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Hugh

See u on Monday MINI - If your man enough! As I said (or it may have been deleted) U had better be good! :-p

Calm down... calm down... I love the passion, but express this in your dance. In the real world any comp has a range of talent and given a level playing field, the best on the day should win... however it is clear that there is a world of difference between ‘professional’ dancers and enthusiastic amateurs and perhaps the next comp, if there is one, should recognise this by having different levels of competition. Perhaps Mikey P and the other venues have a view on this. Wizzy planet earth calling... you can only be the best if you have been tested (and maybe not just for salsa!)... well?!? Does this one pass Hugh?

WIZZY! Maybe you should teach us how to dance properly - educate us where we’ve been going wrong.

That Barry Salsa Competition? I don’t think anybody will forget the antics of Notorious George that night! Still :)

Henry Vena was the main judge for that Barry Salsa Comp. The reporter from the salsa magazine was there and as I remember he was one of the judges. So I don’t think there was corruption.

Sure there were many great dancers outside that competition (Andy, Thano etc etc.) that night but I think the couple that gave the best (fun, acrobats, interaction etc) on that final dance won that night!!!

Anyway. It was a long time ago.

I am sure Tammi and Abi won other night cos they were the best. Congrats to them!

Salsa is for fun. Not about being stiff and serious on the dance floor. Sure you wouldn’t understand if you are a ballroom dancer!!!

Listen Chum! I’ve already retracted my comments that Tammia and Abi’s success wasn’t justified!!! I’ll quickly say it again incase you’re a bit ‘slow’ - that’s S L O W.

* If other dancers of Tammi / Abi’s standard (ie TEACHERS) were also competing in the same catagory then it is a fair win.

Regarding my “putting you all to rights”... I said a was a FANTASTIC DANCER, not a fantastic teacher and NEVER have I commented on anybody’s standard apart from giving my opinion of the best teacher IMHO. Read all the postings again WITH YOUR GLASSES ON!

You say that salsa is simply for fun?!? Well that’s interesting, lets take a look at the whole concept of a competetion then. I could of sworn it is when people compare their skills against each other to find the BEST competitor. This will normally involve paying an entrance fee, practice, looking for music, practice, commitment, more practice, following rules and on the day, concentration, nerves, determination, effort and - you’ve guessed it - more practice and you’re saying salsa is simply “a bit of a laugh?” Now the truth is that YES, for driven competitors, there is a lot of fun to be had, but it is MUCH MORE THAN THAT, the whole concept of entering is to WIN.

When people say “Oh I entered for a laugh” that’s codswallop! What they’re actually saying is:
• “I’m not good enough to win so if I say it’s a laugh that’s my excuse if I don’t”
Or - less commonly -
• “I know I’m gonna win so if I say it’s a laugh it makes me less cocky and arrogant”

If you watch the big salsa contests - Club tropicana, the Mayan etc etc then you’ll see the amount of work that is needed. And if people don’t enter to win then, unless it is a little NODDY contest among a group of friends, then they are wasting their time.

I find it very funny to find that you are all getting so worked up about a compertition and who is better than who, anyone can entre and every on knew the rules.
I not sure whom they are talking about when they some where dancers who where part of a paid troupe.
Does it really matter.
I was not a teacher and not a paid dancer but I was part of the compertion and did for the hell of it because other would not take part and to make up numbers, I did not enter to win I wanted to dance and I was very lucky to have a very lovely woman to dance with a whom put up with a few practices before.
It was good fun and people took it the wrong way.
I had fun and did not care who won.

And yes George was a spoilt brat and a sexist male SP and it is people being like that that give and create the wrond image for salsa, he did the right thing staying out of the scene.

You all need to take a chill pill, if it is hand bags at dawn can I jion in please.

It’s a bit rich you telling others to chill, El Marco, as I had to delete a highly abusive message from one of your aliases in this very thread.

Please don’t make blanket criticism of others who are just expressing their opinion. I’ll decide when the conversation is getting out of hand.

Hugh - what the hell is that post from El Marco!!! I’ve read it three times so far and physically can’t understand it. Have I suddenly lost the ability to read and comprehend?!? El Marco - I hope your other alias has a better grip of ENGLISH than you do Butt!!!

Wizzy, he is dyslexic - so don’t take the piss, particularly as your own spelling and grammar frequently leaves a lot to be desired.