Mundo: Jane Bunnett's 30 year Cuba links...

¿a donde voy? ... ¿con quién bailo?

Here’s a note from Jay Danley, who played the tres for Son Ache for years.

“I just wanted to let you know that Los Caballeros Del Son will be playing every Wednesday in February at The Local Pub, 396
Roncesvalles ave.

We have an incredible brand new cd for sale and we are really looking forward to the shows.”

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From the Canada-Cuba Friendship Association.

Join us for a great dinner and dance!  Great price if paid in advance.

7:00pm  -  Saturday,  28 January, 2012
José Martí Cuban Dinner and  Dance and Cultural Program

Listen or Dance to  Pablo Terry & Sol de Cuba

$30 per person Paid in Advance  or $40 at door

For Dance only:     $10 from 9pm

• Door Prize  — Raffle – 3 chances   A Gift basket  or 2 other items
• Cash Bar
• Vegetarian meal must be requested in advance

For more information & to get  or reserve tickets

from the  CCFA Toronto:
Liz  416-654-7105 or  Sharon 905-951-8499

You can mail cheque to:    CCFA Toronto
c/o    209 Oakwood Av    Toronto  ON   M6E 2V3

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The beat goes on – the contra-tiempo beat that is… as Lula continues the successful Sunday Brunch !

Spend the day in Havana! Every Sunday, Lula offers a salsa brunch party featuring live music by Luis Mario Ochoa’s Traditional Cuban Quartet and a beginner salsa lesson by Miko Sobreira. Perfect for birthday and family celebrations, baby showers, office and retirement parties, the $15 cover includes buffet brunch, coffee, dance lesson, live music, tax and service. Kids 12 and under are 7$.

phone 416 588 0307

Arrive for brunch at 11am, dance lesson at 11:30 and live band at 12. Stay and dance till 2 pm.

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DINNER & SHOW SPECIAL

Arrive early and enjoy Lula’s famous dinner and show package. The three course prix fixe special includes choice of appetizer, main, and dessert as well as the dance lesson and all entertainment. Starting at just $49 per person, the dinner special guarantees seating for the whole evening. We are happy to accommodate everything from small intimate dinners to large parties! Reserve@lula.ca or 416 588 0307.

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DINNER & SHOW SPECIAL

Arrive early and enjoy Lula’s famous dinner and show package. The three course prix fixe special includes choice of appetizer, main, and dessert as well as the dance lesson and all entertainment. Starting at just $49 per person, the dinner special guarantees seating for the whole evening. We are happy to accommodate everything from small intimate dinners to large parties! Reserve@lula.ca or 416 588 0307.

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Join us for the best dance party in town with salsa lesson, live band and DJ spinning the hottest dance floor-friendly salsa, bachata, reggaeton and top 40 hits. Cover is just $15 at the door or book a table for our dinner special (starting at $49 plus tax and tip). The admission price includes our 9PM beginner dance lesson which is followed dancing all night long!

With their potent blend of dance floor friendly salsa and high-energy showmanship, Cafe Cubano evoke the spirit of the legendary dance clubs of Havana. Drawing on the skills of three of Toronto’s most accomplished frontmen (vocalists Yani Borrell, Alberto Alberto and Angel Luis Marquez) and lead by music director/pianist Jorge Betancourt, the band features some of Toronto’s finest musicians from such famous Cuban groups as Adalberto Alvarez y su Son and Cubanisimo.

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From Yumaniche:

Friday, January 27 starting at 9pm join us on Varadero Friday at Epic Lounge for an intense night of Urban Vibes and Latin Grooves!!!!!

DJ BERNAL & DJ YUMANICHE will be presiding over a perfect blend of DANCEHALL REGGAE, REGGAETON, CUBATON, HIPHOP, TOP 40, SALSA & MERENGUE URBANO to keep you moving all Night!

$7 before 11pm and $10 after.

Don’t miss this incredible night of Urban Entertainment!-NO SE LO PIERDAN!!!

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This 4-week course (click here, then on “Cha Cha Cha”) will focus on the traditional Cuban dance called Cha Cha Cha. One of the most well known Latin dances in the world, Cha Cha Cha was created to follow the music introduced by Cuban composer Enrique Jorrin, in 1953. The rhythm was developed from the danzón by a synchopation of the fourth beat. The name is onomatopoeic, derived from the rhythm of the güiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancers’ feet.

Taught by Yareneys Montes de Oca, it will focus on the timming and most used figures in Cha Cha Cha. Minimum Intermediate I level in Salsa is recommended in order to have an easier grasp of the timing (“contratiempo” or “On 2″). .

This course is by registration only and requires a minimum number of registrations.

Admin note: Outside Cuba, hardly ever do you find the Cuban traditional timing taught.  If you know cha-cha-cha, here’s a quick check…  to see if you have the contratiempo timing.

Try dancing to this song… Tremendo Vacilón.  If the timing of your cha-cha-cha step coincides with the words “cha-cha-cha” in the chorus, you’ve got it.  If not… this course will fix you up just fine….

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Slight correction, 4 events upcoming:

Jane Bunnett is celebrating 30 years of her relationship with Cuba and Cuban music, calling it “Mundo“.

There will be a radio show, and a free concert at the library… and also  2 events we have already listed:

THURS RADIO SHOW:  Thurs Jan 19 7 pm on Jazz FM 91.1.

FREE LIBRARY CONCERT: Mon Jan 23, Salon at the Metro Toronto Reference Library 7 pm.

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PLUS 2 events already listed elsewhere in Cuba in Toronto:

Jane Bunnett, Son Aché at Hugh’s Room, Fri Jan 27

Son Ache and Jane Bunnett: at Lula Jan 28!

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Havana Lounge at Cayo Coco tonight!

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