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BEST OF LONDON SALSA: Your Letters 12th Dec 2007


	Where Can I Dine and Dance Salsa?

Dear Sirs
I am looking for a venue in London that offers genuine, good salsa music with good dining and salsa class. Can you recommend somewhere? (have heard about Bar Salsa and no thank you!)
Yours faithfully
Patricia R.
Ahh - there isn’t an easy answer to this one. We like Soho’s Floridita for a Christmas works do, there’s a great vibe and dancing but no dance classes CLICK HERE - best if the boss is paying.
   Some places offer dining and salsa classes. Arch Angel - formerly Bar Cuba - on Kensington High Street used to be reliable but we haven’t been since it re-opened, similarly Sway on Great Queen Street WC2. Titos in London Bridge is a sweetly shabby Peruvian place with salsa classes (check when salsa classes are on). The Cuban in Camden offers salsa classes on Thursdays, pub food available - cocktails are a knockout. The Tree House in Croydon offers good food downstairs (a friend’s recommendation) and classes and club have flava too!
   There are authentic Latin restaurants where you can dance but no classes - La Bodeguita in Elephant and Castle, La Mazorca in Brixton (see reviews).
   On the other hand, you can get the best of both worlds by choosing a great Latin restaurant - with no classes or dancing and catch an early salsa dance class nearby. Sabor on the Essex Road (classes Clockwork); La Bodeguita del Medio in Kensington (classes Arch Angel); Gilgamesh in Camden are highly recommended (classes Cuban - CLICK HERE for reviews).
   To start the evening off, try salsa classes at Cuban Connection’s new club on Wednesdays at 4 Wild Court, Holborn with SALSA CHAMPIONS Rafael del Busto and Janet Fuentes Torres.
   For live music and dining, try the newly refurbished Ronnie Scotts in Soho (above by Miguel del Foto). With live jazz every night, swish dining and cocktails, Ronnie Scotts is the epitome of class and cool. We saw Snowboy with Alex Wilson and Grupo-X’s Jonny Enright there the other night. Visit: www.ronniescotts.co.uk Ronnie’s is at 47 Frith Street W1, tel: 020 7439 0747.
   Just around the corner and too cool to have its name on the door is Soho’s Groucho Club, 45 Dean Street, London W1. Go after your class to hob nob with celebrities and for a stylish dinner in the brasserie or posh nosh in the dining room.


	*This is a members’ only gaff with cachet and surprising heart.* *www.thegrouchoclu b.com* *T: 020 7439 4685 Don’t forget, Salsa clubs don’t warm up til very, very late so you could dine and then go onto a club for a wild bop! Ed.*

Best of London Salsa: Salsa Saturday 26 Jan


DIVINE SALSA PARTY UNITES THE LORDS OF THE DANCE

	Latin Mass, St Matthews Church, Brixton Hill, SW2 Sat 26 January, 10pm-6am

		CARLOS PAZ, ELDER SANCHEZ & ROBERT CHARLEMAGNE ARE STAGING another humungus Birthday bash to celebrate the trio’s 15th birthday at character venue St Matthews on Saturday 26th January 08.




		*Robert, Carlos and Elder - Coming Together for the First Time.*

   In 1992, Mundolatino’s Carlos Paz; Salsateca’s Elder Sanchez & SalsaNation’s Robert Charlemagne materialised on the UK salsa dance scene, setting themselves up in dance schools no bigger than a police telephone box.
   Fifteen years on, the three timing travellers have hooked up - for the first time ever - TO GIVE YOU THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE AT A BODACIOUS BIRTHDAY PARTY, igniting Latin fire, Latin soul & Latin tastiness on the dance floor.
   In this alternate dimension - there is a perfect Latin Night...
Every month, on the last Saturday from January 08
2 Rooms, 4 DJs - Johnny ‘G’, Julian ‘The Duke’, Chino, Kario Scarapelli, pumping out the funkiest Salsa, Cuban Salsa, Reggaeton, Hip Hop - and everything in between!
Classes: from 9.00pm with Robert Charlemagne and more tba. Afterwards: All-Night Freestlying with the Masters from 10.00pm til 6.00am! Venue big as the Tardis, Wooden floor, air conditioned, located in the middle of the one-way system, 2 mins Brixton tube. Price: £10 entry, £8 online. Dress code: dress to impress.
More:
www.mundolatinouk.com 07775 624089
www.salsanation.co.uk 07092 123567
www.salsateca.co.uk 07891 446256

Master of Funk Robert Charlemagne says: “May the Mambo and Congas Be With You!”

Best of London Salsa: PARTY NIGHTS Dec 07


	Double X-Mas & New Year’s Eve Party, Club Azucar Brick Lane E1

DATELINE: Fri 15 December 2007
A REAL LATIN NIGHT CLUB - CLUB AZUCAR - AT CHRISTMAS ON SATURDAY 22ND DECEMBER & AT NEW’S YEAR’S EVE from 10 PM ‘TIL 4 AM with the capital’s finest DJs serving up the hottest and spiciest grooves around.
, DANCE ‘TIL YOU DROP to the HOTTEST CUBAN & COLOMBIAN SOUNDS, courtesy of London’s finest DJs: Javier De la Rosa & Ginu El Papi
, Show & Lesson, lesson with
JANET FUENTES TORRES (TRIPLE SALSA WORLD CHAMPION)
, Food, Lesson, Show & Night Club for £15 or £8 Only Night Club
, Club Azucar’S NYE party @ Brick Lane E1, 200 max people capacity, Indian & Bangladesh food served until midnight and special selection of drinks from around the world. Doors will be closed after max capacity is reached. Book in advance to avoid disappointment.




		*photo: miguel del foto*


	Nearest tube: Aldgate East. VIP Car park, video clips, loyalty card, food served until MIDNIGHT. Location: Club Azucar (above Sonargaon Restaurant) 38 Osborn Street (off Brick lane), London E1 6TD Dress code: No baseball caps, no trainers. Booking available on: 07930546245 for more information.

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Best of London Salsa News: Saturday 1st Dec 07


	Salsa Nation - Looking for New Pad

RECENTLY, LONDON SALSA SCENE REPORTED THE CLOSURE of Hackney Central - Salsa Nation’s Friday night salsa club hosted by Robert Charlemagne.
   Sadly, we’ve got another closure to report. Robert relocated to Leyton Football Club but the move hasn’t worked out. “We didn’t have the right vibe at the club, we realised it wasn’t going to work, so we thought the best pla was to close it,” said Robert.
   But you can’t keep a good man down for long and Salsa Nation’s Robert Charlemagne and the gorgeous Pam Rene areon the look out for a brand new venue in the East End for Friday nights soon.
   For anyone who knew Hackney Central, it was a venue with heart and warmth, one of the real homes of salsa, an authentic salsa vibe and spirit. Hackney Central was like Robert’s front room, and clubbers felt they were being welcomed into his home there.
   We’ll bring you more details when we get them. Ed. Right: Robert looking for a new pad.

News: Ilford’s NEW Salsa Club, Sat 1 Dec 07


	Premier League Salsa Club Back in Ilford!


	SALSA OK re-launches on Fridays at The Pavilion, 486 High Road – Ilford Football Club’s own Dance Hall - from 16th November, about 20mins drive from London. Friday Salsa Passion is set in one of Ilford’s Premier Salsa Night Clubs and expects to attract supporters in and around Ilford, Essex and south London.

   The Pavilion - part of Ilford’s prestigious £1 million Sports Complex - includes a modern, purpose built dance hall with a large, sprung wooden floor and free car parking.
   Salsa lessons for beginners through improver/intermediate from 9:30.pm; club dancing 10:30.pm til 1.pm. Email: Info@salsaok.com or visit www.salsaok.com or 0750 6329 115 and 020 8554 5123 (answer phone)
   Directions: drive 4-5 minutes from A406 Ilford turn off or Ilford Station [follow the A118] and 1 minute from Seven Kings Station (4 minute walk). Opposite is an 86 & Night Bus N86 Bus Stop. Entrance to the Club is to the side of Ilford (Seven Kings) Swimming Pool, by the Fire Station and church. Look for the 'Welcome to Cricklefield' sign, this leads into the large (FREE) car park, walk through the double gates and club’s on the first floor, overlooking the

Athletic & Football Field. Nearest BR – Seven Kings. London Salsa in Iford, posted: 3 December 2007 Pic by M iguel del Foto.

CLUB NEWS: Streetbeat at the Cuban in Camden


	Moe at Cuban in Norf London

Moe Flex teaches for Alistair Saddler’s Streetbeat on Thursdays at The Cuban bar and restaurant, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town NW1.
From 7.30pm, dancers get served up a 90min mezze of Salsa for all levels with Moe Flex (pictured right), Frank Santos and Streetbeat denizens Amanda and Alistair, with club dancing from 10.00pm-2.00am. Friendly vibe, good music and a polished wood floor with plenty of space and one of the capital’s first weekly Bachata classes.
The venue operates across two buildings with loos reached via an outdoor staircase – chilly! What do you do if it’s raining– hold it in? Ah well, nothing’s perfect…
Thumbs up to this big daw on the north London scene! And I can walk there (it’s a six minute walk from Camden Town tube for the rest of you). More visit: www.camdensalsa.co.uk or www.streetbeat.co.uk Classes: £7, club only £5.
DJ: El Diablo Darryl. Review by: Annie Wigman

The Oracle Predicts....


	Ministry of Hip Swivelling Walks Steps Out in Whitechapel




	London’s first Bachata Club is swivelling hips on Wednesdays at the bijou, newly refurbished Q Bar, the Grave Maurice, 269 Whitechapel Road E1. Classes from 8.30-10.00 pm £6/Club free, dancing ‘til late, bar closes 1am. Sounds - Bachata, Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton. See Listings for Wednesday. *The Oracle - he’s spooky but cute*

Best of London Salsa: Las Iguanas Opens


	Sorry, Wooden Dancefloor’s Off

	The people behind Las Iguanas - the new Latin night spot that launched on the South Bank last night - seem to have suffered a last minute loss of bottle. (Posted Friday 4 August, 2006). Well, less a loss of bottle than a loss of dance floor. Originally, the plan was to serve up a Latin dine and dance experience on a good sized wooden dance floor. But they ran out of wooden floor and suggested the dish of the day instead - tiles. Las Iguanas looks cool for after work cocktails and a bite and don’t rule out diners getting up for a bop between courses. More: Las Iguanas: Royal Festival Hall, Festival Walk, London SE1 8XX royalfestivalhall@iguanas.co.uk *Pic: Miguel de Foto*

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