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It’s back for the 2021 Tijuana Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival

After spending the Halloween festival in various countries of the world, where many took the opportunity to hold costume parties for both children and adults, both in the streets and in discos, dance halls and academies where everyone enjoyed the dances, music, costumes, food, and festivities; and for this month of November 2021 we have an important event in Mexico that returns to us after the covid-19 quarantine that will encourage fans and dancers of Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba to participate in the festival and in turn enjoy a nice moment. Among the events already confirmed this for this month of November 2021 is back with us the 7th Tijuana Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival 2021, an event that I hope will partially normalize the quarantine situation of the covid-19 so that one can enjoy it live and not online, now for this 2021 said objective was achieved, and this will be held from November 4 to 7 in Tijuana, Mexico where the following activities will be carried out:

Flyer Tijuana Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival 2021 — Tijuana Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival

Thursday, November 04:
- 7:45 pm Registration Table opens
- 8pm The Welcome Social begins with Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba
- 11:30 pm Presentations
- 12am The Social ends

Friday, November 05:
- 11am Registration Table opens
- 12pm Workshops begin
- 4pm Competitors Meeting
- 5pm General Rehearsal
- 8pm Doors Open
- 8:30 pm Competitions
- 9:00 pm Presentations
- 10:30 pm The Salsa & Bachata Room begins
- 11pm Kizomba Room (Restaurant) opens
- 12am The Bachata Room opens

Saturday, November 06:
- 10:00 am Registration Table opens
- 11am Workshops begin
- 2pm Competitors Meeting
- 4pm General Rehearsal
- 4pm Social Day
- 8:00 pm Doors open
- 8:30 pm Competitions
- 9:00 pm Presentations
- 10:30 pm The Salsa & Bachata Room begins
- 11pm Kizomba Room (Restaurant) opens
- 12:00 am The Bachata Room opens

Sunday, November 07:
- 10am Registration Table opens
- 11am Workshops begin
- 3:00 pm Social by Day
- 5:00 pm Traditional Jack n ‘Jill
- 9:00 pm Salsa & Bachata Room opens
- 9:00 pm Kizomba Room opens

Tickets to enter the 7th Tijuana Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival can be purchased at the Registration Desk, which will only have access to a cash payment; the cost of the tickets during those days are the following:

Welcome Pre-Party will be held on Thursday, November 4 at 7:45 pm, the cost of the social will be $ 200 m.n.

Black & Red Party (black and red party) will be held on November 5 from 7:45 pm, where the Shows, Competition & Social will be held, it will cost $ 400 m.n. and if you go only to the social which will start at 10:30 pm it will cost $ 200 m.n.

White Party (white party) will be held from 7:45 pm it will be held on Saturday, November 6, where shows, competition & social will be held, which will cost $ 500 m.n. and of $ 400 m.n. If you only go to the Social that will take place at 10:30 pm

Hollywood Night (the gala party) that will take place on Sunday, November 7 at 9:00 pm, the entrance will cost $ 200 m.n.

If you want to be in this great event with all the comforts, you can stay at the headquarters hotel or at the Hotel One Tijuana Otay.

If you want more information about the 7th Tijuana Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival 2021, you can contact them through:

Facebook: @tjsbkf
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +52 664 475 6191

2022: the International Salsa and Bachata Oaxaca Festival.

For the year 2022, in Mexico the capital “Oaxaca” gives us a preview of its next musical event, especially salsa and that is the “International Festival of salsa and bachata, Oaxaca the salsa capital of Mexico” which will take place from March 17 to 20, 2022, the participants and organizers of the festival are known as a very competitive community in the genres of Salsa and Bachata where they show all their capacity during the course of the festival through the competitions held in each of their categories of dance.

For this new event it has some of the best exponents of these genres in the country and they are concentrated in the state of “Oaxaca” and to date they currently have the participation of some of the most important directors of the country and dance companies, which are:

Rhythm and Flavor (Joel and Erika),
Na´Ma sauce (Jorge Martinez),
Son and Cache (Fito Burgoa),
The Latin Show (Enrique Jarquin),
The Salsa Hall (Carlos Vargas)

International Salsa and Bachata Festival Oaxaca 2022

In this 8th edition of Oaxaca Salsa and Bachata Festival, the organization offers you 2 lodging options near the host hotel (the Hotel Misión Oaxaca San Felipe), the Suites Xadani and La Casona Colorada hotels, which will begin to reserve your room. from now on, and if you have any questions, you can contact Mrs. Mavis Escobar at the number +52 9511181624

From Mexico will be the teacher Fernando Sosa and his team Tropical Gem.
From Spain, for the first time in Mexico, Oaxaca, the teachers and world champions, Adrian and Anita.
From Spain and also for the first time in Mexico and Oaxaca, the multi-time bachata champions, Andres and Yessica.
From Cuba will be the teachers of teachers, Tito Ortos and Tamara Livolsi.
From Cuba and currently based in Europe, for the first time in Oaxaca, the great teacher, Yoandi Villaurrutia (Yoyo Flow).
From Cuba will be your beloved teacher, Alien Ramirez
From the United States (USA), the artistic director, Zeke Ruvalcaba
From Colombia once again being part of the cast, Dany Salsita y su Fábrica.
From the United States, for the first time in Oaxaca, the maestro Celso Orozco and his Speranza Pro Team.
From Costa Rica, there will be one of his great friends from the event, David and David.

For more information about the festival that will take place in the capital of Salsa “Oaxaca”:

Facebook: @OAXACASALSAYBACHATAFESTIVAL

Stories in the key of salsa come “from the LP to your library”

From the pen of the novel writer Urayoán Enrique comes Relatos en clave de salsa, a collection of eleven stories, all inspired by the same erotic salsa that revolutionized the salsa music scene at least three decades ago.

The eleven songs that inspired the stories contained in the book that Urayoán recently built-in clear homage to salsa erotica are all undisputed hits. The concept of this collection of short stories follows the line that the author calls: from the LP to your library.

Most of the musical themes contained here came in LP (Long Play) format, those vinyl records that compiled ten musical themes in one unit, known as an album. From that concept, Urayoán came up with the idea of making the conversion, deciding that the collection of stories would be one of eleven, including ten tracks -in this case stories- plus the well-remembered bonus track, for a total of eleven.

From the pen of the novel writer Urayoán Enrique from Arroyo comes Relatos en clave de salsa, a collection of eleven stories, all inspired by the same erotic salsa that revolutionized the salsa music scene at least three decades ago. — Stories in the key of salsa From the pen of the novel writer Urayoán Enrique

During the official launch and presentation of the book, which took place at the Teatro Renacimiento in Arroyo, Puerto Rico on September 18, 2021; young actor Bryan (Brayito) Lebrón and Suhey Moraima played the lead roles in an apt theatrical interpretation of the story entitled Esa chica es mía. Broadcaster and DJ Eduardo Huertas Alicea moderated the event.

Puerto Rican writers Bella Martínez and Richard Rivera Cardona, editor of the literary work, were in charge of the question and answer segment, whose answers brought to light details about the construction of this text that, as previously stated, pays homage to erotic salsa.

The titles contained in this collection, whose inspiration came to Urayoán by way of the musical themes with which the stories in reference share the titles, are: Ven, devórame otra vez, Insaciable, Desnúdate mujer, ¿Quién será ese ladrón, Esa chica es mía, Desayuno, Caricias prohibidas, Mi mundo, Quiero morir en tu piel, Lluvia and Tu prenda tendida.

Before reading each story, it is suggested to listen to the musical theme that inspires it. The book is so carefully constructed that each story has the credits associated with the theme song. The credits include the title, the performer, the composer of the lyrics, the arranger responsible for the musical composition, the album that contains it, the record label that published it and the year in which the song was published. As can be seen, the research was exhaustive and the writing comprehensive; which evidences the care and respect with which this work, which has also been called salsa in prose, was treated.

Urayoán contemplates with his usual shyness to follow this literary line in order to continue building stories that keep the salsa alive and in the minds of the readers. There remained on the shelf the restlessness to write about: Me acostumbré (interpretation by “Tártaro de la salsa”: Frankie Ruiz), Sí, te mentií (interpretation by Lalo Rodríguez), Aquel viejo motel (interpretation by David Pabón) and 5 noches (interpretation by Paquito Guzmán).

By popular demand, Urayoán could write stories inspired by boleros. If he is motivated to explore the bolero, I suggested he develop a story inspired by Deseo salvaje (Lalo Rodríguez’s rendition). In addition to the lyrics of that song, the value lies in the fact that it was also composed by Lalo Rodríguez. Lalo wrote Deseo salvaje when he was only fourteen years old, and two years later he recorded the vocal part for Eddie Palmieri’s orchestra when he was sixteen years old. The album that contains the song I suggested here, The Sun of Latin music was the first salsa album to win the Grammy for “Best Latin Recording”. Even more significant is that it was the first salsa album to be nominated for the highest music award given annually by the world’s leading society of music professionals, better known as the Recording Academy.

In short, if the reader dares to dive into a daring read, inspired by salsa erotica, Relatos en clave de salsa is highly recommended.

Facebook: Urayoán Enrique

By: Bella Martinez “La Escritora Irreverente de La Salsa”

Puerto Rico

WebSite: Bella Martinez

Article of Interest: Tito Rodríguez, Jr. “The Palladium legacy lives on”

Saúl Delhom “Esta Salsa me gusta” one of the things I like the most is to learn, create and share

Saul Delhom this Salsa I like is one of the things I like the most is to learn, create and share.

Each DJ brings in his own way a vision of salsa and a very interesting sector contributing to the cultural richness.

Musical themes are like some smells, they are capriciously anchored to certain moments of our life and when you experience them again they are able to make you travel in time in an instant, have you experienced it? A salsa, a son, a mambo.

Just by listening to the first bars, for some reason your skin bristles, and memories cascade. That is the basis of this book, a very simple idea: What salsa do you like?

Within the salsa world, there is a group that rarely receives the recognition it deserves.

Each DJ. He brings in his own way a vision of salsa and a very interesting sector contributing to the cultural richness — Saúl Delhom “Esta Salsa me Gusta DJs Edition”

They are those who work with thousands of musical themes before their eyes and hands pass hundreds of albums, who select the ones you like and also the ones you still don’t know you like, for me they are salsa sommeliers, or more popularly: DJs.

I contacted DJs from different parts of the world and asked them variants of the initial question: What salsa do you like? What song do you have a memory associated with? What song attracts you musically? The result of their answers is this condensed book made up of all these wonderful stories and anecdotes from nearly one hundred DJs, whether for sentimental or purely musical reasons.

The format of the book is just right so as not to be distracted by frills, where the person and what he tells is the important thing. For that reason, it has a peculiar orientation, more common in calendars, since it opens from bottom to top, instead of right to left. I wanted to layout it with that orientation because that way, while you are reading the text, you have the photograph at the top, as if it were behind the book talking to you, always present, centered, and not on a displaced side. It is a detail that is perhaps too subtle but that I considered important.

Another feature, already common in many of my music-related books, is that on each page you can find a Spotify app code to scan and listen to the song. In addition to the stories, I have discovered many interesting topics with this book!

I felt really privileged to be the first person to read all the texts that have been sent to me.

Each DJ brings in his own way a very interesting vision of salsa and the industry, providing cultural richness.

I was also delighted to see the diversity in terms of the type of stories, from a song that fondly remembers a mother, to the technical analysis of composition and the reason for its enjoyment. And as for another type of diversity, I have tried to have as many women as possible, although it is true that we are already starting from a lower percentage.

Already at the beginning of the book, I apologize for leaving hundreds of women out of it, either for lack of time or lack of knowledge on my part and for that reason, in addition to the fantastic support from the collective, I have decided to start with another book that will be the continuation of this first volume. Stay tuned because it will soon be published!

“Esta salsa me gusta – DJs Edition”

Saúl Delhom "Esta Salsa me gusta" is one of the things I like the most: learning, creating and sharing — Saúl Delhom “Esta Salsa me gusta” is one of the things I like the most: learning, creating and sharing

Facebook: Saúl Delhom

Website: Bailo Pinto

IG: Bailo Pinto

Article of Interest: Bella Martinez, the irreverent Salsa writer

The latest news about salsa in New York in November

What is happening in New York?

Johnny Cruz brings us all the latest news about salsa in New York City. Here are some of the most important developments in Latin music in one of the most important corners of the United States.

Julio Castro Y su Orquesta La Masacre returns with a new project

Julio Castro Y Su Orquesta La Masacre was absent from the music scene for about two decades, but the thought of getting back was always present. Now in 2021, the Puerto Rican and his entire team are back with a new and special project that will undoubtedly fascinate all their fans, who have been longing to see them again. The details are not yet clear, but we will let our readers know once we have more information.

This is not the first time that we have mentioned Maestro Castro in International Salsa Magazine and we sincerely hope that this will not be the last.

Willie Rosario supports the Salsa Museum

Following several conversations with the musician, composer and bandleader of Puerto Rican origin is going to donate some of his most valuable instruments to the Salsa Museum, including timbales, bells and more. The performer is 97 years old, but he is more active than ever on quite a few projects, which is really worthy of admiration. This is how the artist becomes one of the many famous names that remains immortalized in the famous artistic institution.

Johnny Cruz will create a new Salsa Museum in Puerto Rico

The famous producer and timbalero had a long trip to Puerto Rico to carry out certain activities related to music, which led him to grasp the idea of creating a new headquarters for the salsa museum in the island of enchantment. In view of the success of this tour, the musician saw an enormous potential in this place to build and inaugurate a headquarters of the musical institution that will show Puerto Ricans the beauty of being Latinos.

In addition to this, Cruz did not return to New York empty-handed. In the Town of San German, where the museum will be located, the producer got the keys to the city from Mayor Virgilio Olivera. The event took place in a building with great historical value to the town and was a great honor for those present. Undoubtedly, it was a great moment for those who have closely followed the presenter’s career and his efforts to give visibility to Latin music in the United States and the world.

Jonny getting the keys — Johnny Cruz getting the keys of the town of San German from Mayor Virgilio Olivera

Reopening of clubs in New York

2021 has been the year after the beginning of the pandemic, so that was not an easy time for anyone, least of all for those who live from the music scene. However, great efforts have been made towards reopening the bars and discos that had to remain closed due to the public health crisis through which the world was passing. That is why the resumption of activities has been incrementally announced. Some of the clubs that have been active for some time are the following:

SOB
González y González
Birland
Lehman Center for the performing arts