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What are your Top Ten Salsa Songs?

What are your Top Ten Salsa Songs? After the infamous Ice Bucket challenge, there was a challenge on Facebook  that asked people to pick their top 10 salsa and bachata songs. A number of smooth unknown tracks were mentioned and I will … Continue reading

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Chillys Blog Turns 4

Oh how time fly’s when you having fun. Hard to believe that 4 years ago I started this blog. Unfortunately, this year my blog has been a little bit neglected. I did however decide that in October I would pay … Continue reading

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Catchup with Olu Olu and his Friday Coffee Lounge

Who is a Jetsetting, globe trotting, coffee drinking, fashion trending,  photo taking, G Star Raw wearing, Rum drinking and Friday facebook posting Salsero? None other than London based Olu Olu. Now for those of you who dont know Olu Olu, … Continue reading

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Salsa: You’re doing it wrong!

Originally posted on The Dancing Irishman:
“If you don’t have African or at least Latino roots you will NEVER dance Salsa well”.Did you know that?Or did you know that “Studio Salsa (whatever that is) is watered-down Salsa that has lost…

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Salsa Performances – What does the future hold?

If you watch a lot of Salsa shows, you will have noticed a trend emerging – The Salsa Fusion. This was definitely a novelty idea back in the day, but today you will barely find a Salsa show without some hip hop, … Continue reading

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Chilly is Back – 2014 here we come

Hello Salsa Peeps, I know its been a while since I last blogged – actually this is my first post in 2014. This year has been cruising on by, its kind of scary how quickly time has gone. However, its official … Continue reading

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My Top 8 Solo Salsa Performances

Its been a while since my last post and things are so crazy for me right now. I cannot honestly say when my next post will be, but today I am making time to share one of the many in … Continue reading

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August is the month for Alisar Dance Company

Alisar Dance Company was born on 26 January 2013. (The name comes from my salsa monicker which is Spanish for  “Smooth” as this is part of my ultimate Salsa ambition) While it has been around for a little while it … Continue reading

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SBO: The Online Salsa Class Evolution has begun!

Online Salsa classes have been around for a while. As a matter of fact, Addicted2Salsa (which is probably the most well known online resource to learn salsa) has been around for more than 7 years. Today though, I want to talk … Continue reading

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Thank you Mr. DJ!

“Many of us simply don’t realise and far too often we simply take for granted how important DJs are. The Music that we dance to – whether its at a party or at an international  salsa festival – has been painstakingly compiled … Continue reading

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