8th Annual New York Salsa Congress
Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Allan Tabilas
It’s the end of August, and we’re nearing labor day weekend in the U.S. So you know what that means? The 8th Annual New York Congress is on! Officially starting on Thursday is a weekend packed with workshops, performances, live music, social dancing, and much more! Choco (John Knight) and his staff are veterans of the congreso game, continuing the legacy started with the late David Melendez. Choco cannot stop the hustle, it’s that simple. From what we understand, Saturday night at the 2007 event had over 6,000 attendees alone! (The ballroom for the performances was completely full!). And Sunday (2007) was packed with music headliners, performances, and the 1st annual New York Salsa Dance Championships, won by Kelvin Hernandez and Licelott Maldonado. If you want to watch last year’s competition, head over to iMambo.tv. The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc, or HITN, streamed the 2008 Puerto Rico World Championships. They are a sponsor of the 2008 NY Congress as well. (we have not confirmed that they are streaming video this weekend).
Some of the performers scheduled for the 2009 event include Eddie Torres, Dancesport All Stars, Karisma, Yamulee, Hacha y Machete, Juan Matos and Candy Mena, Baila Society, Jayson Molina y su Rompecabezas, and Santo Rico. Sunday’s 2nd annual New York Salsa Championships will send qualifiers to the 2008 World Salsa Championships. Currently the New York Hilton is sold out, and possibly the partner hotels as well.
We should be at the event on Saturday and Sunday night. So please say hi!
Choco interview (talks about his first NY Congress in 2007) with Nick Padin, George Dennis, Yesenia Peralta, and Griselle Ponce
Social dance 2007 - Betto Herrera from North Carolina’s Mambo Dinamico and Melissa Pabon from Enixe / Art in Motion.
Social dance 2007 - Marco Ferrigno from Italy and Nancy from Los Angeles.
Edie the Salsa Freak, Beto Rojas, Chayanne Rojas, Syra, and Nancy - LA Salseros talk about the 2007 NY Salsa Congress
Below is an “old” video from 2004 at the home of the NY Congress, the Hilton Hotel. The Hilton at 1335 Avenue of America has one of the largest ballrooms in Manhattan. So we captured the dance floor on Saturday night in 2004, with infrared night vision. Click on the image to see the video.
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