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Thanks for this, will be london for mambocity, and a little before/after

Chicagoan here... The stories that have come to light - from women and men both have resulted in widespread rescinding of participation by local performers, DJs, and Media from CSBF. Which is something you don't generally see when stories of abuse emerge.

Yes Tromboranga is fantastic, and they tend to do very good sets if you want to dance, they were at the Chicago Congress earlier this year, their 2nd time in the last 6 years i believe. Ditto everything about the crowd interaction, they are one of the best!

I do, I'm in Chicago, so we have solid options on a regular basis. A new job I started last year reduces the time to take advantage

After being in salsa travel semi-retirement, I am going to attend SF SBK and Warsaw next month! The pandemic has greatly influenced my stamina, hoping to regain some soon. The last festival I traveled for was the Capitol City congress back in 2018

The mayor just instituted a ban on all events of 1000+ people.

Agreeing with all of this. To that third point, there is definitely an age/demographic component that works in tandem with that. Another sorting consideration that comes up less frequently is time of day/location. My set will definitely sound different if I am doing a daytime event on a beach vs...

Thanks for this @mustafa ! I will definitely make my way to one of the wednesday events next week- I get into Istanbul in the early evening.

Resurrecting this thread to see if I can squeeze in some dancing during one day I will have in Istanbul in October ( 19hr layover coming from India ). I will be there on a wednesday (Oct 2nd), are there any regular dance nights that happen then? Midweek I am not expecting a social or anything...

In my experience there is a lot of variation in how much the average follower likes to shine. Partially due to their personal preference, experience level, how they have been taught, and more elements I am probably forgetting. For example, I would say the average follower in Paris is more...

Yeah i definitely try to...for instance, if I see the follow has no problem throwing down shines, I will give her ample opportunity to do so. Or, if she is a little tight in the arm, I would be less inclined to do movements that require a bit more looseness (a windmill comes to mind). And then...

The Touch events have started doing something like this "Dance for a cause", over the last 2 years...people buy tickets to dance with a celeb, during a specified time- proceeds go to charity

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