Singapore Salsa Fest - Rueda and last nite

Yay ! We manage to break the attempt! Ahahahahaha .... it was really quite cool. Initially we had like 150+ couples. Then all of us banded in and started calling pple we know to just come down and join in. Some of the instructors had a rueda churning factory (i.e. they quickly trained basics to pple outside the tent) and then sent them in.

Final count ? 176 couples + 10 moves + 3+ mins = NEW GUINESS RUEDA RECORD !

yay ! ahhah.. m so glad that some of the instructors put in time and effort to help each other for a greater common goal.

Last nite performances were the bomb too, from edie the salsa freak to super mario and susanna and the indonesia team. And we got to see dylan perform too ! ahhah he looks SO MUCH more... un-uncle in his costume. yay dylan !

I tink Edie put it best for the night. Briefly she mentioned that we as a community have been very supportive and strong TOGETHER. She mentioned that we are so together that even the organiser for the year end salsa event invested money and time into this event as well. It is this togetherness that will make the Sg salsa scene successful. She commented that she has been trying to get her hometown Miami to break the rueda record but due to school rivalry, it never gets done.

I sure hope that the salsa peeps in Singapore take a listen and realise that its for bigger goal that we should aim for. Granted some people have to contend with making a living and stuff, but i do feel that support and camaraderie for your fellow instructors / schools / people is very important as well.

This is all the more true when i encountered 2 incidents last nite that turned me off about rivalry/lack of support and general unthoughtfulness. ~sigh~

*sings* i'll like to teach the world to sing... in perfect harmony..