Hadn’t allowed for London traffic and as I’m not accustomed to driving in London, got there late.
The percussion class had already started but looked good with a variety of instruments. [link to ad on gumtree]
The salsa class was fun! here is how it went (or something like this, allowing for inadvertent errors).
Each Unit Sequence (One – Thirteen) to an 8 beat count of music [jump to link]
| One | Basic Mambo forward and back ( count of 123, 567) | If not sure look up [jump to Salsa Basics] |
| Two | Spot Outside turn for follow | |
| Three | 1 Back break
5 Spot Outside turn (single or double |
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| Four | Basic mambo | |
| Five | 1 Cross body lead
5 open out and man bends down as if to pick up a flower with RH |
[jump to CBL] |
| Six | 1 Back break
5 Present flower to follow and she puts it behind her Left ear |
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| Seven | 1 Cross body lead
5 open out and man puts his RH fingers to his lips as if a kiss |
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| Eight | 1 Back break
5 Plant the kiss on her left cheek |
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| Nine | 1-3 as Basic mambo
5-7 follow pretends to slap with her LH Man does Left Turn |
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| Ten | Side Mamab0 | |
| Eleven | Side mambo with dip.7 Change hads for R to R.Hand hold | |
| Twelve | 1-3 as Basic mambo
5 Rto R.Hand armlockbehind follow’s back Present L.Hand and turn |
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| Thirteen | Improvise end with comb over or CBL dip |






[...] Egg” etc. The large sprung wooden floor is terrific. I arrived early, unlike the last time [Previous post] so decided to go and have a meal in view of the serious dancing I would be doing all night long. [...]
By: Bar La Vista, Towerbridge, London. New Salsa venue. « Sexy Salsa South UK. Dance the night away! on 27/07/2009
at 12:55 pm