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Sunday Salsa Social "Beginner's Guide to Salsa" 2008 CD LaunchThanks again for all those salseros who attended our 3rd Sunday Salsa Social on the 25th February 2008As you know each monthly sunday event is special , this sundays was extra special; La Xpresionlatina was proud to be one of only 6 venues in the UK to host a "Beginner's Guide to Salsa" 2008 ed. CD launch party . The CD being compiled by DJ Lubi with Nascente Records.

DJ Lubi attended the decks for the full 6pm- midnight spinning great tunes as usual; from old -faithful latin floor fillers to new classics which feature on the CD, intermingled with some merengue and bachata as the norm.

The night started with a a CD giveaway for the first 30 people, followed by the usual format of salsa class, food and salsa class then freestyling with die hard salseros hitting the floor until midnight.

We have our own "Beginner's Guide to Salsa" CD which is great for cheering us on the daily commute, playing at our classes and at home. There are 3 different CDs in the compilation starting with the Warm Up, Getting Hotter right through to the Meltdown! We have a number of these CDs to sell at the bargain price of £10.00 each - you can order one by email and for collection at our classes (PayPal for the CDs will be coming soon!)

Keep Dancing!
Healthy Week Salsa Taster ClassIn addition to our two weekly salsa classes at Leeds University, one class for staff members and one class for students, we were asked to do a Salsa Taster Class on the 31 January 2008. The class was part of the University-wide "Healthy Week" initiative.

As you all know salsa as with all forms of dance is effectively exercise. The difference is that if you enjoy salsa you don't even realise that you are exercising. Salsa is great fun and you get fit, not to mention meet new people. We don't think you can get any better than that really.

The Salsa Taster Class went really well, thank you to all those who attended and we hope to see you again soon at one of our classes. Our class listings are on the Classes and Events page.
Sunday Salsa Social This was our second monthly Sunday Salsa Social held at the Lounge in Doncaster.A big special Thank You to our amazing guest teachers Désiré and Catherine who came all the way from Paris in order to put us through our paces! By the end of the first class we were all thoroughly exhuasted and funnily enough speaking french, or at least Fren-glish (e.g. John; Quelle direction pour the ladies turn, s'il vous plait?)For those who wish to refresh their memory of the classes and perhaps even practise the steps at home, click here for video clips. We appreciate that the classes were at a very high level, however we all strive to improve our salsa and if you take away at least one or two steps from each class, even if it is your own interpretation of the step taught, then you will quickly improve your level. Désiré and Catherine will have a DVD coming out soon catering for absolute beginners to the super-advanced! We will keep you updated! Also, we would like to thank Ces and Kerry our co-teachers from our wednesday class; to Nicola for all your help before, during and after the night - may you wear your LaXL t shirt with pride; to Stuart and Iain for being our salsa door staff; to Mani from Liverpool who took to the decks for an impromptu spin and beltered out some good salsa tunes - the dance floor was never empty, not once!AND finally, last but not least, to all our salseros (old faces and new,) thank you for making the night another success - check out the photo album for all your pictures and don't forget to leave your comments on the Guestbook. The next Sunday Salsa Social promises to be even better - 'The CD Launch of the Beginner's Guide to Salsa' to be hosted by the step-father of salsa DJ Lubi - CD giveaways and as always we bring you more of the same - international salsa teachers, geat music, nibbles (read 'feast',) salsa cocktails and dancing until midnight. Fans of LaXL food will be pleased to know for the next Sunday Salsa Social the level of the food will be as high as the standard of guests' salsa class! and some of it just as hot!!! See you soonLaXL