| DATE OF EVENT |
Most Wednesdays. See our
Main Calendar for exact dates. |
| TIME |
Dancing usually 8:30 PM to 1:00 AM or later.
$5 admission. A dance class is available by instructor
Michael Belmonte at 8:00 PM.
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LOCATION
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Held at Solas, 232 East 9th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues / Stuyvesant
Street), in the East Village of downtown Manhattan. Just a block off of
St. Marks Place (8th Street) and 3rd Avenue. |
| VIEW LOCATION MAP |
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. Travel instructions are below. |
| PRESENTED BY |
Presented by
DJ Babaloo of
RadioBomba
Productions . |
| CONTACT INFO |
DJ Babaloo:
Email
DJBSession@gmail.com . Phone
-917-533-8903.
Web site
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze800jf/djbabaloonycrbprod/ . |
| TYPE OF EVENT & VENUE |
A very attractive and charming club - bar - lounge in the East Village.
An On 2 mambo event with a lot of classic salsa plus a little bit of other
Latin music too. Room for dancing and lounging and socializing in
this very pretty setting which has lounge seating off of the dance floor.
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| MUSIC |
Mostly classic salsa, both old, newer
and worldly,
plus a little cha cha, bachata & merengue. |
| DANCE PERFORMANCES |
Very rarely. They would be listed on our
Main Calendar. |
| DJ |
DJ Babaloo of
RadioBomba
Productions plus occasional guest DJs. |
| BAND |
None. |
| DANCE FLOOR |
Rather large size smooth wooden dance floor which is "medium speed". |
| PRICES |
$5 admission all night. |
| BEVERAGES AND FOOD |
Very reasonable bar prices including $5
drink specials. Since no food is served, you are welcome to bring
your own food. |
| DRESS CODE |
"Professional casual", after-work, dinner-date,
comfortable, no sneakers. |
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DANCE TIMING |
This is an On 2 event so almost everyone is dancing On 2. |
| DESCRIPTION |
Held in Solas, a very attractive club - lounge - bar - featuring classic salsa and cha cha all evening long by resident
DJ Babaloo, plus an occasional
guest DJ, who specializes in music for the mambo dancers
including vintage mambo, charanga, 1970's classic, tropical and new salsa from around the
world. There is one good-size very attractive lounge room with a smooth wooden floor plus a full
bar, with chairs and tables.
There is an excellent "clean" sound system for dancing and the atmosphere is very nice
for both partying and socializing. The crowd is friendly, multi-cultural &
educated with groups of all ages. That street and also the nearby streets
have many different kinds of ethnic food restaurants, including Japanese. |
| HOW TO GET THERE |
Held at Solas, 232 East 9th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues / Stuyvesant
Street), in the East Village of downtown Manhattan. Just a block off of
St. Marks Place (8th Street) and 3rd Avenue.
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. Closest subways are the N and R to 8th Street and the #6 train to Astor
Place. You could also take the L train to the 3rd Avenue station which is
on 14th Street, and then walk down to 9th Street. If you drive, you may have
to drive around a few minutes in order to find parking. There are meters
on the Avenues and regular parking on the side streets. MTA buses go up
and down 3rd and 2nd Avenues as well as crosstown buses going on 8th and 14th
Streets.
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: Commercial clubs are
established to please their customers & make a profit. If they get enough
complaints or suggestions, they will often make changes. As mambo dancers,
you should make every effort to let the management & DJ know what type of music
you want to hear, what volume & lighting conditions you want, how the dance
floor should be, etc. If enough salsa lovers give their opinions to
management & DJs, they will listen.
Also, since commercial clubs have high expenses and need to
make a profit in order to stay open and continue playing lots of salsa, they
will therefore cater to the customers who spend the most money. Mambo
dancers can help get what they want by spending more money at the bar, even if
it's sodas, fruit juices, virgin cocktails, water, sports drinks. You may
think you're smart by not buying anything at a club, but actually you are
pushing them to play more merengue, bachata & English music, because customers
who prefer this music spend more money at the bar. If you want commercial
clubs to feature more salsa nights, you have to pay for it by purchasing
beverages at the bar. This is just simple economics.
www.SalsaNewYork.com is not affiliated
with any events or clubs; we are just being realistic.
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