(MIT Salsa Club) NO LESSONS Next Week, JOIN us at Mambos, MIT Salsa Wins Art Award, and Events!

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1. NO Lessons Next Week: Join us at Mambos for Lessons and Dancing!

MIT Salsa has the week off next week, but we will be at Mambos teaching and dancing this Saturday and every Saturday night!  Check it out here:
http://www.mambosentertainment.com/salsasaturdays.html

Also, words of advice: Join Mambos Mail, Mambos' free weekly newsletter.  Every Wednesday, you get a colorful email with news about big salsa events around the city.  You get free music from time to time; you get reviews of salsa albums; you get to hear new music and read reviews of new and old music; and you learn something new about the music every week, too!

It's free: go to the bottom of this page http://www.mambosentertainment.com/salsasaturdays.html
and sign up!  

You can read this week's web version of Mambos Mail here:
http://www.ymlp.com/msg.php?id=anrcpkxydsy

2.) Mambos Salsa Saturdays Update: Special Event this Saturday! 
(MIT RUEDA is in the HOUSE!!!)

***Click link below to see the colorful web version of "Mambos Mail" with graphics, Song of the the Week, and Guest List Trivia: 
http://www.ymlp.com/msg.php?id=anrcpkxydsy

Lessons this SATURDAY: 
FIRST FLOOR: 

On the first floor, BU Salsa will be teaching an intro to salsa dancing this Saturday night.  These lessons are always fun for beginners and you'll learn enough in one hour to keep you dancing all night long!  No partner or experience necessary.  **Please try to arrive early for the beginners lessons to guarantee yourself a good spot in the circle.  The lessons are filling up in the first half hour. 
  
SECOND FLOOR:

Mambos is pleased to have MIT Casino Rueda in the house for their first lesson at Mambos!  Join them as they teach you Cuba's most famous circle dance.  This group recently performed at the Boston Salsa Congress, and they are also throwing a big salsa party soon.  (They'll be making an announcement about their party this Saturday at Mambos.) Some prior experience with basic salsa is necessary, no partner necessary.  

All lessons begin at 9:30pm.  Free with admission, no partner 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
http://www.mambosentertainment.com

3.) MIT Salsa Club has Won the Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Art Award for 2009!

It's an award designated for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the arts at MIT. Established by the Council for the Arts at MIT in 1979, these awards honor the late President Emeritus Jerome Wiesner and Mrs. Wiesner for their commitment to the arts at MIT. 

The awards convocation for MIT Salsa will be held in May!

5.)  NEW Private Lesson Information!

Private lessons are finally available for solo men!  If you have emailed Chris in the past about taking private lessons but you didn't have a partner to learn with, you will now have one made a available to you.  

Lessons are now available during the week at various times.  Contact Chris with at least two days and times that you have available and he will fit you into his schedule!  His email is cgzebo at gmail.com. 

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!
Lessons are currently available Mondays thru Thursdays.  No Fridays.  Lessons are available on Saturdays and Sundays for higher rates.  
New Rates:
Weekdays: $40 per hour
Weekends: $60 per hour

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

6.) MIT Sangam presents .. DHOOM !!!!

(FROM MIT SANGAM)

Bollywood Dance Party with DJ Deewane (www.djdeewane.com)- Best Desi DJ in the town. An evening that will keep you up and moving while you
dance to the best beats of Bollywood, Bhangra, Remix, Hip Hop and Trance.

Party Attire: Dress to impress
Free SNACKS !!!
21+ ID for drinks.
*Admission charges:
Before 10 pm: FREE for MIT students, $2 for others
After 10 pm: $2 for MIT students, $4 for others

Date:-April 25th,2009
Venue: Hulsizer Room, Ashdown,MIT
235 Albany Street,Cambridge
Time: Door opens at 9 pm

Sponsored by LEF/ARCADE
co-host:- Ashdown

RSVP:- http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=62280959625&ref=ts

7.) 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.