Toronto's very first salsa website
written by hardcore salsa dancers
for the Toronto and International salsa community
April 2000 - Present
TOsalsa.com was originally created to:
- Further increase the already growing
popularity of Salsa in Toronto.
- Become a source for salsa dancers,
whether they're just starting out, or have been in the scene for years.
- Help increase Dancers' knowledge of
salsa dancing and music, along with their technical and artistic skills
by providing them with a one-stop dance resource of information.
- Help bring more events and exposure
to the ever-growing Toronto scene.
With the exponential popularity of salsa
in Toronto and around the world, we wanted to help put Toronto on the
map as one of the major salsa destinations in North America, alongside
New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.
Meet the co-founders:
How did TOsalsa.com get started?
It all started in the Spring of 1999 from a weekly email which was circulated
to all our salsaholic friends regarding the places to go during the week
and where we were planning to hang out; and as a network source to find
out details about various shows/functions. The weekly email network became
a Toronto Dance Calendar circulated to anyone who didn’t want to miss
out on any event in Toronto or around the world. Since Toronto didn’t
have a major salsa or dance website, we decided to launch TOsalsa.com
in April, 2000, just before the first Toronto Salsaweb Convention, to
help make Toronto a global hotspot to attract great dancers and instructors.
We’re very excited about how quickly we've grown in the past few years
and hope that you will spread the word to everyone who loves to salsa
or would like more information about the growing Toronto and International
dance scene. Let’s make dancers aware that Toronto is a major salsa destination
that can dance almost any style of salsa and on 1 or 2!
Click here for some
of the great feedback we've been getting about our website...
Special Thanks over the years to...
- Dennis Augustine who donated
his time and efforts to create some of the original art and graphics
for the launch of the website, including the TOsalsa logo!
- Frank Herschell who started
out as the correspondent on SalsaWeb and helped us out on the club
section at the start..
- Francois Baillargeon who donated his time to interview and
write various interviews/articles for our latin music section.
- Guest Photographers (Arthur Redublo,
Michael Jackson (Chicago), Michelle Tanchoco-Delgado and Marc-Anthony
Sheppard), who were kind enough to provide me with some
great pics to use from various functions.
- Paul Chivers who is helping us out with the original Partner
Search with his database connectivity expertise.
- Tricia Meikle, a fellow salsaholic and performer with
On Beat, who's contributing her time as a writer with some fabulous
salsa articles to appeal to every type of dancer.
- Trionne Moore, a performer/competitor, who contributed some
of her time as a writer for our health section. Trionne is a Certified
Fitness Consultant with O.A.S.E.S. and is currently working on her
certificate with the I.S.S.A. (International Sports Sciences Association).
- Angel Ortiz, an International Instructor from NYC,
who is teaching around the World and contributed his time as a writer
with some great interviews and articles to appeal to all dancers and
music lovers.
- Freddy Paiz, our Latin Correspondent,
who's sunny personality and assistance with Spanish has helped immensely
with letters and interviews; along with his translations for music.
- Everyone from around the World who continue to provide articles,
events information and feedback.
- All our readers from around the World for making this site
a growing International success !
Enjoy your dance around our site, and we hope to see you on the dance
floor!
Ziv and Rose,
The TOsalsa Team
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