| DATE OF EVENT |
Sunday, July 12th, 2009. It's almost always on
the 2nd Sunday of July, every summer. |
| TIME |
1:00 - 7:00 PM. |
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LOCATION
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West 111th Street between 5th and Lenox Avenues,
Spanish Harlem, uptown Manhattan, NYC. |
| VIEW LOCATION MAP |
Click Here For Map . (travel instructions below)
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| PRESENTED BY |
111th Street Old Timers Stick Ball Association and the 111th Street Block
Association. |
| CONTACT INFO |
www.SalsaNewYork.com |
| TYPE OF EVENT & VENUE |
An annual free outdoor street fair event held along West 111th Street in
Spanish Harlem. The salsa music and dancing take place in a huge
school yard with a stage and sound system and a big crowd of hundreds of
people enjoying the music and getting up and dancing. |
| MUSIC |
Mostly pure classic salsa plus some cha cha, bachata & merengue. |
| DANCE PERFORMANCES |
Usually. They would be listed on our
Main Calendar. |
| DJ |
Long-time salsa DJ Efrim. |
| BAND |
Always. They are listed on our
Main Calendar. |
| DANCE FLOOR |
The surface is cement, some areas are
smooth and others are a little rough. There is no specific dance
section or floor. People just start dancing anywhere they want and
then more people join in.
Dancing is on pavement, so wear shoes that are
smooth & slippery, or just wear sneakers and keep your dancing simple.
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| PRICES |
Free. |
| BEVERAGES AND FOOD |
It's a street fair so you will find food and
beverages being sold from stands set up along the sidewalks of 111th
Street.
Especially typical for street festivals in Latin
neighborhoods, women who live there set up tables outside their buildings
and sell beverages and Spanish food which they've just cooked upstairs in
their homes. !Deliciosa! The food section is usually on East
111th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues, but it may change, so just
check out the several blocks of 111th Street between Lexington and Lenox
Avenues. |
| DRESS CODE |
Completely casual, wear what you want, it's a NYC
street fair. |
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DANCE TIMING |
There are some people dancing "On 2", but many are
also dancing "On 1", side-to-side, and street styles typically seen at
Latino street and beach festivals. For you pure "On 2'ers", you may
wish to bring a partner or group if you want to just dance "On 2".
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| DESCRIPTION |
41st
Annual Old Timers Reunion Festival - Salsa bands and dance
performances to be announced. Plus plenty of classic salsa music by DJ Efram.
Held annually for more than 41 years, usually on the 2nd Sunday of July in
El Barrio, Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan. This is an outdoor
street event which involves salsa bands & a salsa DJ, dancing, stickball games, food, and all
the other typical NYC street fair activities.
The stickball games are from 7:00 AM
to around 12:00 noon, and then the street party goes from approximately noon
until 7:00 PM, with the bands beginning around 1:00 PM. The rest of
the time there is the DJ playing mostly salsa and other Latin music. And of course there are also stands selling almost everything from T shirts
to games & CD's and food. The location is the several blocks of 111th Street between
Lexington and Lenox Avenues. The food area is on 111th Street between 5th &
Madison Avenues, and the bands are on 111th Street between 5th & Lenox Avenues.
The salsa dancing and stage area are set up in a huge playground of a
neighborhood school, where restrooms are available (bring your own toilet
paper!).
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| HOW TO GET THERE |
Click Here For Map
The location of the whole street festival is
the several blocks of 111th Street between Lexington and Lenox Avenues in
Spanish Harlem, uptown Manhattan. The food area is on 111th Street
between 5th & Madison Avenues, and the bands and dancing are on West 111th Street between 5th & Lenox Avenues.
Trains: Take the number 2 and 3 trains to the Central Park North /
110th Street Station. Or take the number 6 train to the 110th Street
Station. Then walk up 1 block to 111th Street. Of course there
are nearby busses going up and down all the nearby avenues and crosstown
buses on 110th and 116th Streets. By car, allow some time to look for
street parking, or you will find a few garages in the area, especially along
Madison Avenue south of 110th Street.
For more information on public transportation, click on
NYC Subway-Bus-Train Maps
, or
NY-NJ PATH Train Maps or
Long
Island Railroad Maps or
MetroNorth Railroad Maps .
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| OTHER INFORMATION |
Please Note - Disclaimer:
New York City area summer outdoor salsa events in general are subject to program
changes and occasional cancellations for various reasons (band, DJ, weather,
administrative mix-ups, etc.), so don't be too surprised if this happens.
And the music may not always be as "pure salsa" as we would like.
Also, the dancing conditions may be less than ideal, for example concrete,
grass, dirt, sand, etc., so bring footwear that prepares you for any
surface. I will state the dancing surface if I know what it is.
My information comes from the most reliable sources I can find. In
most cases, the information turns out to be accurate, but occasionally it
is not. It is the nature of the beast.
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