If you missed an Ultimate Philadelphia Salsa Experience!!!! too late, too late shall forever be your cry.

THE BIG BATTLESHIP HAS DOCKED. Stay tuned for fantastic pictures and video footage of this journey 2006!!!

The sun has set and the second annual Salsa in the City Battleship bash has come and gone. We at Salsa in the City would like to thank everyone who came out on Saturday night. Not only are we thankful, but we are truly honored by your presence. It means a lot to know that salseros can come together for one night of good music, good company and good dancing.

The partners of Salsa in the City were joined together by a common idea and desire to bring our community together and do so without pretense or ill will. It is in this vein that we would like to announce that we made an error in our calculations during the dance contest. Upon re-calculation of the scoring sheets, we discovered that the winners of the dance contest were in fact, Mirka Ibarrondo and Raul Santiago, Jr.

We sincerely apologize to everyone for the discrepancy and would like to thank Sonya Elmore and Victor Colon for accepting our error and the true and final results with immaculate dignity and grace and honoring the integrity of the scoring process. This is indeed the fibre that we need to build our salsa community, graceful both on the floor and off the floor. This serves as an inspiration to all. They are both winners in our book.

Special congratulations to our first place winners, Mirka and Raul. While we cannot re-create that winning moment for you, you can view their first-class performance online very soon.

From all of us at SITC, we send our sincerest apologies we thank everyone for their understanding. We needed to do the right thing by everyone involved. We hope that you will continue to support us in years to come. But until we meet again on the USS Battleship NJ, stay tuned for the pictures from Saturday night 2006 …..and don't forget to keep the salsa hot!


in the mean time please review pics from last year, and the essence of this unique Philadelphia Salsa experience.
Social dancing 2005 @ http://trinijunglejuice.com/sitc_social/

Pictures of Performances 2005 @ http://trinijunglejuice.com/sitc_performances/

Video of Salsa In The City party from 2005 @ http://mambo.nuevotechproductions.com/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=38&catid=17

House of Lime: How to Lime

The Philadelphia Hispanic Yellow Pages is on to something. The Philadelphia Hispanic Choice Awards event at the Kimmel Center was definitely the place to be on April 29th. In its third year of production, the Hispanic Choice Awards event was a well-orchestrated top-drawer event that is well on its way to becoming the region’s foremost award show honoring Philadelphia’s Hispanic community. What is even more impressive is that the community selects both the nominees and the award recipients, thus earning the name, “el premio de la gente”.

In a room full of prominent business owners, entrepreneurs, non profit organizations, as well as the who’s who of the Philadelphia Latino community, our Philly salseros were preset during the awards ceremony and the party that followed. Whether competing to win the audience applause during the salsa competition or being acknowledged for their contributions to the community, many of our salseros were nominated and honored for their tireless work as entertainers and even some were honored for their commitment and passion to their profession.

*Merecumbe and Grupo Fuego were both nominated for the “Entertainers of the Year” with Grupo Fuego receiving the award.

*Sandra Gonzalez walked away with the “Educator of the Year” award

*Eli and Yen won the audience applause for the dance competition.

* Also competing were Barbara and Arturo representing the Atirum, Sonya and Victor representing La Luna, Athena and Anthony representing Salsita and Noel and Kathleen representing Estilo.


After the event, Salsa in the City had access to the VIP and Media party located in the building featuring DJ Jose Rodriguez..don’t forget to check out the pics on the photo site!

This was definitely an event worth waiting for. Though the ticket price was higher than what salseros normally pay for a night out on the town, nothing can beat the ambience of the Kimmel Center for a black tie affair honoring the region’s best.