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Salsa Racing Dance Studios is available
to teach Salsa-Casino Rueda
on cruises. We can also perform on the "Welcome Aboard Shows",
pool parties, and
clubs.
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Costa
Victoria Salsa Cruise!

March
2-9, 2003
Salsa
Racing Dance Studios performed and taught
workshops at the Costa Victoria Salsa Cruise, which
sailed to Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, The Bahamas
and The Virgin Islands.
Click Here for Salsa Cruise Picture
Gallery!
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Royal
Caribbean Salsa Cruise - Explorer of the Seas!

September
8-13, 2001!
Henry
Herrera from Salsa Racing Dance Studios taught and
performed at the Explorer of the Seas Cruise from Royal Caribbean.
It sailed to Puerto Rico, Haiti, The Bahamas,
and the Virgin Islands.
Click Here for Salsa Cruise Picture Gallery!
For more information please call
us at:
(305) 298-5562
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YOU KNOW
YOU ARE A SALSERO/SALSERA IF:
1.
You vividly remember your first experience with salsa and
the date it happened.
2. You take naps during
lunch because you went dancing last night
3. You never listen
to the radio anymore because all you listen to are salsa
cds/cassettes.
4. You cruise downtown
blasting salsa music.
5. You go to a hip hop/dance club and you find yourself
trying to find the beat of the clave.
6. You try your salsa moves in the hip hop/dance
club with somebody that has never partner danced.
7. You dance in your
dreams.
8. Salsa lessons/club
cover fees are now a permanent part of your monthly expenses.
9. You say you are going shopping for a new business
outfit, but you are secretly salsa shopping.
10. Your boyfriend/girlfriend does not understand
the "strictly plutonic" relationship you have
with your salsa partner because you simply cannot wait until
you practice with him/her again.
11. You watch anything
that deals with body movement, (i.e. karate, gymnastics,
figure skating, ballet) because you are trying to devise
a new salsa move.
12. Everything you
do leads back to salsa.
13. You sing songs
with words you don't even understand.
14. You are the only non-latino in the Musica Latina
section.
15. You practice your turns when no one is looking.
16. You lightly dance your basic when you are
waiting for something or when
no one is looking.
17. People do not know you are secretly practicing
your footwork when they are speaking with you on the phone.
18. You quit watching TV.
19. You convince yourself
you can get by on 3-4 hours sleep per night.
20. Would rather have salsa than sex.
21. Salsa IS sex.
22. You have lost about 10 lbs. from dancing so
much.
23. You have searched and found EVERY club in town.
24. Start spending more on salsa clothes than work
clothes.
25. You've considered getting a different/easier
job day job to co-exist with your salsa dancing.
26. Friday nights are off limits for any events because
you just CANNOT miss your salsa night.
27. You can't buy enough salsa music/clothes/shoes.
28. All your "former" friends have now
abandoned you.
29. You don't even miss your "former" friends,
as long as you have your salsa!
30. You argue about how salsa should be danced.
31. You have met all new (better and more permanent)
friends.
32. Your friends and family do not understand what
you are ranting and raving
about.
33. You dump your boyfriend/girlfriend because he/she
is getting in the way of your salsa training.
34. When you say, "I need my FIX for the week."
you are not referring
to drugs.
35. You cannot convince any of your friends to come
with you.
36. You start talking 100 mph just because someone
shows an interest that you like to dance salsa.
37. You went to a salsa congress and had an
information overload.
38. You use to be humble and shy, but now you just
have to show off every chance
you get 39. You go on vacation and instead of looking
forward to seeing the main attraction, you just cannot wait
until you check out the local salsa clubs.
40. You extend your vacation a few days, just so
you can check out a local club.
41. You watch the MTV music awards and you don't
recognize any of the new groups/singers because you never
listen to that music anymore.
42. You are on the web all day long visiting salsa
web sites.
43. You started working out again because you have
to be in shape to wear those
salsa outfits.
44. Your shoes are worn out from spinning so much.
45. You start clearing space in your room so you
can dance salsa there.
46. You listen
to Marc Anthony and start crying.
47. You cannot imagine life without salsa.
48. You start
changing your screen names to "Salsa-this"
or "Salsa-that".
49. You are pondering getting a license plate with
"Salsa" somehow in it.
50. You sneak to your car during working hours just
so you can listen to a few salsa tunes 51. You are a writer/columnist
and all you think about
is writing about salsa.
52. You pray at night and thank God for creating
salsa.
53. You install wooden floors in your house because
you prefer them over carpet (Yeah right!).
54. You get stopped (at work, in a grocery store,
in the mall, etc.)
by random people telling you that they
have seen you dance.
55. The only time you rest in the club is during
the merengue breaks.
56. You can only stand merengue for a few songs.
57. You are on that eternal search for those perfect
shoes.
58. Nobody wants to go shopping with you because
all you talk about
is how that would look so good in the salsa club.
59. You are in church listening to the sermon, but
secretly you are dancing in
your head.
60. You get desperate to practice and you dance with
an "imaginary" partner.
61. You realize that the only thing you have done
for the past few months is
go salsa dancing every weekend and you feel you still haven't
gotten enough.
62. You realize that the only thing you have done
for the past few years is
go salsa dancing every weekend and you feel you still haven't
gotten enough.
63. For your birthday, you ask for something related
to salsa (i.e. lessons, new shoes, new outfit).
64. For your birthday, your friends buy you
something related to salsa.
65. You get a few friends together and the first
thing that comes to mind is casino rueda.
66. You are looking for a wedding dress that you
can dance salsa in.
67. You use to have other hobbies.
68. You have chronic knee and back problems from
all the dips, flips, and tricks.
69. You start wearing tight t-shirts.
70. You try to pass your addiction onto your other
friends.
71. You walk into the club and everyone there is
like family to you.
72. You have experienced at least one time when you
overexerted yourself on the dance floor.
73. Your idea of a good first date is to go salsa
dancing.
74. Heaven is having lots of space on the dance floor.
75. You take something that has no relevance to salsa
dancing, but somehow you manipulate the conversation to
end with salsa.
76. Your skirt keeps getting shorter and shorter.
77. Hell is a place where there is no salsa.
78. Your password is SALSAFREAK.
79. You have engaged in fisticuffs with another dancer
over the "one" and the "two".
80. You decide that going out salsa dancing is more
important than studying for that big exam.
81. You lie to your boss and tell him/her the reason
you have to fly to Los Angles/New York/Miami or Puerto Rico
is strictly for business.
82. You get caught by your boss surfing the salsaweb
during working hours.
83. You did the "death-drop" move and never
came back up.
84. You leave the club at 3 a.m., completely tired
from dancing all night, and you get stopped by the cops
because you were swerving on the road. When the cop asks
you to perform the "walk", you start busting out
your salsa.
85. You decide the only man/woman you will marry
has to be a salsa dancer.86. One of your pet peeves are
cumbia dancers.
87. Your family coat-of-arms features a couple salsa
dancing.
88. Club owners hate you because you go to the club
and all you do is drink the free water.
89. (Salseras only) You practice day/night with your
partner and when you go to the clubs together, he goes dancing
with all the different women and you never get asked.
90. You become jealous when watching your dance partner,
whom you have no relations with, dance with another person.
91. You bust out some salsa solo moves when waiting
in line to use the restroom.
92. You have salsa music on your answering machine.
93. You sing salsa songs in the shower.
94. You and your friend/partner dance in the oddest
places (i.e. grocery store, mall, gym, work, etc.).
95. After you break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend,
you go out salsa dancing.
96. Your neighbors are wondering what the hell that
is you are playing.
97. You check you the salsa web's partner search
everyday.
98. You own at least 2-3 salsa instructional videos.
99. You were already dancing salsa while in you mother's
womb.
100. You do your leg workout earlier in the week
so you can have "fresh" legs for your salsa weekend.
101. "Wepa!" and "Ahi-namá!"
is now part of your vocabulary.
102. You consider immigrating for salsa.
103. You work in a hospital and you share your love
for salsa with all the doctors,
residents and nurses working with you.
104. You consider getting a team together to perform
Salsa Rueda for the United
Way fundraiser event at the hospital.
105. When you had a bit too much to drink in a pub,
the first thing you ask the
stranger sitting next to you is "Do you dance salsa?"
106. When you tell your friends : " I'm going
to Victoria (or whatever place) this weekend" the first
thing they ask you is " Oh, is there some salsa event
going on there?"
107. When this tells about you:
A man goes to a salsa club and sees a very pretty
lady sitting at a table all by herself. He finally gets
his chance to dance with her, and when the song is over,
he says, "You're such a great dancer! But I'm kind
of surprised to see you're alone". She says, "Well
actually, my husband and I used go dancing at different
clubs several days a week. Unfortunately, he died and this
is the first time I've gone out without him". "Wow,
that's really sad. But don't you have any friends or relatives
that would want to come along?", the man asks. "I
suppose", she replies, "but they're all at the
funeral". |
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