relationships,
    • … makes everyone you come in contact with … utterly miserable.

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How I lost 50 Pounds and Dropped 10 Dress Sizes Eating LOTS of Whatever I Wanted.

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By Edie, The Salsa FREAK!!

Like most people, I had a normal “Nine to Five” job. I was working as a contractor for the US Government. I didn’t particularly enjoy my job, but it was a career in technology, had stability, and paid the bills.

I was “sitting down and not moving” for eight to ten hours every day at my work desk. I commuted an hour to/from work as well, again “sitting down and not moving” in my car. I wasn’t really watching my weight. I didn’t realize after a few years that the pounds started creeping up on me. I didn’t really notice that much. It happened very slowly. My business suits during the week got larger (more…)

Too Old To Dance?

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By Edie, The Salsa FREAK!!
I’ll never forget that man nor that night. I don’t want to take these memories to my grave. As time moves on, you will find yourself reading this story over and over again.My competition partner and I were in Chicago for a weekend of workshops. We got to the local nightclub that night and were dancing up a storm together and with everyone else in the place. It was awesome. (more…)

Long Hair – What to Do

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What to Do About Dancing with Real Long Hair…
(you, or your partner)

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At the Salon…
Well, here I type, sitting under this hair dryer, staring the most gorgeous Puerto Rican Salsera I’ve ever seen. Not only does this woman have looks and a body to kill, but the most beautiful, healthy, long, dark brown hair in Los Angeles. “It’s to my tailbone now”, she says with a laugh. Meet Jessie Lynn Martinez, owner of Goerge-Michael Hair (more…)