CF's 20th Birthday Celebrations*

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Please note October's Free Monthly Friday Cuban Salsa Class & After-Party @ El Barrio has been moved from Friday 3 to Friday 10 October... to align with CF's 20th Birthday Celebrations also to be held @ El Barrio from 8pm... And to celebrate 20 years of CUBAN☆FUSION and Rafael being in New Zealand he is relaunching his Afro-Cuban Jazz Quintet - AfroKan as an Octet at this year's Wellington Jazz Festival on Saturday 18 October @ Meow @ 7pm. Tickets (and seats) are very limited. Hit this link to find out more and to secure your ticket... https://www.jazzfestival.nz/events/rafa-ferrer-noels-afrokan/ Rafael and his Red Cuban Congas are also guesting on Oscar Lavën's Elegant Calamity Orchestra Album Release also at the Wellington Jazz Festival on Wednesday 16 October @ Rogue & Vagabond @ 8.30pm... https://www.jazzfestival.nz/events/album-release-elegant-calamity-orchestra/ And we have our 9th Annualish (thanks to COVID) PINK Cuba St Salsa Party Breast Cancer Fundraiser on Friday 17 October @ Cuba Mall @ 6pm.. https://www.facebook.com/events/1318384112770472 Then Rafael can have a rest.. until the Bay Salsa Festival in Tauranga (24-27 October), Hui Nui #7 in Wainui(omata) with Culture Embassy on Saturday 22 November and the Tumbao Cuban Festival - Driven to Dance in Auckland (29-30 November). https://www.baysalsafestival.co.nz/ https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/98525/Nui-Hui-7.utr https://www.salsatumbao.co.nz/ *On the 10th of October 2005 Rafael Ferrer Noel arrived in New Zealand and CUBAN☆FUSION - Wellington's Cuban Salsa Specialists was born. Coincidentally the 10th of October is also Cuban Independence Day (a.k.a. El Dia del Grito de Yara) - on this day in 1868, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, "Father of the Homeland", gave freedom to his slaves and started the independence war against the Spanish colonial power, which led to the Ten Years' War So we've got lots to celebrate and commemorate on 10 October @ El Barrio! A BIG GRACIAS to our teachers and assistants present and past (Rogelio, Jenny, Nina, Michelle, Niki and Lauren), and all our students, dancers and supporters over the years. Without you CUBAN☆FUSION would not still exist. We look forward to seeing you on the dancefloor next Friday. Rosina & Rafael CUBAN☆FUSION - Wellington's Cuban Salsa Specialists & NZ's leading Cuban Dance & Music Company