Becoming a Salsero

I know, I know, I said I moved my blog and I did. It's now at http://becomingasalsero.com

That said, I still see a lot of traffic here and I thought it would only be fair to give everybody a chance to win a free pass for the Egypt Salsa Congress.

So click on this link to see how easy it is to win a free full pass for the Egyptian Salsa Congress!

It's been more than a year since I've started this blog and as I'm still posting I thought it was time to move this blog to it's own domain.

This means that, going forward, I will stop posting here and instead will start posting at http://becomingasalsero.com

What does this mean for you?
A couple of things will change.

First of all I have moved to wordpress and unfortunately the current template didn't really work so I had to replace it. So once more a different look

Second, new posts will no longer appear here but will instead be made at the new domain.

And third, if you are subscribed to the RSS feed you will have to subscribe again.
You can do this by either clicking on the tiny rss icon in your browser's address bar or by clicking on the huge icon on the new site:


My apologies for the inconvenience. I hope you'll join me at my new home!

The first thing I saw this morning was a news item stating Alex da Silva has been arrested on charges of sexual assault.

Although I have never met him I was shocked. I have come across a fair number of people that have met Alex but I can't recall anybody ever saying a bad word about him. Aside from that, it seems to me there is no shortage of available women in his life so this came as a bit of a surprise.

It makes me wonder though, how will this affect the reputation of salsa dancing?

Assuming that the charges are true, will one bad apple enough to spoil the bunch? Salsa has a reputation for being a sexy dance. Will people say 'the girls were asking for it' or that 'it was to be expected'? Or will people be able to differentiated between the dance and the dancers?

Either way my heart goes out to all families involved. Let's hope this gets resolved quickly and justice will prevail