Auditions for the 2004 Team!

Yes, it's that time of the year again, when STC is looking for their new team for 2004. The auditions will be held at the various Canadian Salsa Congresses, where available in the following cities.


Saturday, November 29th at 4:30 pm

San Tropez Dance Studio (www.latindance.net)
1222 Peel, Montreal (corner St-Catherine)
Time: 4:30pm - Please RSVP


Saturday, November 29th at 4:30 pm

Danspace Studio, located on 1531 Grafton street (Downtown Halifax), from 7 pm to 9 pm. The information session will begin at 7 pm. The auditions will start right after the information session.
(your presence must be confirmed for the audition)

Carlo J. BERNARD
Team Halifax Choreographer & Coordinator
salsateamhalifax@hotmail.com or 902-856-0393.

Marie-Josée HOMSY
Team Halifax Coordinator Assistant


Postponed until further notice

Ottawa Auditions will be held at the Ottawa Salsa Congress
Club La Isla, 130 George Street (corner Dalhousie)
Time: 6:15pm - Please RSVP

Sunday, October 5th at 6 pm

West Coast Salsa Auditions at the Vancouver Salsa Congress
Polish Hall, 4015 Fraser St (corner of 24th & Fraser)
Time: 6:00pm - Please RSVP

This includes dancers for Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. If you are not planning to attend this Congress, email Sonia to find out if auditions will be available in Calgary and Edmonton.


Sunday, October 12th at 5 pm

Toronto Auditions will be held at the Canada Salsa Congress
Marriott Toronto Eaton Centre Hotel
525 Bay St. (corner of Bay & Dundas)
5:00-7:00pm in the Trinity Ballroom, Please RSVP

July, 2003

Congratulations to all Raffle Winners!

Toronto Salsa Team Canada – Summer BBQ Party by the Lake

Please note that many of us are leaving to go to Puerto Rico this coming weekend. If you didn't collect your prize from the party, you will not be able to pick up your raffle prizes until we get back from Puerto Rico. In the meantime, you can send an email to rose@tosalsa.com to acknowledge your winnings with your name, phone no. and email address.

Raffle Draw #1

Raffle Draw #2

Raffle Draw #3

Toronto Salsa Team Canada – Summer BBQ Party by the Lake
Saturday, July 19th, 2003

Workshops:

5 pm: Edson (Mtl) - Shines
6 pm: Oscar and Vanesa (TO) – Turn Patterns
7 pm: Moris (Mtl) – Guaganco (Salsa Body Movement)

Intermediate Level, no partners needed

BBQ Party and Social Dancing:

8 pm: BBQ Party and Social Dancing Starts with DJ Mas

9:30 pm: 1st set of shows
10:30 pm: 2nd set of shows
11:30 pm: STC East Coast Performance

Social Dancing until 1:30 am with 95% salsa and a little cha cha

Performances by Sonia & Moris – 1st Place Pro and Pawel & Dora – 3rd Place Pro (Berlin Competitition), Salsa Etc Dancers from Montreal, Phil and Janet from Montreal, Dance to Live from Toronto, and of course, the premiere performance of the East Coast Salsa Team Canada for Puerto Rico, and many more...

Raffle Prizes includes Roundtrip airfare from Toronto to Calgary, Edmonton or Vancouver, value of $1200 Cdn., compliments of Flight Centre, dinners, CD's from Super Latin Music, dance certificates from UoT dance club, Steps Dance Studio, Dance to Live, United Salseros, and more

60 dancers from Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal will be performing Limited Capacity of 280, therefore guaranteed to sell out.

Location:

Argonaut Rowing Club
1225 Lakeshore Blvd. W. Toronto (directions/map)

Ticket Prices: Full Party Pass: $40 Adv plus a raffle ticket / $50 Door
Workshops: $10 Adv $13 Door, each workshop
Party: $12 Adv, $15 Door (if we don’t sell out as we have limited capacity)

Contact Info: 416-988-1389 or rose@tosalsa.com http://www.tosalsa.com/salsateamcanada

Ticket Sales will be at the following clubs starting Tuesday, July 8th:

Friday – Courthouse by STC Dancers
Saturday – Martha Hicks Dance Studio by STC Dancers
Sunday – Left Bank or Babaluu by STC Dancers
Monday – Alley Catz by STC Dancers
Tuesday – Tequila Lounge (United Salseros) and Berlin Nightclub (Jennifer Aucoin) Wednesday – Bar One Nightclub by STC Dancers Thursday – Babaluu’s by STC Dancers

STC Dancers to contact for tickets are Rose, Oscar & Vanesa, Steve R, Steve V, Amanda, Tammy and Kadir in the clubs.

The following locations will also be selling tickets:

Paula & Jose, Dance to Live, 1360 Bathurst St., 416-516-4019

Jennifer Aucoin, Steps Dance Studio, 416-781-4644

Super Latin Music, 1088 St. Clair Ave. W., 416-654-2217

To reserve your space at the Workshops in advance, please email rose@tosalsa.com with your name and phone no. and/or pay for them in advance when you buy your party ticket.

Note: Party Tickets cannot be reserved in advance unless you are taking workshops, or are paying full price at door. If tickets are reserved for you, they will be let go by 9 pm, if we reach capacity.

Don’t miss the HOTTEST party of the summer

June 21 - Salsa Team Ottawa to perform at this year's Dragon Boat Festival. You can see the Ottawa team perform from 4:30 - 5:30pm. For more info on the Dragon Boat Festival go to http://www.dragonboat.net/home.html.


June 28 - Salsa Team Canada Fundraiser in Ottawa

Once again... Turn up the heat with all Ottawa dance lovers as they set the sizzling stage for their amazing performances with the Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal dance teams - all under one roof. Plus amazing performances by guest performers. With DJ, Animation, Prize draws and lots of dancing. Don't miss it!!!

Workshops: 5-7pm RSVP

5pm: Ottawa *Phil & Janet* - Beg/Int Partnering
6pm: Toronto *Steve* - Int Shines & Footwork
7pm: Montreal *Catherine* - Ladies' Styling - all levels

Tickets for the evening: 12$ in advance/15$ door
Workshops: 10$ each or 25$ for all three (in advance)
13$ each or 30$ for all three (door)
Shows @ 9-10-11pm

Performances by:
Montreal: Sonia and Moris, Angie and Paulo and Salsa Etc
Ottawa: Phil & Janet, Michelle St. Pierre, Salsafanatics
Toronto: Vanesa & Oscar
... more to be confirmed...

Vox Lounge
3795 Richmond Road, Nepean, ON

Ticket Information:
Contact any of the Ottawa STC Members for tickets...

July 1 - Salsa Team Canada to perform on July 1st in Ottawa at Major's Hill park. Great workshops and shows are on the agenda. Come on out to our Nations Capital and spice up your hot summer day with Salsa Team Canada. Stay tuned for more details.

July 19 - Salsa Team Canada's Final Fundraiser will be in Toronto at the Argonaut Rowing Club by the lake. It will be Toronto's premiere performance of the East Coast STC Group Performance prior to Puerto Rico (Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto groups). There will be workshops prior to the evening party, an outdoor barbecue all night long with Bong Gonzales as Head Chef, great dance shows from Montreal, Ottawa and of course Toronto, including other dance groups such as Dance to Live and Pawel & Dora, with more to follow.

The tickets will be limited as we will only be allowed to sell approximately 200 tickets in advance as we have about 50 dancers from Salsa Team Canada.

To kick-start this event, Salsa Team Canada members who come in on Friday for the weekend will be going to Courthouseto party...

June 14 - West Coast STC Fundraiser

Santa Marla Goretti Community Centre
11050-90 St. NW N, Edmonton

Workshop and Party Schedule

4 Workshops ($12 Adv, $15Door or $50 for 4 workshops)

3 pm: Workshop (TBA) - Chialin & Dustin (Vancouver)
4 pm: Workshop (TBA) - Ben (Calgary)
5 pm: Intermediate Shines Workshop - Arnold Bolanos (Edmonton)
6 pm: Intermediate Turn Patterns w/Sonia & Moris (Montreal)

Party: Doors Open at 8 pm and Dance Performances at 9/10/11 pm
$12 Adv/ $15 Door

For Tickets and Information:
Calgary: 403-815-7176 - Edmonton: 780-478-6017

May 2003

Salsa Team Ottawa was the headliner at May 31st Salsafanatics party held at Club La Isla, in their new market location (130 George St) last night. Salsa Team Ottawa brought down the house with two spectalur shows and kick-started their ticket sales for their upcoming fundraiser to be held on June 28th at the VOX lounge in Bells Corners, Ottawa. Thank you Roy from Salsafanatics for having us and Patricio from Club La Isla for hosting us. For more info visit www.salsateamcanada.com

· Friday May 16th, 10pm Salsatheque dance club
Come and practice with all amateur and professional dancers and enjoy a dance show with the Montreal dance team. With DJ and Orchestra. Latin dancing all the way. Tickets are free and available with all STC dancers and at the San Tropez Dance School.

Updated! Saturday, May 10th
Salsa Team Canada Kick-off Fundraiser Party

Turn up the heat with all Montreal dance lovers as they set the sizzling stage for their amazing performances. Including the Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal dance teams - all under one roof!!! Plus amazing performances by guest performers. With DJ, Animation, Prize draws and lots of dancing. Don't miss it!!!

Workshops in the afternoon:

3pm: Toronto *Oscar and Vanessa*
Intermediate-Advanced partnering

4pm: Ottawa *Phil and Janet*
Beginner-Intermediate partnering

5pm: Montreal *Mauricio*
Footwork and guaguanco - all levels

Workshops: 10$ each or 25$ for all three (in advance)
13$ each or 30$ for all three (door)

Tickets for the evening: 12$ in advance/15$ door

Shows @ 9-10-11pm
Tickets available at the San Tropez Dance School or with all STC dancers. For more info, you can also visit our official web page www.salsateamcanada.com

Location:
Union Française
429, avenue Viger Est, Montréal, QC H2L 2N9
click here to see a map of location

April 15, 2003

Here it is, Salsa Team Canada 2003!

If you thought last year was alot (over 40 dancers in 3 cities), this year just got crazier -- over 50 dancers in 6 cities! So take the challenge of coordinating 3 cities in the East and add 3 more cities in the West and you have twice the headaches, but twice the opportunity of getting to know more salseros...

We've already had shows in Ottawa, Edmonton and Montreal in the last few months, with lots more to follow...

Stay tuned for updates from each City, and get ready for our upcoming fundraising parties in a city near you...

To help us alleviate some of our travelling expenses, we are looking for sponsorships; if you're interested, please contact your city coordinator.

Salsa Team Canada is also available for shows, please contact Sonia at 514-374-7486 or Rose at 416-988-1389.

With a total of 24 shows in 2 days, the Salsa Team Canada members had winter salsa dancing down to a science. Each performance was capped at 3 minutes max as the weather took its toll on our fingers and exposed skin by this time. We learned this the hard way, as two dancers fell victim to frostbite on their fingers during our first set of performances. Mitts were now mandatory and no one went on without them after that.

As one of the main attractions in Confederation Park, the team got a lot of exposure. Each set had one song with audience participation where Salsa Team Canada members would go out in the audience an ask one of the spectators to come on stage and dance merengue with them. This was well received and we had no shortage of volunteers!

Thank you to Jose and to all the Ottawa dancers (Janet, Mehmet, Hilda, Ainsley, Alla, Ender, George, Michelle and Tamer, Roy, Andrea and Mary Jo) and special thanks go out to Salsa Etc dancers from Montreal, (Edson, Dominique, Marc and Phirum) for driving down to help us make this event a huge success.

From the Salsa Team Popsicle’s, we hope to see you at one our Fundraisers across Canada later this year! Stay tuned as we announce the dates across Canada in a City near you!

Michelle St. Pierre,
Communications Manager

Sunday, February 16th: 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm

Each set is 20 minutes in duration.

Hope to see you there!

December, 2002

The auditions across Canada are now finished and the dancers for the new Salsa Team Canada 2003 will be announced in January!

Thank you to all the dancers who participated in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. You were all wonderful... good luck!

Salsa Team CanadaDecember, 2002

The auditions across Canada are now finished and the dancers for the new Salsa Team Canada 2003 will be announced in January!

Thank you to all the dancers who participated in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. You were all wonderful... good luck!

Salsa Team Canada

Toronto Auditions!

We will be holding auditions at the following locations:

Monday, November 25, 2002 (open invitation to dancers)
Sweetwater Nightclub, 150 Eglinton Ave. E., 7-9 pm.Sunday,


Note: Sunday, November 24, 2002 is by special invitation only at
Babaluu Nightclub, 136 Yorkville Ave., Toronto (near Avenue and Bloor), 4-6 pm

Duration: 2 hours
Dress Code: Dance shoes (heels or jazz shoes preferred)
Dance wear

Toronto Coordinator: Rose Lau
Contact: (416) 988-1389
Email: rose@tosalsa.com

Our ideal candidate will meet the following criteria:

· Amateur or professional salsa dancer
· Available to rehearse once a week
· Ability to work successfully in a team
· Available to travel to regional preformances
· Willing to participate in fundraising events
· Can commit to personal travel fees involved with the World Salsa Congress in Puerto Rico from July 28 to August 4, 2003


Not sure if you're good enough or need more info? Just come to one of the Auditions and you'll find out all about what's involved.

An opportunity of a lifetime for passionate Canadian salseros!

Team Canada 2002/2003 is a project that aspires to unite all Salseros across Canada to dance at world congresses.

Our mission is to have Canadian Salsa recognized on an international level. We hope to offer the opportunity to all dancers to share their love of dancing as well as solidify the Salsa network nationwide. Our country's mosaic of cultures enriches the way we interpret Salsa music and dance, making us unique in style.

If this sounds like something you would like to be part of, we invite you to participate in your local audition.

Date: Monday, October 28, 2002
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: San Tropez Dance School, 1222 Peel St., corner St. Catherine

Duration: 2 hours
Dress Code: Dance shoes (heels or jazz shoes preferred)
Dance wear
Founder: Sonia Kyriacou
Contact: (514) 374-7486 or (514) 875-5476 info@salsateamcanada.com

Our ideal candidate will meet the following criteria:

· Amateur or professional salsa dancer
· Available to rehearse once a week
· Ability to work successfully in a team
· Available to travel to regional preformances
· Willing to participate in fundraising events
· Can commit to personal travel fees involved with the World Salsa Congress in Puerto Rico

Audition Schedule:
(your presence must be confirmed for the audition)

See you there!!!!!

October 3, 2002

Do you want to perform and represent Canada?

If so, here's your chance! Again, we are looking for dancers, choreographers, a marketing/fundraiser for each city and corporate sponsors. Please note that we are now officially registered as a non-profit organization.


Audition Information and Criteria

We are also seeking members for our organizational committee for choreography, marketing and fundraising -- you do not have to be a dancer to participate on this team! If you feel you can contribute on the level of marketing and fundraising, please let us know!

Audition Questionnaire:

1. Are you interested in performing at the 2003 Bacardi Salsa Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico to represent Canada and other affiliated Canadian Salsa Congresses, such as Montreal and Ottawa.

2. Are you an amateur or professional dancer? Are you an instructor? How many hours a week do you dance in total?

3. Are you a team player? Are you able to commit 3hrs/week from January to April and 5hrs/week thereafter until show time?

4. Are you willing to travel to Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto if you're on the East Coast? Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton if you're on the West Coast?

5. Are you willing to pay your way to Puerto Rico, i.e. flight, hotel, food, etc… You must be able to participate in fundraising events and/or get sponsored?

6. Do you have a steady partner? If not, you can be matched with someone at the audition.

If you've answered yes to most of these questions, you can contact Sonia (Montreal) or Rose (Toronto) for more information.

See you at the auditions and "Que viva la Salsa"!!!!