4th Annual Wisconsin Salsa Open and Dance Festival!!

WISCONSIN, this dance festival is for YOU!!! The mission of Wisconsin Salsa Open and Dance Festival is to honor and celebrate culturally diverse dance forms through presentation, competition, education and support of artists and their traditions. This is the largest annual fundraiser for the Salsabrositas: Wisconsin's youngest Latin Dance Team! All proceeds will help offset expenses for the Salsabrositas to compete in 2018! "The road to Puerto Rico starts HERE!!!" The 4th Annual Wisconsin Salsa Open and Dance Festival October 7th and 8th, 2017 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Getting ready for the main event!! Last year we brought SEVEN world champs, Stay tuned for what we have in store for you in 2017! ALREADY CONFIRMED •8x World Salsa Champs Carine Morais and Rafael Barros! •5x World Junior Salsa Champ Natasha Silva! •9x World Salsa, Bachata, and Hustle Champs Uriel Garcia and Vera Rowe! •Jonathan Ibarra of Alma Latina Tijuana ~workshops & performances, along with the competition~ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Kick-off Party Wednesday, October 4th at Red, White, & Blue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, October 5th @ Revel Bar in Milwaukee, WI Thursday Night Pre-party Social!! Workshop and Performance World Junior Salsa Champ Natasha Silva Additional performances: Mambo Vice Fusion MKE Dance Project ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, October 6th| Rumba 4 Rainbow at Union South in Madison, WI (ticket sold separately) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WELCOME TO THE PARTY!!! Saturday, October 7th and 8th Astor Hotel 924 E. Juneau Ave. • Milwaukee, WI • (414)271-4220 Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, Cha Cha Cha, Mambo & and more! - Dance Workshops from among the best instructors in the world!! (Workshops held from 11am-7pm in Ballroom and Lounge.) Confirmed instructors: Uriel Garcia and Vera Rowe Jose Serrano (Chicago) Natasha Silva (San Diego) Carine and Rafael (Brazil) Karlies Kelley (Panadanza) Krislyn World (UWM) Kyle Culmann (Indianapolis) Luis Armacanqui (Madison) Jesus Aguilera (Chicago) Apollo Shaw (Chicago) Denita Inez (D'sueño) Carlos Armacanqui (Madison) Edgar Tirado (ATL) Nina So (ATL) Christine Almeida (Latin Dance Company) 6pm - HAPPY HOUR!!!!! •••••••• Food for sale throughout the day••••••• 7pm - Wisconsin Salsa Open Dance Competition PRIZES: 3rd prize- 2 weekend passes and 1 night's Hotel stay at Chicago International Salsa Congress 2nd Prize - 2 full passes and 2 night's Hotel stay at Chicago International Salsa Congress 1st Prize - 2 full passes and 3 night's Hotel stay at Chicago International Salsa Congress 7:30pm - WSO Dance Showcase 8pm - Winners announced followed by Dj Furcio!! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wisconsin's Greatest and Largest Salsa Dance Competitions are now a Dance Festival!! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hosted by: - SALSABROSA - BACHATA SYNDROME - SALSABROSITAS - MAMBO VICE - FUSION - MADance Project ALL DEBUTING NEW ROUTINES!!! GUEST PERFORMANCES also provided by: ALMA MILWAUKEE PANADANZA (Mke) Hadouken (CHI) MEZCLANDO MILWAUKEE INSPIRACIÓN (Chi) Axel and Rosy (Chi) Kip and Amy (Chi) Rumba Buena (MKE) DAVID AND RENEE (Lake Geneva) Davis BGC Hip Hop Team Kinetics Dance Company (Chi) Latin Expressions (Ind) Denita Inez (CHI) Claudia Sol (NYC) DJS: DJ FURCIO (Guanajuato, Mexico) DJ MATEO (Milwaukee) DJ NASA DJ KASANOVA Price: $75 includes Thursday pre-party, workshops, competition, 2 showcases, plus admission to social dancing afterwards! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• For Questions or tickets to either event, contact Danny Balderas at (414)243-0910 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wisconsin-salsa-and-bachata-open-tickets-31610924125?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=esfb&utm-source=fb&utm-term=listing