5th Croatian Summer Salsa Festival
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The Town of Rovinj hosted the International Summer Salsa Festival this year too, for the fifth year in a row, which was organised again, along with a host of sponsors, by the Zagreb Los Mamberos Club, with Maistra and the Tourist Board as co-organisers
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The Town of Rovinj hosted the International Summer Salsa Festival this year too, for the fifth year in a row, which was organised again, along with a host of sponsors, by the Zagreb Los Mamberos Club, with Maistra and the Tourist Board as co-organisers. During the past years, this festival has grown into the most prominent and visited region-wide festival.
The first evening, which saw the presentation of salsa instructors before numerous spectators and visitors to the town square, was preceded by well organised and likewise attended dance workshops. During the morning and afternoon hours as well, hosts were able to appreciate salsa steps in the open, both by professional dancers and salsa beginners alike.
However, the best of the best – workshops leaders – showed why exactly the hot rhythm of salsa thrills all dance lovers, by their deft dance steps in the Marshall Tito Square. A large and specially set scene featured the Cubans of Papi, Noydee and Jorge Amado showing the roots of salsa creation by their dancing, singing and music. A show by the Zagreb Los Mamberos Club followed, and dancing dazzles of the Doantes De Rumba group. Several couples demonstrated the latest dancing – Dado and Conny, Farid and Julie, Alex and Yunaisy, and Nuno and Vanda, while Israel Guiterrez gave a superb solo act. After the show by the U-Tribe group, the final appearance of all instructors on the set was particularly effective. It should be pointed out the organisers of this large and, above all, attractive dance and music spectacle did not forget to pay homage to the deceased King of Pop, Michael Jackson, to the memory of whom they performed a few of his most famous hits as well.
Twenty minutes to midnight, the Cubismo started playing at the square, whose music literally had everybody dancing. Young and old, domestic and foreign guests danced to hot Latin American rhythm, so the central square soon resembled a winding and flooding river. Nobody was particular about dance spots. If, by chance, the wooden dance floor set there was full, the couples found room enough at the terraces of cafes, among tables and chairs, at the small pier and by the quay – even on one anchored boat. The rhythm of salsa kept all dancing until the wee hours.
