"Live with Passion
Dance with your Heart"

Weather you are a spectator, a dancer or a party animal, we have the best entertainment for everybody. For the first time ever in the Pacific Northwest, the directors of the NOS Productions are bring you an unforgettable event that combines a Halloween Party, Latin Dance Dancing and a special performance by world famous singer, Shakira.
OPEN TO ALL AGES AND ALL CULTURES.

For 3 nights and 2 days you will be able to:

*Use your wild imagination and dress up for the Halloween Ball. There will be a $500 Prize for the best costume one for Ladies and one for the Gentlemen.
*Watch outstanding dance performances by salsa legends such as Abel Pena & Zulmara Torres, Alex Da Silva, and Liquid Silver. To provide you with the best view, we will be utilizing Theater Style (raised) seating.
*Cheer for your favorite teams and couples during the Open Salsa Competition which will bring some of the best talent from around the world.
*Enjoy the first-ever live performance in Seattle by Grammy Award winning Shakira.
*Have your favorite drink or two at the 21+lonuge.
*Dance until 2:30 am each night to the music of Seattle's best DJ's on 18,000sf of quality wood floor.
*Enrich your dancing skills by taking workshops form world-class instructors. Beginners are encouraged!
*Support a cause by participating in silant auction benefiting El Centro de la Raza, Make a Wish Foundation and Susan G. Korman Foundation.

 

Entertainers

"Education can really save lives. Education is the key."

Shakira was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is a musician, a record producer, a dancer and a philanthropist. Shakira has been a major figure in Latin American pop-music scene since mid 1990's and is the highest selling Columbian artist of all time who has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. So far in her career, she has won two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, fifteen Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, a People's Choice Award and received a Golden Globe nomination. According to the United World Chart, as of 2008, she is the 4th most successful artist for the last decade, in terms of singles sales. In 1997, Shakira founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation - a Colombian charity which builds schools for poor children all around Colombia. Shakira is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is one of their global representatives.

Liquid Silver (performer)

Liz Lira and Cristian Oviedo (competitor)

Grupo America (performer)

 

For more info and for ticket purchase click HERE!

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Live Salsa with Maraca & the New Collective

Saturday, 9/27/08

 

Century Ballroom

915 East Pine Street, 2nd Floor
Seattle, WA

8:30p Lesson
9:30p-1:30a Dance

21+
$30 Advanced Purchase
$35 Day Of
Lesson: $5, plus cover
BUY TICKETS

Cuban flutist and composer & director of the group Maraca, Orlando Valle, is definitely a spectacle to see live, as he directs his highly talented 12-member group. Nominated for "Best Salsa Album of the year" for 2003, and winner of many awards in Cuba, Maraca is considered one of the most popular names in Latin and Afro-Cuban Music. Their music is a cocktail of fusion and energy that stems from the jazziest improvisations to the most danceable elements of Caribbean and popular Cuban music.

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4th of July 2nd Annual All White Latin Cruise…

 

Departing From Rock Salt

1232 Westlake Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109

 

Tickets $50.00  Sold at Rock Salt Tel:(206)-284-8338

This is the place to be for the 4th of July 2008.  Dancing the night away on a beautiful yacht and watching the fireworks over the ocean.  How can you resist.

Departing from Rock Salt at 8:30 and featuring some of seattle's best Latin Dj's mixing Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Reggaeton and Top-40. After arriving at 11:30pm at Rock Salt you will be invited to join us at Rock Salt for free (with your purchase of the Cruise ticket) to dance with Latin Expression "Live"

 

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Jerry Rivera Live in Seattle

 

July 11, 2008

 

Showbox (sodo) 1700 1st Ave. South  Seattle WA

 

About Jerry Rivera:

 

Geraldo Rivera Rodriguez was born on July 31, 1973. Jerry is originally from Humacao, Puerto Rico, but he grew up in Levittown, near Toa Baja on the central northern coast of the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Siblings include Saned, Edwin, Ito, and José, who all have careers in salsa (one of his brothers was with Puerto Rican Power). Edwin "Pino" Rivera, his father (a trio singer), made the demo tape when Jerry was just fourteen and a half years old. In an interview with Maria Conchita Alonso (for "Al día con Maria Conchita"), Jerry talks about how sure his father was that he would succeed. He and his father sing together in the trio songs "Entrega" and "Hiereme sin compasion" in the most recent production "De otra manera." Jerry is also accompanied by his father's trio in his latest CD "Jerry Rivera para siempre." Jerry's first CD, "Empezando a vivir" came out when he was only fifteen. In his ten year career, Jerry has compiled quite a resumé, not limited to the musical arena.

 

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Cuban Music @ Nectar Lounge w/ Pedrito Vargas

 

412 N. 36th St. Seattle , WA 98101 Tel:(206)632- 2020

 

Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 9:00 PM

 

Pedrito Vargas returns to Nectar Lounge on Saturday June 7th with his contemporary Cuban music revolution Grupo Ashé! Add some Cuban flavor to your dancing and experience the heat and energy of modern day Habana and the chance to win a copy of the group?s demo or an Ashé tshirt! FREE timba lesson at 9 p.m. with Eglis (de Habana) and Ruth (de Cienfuegos).

Special guest performance by Mikaela ?La Miki? Romero!

21 & over, 8$ cover.

 

About Pedrito Vargas and Grupo Ashé

Grupo Ashé's specialty is timba, a contemporary cuban music style that combines the elements of traditional cuban music, salsa, funk, jazz, rock and hip hop. Formed in 2008, the group is made up of some of Seattle?s most prominent latin and jazz musicians.

Pedrito Vargas, Grupo Ashé's founder, has toured with timba legends Los Van Van and traditional cuban music master, Buena Vista Social Club veteran, Barbarito Torres. Drawing on his vast cuban music experience, ranging from traditional charanga to modern conceptual rhythm and blues, Pedrito y su grupo have created a new sound and live music experience for latin music fans.

 

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Ilusiones Latin Club

China Harbor, 2040 Westlake N, Seattle WA, 98419

Music by DJ Alonzo & DJ Manny; Jairo is your host

Salsa on Thursdays; cover $3
Live Salsa bands on Saturday with a cover of $9. 21 and over.

The attraction to Ilusiones Latin Club, of course, is dancing. Once you past the security frisk, and pay your cover ($6-$7), you follow the thump of merengue into the inner sanctum: 90 percent dance floor. Along the wall is a bar selling thin, small drinks at fat, tall prices. But only the most dedicated wallflower could actually keep out of the fray. There is nothing quite as infectious as merengue being pumped through huge speakers at a crowd of swaying dancers under flattering strobe lights.

The dancing is ready for public participation: The level of competency of everyone on the floor is fairly good, but not intimidating. Besides, the figure-eight hip swaying and up-tempo loin grinding of the China Harbor crowd tends to discourage self-consciousness. The DJ plays merengue, cumbia, and Spanish-language rap and reggae styles to which you can do any old nasty stomp.

The more difficult salsa steps, turns, and dips won't be tested by most songs, so you can work out the kinks without hang-ups. If you still want a refresher before show time, though, Thursday night features a group lesson earlier in the evening. Either way, China Harbor is worth a visit for a better-dressed and more authentic Seattle dance experience.

 

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Live Salsa with the New Swing Sextet and DJ Henry Knowles

May 31st 2008

8:30p Lesson
9:30p-1:30a Dance

21+
$25 Adv
$TBA Day Of
Lesson: $5, plus cover

The New Swing Sextet:

A product of New York City and the excitement and turbulence of the sixties, the New Swing Sextet made its professional debut performing in the Singer Bowl at the last New York Worlds Fair in 1965.  The band has been a popular and innovative exponent of Latin jazz, salsa and pop music for nearly four decades.

Composed of vocals, piano, vibes, bass and Latin percussion, the original New Swing broke up in the late seventies after successfully recording, touring and doing all the hot club dates that the New York metropolitan area had to offer.  In recent years most of the groups core members have reunited and have been performing with Mambo Negro the highly popular Latin jazz ensemble, which performs regularly in and around the tri-state area.  However, you can't buy or replace 40 years of history, and on special occasions the band performs as the New Swing.  The New Swing offers an established and respected name with a sound from another era, which has been perfectly preserved and bottled for another generation to enjoy.

The band was part of a young crop (and new breed of aspiring Latin musicians) who grew up in the greater New York Metropolitan tri-state area with its rich ethnic mix and diverse inner-city culture, while at the same time growing up surrounded by the Latin music explosion happening in the region.

 

DJ Henry Knowles:

As the official disc jockey for the World Salsa Congress, 
Henry Knowles is the DJs disc jockey, spinning that 
tension-building beat and filling dancers with ánimo. 
He is known to hold his own and understands how to 
honor and inspire a Salsero on the dance floor.

Henry is the consummate professional with more than 
25 years of experience catering to the serious Salsero. 
Henry has performed as a disc jockey, master of ceremonies, sound engineer, video jockey and promoter working in major 
nightclubs and venues around the world throughout his career span. 
Over twenty years ago Henry became the official disc jockey for "Salsa in the Catskills."

His extensive travels include gigs throughout USA, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and Middle East —even Asia. He believes his travels are also an opportunity to share his skills, talents and experience with aspiring disc jockeys. Admired as the "DJs DJ," Henry often holds workshops wherever he happens to be, sharing with his comrades how he works the floor and the latest and most effective mixing techniques.

 

 

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