World Latin Salsa Congress 2008

It’s been a week since the World Latin Salsa Congress was over in Penang. To me, it was a huge success as tons of people came to me and say how much they enjoyed the workshops and parties we organized for them.

As for myself, this is one of the most tiring event that I’ve involved in thus far. With a grand total of 6 hours of sleep from Friday to Monday, I was actually running high only on Salsa, from attending the workshops and parties that was held throughout as well as running about making sure all the instructors’ needs are met and all the participants’ complains are dealt with. I didn’t know the word tired until Tuesday itself when I finally relaxed and slept.

One of the most cherished moments from this event is the fact that I’ve made so many new found friends through the congress, from within Malaysia as well as from all over the world, Japan, Australia, Canada as well as Venezuela.

Aside from that, the workshops that was organized throughout the weekend was amazing, things we learn in it, we don’t normally learn in classes or a the clubs. No doubt I didn’t attend much as I’ve been running around but those that I went for, man… they were exciting! How often do you get to throw a woman about and the woman enjoys it?

And then there’s the performances at the dinner parties. Everyone put on their best shows to thrill the crowd, for the first timers, the first reaction was.. GOSH! Can we actually do those things? To the experienced, it was GOSH! They have upped the ante!

And then there’s the highlight of the whole event. The Beach party, the one that everyone talks about even until today. How often do we have a beach party with LIVE Band and dancing in the sand? Name me one other Latin Dance festival in Malaysia that does it? There isn’t other than the Congress! That’s the big highlight of the whole congress!

Then there’s this other thing call late nights. The parties ends at 2am every night but does the people stop partying? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO….. We would gather the musical instruments, find a nice comfortable spot and continue partying away, when the whole hotel turns off the lights to sleep, we are still singing and dancing away near the beach. It was fantastic! To think that impromptu Jamming sessions would be this fun is just amazing.

To end this post, my camera never worked this hard before with over 3,000 photos being taken, of course, we aren’t going to put every single one on the web for all to see right? There’s always the selected ones that is more decent and so forth. You can find them all at the following links.

World Latin Salsa Congress 2008 Collection

* Partying with Gerardo Rosales @ Salsa Havana
* Congress Day 1 Workshop
* Congress Day 1 Welcome Party 1 of 3
* Congress Day 1 Welcome Party 2 of 3
* Congress Day 1 Welcome Party 3 of 3
* Congress Day 2 Workshop 1 of 2
* Congress Day 2 Workshop 2 of 2
* Congress Day 2 Beach Party 1 of 3
* Congress Day 2 Beach Party 2 of 3
* Congress Day 2 Beach Party 3 of 3
* Congress Day 3 Workshop 1 of 2
* Congress Day 3 Workshop 2 of 2
* Congress Day 3 Gala Dinner 1 of 3
* Congress Day 3 Gala Dinner 2 of 3
* Congress Day 3 Gala Dinner 3 of 3
* Partying with Pretty Boys & Girls @ Salsa Havana