I hadn’t heard anything about Salsa in my entire life (unless of course watching the movie “Ballroom Dancing” repeatedly counts) until my friend Carla’s 21st.
We spent most of the night at an 80’s style night club (celebrating the great decade we were born), listening to music, playing pool and having a good time…anyone who knows the retro knows the fun fizzles out pretty early in the morning, and we weren’t ready to end our night so we went on the hunt for a good time – when we ran into my friend Lara (calling this girl wild would be a gross understatement).
We wandered around for a while when Lara had a stroke of genius to go to a Salsa Club …an idea that was fueled by alcohol more than anything else – none of us are what you might consider GOOD dancers! Whether it was the drinks, the music or the colourful club itself, before we knew it we were all half willingly being dragged in.
I think it was all of 10 seconds that had me eating my words of hesitation – the place was awesome. The energy, the people, the music…and of course, the dancing were insanely infectious. All my friends ended up joining us there, and cramming onto the crowded dance floor.
Like I said, in the beginning I was really hesitant and kept wondering what on earth we were doing swaying around between all these professional looking dancers, but after a while a few people caught our eye and started showing us some moves and dancing along with us. It was honestly one of the best nights I had had in so long. I fell in love with the Latin music and ended up dancing the whole night!
I think it was all of 10 seconds that had me eating my words of hesitation – the place was awesome. The energy, the people, the music…and of course, the dancing were insanely infectious. All my friends ended up joining us there, and cramming onto the crowded dance floor.
Like I said, in the beginning I was really hesitant and kept wondering what on earth we were doing swaying around between all these professional looking dancers, but after a while a few people caught our eye and started showing us some moves and dancing along with us. It was honestly one of the best nights I had had in so long. I fell in love with the Latin music and ended up dancing the whole night!
I wasn’t about to let me new found love of salsa go, so I did a bit of research about lessons and other clubs around Sydney… long story short, I now have of what I like to call my “salsa amigos” from everywhere around the world – China, Ireland, Australia, and of course South America. At least twice a month we get together and go dancing and try out new clubs. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the best salsa dancer out there…but I like to think I’m getting better J
A friend put me onto this blog and I wanted to share my experience with you guys in the hopes that you might decide to take up the opportunity to one night venture into a salsa club. You may be surprised about how much you’ll enjoy the music, the people, and of course the dancing… I was!
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