Salsa on Alki

First time salsa dancing outside in seattle! Was a fun and different experience... The cool breeze on alki beach was awesome and added the element that is missing in indoor dances... and not to mention the sunset... brilliant! Thankfully it was a warm day and no clouds...

but I don't know if I will go back again :D The space was wayyyyyyyy too less for the number of people dancing, and I elbowing others or stepping on others. If I didn't, someone else stepped on me :P And my favorite part about dancing is interpreting the music and styling, which I couldn't do in this crowded space. Plus, the floor was not all that great... but still, I was happy I went :)

Thanks to all my leads and follows!

Almost a year (sort of) since I started my Salsa journey, so I guess this warrants a blogpost :) It has been an awesome experience so far, and I want to dedicate this post to all the people who made it fun, entertaining, and most of all, people who made it possible!

I started salsa dancing in June 2012 with the DJ Yambu salsa party at Danceworks studio... I had no idea what a salsa party was... and I was scared. None of my regular group of friends danced salsa and so I decided to (had to) go to the party alone - mainly because I had the 99$ unlimited pass for the month and the party was included in it :D I know I know, but it was a good thing. I enjoyed myself SO much that first day, and I felt bad that I had missed the other salsa parties that were included in the pass :) 

Thanks much to Scott, who has made this possible for me, and many many other dancers! It is truly a service to the community, and I really appreciate his dedication, enthusiasm and drive! But more about that later... :)

Today was the end of the month DJ Yambu salsa party again... Thanks Chaitali and Vamsi for coming by and celebrating 1 year with me, even though you didn't know it :) (I didn't know it either :D) Not many people on the dance floor and many of my usual friends were missing... nevertheless I had a marvelous time!