Chica Sexy? Whaaaaa?

You know me....can't go anywhere without finding a Zumba class and can't go anywhere without my camera. The great thing about Florida is you don't have to move AT ALL to sweat....the humidity is ridiculous and I hope each time I wipe sweat off my face I've burned at least 20 calories - wish it was that easy!
BUT I know I burned hundreds of calories with my girls, Vanessa & Yana, my two favorite instructors from New Smyrna Beach. They are awesome!  I took some other great classes while I was there, like Pump....umm and couldn't walk the next day?  Between Zumba & salsa dancing, with my kids saying "really you're going to work out again???"  I had to remember to take time to do nothing.  We had a blast!

9th Annual Vegas Salsa Congress

Honestly, I don't know if words can describe how awesome Salsa Congress was..... but I will try.....
Both Friday and Saturday I attended workshops all day.  I was definitely "star-struck" by some of the instructors, ahem....Fernando Sosa, ahhhhhmaaazing.............but tried to contain myself and not act like a wacko stalker.  Every workshop was great, my favorites were the Advanced ON1 & Salsaton with Fernando Sosa.   I really liked Alma Latina, MX, they taught a musicality class that was very  cool and I feel like I learned some good ladies styling from them.  I took a Salsa Divas women's workshop on Saturday but pooped out by the end of that because I was SO tired from two days of workshops and a night of dancing.......that didn't hold me back Saturday night though, a quick nap Saturday afternoon and I was ready for more Saturday night.  The nightly performances are always great but my favs are Tropical Gem & Yamulee, no surprise because they are the best in the world ON1 & ON2 respectively.  Shout out to our Las Vegas teams who did great also.
I love social dancing at congress because you have no clue who you are dancing with, how well they dance/or not, and its just fun to go out there and enjoy the music and meet people from all over.  EVERYONE, including the world famous, are so down to earth and friendly.  It just makes for a great learning atmosphere during the day and a fun time at night.  My toes on the other hand, were not able to keep up with the fun.  By Friday night I had bad blisters, so much so, I walked to the Valet in my bare feet all the way through the Tropicana casino.  It was a cheap price for the fun and memories!
I wrapped 'em up and danced anyway on Saturday.  The salsa scene just makes me happy.  I love the music.   I love dancing.  I love meeting new people and trying to keep up with them.   Ok....... I might not have loved this one poor guy that asked me to dance and was literally all over the place dancing like he was having a seizure, nothing resembled salsa but I think HE had a good time.  And that's what its all about......having a good time and that I did over and over last week.  Now I am starting to save my pennies & band aids for next year!

Did I mention I love how this guy dances?

Fernando Sosa (Italy) & Mi

  Amazing, Amazing Joe Figueroa from Philly
and my new friend Luana from Texas

 Friday night - Moms night out :)

Tash, Honeylyn, Me & Albena

 

Saturday Night with Alice & Wendy

Sam came with me but didn't want a picture :(

Ouch.....this is how my feet looked on Monday...two days later!
 Notice the popped blisters on my big toes.....grosssssss!

Here's a clip from the ON1 workshop with Fernando Sosa & Tatiana - LOVE. IT.

Belly Skirts

Belly Skirts at Fantastic Swapmeet

On Decatur/Oakey

Go to Lilia @ booth C-06

Only $5

Tell her Zumba instructor Kim sent ya!

"Zumba Love"

I've heard that phrase over and over but its a real thing......  Its that feeling of comfortableness, of non-judgement, friendship, party & fun!  It exists in most all Zumba class rooms around the world and it was host at the YMCA Zumbathon today.

Wow!

So much fun.  7 instructors, tons of energy, dancing, love & happiness, kinda like Woodstock or the E.D.C without the drugs.....hahaha!

The fundraiser was amazing.  My legs are hanging off after our four hour zumba-fest but it was great.  Thanks to the instructors, you are all outstanding and thanks to all participants, what a great turn out & support of the Y Strong Kids Foundation!  You all ROCK. 

Zumba Love & Hugs

Kim 

YMCA ZUMBATHON

6601 N Buffalo Dr, Las Vegas, NV  89131

I'll be teaching along with 

6 other Zumba instructors.  

Come join the party!

20 days and counting....

SALSA CONGRESS is coming to Vegas.  The 9th Annual Congress will be in town at the Tropicana beginning July 5th through July 8th.  This is the crowning Salsa event in Vegas so start saving your "dinero" and get your dancing shoes ready!!!  I'm seriously so excited.  I don't go dancing much, mostly because the late starting hour but once a year, I plan on congress.  There will be workshops, performances, live dancing, and great people from all over the world that love salsa as much as you!
You can pick and choose what you come to, workshops are offered during the day Friday, Saturday & Sunday.  Dance shows begin at 8:30 nightly and social dancing into the wee hours of the morning. It's reasonably priced and worth every red cent!  Check out the website HERE
I'm going to some workshops Friday & Saturday and will be at the evening performances and social dancing Friday & Saturday evening also if you wanna hang with me.

If you happen to wear a size 8/8.5 in Latin Dance shoes, I'm selling two brand new pairs (that were too small for me when I ordered them and a hassle to return) for $20/each.  Pictured above, one pair is beige/nude and the other is a redish/orange.

Also just for fun, check out the Youtube congress promo 

and notice who is dancing at 0.08 funny!!!

SR Boys Dance/Zumba Class

Me and Ms Woo...the Dance Teacher!

I've been teaching Zumba at Shadow Ridge for two years now and I really LOVE it! The kids responded to the relaxed format of the class and let loose once they got over their shyness. I've worked with the P.E. classes for two teachers, the cheer team, the swim team (dry land days) and 7 Dance classes including the dance team. Its so much fun!  This year they added a mostly boys class that was my favorite. I loved all the others so not to take away from that, BUT these kids just had awesome energy and willingness to do something out of their comfort zone (most of them are Hip Hop/BBoys). Sometimes after class they would just start free styling and I wanted to hang out to watch them because they're really good, then I had to remind myself that I am no longer high school age and would never actually want to go back to all that drama anyway......hee hee. This video I took today doesn't show all their talent or their tricks but its still pretty cool so I thought I'd share!