Jan Feb 2015 Winter Blues

Saturday morning in cafe Nero before my full day salsa course at bar Salsa.
Yesterday I have a steroid injection into my shoulder. After months of pain  I finally went to the doctor and he said 'frozen shoulder'. Stage one of the fix is remover the pain, three injections monthly should do it then physio to regain flexibility. I'm happy its curable and doesn't stop me doing that much.

what's getting frustrating is the lack of progress in the Edinburgh Fringe show organising. Two applications with P B H are pending. and there's no word for Edinburgh council re the pop up dance classes in the Grassmarket.
more calls next week!
I tried to contact the Big London squares like Broardgate, Kings Cross and Canary Wharf but didn't get a single reply! Try again next week.
The fall back is to go ferel and busk. It's sort of non busking with no exchange of money, no noise just a group of people doing dancing in silence.

Update Feb March 2015
It's looking less and less likely re Grassmarkets. It's just too slow to organise with nothing to suggest it will even work.
Good news re silent disco gear. Because it works on the same frequency as my radio mic , I should be able to use the belt pack transmitters, saving a lot of weight and expense.

Very little interest in the development workshops at the moment. Three problems.
The next one is Mothers Day
Spring is breaking so everyone wants to be
Me! I'm just not pushing it. arrrrrrr

Finnish on an up note.... Every Saturday I'm showing Mambalsa to my 1-Day Intensive Course students. Each Saturday I get that buzz from their ease at getting it and how well it suits anyone's music.

Dec. Katies Party / Dev w/s

It seems a long time ago but in between Christmas and New year I held dev workshop no 3. This was the pilot of the three hour course aimed at groups and companies.
Katie, a school teacher, who has the fortune or misfortune to have her birthday inbetween Christmas and New Year, invited many of her friends and colleagues come along for a Mambalsa experiernce.

After the basics and exercises I developed a performance routine with the group the results can be seen on this clip
note: because of the track we used (sway - Pussycat Dolls)  it may not play everywhere and on every device.
It 'worked' on several levels. Fun, group cohesion, a visual social media clip.
If I had known how useful the performance routine who be, I would have given more time during the w/s to it to achieve a better clip.
Once again Mambalsa proved to be versatile and fun.
enjoy....

KatiesParty: https://youtu.be/z7b1LYHOYHM