(MIT Salsa Club) Salsa Club NEWS, and It's REALLY HAPPENIN' @ Mambos this Friday!

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      -*-* MIT Salsa Club's Weekly Update *-*-
           
1. No MIT Salsa Lessons Until September 15th but...There are Tons of Ways to Dance and to Learn to Dance Until Then!

All regular MIT salsa lessons will resume September 15.  In the meantime, there are many different ways (free, complimentary, or $) to dance until then. 

Here is a list of 3:

A.) Take advantage of Mambos' complimentary lessons on Friday nights.  There's nothing else like them in town.  Dancers can learn from different talented instructors every week.  You can experience a new style and new moves every Friday night with instructors from Boston, Rhode Island, Worcester and more.  If you've been meaning to make it to Mambos one Friday or you've been coming every week, this is the Friday to come out.  BIG things are happening this Friday.  You can see and hear "Mambos Mail" by clicking this link for this Friday's dancing details:
http://www.ymlp.com/msg.php?id=anrcpkxddks
Mambos web site link:
http://www.mambosentertainment.com/salsafridays.html

B.) Private lessons.  Not only are they the cheapest in town, but you'll learn so much from just one private lesson.  Your dancing will improve drastically in one day.  Not kidding.  Imagine having someone tell you how to improve your dancing every minute for one hour!  (Read rest of this newsletter for rates and availability.)

C.) Join a practice group.  MIT Salsa was created for two reasons; first, to bring people together; second, to teach and share salsa dancing.  Get together with others.  Start practice group discussions on MIT Salsa's Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209203537).  
And don't forget: you can practice MIT Salsa moves by referencing past lesson videos.  Click here for the Cool Moves Laboratory:  http://web.mit.edu/salsaclub/www/CoolMovesLab/coolmoveslab.shtml  

2. Mambos is Gonna be Hot this Friday!  Dance Showcases from Mexico and Atlanta, GA.  Free lessons with Rumba y Timbal...

***Click here to see the web version of "Mambos Mail" with graphics
and the "song of the the week": http://www.ymlp.com/msg.php?id=anrcpkxddks

Not only is Rumba y Timbal teaching this week's advanced beginner lesson on Mambos' 2nd floor, but you'll also see two great dance showcases this week!  World circuit performers from Mexico and Altanta, GA will be sharing their unique dance styles with Mambos' guests shortly after the lessons.  First, we'll see Gordon Neil (Atlanta) take salsa and make it new in his vibrantly unique ways.  Then, we'll see Victor and Gaby (fresh off a plane from Mexico) make salsa Mexican style, with a fusion of quebradita dancing and salsa dancing!  This is a real treat for Boston.  Bringing it all under one roof at Mambos!

Open the Mambos Mail link above to see videos of this week's guest dancers from Mexico and Atlanta.  You'll see salsa dancing fusions like you've never seen before.  Salsa hip hop, salsa quebradita and more! 

THIS IS THE LAST FRIDAY TO PICK UP YOUR MAMBOS CARDS 

MIT Salsa will be teaching beginners the basic steps and a new beginner move this week.  If you're an MIT Salsa Clubber, come out and hop in the lesson circle.  The more MITSC's we see, the more likely we're to teach a cool move.  No experience or partner necessary, 9:30 - 10:30.

* Fun salsa lessons for beginners (first floor) and 
  advanced beginners (second floor). No partner or experience necessary. 
* All Ages!
* DJ el Turco
* $10 for members, $15 for guests
* Only 2 blocks from the Arlington T station. 
* Right off Route 90 and Route 93

CLICK HERE for Pictures and Videos from Last Week's Party:
http://www.mambosentertainment.com/photos.html
http://www.mambosentertainment.com

Email us at info at mambosentertainment.com

3.) Private Lesson Information.

New Rates:
Weekdays: $40 per hour
Weekends: $60 per hour

Lessons are currently available Mondays thru Thursdays.  No Fridays.  Lessons are available on Saturdays and Sundays for higher rates.  

Private lessons are a fun and affordable way to learn salsa
dancing quickly. The private lesson setting allows each
dancer the opportunity to address his or her own needs
directly to a teacher. 

Private lessons are available for solo dancers, for couples
and for groups up to 5--all for the same price. 

Currently taught at MIT!

Email Chris at vegas76 at yahoo.com for more details!  

5.) Would You Like to Help the Arts in Boston?  

Hello MIT Salseros,

I was recently approached by a group called Champions USA that provides after-school programs for local high schools in the Boston area.  They are desperately trying to return the arts to schools in Greater Boston and the country.  As you may know, over the years, funding has been cut for the arts all over the USA.  As a result, children are not learning how to be artistically expressive in schools anymore.  They're not learning how to socialize creatively through the arts.  In my opinion, learning how to foster relationships via a constructive medium such as the arts is extremely valuable.  Not only for kids, but for adults as well.  That's why Tracy and I created MIT Salsa Club almost 3 years ago.

Today, I'm being asked to take it to the next level.  

Originally, when I embarked upon the MIT salsa project, I had planned to take my ambitions in this direction.  I always wanted to expand the arts in positive ways throughout the city and I always saw MIT Salsa as a medium for opening people up to being creative and expressive, giving to others and reaching out to many different cultures and sharing what we all have in common: the arts.

But I can't do it alone.  I'm already overwhelmed...  

I'm looking to build a team of people that would like to share their love of salsa dancing with kids that need exposure to the arts.  If you're interested and want to learn more, please email me at vegas76 at yahoo.com.

We would only be helping one hour a day, Mon-Thur, from Sept-June.  

Thanks for reading,

Chris Zebo

6.) Register with Facebook.

PLEASE register.    

Our Facebook club allows you to participate in many of our
lesson activities, such as voting for lessons, meeting
dance partners, being invited to our events, etc.  

Even if you don't want to create a profile with a picture
or tell the world anything about yourself, create an
account and join our Facebook club; you'll still be able to
participate in all of the club's online activities.
   
Follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209203537

If you are already registered with Facebook, then log in
and click the "Groups" link in the left side of your
browser.  Then type "MIT Salsa Club" into the search box
and click "Join" when you are on our club page.  You'll be
added to the club.

If you are not registered with Facebook, it will take you
less then 5 minutes to set up an account.  And it's free!
Just follow the link above, click "Register" and follow the
instructions listed above.