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Cafe Cocomo is re-thinking their Sat night admission! Starting Aug 1: $10 before 10pm, $20 after 10pm. Come early and you of course will get our class included!
Save Internet Radio as we know it! Recent rulings have increased the copyright
fees charged broadcasters, which threatens to wipe out internet radio sites such
as Yahoo, Rhapsody, and Live365. Please visit this site now and petition your
lawmakers! Click on image or visit www.SaveNetRadio.org THANKS -Jake
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Jake's Boot Camp: A new Concept in learning about Salsa dance and music...
Check out a new web site where multiple dancers and musicians are contributing content to help you learn their secrets of how to dance to and understand Salsa music. JakesBootCamp.com Click on the image below to access this site and learn more! Jake is planning to produce content for this site as well in the near future... (brought to you by SalsaCrazy)-
Instructional DVDs from Salsacrazy: For instructional DVDs, click here: Just released! Advanced Mastery System DVDs!
Dancing
meets the Band: If
you've been around for a while, you probably know that Jake has been
studying percussion
for several years, sitting in with bands now and then at Cocomo and
generally obsessed. Well, the more you know about the music, the
more fun you have dancing to it after all... Jake has been playing
with local bands....when he can!
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Jake's Upcoming Gigs: ------------------
Jake joins Tito y Su Son (www.TitoysuSondeCuba.com) this Friday at Cafe de La Paz in Berkeley. 1600 Shattuck Ave, Aug 29, show starts at 9pm. Info: 510-843-0662 or Tito's Web site above...
Traveling in Asia this Fall? Check out two salsa festivals (these countries need to talk more!):
1. Philippine Salsa Festival, Manila Nov 14 - 16 : For more information, please visit PhilippineSalsaFestival.com
2. Bangkok Salsa Festival, Bangkok, Thailand Nov 13 - 16 : For more information, please visit Festival Website
DVD Salsa Dance videos and online learning tools: Check out our "Where's the Beat" page...
Aplauso! Please
Read a short Memo on
Musician Appreciation by
Jake... 2005-
Having
trouble hearing the beat?! 
Know
your Clave from your Conga?? Confused
about the count??! Check
out our new Hearing
the Beat page for some help... including a new Salsa
Rhythms eCourse for learning more about the music
youhear every time you dance and JAKESBOOTCAMP, a new online based learning site! Need basic music theory? Check
out http://www.smu.edu/totw/rhythm.htm or
links to
some good basic books on the same page...
- GREAT
THURSDAY Salsa
CLASSES AT 8pm at CAFE COCOCMO
(followed
by Live Music!):
Aug 28 - Live Salsa with Borinquen / DJ Fab Fred ($12) - Note! Printed calendar flyers have misprint and say Avance for this night..
(SalsabyJake's class starts at 8pm, class is free w/admission)
- Thursday
is the "dancers" dance night! -the
hottest Salsa night in town.
- Join us for a WEEKDAY class in San Francisco at the most popular club in the Bay Area. One-hour class 8-9pm which is freew/admission, followed by D.J. Fred and Live bands. See the COCOMO Page for band schedule information, and directions....
- Attention DANCERS: Cafe Cocomo gets very crowded now, so come early for best dancing, (free) parking,seating, and of course, our warm-up Salsa class! Try Saturdays early too, for more dance room...
- *************** Cafe Cocomo Information:
415-824-6910 or See
ads in Bay Guardian
or visit www.CafeCocomo.com
(photos: courtesy Randy Mendoza)
- Sizzlin'
SATURDAYS
in S. F....
at Cafe Cocomo! with LIVE MUSIC!
Aug 23 - Live Salsa with Tito Garcia / DJ Luis Medina (AugustAdmission: $10 before 10pm, $20 after 10pm)
(SalsabyJake's class starts at 8pm, class is free w/admission)
Please join us every Saturday at the hottest club in San Francisco: Cafe Cocomo for a fun club class. We teach Beg./Int. Salsa from 8 to 9PM, followed by D.J and LIVE music. Huge dance floor!
Plenty of free parking, easy access. - CLICK HERE for full Cafe Cocomo Schedule/Pricing information...
- Attention DANCERS:Cafe Cocomo gets very crowded now, so come early for best dancing, (free) parking, seating, and of course, our warm-up Salsa class!
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*************** Cafe Cocomo Information: 415-824-6910 or See ads in Bay Guardian or visit www.CafeCocomo.com
Cafe Cocomo Press:
Cafe Cocomo rated well in Zagat 2007 again with classes being mentioned as being excellent!
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Cafe Cocomo rated best Salsa Club by SF Weekly in 2007
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Cafe Cocomo voted top Nightclub in AOL Bay Area City Guide poll - Jan/2006
Cafe
Cocomo was voted into the TOP FIVE in
the YAHOO BEST
OF 2005 polls in these categories: Best
Dancing, Best Live Music, Best Wine Bar, Best
Place to Meet Singles. Thanks for
your support and patronage over the years! 12-2005
Cafe Cocomo now has a solid Oak hardwood foor - check it out!
The floor is solid Oak over a plywood base, so it will be softer to the feet as well...
Cafe Cocomo makes Zagat's SF Nightlife guide - again!! - - SalsabyJake noted!
Check out the Zagat
SF Nightlife Guide Years 2002, 2003, 2004 for
their favorable review of Cafe Cocomo and please note (at our
insistence) the reference to "fabulous instructors"! Click
here for the full text of the review. . . Cocomo was one
of the few "hot salsa spots" mentioned in the guide,
and of those few, we were the only instructors noted! ! - Cocomo was also reviewed in 2007 Nightlife guide and lessons mentioned again!
Cafe Cocomo makes USA Today's Hot Salsa Spot Guide for the USA!
Cafe
Cocomo mentioned as one of the TOP 10 SALSA
SPOTS in the United States! Check out the
article at USA_TODAY_SALSA_7_24_2003 or
click on the Cafe
Cocomo Page for the text of the review. -Jake
12-15-2003
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Troubled by
the "On-1
vs. On-2" chatter about dancing? We
hear you. We teach and dance mainly On-1
and we found a great article written
by Steve 'Salsadoc' Wasserman in the U.K.
about his impressions of the recent On-2
pressures over there. It sums up the feelings
of many people and it is worth a read! Click
here That
being said, learning to dance on both rhythms
is a great idea for your own versatility,
but we highly recommend to be very good
at one before trying the other! That makes
the transition easy...
Like
HOT Salsa Music all day long? 
Check
out the internet radio station
of the Bay Area's own DJ
La Coqui, Ivette Fuentes radio
show on live365.com.
Click here: Sabor
Boricua to
listen on your computer...Also check out the "So You
Want Salsa" station, which is excellent as well.
Hear something you like on the radio? -Jake
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The 6-count vs. the 8-count...
. . why we switched...
- I
utilized the 6-count ("1,2,3...4,5,6")
in my teaching for 10 years
and I found that it had distinct
advantages
for teaching
people that are just starting
to dance. (See
diagram below). The main
advantage is that, by counting
steps the information about
which foot to step on (left
or right) is contained
in the count itself (even
or odd).
Further, you can extend the count
for patterns, which is why
we count to 12 for patterns,
and it makes it easier to find
your
way through a pattern when learning.
It also allows the teacher
to say exactly how many steps
to take.
As for the 8-count ("1,2,3...5,6,7"), it is simply used by more dance instructors now, and it has the advantage of numbering each beat, so you can instruct what to do even on beats that you normally don't step (for example, "lead the turn on 4"). Also, it is more useful for advanced topics such as shine steps that occur on beats that the normal basic is not danced. While either count works as a tool for learning, we've changed to the 8-count, mainly in the interest of uniformity with the other teachers in the Salsa community. That way, people will not get confused when going from one class to another where different counts are utilized. --Jake 1-1-2003 -->See our new Hearing the Beat page for more info on rhythms!
©2002
Jake Jacobs
- .What
do women want from men? Dancing! that's what. See
www.dancedancedance.com/whatwomen.htm
for more. . .
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