NEWS ARCHIVE SECTION
Some older News items for archival
purposes....
Cafe
Cocomo and SalsabyJake featured in Latin Eyes 9/16/06 episode! On
Thursday 7/6, the Bay Area based Television show Latin
Eyes (www.latineyes.tv)
filmed at Cafe Cocomo for a feature on
Salsa Dancing. Correspondant Tasha inteviewed Jake on
a variety of dance/music subjects and was introduced to
Salsa dance by yours truely. Our class was also filmed.
This episode also features Grammy winner and local great
horn player Julius Melendez. The emmy-winning show
Latin Eyes airs on KRON channel 4 in the Bay Area at 11:30AM
Saturdays and again at midnight on Monday (Sunday night/Monday
morning). It is a syndicated show and is aired throughout
the United States as well. They do great features on Latin
Culture, music, art, etc.
Cafe Cocomo and SalsabyJake featured on ABC7 View from the Bay! On July 19, 2006, the Bay Area based Television show View From the Bay on ABC7 (www.ViewFromTheBay.com) featured Jake at Cafe Cocomo for a story on nightspots and Salsa Dancing. Check it out! THE VIDEO IS UP ON THEIR WEB SITE. USE THE QUICK NAVAGATOR ON RIGHT SIDE TO GO TO "SHOW ARCHIVES", then find July 19,2006 and click on that. When you get there, you'll see "7x7 Spices up your Nightlife" and click there to see video! (Note: you'll have to skip the restaurant section to see the Cocomo spot which starts roughly in the middle of the video)
Jake
and Techi's Salsa Class featured on "Latin Rhythm" episode.
If you were at Cocomo a few months ago when they were filming, (on a Thurs night),
you're probably in the segment. Latin Rhythm is a television show exploring
Latin culture, and it is produced by a person that used to work on the Latin
Eyes show. Latin Rhythm is only shown on PenTV (Peninsula
TV ch 26) - see www.pentv.org - in the south bay, and this episode should be
airing currently.. They are looking for a wider market currently as well. We
will try to put a video of the segment featuring us at Cocomo on this site soon...
They did a great job of capturing the energy of our class! -Jake 8/5/2004
Jake
and Techi to teach at 1st San Francisco Salsa Congress:
Nov 16, 2002
Jake and Techi will teach a 1-hour Intermediate/Advanced Nightclub Salsa
Class at the SF Congress in November. (Sat Nov 16, 3:00pm). The
Congress is Nov 14-17, 2002.
Jake's
Salsa DancingWriting - the envy of Salseros
worldwide?! (originally
posted: 11/24/99)
Check out Ruben's web site
http://www.xs4all.nl/~alken/english/index.htm
for the best example of how my web site has
influenced other dancers' sites. Besides a similar layout, Ruben
copied my section on "What We Teach" practically word-for-word!
(Also, see "FAQ" and under "Classes" section -
recommendations for Dance Shoes and the exact list of Dance Music from
my site!) I have contacted him about this
in a very cordial way, suggesting that his students would be better
served by his writing a statement of purpose
that comes direct from his heart. While he did add one acknowledgement
under the "FAQ" section of his site to
say "courtesy of Jake Jacobs" at my request, and a link to our site,
he continues to use the What We Teach section and various other
segments with no permission or information about its source, violating
my copyright. Send Ruben
your comments directly! --Another example
of unoriginal web site design or flyer design in the game of marketing!
JAKE says: "If you have enough
creativity to dance and/or teach, then how about using a little of that
creativity to design your own stuff!" This
site was created in 1997 by Jake, and it is one of the first dance/instruction
sites to hit the net. It is entirely written, designed,
and maintained by Jake, and no outside advertisers
are allowed.
-
Jake
chosen to judge Dance Spectrum Competition Finals, March
15, 2002 Campbell, CA -completed.
- A special panel of judges has been selected to judge at the Hot Salsa Friday Salsa Dance Contest March 15, 2002!
- They are: Albert Torres ( #1 Salsa Promoter), Felipe Polanco (World Renowned Salsa Performer), Steve Vasco (former 1st Place Mayan Champion)
- Ava Apple (Latin Symbolics), Jake Jacobs (The Bay Areas most popular Salsa Instructor), Holming Lee (Mambo Romero)
- Get all the results/details at:salsa_fridays_site
- Cafe
Cocomo Admission pricechange 2/1/2001: After
almost three years at the same admission price, Cafe Cocomo will be
increasing the admission effective February2001. The change is only
$1 on Saturday and $2 on Thursday - to help fund re-modeling
to expand the dance floor, stage, and bar areas and improve the club
further! Sorry for the inconvenience. Even with the change,
Cafe Cocomo prices the same or lower than most clubs operating today.
And there is always plentiful free parking and their great staff to
serve you!
- Join
us for a Salsa Class / Benefit
for the City of Hope
Charity drive on 3/30/00!
- Join Jake and Techi for a south bay class that is part of an annual charity campaign to help raise money for cancer/aids research. Organized by corporate sponser 24-Hour Fitness, the class will be held in the beautiful 24-Hour Fitness aerobics studio in Sunnyvale.
- When: MARCH 30, 2000 at 7pm-9pm -> 1.5 Hour Beg/Intermediate Salsa Class, followed by 30-minute D.J. practice session.
- Where: 24-Hour Fitness Health Club located at 150 E. Fremont Ave, Sunnyvale, CA
- Donation: $12 - remember this is a charitable event! tax-deductable.
- Why: Each year 24-Hour Fitness takes part in the nation-wide "30 Days of Hope" campaign to raise money for cancer and aids research. Come out to have some fun dancing for a good cause!
- Jake
and Techi chosen to sit on distinguished panel of judges for Club Casino
Salsa Finals, Wed Feb 16, 2000.
- Join us this Wednesday for the finals of the salsa competition at Club Casino. Amateur, Pro, and "Just Salsa"
- competitions will wrap up this week.
- June/ July 1999: Jake and Techi were on medical leave, but we're back teaching now...
-
Jake and Techi return to Kimball's (East) for
special Salsa on Friday, Feb 26, 1999
- Jake and Techi will be teaching at Kimball's East (2nd floor, above the old Kimball's Carnival location) for a special Weekend of February Salsa with, of course,Live Music! - thanks for coming!
- Class at 8-9pm by Jake & Techi will be followed by the music of Pepe y su Orq.
- Kimball's East ( www.kimballs.com) Next to the Emery Bay Public Market, Emeryville, CA
- INFO LINE: 510.658-2555 See Kimball's web site above for directions.
-
JazzCamp Weekend 1999
- February 20, 21 at Mills College, Oakland, CA (Workshops)
- Information: Rythmic Concepts at 510.287.8880
- Advanced and intermediate level instrumental ensembles in jazz, blues, and Latin.
- Vocal classes in jazz, blues, vocal, percussion, studio vocals, and improvisation.
- Drum and percussion classes in congas, traps, Bata, Afro-Cuban.
- Dance classes in Salsa, Swing, and Jazz Hip-Hop.
- Jake
and Techi return to Kimball's (East) for 2 special Sundays
November 98
- Jake and Techi will teach at Kimball's East (2nd floor above the old Kimball's Carnival location) for 2 special Sunday Evening Salsa events on Nov 8, Nov 15.
- November 8 : class will be followed by the hot sounds of Orq. Avance-thanks for coming!
- November 15 : class will be followed by the equally hot sounds of Julio Bravo-thanksfor coming!
- Jake/Techi
chosen to judge Finals at the Myan Temple Competition in Los AngelesMay
1998
- On a recent trip to L.A. to hang with the beautiful people, Jake and Techi visited the
- Mayan Temple - one of L.A.'s hottest Salsa clubs - 1038 S. Hill St. in Downtown L.A.,
- and were picked out of the huge crowd of dancers by the owners (unbeknown to us)
- to act as judges in their annual $10K Dance Competition. Always entertaining, and
- sometimes controversial, this competition has been striving for the best variety of dancers
- and fairest judging methods since its inception.
- While our being from S.F. (unbeknown to them) represented a logistical problem,
- being removed from the L.A. politics was actually a plus. So, they're flying us down to judge
- the finals being held on May 9 (Amateur) and May 16 (Professional). Who says that
- San Francisco style can't be noticed in L.A.? Saturday Classes at the Mayan are taught at 8pm
- by former Bay Area teachers Alex and Myram, and the competition starts around 11PM.
- Highly Recommended. (213) 746-4674
- CONTEST WRAP-UP:We had a ball going to L.A. and we thank the Mayan for being
- great hosts! The competition was tough to judge, but considering we're still in one
- piece, the crowd seems to have agreed with the results. We were dissappointed however
- that the Bay Area's Ava Apple just missed placing 3rd in the finals by only 3 points (!)
- out of roughly 200. A vey tough break and we thought she deserved those few points.
- Ava and her partner danced N.Y. style Mambo, which might have been less appreciated
- by the audience judges. There were 5 professional judges and then an additional 4 were
- selected from the audience.... May 17, 1998.
- Summer'98
Chicago WORKSHOPS July
1998
- AT CHICAGO DANCE, Chicago, IL - June 29 and July 1, '98
- -completed, Thanks to all who attended...
- Jake and Techi returned to teach a 3rd set of workshops in the Chicago area at Chicago Dance and had a ball! S.F. People: check out Club 720 ( www.club720.com ) and Inta's when you go to Chicago next time . They have great atmosphere. And tell them we sent you! . . . And for Ballroom classes, check out Chicago Dance at Irving Park and Ellston.
- December'97
(old)News : Kimball's Carnival
Forced to Close!
- Dec/Jan 1997-8
- The San Francisco Bay Area is in shock and mourning after the news of Kimball's impending
- closure (See East Bay Express, Dec 26, 1997, p.25). A rent dispute with the landlord - The Martin Group,
- which owns the Emery Bay Public Market - was the reported cause. Kimball's lease expired on January 1.
- The owners of Carnival, Kimball and Jane Allen, are very upset about the club ending in this fashion, and I
- have learned that the Martin Group was not really negotiating a new lease, but was apparently more interested
- in another tenant... Kimball's has been the center of Latin dance in the Bay Area for 5 years, and it has brought
- together many different people to enjoy Salsa music and dance. I took my first lesson there and
- started teaching there about a year later (Sept '94). I have so many memories from the club and it
- has always felt like home. This year, our Saturday class size averaged 83, illustrating how important the
- club has been in promoting dance. It will be dearly missed by the Bay Area Latin music/dance scene!
- Techi and I will be checking out new locations for East Bay classes, but nothing will compare :-(
- No word on any future plans by the owners of Carnival... Carnival's last Salsa was held on New Years Eve.
- -jake 12-27-97, updated: 1-12-98
- After three years, Kimball's re-opened in Dec 2001 in a new East Bay location: Jack London Sq.
- However, the new location, its layout and management have done little to re-capture its legend or the Bay
- Area core Salsa crowd... After 6 months of teaching at the new location, we left in dissappointment. Goes to
- show you that fame can be fleeting, and it is the people that really make the club... -J&T 8/1/2001
- Update: 9/30/2001: After struggling for 9 months, Kimball's is remodeling now to add pool tables and
- carpet over a large portion of the dance floor. This could create a more intimiate environment for Salsa, but
- the success of the new floorplan remains untested... -Jake.
- Update: 12/16/2001: They're down to a single Salsa night per week now - Saturdays, giving up on both
- Wednesdays and Fridays (now top-40 and R&B DJ night for $12 admission!).
- Haven't heard much on how the pool players and Salsa dancers interact, but it seems
- clear that the new management has no strong committment to the Salsa crowd. No real changes to the sound
- system accompanied the re-model, and very few people even mention the club to me, so it seems to be fading
- away. I do hear however that Saturday nights look "full", due to the much smaller dance area, which probably
- accomodates only 100-150 people... -Jake
- Update: 2/4/2002: Well now they're REMOVING 3 of the pool tables to make more room again, so it seems
- that there is some dancers getting their way at Kimball's. I hear it gets crowded late on Saturdays, but nobody
- that I talk to goes there...
- Update: 3/3/2002: Salsa is now down to 1 night per month at the new Kimball's Carnival. The committement to
- Salsa was always shaky and the club seems to have found its groove in Jack London Sq. by having R&B and Karaoke!
- The legend ends...(actually with the closing of the Emeryville club). -Jake
- Update: 9/1/2002: Salsa is now completely gutted from the Kimball's Schedule in a transformation that could easily
- be predicted (see above!). I know of one other major effort to bring Salsa to the East Bay, so we shall see... -Jake
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