I remember when Mambo Cafe was the coolest place to go Salsa dancing. On a Saturday night everyone would be there and there would be an awesome live band like Caraballi playing. The dance floor would be packed… but not with throngs of people pretending they know how to dance and stepping all over your feet… but with dancers. Everyone from the very beginners to the professionals would go out and have fun. As an added bonus everyone stayed in the dance line they had chosen so there were no toe-crushing injuries.
Let me tell you this was not the case this past Saturday and has not been the case at Mambo Cafe for a while. It was advertised as “the best salsa night in Dallas.” Ya I guess that would be true if the best Salsa night in Dallas includes half crappy Salsa band and half Reggaeton. Lame. There was even this one short little guy who tried to push us off the dance floor in hopes of showing us up. I don’t think he got the memo that dancing is supposed to be about having fun. Extra lame.
I guess you guys probably already know if you are in the Salsa dance world, but venues change so often for good dancing. It is kind of frustrating because there is no quality control except for non attendance. But that leaves our Salsa dancing community scattered and separated. Is anyone else fed up with this and wishing our dancing community would come together?
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