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    How Did You Discover Salsa and the "Latin Nightlife"? 

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    Edie's Story - How She Discovered Salsa 

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    By Edie, The Salsa FREAK!!

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    I started dancing in November, of 1994. I'll never forget that night....

    I was thirty years old when I took my very first basic step.

    I got sick of "home life" that evening, and decided to go out to an old "disco/techno/hip-hop" club I heard on the radio a few months before. It was located in Long Beach at the Shoreline Village. When I got there, the place had since turned into a Salsa Club called Cantina Tiburone. I went in, and decided to check out the scene. I was the first one there, and except for the DJ and bartender, I was the only person there. The only reason I stayed was because I noticed the music. It was a strange, new jazzy "Latin-Spanish" music that I ...
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    Chapter One - Life Before Salsa 

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    Chapter 1
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    Edie's Life Before Salsa:









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    Salsa-Holics Anonymous 

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    Copyright March, 1997, All Rights Reserved.

    Above Image Created By Edie, The Salsa FREAK!! in 1997
    The following is real folks... Email me if you can relate...


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    Is Salsa Worse Than Cocaine?


    Why do I hear so many people site the similarities between the two?

    • "Salsa is my drug".
    • "I needed my Salsa fix for the week".
    • "I can't get enough of it".
    • "I almost lost my job". "
    • "I can't stop".
    • "I've never spent so much money on dance outfits and shoes in my life".
    • "My friends and family don't understand".
    • "Everyone thinks I've lost my mind
    • "I can't convince any of my friends to come!"


    What IS IT about THIS MUSIC?

    Yes, my friends, there is definitely a trend going on here, and I've decided to document it.

    Just what is it about the rhythm of Salsa that gets under one's skin, and becomes part of our body, mind, and soul?
    Why does it sizzle ...
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