Rumbanana in Portland March 1 & 2

Rumbanana, the Corvallis Casino Salsa and Casino Rueda group, will be in Portland on March 1 & 2. They will perform Saturday at Aztec Willies (15th & NE Broadway), and conduct workshops Sunday at the Paradise Ballroom, 826 SE Belmont. I'll be there for sure! I recommend you be there too!!

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To Blog or Not To Blog?

This blog is new as of today, not much content yet. I want to put up some links to sites I've found useful and some other links to videos. Of course alot can be found simply by searching the web. But if we have some especially cool links, let's share 'em!

One of the best sites I can point you to is http://www.rumbanana.org/. Rumbanana is the premier Cuban-style (casino) salsa and casino rueda crew in the northwest - or anywhere! - and they're right down the valley from Portland in Corvallis. Rumbanana won the Rueda de Casino competition at the Cuba Baila in Vancouver, B.C. in 2007, and took second place at the Rueda de Casino Congress in Miami, November 2007. Not bad!!

You can view these performances from the list of Casino Rueda Videos on the right side of this page.

What else would you like to see on this blog? Post your comment please!

CR Instruction in Portland

I have studied Casino Rueda with many instructors in Portland, L.A. and also in Havana, Cuba. Do you have some experiences about learning Casino that you would like to post here? Reviews of studios and instructors? I hope we can focus on the positive, and keep the criticism constructive!