We were quite worried that the snow would keep everyone away. This was the 3rd outing this semester that was effected by the snow storms in Toronto. However, even the storm couldn’t keep our salsa friends away!

We started the night with 3 lessons. Kimberly and Mark taught the absolute beginner class, Emely and Rob taught the level 1 class, and Evan and I taught the level 2 and up class. Each was very well attended and, although the combos were difficult as always, our students rose up to the challenge.

At 11:15pm the helper group was announced by Caryl. The couples performing were:

1. David & Katie
2. Khemara & Kelly
3. Alex & Ildi
4. Manuel & Nicole
5. Barry & Carolina
6. George & Pansy
7. Mark & Stella

It was amazing to see the confidence in this performance. Many of the helpers had performed at least once if not twice before now and that bit of added experience makes a huge difference. I was so proud of all the performers and Caryl for creating such a great choreography and having the courage to see it through. Hopefully it has inspired many of the students to one day perform themselves.

Our next outings are confirmed:
Sunday March 16th at 7pm at El Rancho
Friday March 28th at 9:30pm at Plaza Flamingo

See you all then!

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Classes begin this Sunday Jan 6th and every week new classes are starting. So far we have had over 700 registrations which is amazing and we will likely pass the 800 mark by mid January.

Everyone is asking if we are going to post more classes. We have a new Monday night level 1 class that we are posting this week at the Adelaide Club. Other than that we may look at posting one or two more classes in February so check back often.

As for January outings, I know you want to start planning your salsa calendar, so I will give you some tentative dates. Please note that these outings are not confirmed yet but I will keep you posted as soon as I get the ok from the clubs. We are looking at an outing to Plaza Flamingo on Fri, Jan 18th and the big outing with the helper performance team on either Sunday Jan 27th or Feb 3rd.

I have many goals for Toronto Dance Salsa for 2008. Here are a few that I will be focusing on:

1) Hold a 2008 Amateur Salsa Competition. We had one last year and it was absolutely amazing and I would like to continue this new tradition with a bigger and better event.
2) Hold a Dance-A-Thon. I have been wanting to give back in some way for some time and I am hoping to put together a Dance-A-Thon which would be great fun as well as raise funds for charity

I would love to hear about everyone else’s salsa resolutions so share away and looking forward to seeing you all in classes/outings soon!

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