Wedding Salsa?

bjp22tango

bjp22tango

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I'm looking for a medium slow tempo Salsa that a beginner couple could dance at their wedding reception.

I've got lots of these on my mP3 player but I don't know Spanish so I don't know what's appropriate.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
 
For instance, I like Fin de Semana es la Cita by Adalberto Alvarez y Su Son but I don't know what the lyrics are saying besides Weekend Date? or the Weekend is the time?
 
Are you teaching them for a wedding dance?

If you can get some DVD's of the internet Ceroc looks much better and is much easier for total beginners. . . .

Ceroc (aka Modern Jive) - if you've not encountered it is a sort fusion of Salsa and ECS which can be danced to popular music.

Do a search under 'Modern Jive' on Youtube
 
They are into Salsa and Tango (American) so that's what we are doing, but I'm flying blind with the Spanish language. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

For instance, if I was choreographing a hustle for a wedding celebration I wouldn't pick "It's raining men" for the brides first dance LOL I just want to make sure I don't use anything inappropriate for the Salsa.
 
That's fine. . . .I just thought they might be total beginners, if they were Ceroc is the easy option, you can look very good very quickly.

My son recently got married and I thought WCS (which is my dance), would look better, but my teacher, said no, we'll do Ceroc, it is easier to teach and they will look much better in the short time available - she was right.

Have taken a look at Jerry Rivera's stuff, its very popular and lyrics are easy to get. . .if needs be just paste them into Google to translate

Not exactly appropriate for a wedding - but it could be:-)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=h8sbZ8nwn8Q

This is better. . .

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdzRwhRfEA
 
Most of Jerry Rivera's stuff is slow and romantic - and all the lyrics are available on the internet.

Just copy and paste the lyrics into Google translate and you get an approximate translation. . . .
 
Jumping on the Jerry Rivera bandwagon here, Amores Como El Nuestro would be a good song for a wedding:

Here's the (auto) translation from one of those lyric sites.

From the same site, you can listen to the song here. YMMV, to some the song might fit into the "overplayed" category. To others, the familiarity might be nice.
 
Mark Anthony has a bunch of love songs that are Salsa music. I don't have time to do a search right now but it shouldn't be too hard to check on this.

Several years ago Tito Nieves covered a bunch of 70s songs and turned them into Salsa. I think the album is called "I Like it Like That".

I also have a compilation CD where a lot of Beatles songs were remade the same way. I think on this CD there are some Bee Gees songs on it too. I can check on this tonight and report back. All would be appropriate to dance to. And a really fun idea!

And, yes, I DO listen to authentic Salsa music not just other music styles turned into Salsa. :D
 
If you say so . . . . .

I think we just recommended Jerry Rivera and provided a few samples.
 
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Yes, I just want to make sure they have something fun to dance to without an obviously inappropriate lyric for a spanish speaker. They are having their wedding in Mexico. They don't speak spanish, but some of their friends might. I would have a really red face if music we picked that had good energy was about someone looking for a one night stand or something equally inappropriate.
 
bjp22tango, think it's great that you're concerned about that. Especially as I could see myself making that same mistake, so glad you're doing the legwork to avoid it. :)
 
Yes! I would like some appropriate suggestions for romantic salsa music as well, for I certainly would be the one to pick the most inappropriate of them all because it "sounded good." (The extent of my Spanish is "piso mojado.")
 
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