The first step in learning how to dance salsa is to lose your fear.

“Yes, it’s a little intimidating at first to see other people dancing like professionals,” says Enrique Arias, who a few days ago was taking a salsa class for beginners at the Tango del Rey nightclub. “I still don’t feel totally comfortable, but I’m starting to get better.”

Robyn Mundy is a true Texas cowgirl who has won fans with her electric stage presence and voice as big as Texas. With years of musical theater instruction mixed with raw yodeling talent, Robyn has entertained audiences from historical Brandon Missouri to the western shores of California. With her perfect pitch and clear yodeling break, Robyn has had the chance to perform with such greats as the legendary Kitty Wells, the late yodeling King Don Walser, Johnny Gimble, and fiddlin’ Frenchie Burke, just to name a few.

Vancouver International Salsa Festival

Friday to Sunday

Westin Bayshore Hotel, Coal Harbour

Tickets: Go to www.salsafestival.ca

Six months after the last JSmooth Bachata Lesson, JSmooth and Maria are back for their special lesson in Bachata dancing.

 

Tom and Charley talk to Deana McCormack with Ballet Arkansas about a fundraising event called "Come Dancin'."

Palo Pinto County

Tickets are now available for the Salsa Baron’s Ball benefitting Palo Pinto Challenge, set for 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Sheriff’s Posse Building.
Tickets are $100 per couple and prices include a fajita dinner and a chance to win $1,500 grand prize. Tickets can be purchased at the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce.

TLANTA, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Lanza Group, LLC, proudly announces Bud Light as the official beer sponsor of Salsa Fest for 2010. An outdoor Salsa festival celebrating Latino culture, music and food, Salsa Fest takes place on Sunday, March 21, 2010 from 12 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Turner Field.

NEW to J Smooth Salsa are Casino de Rueda dance classes! Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, special guest instructor (for a limited time) Parrish Danforth will be at the Miraido Dance Studio to teach Casino de Rueda.

Sidewalks were still icy and another snow storm was brewing, but that didn’t stop about 150 salseros from coming out Monday to Brasil’s Nightclub in support of a fund-raiser for Haiti earthquake victims. The “Hope for Haiti” event raised more than $5,300, more than 130 pairs of shoes and more than 100 pairs of  lightly-worn jeans were donated.

At 36, Maria Finn was starting that new, hopeful stage in life that comes with marriage and the promise of family. Less than two years later, her husband cheated on her.

Strange how life, in an instant, can drop out from under you. Finn’s marriage ended, but she has a powerful comeback story and her vehicle of transformation was a surprise: tango. She has written a memoir of the experience, “Hold Me Tight & Tango Me Home.”