Salsa rules in a little island called Jamaica!!

[jamaicanspice]

Hi, I've been dancing for three years now and am STILL learning!! :D

There's a salsa club located in Kingston, Jamaica and just recently they launched their website. Here's the link: http://salsajamaica.com Check it out.......if you're ever in the island pay us a visit!!!

[Sagitta]

Welcome to df!! :) Have you tried out rueda? Lots of fun. :)

[Spitfire]

Welcome jamaicanspice, :D

I'll know where to go if ever in Kingston.

What other dances are popular in Jamaica?

[jamaicanspice]

hi and thanks!

no I haven't tried the rueda but I've seen it done alot here. I haven't found anyone who can teach me it though so I'm 'limited' to couples dancing :lol: Isn't it based on Cuban dancing though?

[jamaicanspice]

@spitfire.....see you when you get here :lol:

maan....there are all kinds of dancing

[SDsalsaguy]

Isn't it based on Cuban dancing though?
Yes, rueda is a sub-set of Casino style salsa.

[Sabor]

hola jamaican!.. maan Jamaica is gorgeous enough as it is.. and now there's even hot salsa to heat it up even more! 8) .. gotta get myself there and boost up the african spirit! :bouncy:

[MadamSamba]

Welcome to the forums, Jamaicanspice! I so wanna go there! I've added Jamaica to my dancing "to do" list! :)
My favourite salsa place closed two weeks ago and I'm suffering a serious case of withdrawal...
Thanks for the tip

[Pacion]

Welcome Jamaicaspice! Jamaica isn't a "lil" island. It is one of the largest in the Caribbean, the largest amongst the english speaking islands :wink:

Have you been to any of the other islands? Have you heard any steelpan salsa songs? (another thread which I haven't got time to look for and link :( )

I have danced in Trinidad and the style there is quite different to anything I have experienced - very ballroom like. :?

[jamaicanspice]

Isn't it based on Cuban dancing though?
Yes, rueda is a sub-set of Casino style salsa.

Well then that's it then! I don't really know how to dance to Cuban salsa but I'm learning :lol: it's so much fun to watch though!! :D

[jamaicanspice]

hola jamaican!.. maan Jamaica is gorgeous enough as it is.. and now there's even hot salsa to heat it up even more! 8) .. gotta get myself there and boost up the african spirit! :bouncy:

make it quick!! join us on Thursday nights and add your flavor to the mix! :D

[jamaicanspice]

Welcome to the forums, Jamaicanspice! I so wanna go there! I've added Jamaica to my dancing "to do" list! :)
My favourite salsa place closed two weeks ago and I'm suffering a serious case of withdrawal...
Thanks for the tip

Hi MadamSamba, thanks for the welcome. I SOOOOO know what you mean about those withdrawal symptoms....I've been through them myself....*shudder* not nice :D So guess what...jump on a plane and head to New Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica and register at the Hilton Hotel for a couple weeks....that way you wont have to go far for a little salsa fix :D 8)

[jamaicanspice]

Welcome Jamaicaspice! Jamaica isn't a "lil" island. It is one of the largest in the Caribbean, the largest amongst the english speaking islands :wink:

Have you been to any of the other islands? Have you heard any steelpan salsa songs? (another thread which I haven't got time to look for and link :( )

I have danced in Trinidad and the style there is quite different to anything I have experienced - very ballroom like. :?

Hi Pacion, thanks for the welcome :D ahhhhh, I kinda know that my island isn't little in the true sense of the word. What I should have done was put the word in brackets so you would know I meant it figuratively speaking. 8)

I've been to Cayman once....but I only recently learnt that they have a salsa club there so next time I go I will be checking it out. I haven't been to any other Caribbean island yet...my travels have been mainly to the States so far. In terms of steel pans and salsa songs....well, I HAVE heard Steel bands PLAYING salsa songs :) . Oh by the way, every month end there is a live band at the Jonkanoo Lounge (that's where I go latin dancing at the Hilton Hotel) playing latin music. You should check it out when you come here.

There was a guy here from Trinidad that I danced with.....beautiful movements!! and you're right....it is kinda like ballroom dancing.

[jamaicanspice]

Dancing is the point when a dancer becomes the dance
My soul dances.. my body merely plays the rhythme
Dream the dream of dance.. searching for the time to dance the dance of dreams

BEAUTIFUL words MadamSamba.....just BEAUTIFUL!! You've just spoken what my heart has been fighting to find the words to describe what this music means to me :)

[SDsalsaguy]

Dancing is the point when a dancer becomes the dance
My soul dances.. my body merely plays the rhythme
Dream the dream of dance.. searching for the time to dance the dance of dreams

BEAUTIFUL words MadamSamba.....just BEAUTIFUL!! You've just spoken what my heart has been fighting to find the words to describe what this music means to me :)
MadamSamba? That's Sabor's tag-line! :wink: :lol:

[jamaicanspice]

SOOO SORRY SABOR!! in my excitement I wrote my compliment to the wring person!! Can you EVER forgive me!!!! :oops: *on knees* :oops:

[SDsalsaguy]

:lol:

Not to put words in Sabor's mouth, but I'm guessing that he won't be too bent out of shape over this... :wink:

[jamaicanspice]

*whew!* thank goodness!! I'll take your word for it then :lol:

[Pacion]

Hi Pacion, thanks for the welcome :D ahhhhh, I kinda know that my island isn't little in the true sense of the word. What I should have done was put the word in brackets so you would know I meant it figuratively speaking. 8)

I know that you meant it figeratively. I was just instigating :banana: :lol:

In terms of steel pans and salsa songs....well, I HAVE heard Steel bands PLAYING salsa songs :) .

And!?! Your assignment for today is to write a 1,000 essay etc etc :lol:

There was a guy here from Trinidad that I danced with.....beautiful movements!! and you're right....it is kinda like ballroom dancing.

The thing that surprised me most though is that if you put on a calypso song, you get hip action that would put a ferris wheel to shame. Yet, change the music to salsa and all the feeling/movement disappears :(

[Pacion]

:lol:

Not to put words in Sabor's mouth, but I'm guessing that he won't be too bent out of shape over this... :wink:

Oh, but I am willing to put words into Sabor's mouth! :twisted: I am also willing to bet that he will be so thrilled :wink: that his cough animal magnatism caused seismic displacement and sent another member of the weaker sex into a tailspin :lol:


=> Pacion :friend: <= Sabor :lol:

[jamaicanspice]

I know that you meant it figeratively. I was just instigating :banana; :lol:

ooooooohh :x I oughta!!! :P hehehehehehe ok ok you got me :D I have to repay the favor now you know :wink:


And!?! Your assignment for today is to write a 1,000 essay etc etc :lol:

:roll: some explanation I take it is necessary here then 8)


The thing that surprised me most though is that if you put on a calypso song, you get hip action that would put a ferris wheel to shame. Yet, change the music to salsa and all the feeling/movement disappears :(

hmmm, I wonder why that is. Personally I am NOT a calypso fan so you wont see me 'enjoying' the music....but put on something with a salsa beat :lol: 8) :lol: and I just GOTTA bust a move!! :roll: *ahem* oh the shame :oops: *sigh*

YEH RIGHT! :twisted:

[Pacion]

I am not a big calypso fan either :( :lol:

Salsa with Steel Drums (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3616) This is the thread I was referring to earlier. So, as you will see, yes, some explanation is required :wink:

[jamaicanspice]

Oh, but I am willing to put words into Sabor's mouth! :twisted: I am also willing to bet that he will be so thrilled :wink: that his cough animal magnatism caused seismic displacement and sent another member of the weaker sex into a tailspin :lol:


=> Pacion :friend: <= Sabor :lol:

what are you trying to imply Pacion :evil: be careful....I may have to call you out at dawn for that 'weaker sex' line :twisted: :D

[Pacion]

Jamacianspice, it's not me that you would have to call out :wink: It is Sabor. Stick around. You'll see :wink: :lol:

(Sabor is a flirt and Scorpion - not sure which is "worse" :lol: so basically, he likes/loves the female attention :lol: )

[jamaicanspice]

I am not a big calypso fan either :( :lol:

Salsa with Steel Drums (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3616) This is the thread I was referring to earlier. So, as you will see, yes, some explanation is required :wink:

*ahem* :oops: I stand corrected then. TO answer your question - yes they do have salsa with steel drums here....there is a band (and they are QUITE good!!) that travels alot....I will try and get the name for you :wink:

[jamaicanspice]

:lol: @Pacion

alrighty then :lol: I shall keep an eye out :wink:

[jamaicanspice]

and THUS SDsalsaguy's statement becomes clearer :lol: :lol: :lol:

[danceguy]

Sabor is a flirt and Scorpion - not sure which is "worse" so basically, he likes/loves the female attention )

I am NOT A FLIRT! :shock: :D

What's your sign baby? You been here before? Its a nice place. Your daddy must be a thief, because someone stole those stars in your eyes! I've been dreaming of you all life...yes dreaming of someone just like you!

Can I buy you a drink? Do you mind if I sit down next to you? I so love the way you dance, you express yourself so well...you remind me of someone I used to know...she was the love of my life but she's gone now...so I have to sleep all alone in my huge king size bed...the one with silk sheets and down pillow made from the finest materials in France. And next to my bed is my wine case of very expensive wine...blah blah blah...so how about it baby?

Your parents must be farmers honey, because you sure have nice *BLEEPS!*

Huggies and kissies,

SG

[Pacion]

:doh: SABOR is scorpion :lol:

As for Scorpionguy :roll: these two were twins separated at birth :lol:

[jamaicanspice]

:lol: :lol: :lol: @scorpionguy :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

please don't tell me you use those lines on other girls and it works!!! that has got to me the MOST cliched thing I've heard all night :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I can't wait to see what the real scorpionguy is like when he aint trying to be a player :wink:

[Pacion]

I can't wait to see what the real scorpionguy is like when he aint trying to be a player :wink:

Oh, I can tell you already Jamaicanspice. You don't have to wait! The real SG? He is like an 11 month old puppy who has discovered having his stomach rubbed/scratched. You know the puppy - they flop over and present their stomach to be rubbed :twisted: :lol:

Meanwhile, I will just continue to talk about SG as if he "isn't in the room" :lol:

[jamaicanspice]

:lol: :lol: :lol: oh yeh!! I know the kind 8) some of them are actually cute too :D

[Pacion]

Oh yeesss! With big dark brown eyes :lol:

[danceguy]

Oh, a mistaken case of flirting? Well Sabor and I have to keep tabs on all of you lovely ladies when one of us isn't online. Truthfully, GR is a bigger flirt than both of us, as is NeoDevin. Those two are actually serious! :shock: :kissme:

Firstly, welcome to DF Jamaicanspice, and secondly, I never use any pickup lines in real life. Never has been my style, and never will. All of the ones from my last post are lines that I read in magazines or heard from friends, and sadly enough many of them I've heard at Salsa venues by other guys trying to pick up girls! :oops: :doh: :oops:

I let my dancing speak for me...but a pick up artist I've never been! Although I do pick up art from now and then, I can lift a most modern art pretty high before I toss it through an open window (where most of it belongs IMHO)! :lol:

Hmm, I'd love to go to Jamaica someday. I've been listening to Reggae music for almost 25 years...and please no comments about smoking refers anyone! :roll:

Pacion - By the way my eyes are brown and green, no joke! But you have to be a few inches away to see the green...honestly...hmm...wait I may have said that to a few ladies before...or did they notice before I told them? Either way...that's my only "line"...but its reserved for those special moments that we find so rarely in life... :wink:

[salsachinita]

The real SG? He is like an 11 month old puppy who has discovered having his stomach rubbed/scratched. You know the puppy - they flop over and present their stomach to be rubbed :twisted: :lol:

Meanwhile, I will just continue to talk about SG as if he "isn't in the room" :lol:

:uplaugh: So very true......!

Now what kind of puppy are we talking about......? Labrador..... :wink: ?

[danceguy]

:doh: :headwall: :doh:

[jamaicanspice]

ROFLMAO!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Sabor]

flirt!? i have absolutely no idea what that word means!.. hold on a sec., i'll have to resort to the dictionary...

(after a couple of mins. of intense research)..

.. hmm.. well when i found the word 'flirt' there was only a photo of ScorpionGuy there and thats it! :shock: .. so there ya go :wink: .. t'wasn't me :mrgreen:

u see!! u see! .. never listen to Pacion.. betw. she's currently seeing a psychiatrist! :lol: shhhh.. dont mention it to her tho,, it makes her consume large quantities of strawberries! LOL
...

Jamaicanspice.. no worries about the the quote mix-up.. Madam Samba could have easily written it as well as many people here who dance from the soul .. pls. feel free to use them as u please lovely salsera :D

[SDsalsaguy]

See? What did I tell you? :wink: :lol:

[danceguy]

Sabor - I believe you are wrong! Looking up the work flirt in the dictionary, I found your picture...with a little note about chocolate syrup. :D

SG

[jamaicanspice]

hmmmmmm...chocolate syrup huh?? something tells me we aren't talking in Kansas (about latin dancing that is) anymore 8)

[Pacion]

Sabor - I believe you are wrong! Looking up the work flirt in the dictionary, I found your picture...with a little note about chocolate syrup. :D

.. hmm.. well when i found the word 'flirt' there was only a photo of ScorpionGuy there and thats it! :shock: .. so there ya go :wink: .. t'wasn't me :mrgreen:

u see!! u see! .. never listen to Pacion.. betw. she's currently seeing a psychiatrist! :lol: shhhh.. dont mention it to her tho,, it makes her consume large quantities of strawberries! LOL


Dare I say "I have an independent witness (SG) to my claims?" :lol: So Sabor, who is imagining things now :wink: :lol:

[jamaicanspice]

@pacion: it's called a reflex :wink:

[Pacion]

Jamaicanspice, then it is my duty to reflex it back to him :twisted: :lol:

[jamaicanspice]

Jamaicanspice, then it is my duty to reflex it back to him :twisted: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[danceguy]

:doh:

:headwall:

:doh:

Some sassy women we've got here Sabor...I think they're onto us! :shock: ;)

SG

[jamaicanspice]

:doh:

:headwall:

:doh:

Some sassy women we've got here Sabor...I think they're onto us! :shock: ;)

SG

it actually wasn't that difficult :wink: 8) :D

[danceguy]

:doh:

And some very sassy Jamaican Salseras! :D

[jamaicanspice]

you got that right :wink: :D

[Sabor]

ay we got nothing to hide .. except maybe muy caliente surprises 8) ..

hmm so what do we do with sassy women.. yummmm.. errr i mean hmmm :mrgreen: ... not sure here.. but i'm betting whatever it is, its gona be con clave :wink:

[jamaicanspice]

*starts singing and jumping up and down in office* it's getting hot in here...so take off all your clothes...I am..getting so hot...I wanna take..!*

*stops and looks at screen* ooooops! :oops: Did I do thaaat??? :shock:

[pygmalion]

:lol: :lol: Silly! :wink: :lol: 8)

[Sabor]

*starts singing and jumping up and down in office* it's getting hot in here...so take off all your clothes...I am..getting so hot...I wanna take..!*

*stops and looks at screen* ooooops! :oops: Did I do thaaat??? :shock:

:shock: ..why u should be ashamed of yourself missy! now slap yourself on the wrist a few times as punishment :twisted: .. but not too hard ok, else i'm gona have to kiss the pain away :wink: :lol:

[jamaicanspice]

:shock: ..why u should be ashamed of yourself missy! now slap yourself on the wrist a few times as punishment :twisted: .. but not too hard ok, else i'm gona have to kiss the pain away :wink: :lol:

:oops: sorry...got a little carried away there...don't know what came over me :?

8) wait....tomorrow is Thursday...Thursday is latin night at the Hilton... hmmmmmm... :roll: could that have been it then? anticipation? HELL YEH!!! :twisted: *starts doing in the basic steps of the salsa* WAHOOOO!!!! :P :lol:

*ahem*@Sabor: 8) thanks for the offer....maybe I'll hold you to that :wink: :D :P

[jamaicanspice]

so I got asked to do a salsa demonstration with a friend at a church social on Saturday night and apparently it went REALLY WELL!! A friend of mine managed to take two pix too so if it comes out ok I'll add them to the photo album :)

[jamaicanspice]

There are plans afoot to host a Salsa Competition here in Jamaica featuring the best our little island has to offer!!!! A tentative month has been set for January 2005 although the exact date has not yet been finalised. I will get the details to you guys very soon! In the meantime..I am REALLY REALLY REALLY hoping you guys can make it. Its the first here in Jamaica and the support from my fellow D-fers would be HUGELY appreciated. I will keep you all posted!!

Yes I've been missing in action you guys :oops: so sorry about that :oops: but I am BACK!!! :D

[peachexploration]

Glad to see you back, JS. :)

[Pacion]

Welcome back JS. Was thinking today that we hadn't seen you in a while. :D

[jamaicanspice]

Thanks you guys 8) I've been under some serious work stress lately plus I went through a rough couple weeks where literally once a week for an entire six-week period I got a call to say a friend or family members of friends had died :( Almost every Sunday for the last month a half there has been a funeral to attend....after the first two funerals I didn't go to the others...it was too much. Then on top of everything else I heard that a girl friend of mine who was in a serious accident last year (broke her back) has just been diagnosed with cancer of the breast and liver :cry: . It was just too much happening too soon. It's been rough you guys....its been rough!! but by God's grace it will be ok.

[peachexploration]

Oh my, JS. My prayers to you, your friends and family. Big hug to you. :friend:

[jamaicanspice]

Oh my, JS. My prayers to you, your friends and family. Big hug to you. :friend:

:friend: thanks peachexploration.....it means alot!!

[jamaicanspice]

OH! I forgot to tell you....the website is up and running again: http://salsajamaica.com

On a rather sad note, the web designer who was handling the building of our site lost his mother recently (he's one of the friends I was talking about). Please keep him and his family in your prayers as they deal with their loss. :(

[SDsalsaguy]

Welcome back JS, good to "see" you again. My prayers go out to your friends...

[jamaicanspice]

Thank you SD

[Reggaemambo]

Hello JA Spice,
I am glad to hear that you are safe and sound. I offer my sincere condolences to you on the loss of your friends/loved ones. I pray that they remain strong and I am sure that you will be there for each other during this difficult time. If you ever need to chat, my support and listening ears are always available.

[Danoo]

Welcome to df!! :) Have you tried out rueda? Lots of fun. :)

yup
i only know a couple of things for that tho lol :P

[jamaicanspice]

Hello JA Spice,
I am glad to hear that you are safe and sound. I offer my sincere condolences to you on the loss of your friends/loved ones. I pray that they remain strong and I am sure that you will be there for each other during this difficult time. If you ever need to chat, my support and listening ears are always available.

Thanks RM...trust me! I haven't forgotten you :) I'll send you an email soon. In the meantime..................how are classes going and when are you coming to Jamaica :D