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A Special SJSF Event on Sunday, February 12 at Red Lulu
**ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE CLOSED. Please purchase tickets at the
door -- we accept cash, credit or debit cards.
Join the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival at Red Lulu for a special event as part
of Salem So Sweet! This Valentine's weekend (actually, Valentine's is on a
Tuesday -- but weekends are so much more fun) forget about the same old
same old, and do something new! Dinner and flowers are nice, but how about
treating your loved one to an evening of romantic rumbas and sensual salsa?
Or are you single? Great! There's no place than the sultry atmosphere of Red
Lulu to mix and mingle.
Learn a few steps and dance the night away! Featuring burning hot live music
by Gilberto Rivera & Rumba 4, and dance lessons led by one of the region's
best known instructors, Greg Coles. Your ticket also includes complimentary
food by Red Lulu, who will provide a wide selection of gourmet soft tacos, a
chips/salsa/guacamole bar, and an off the charts dessert!
All proceeds benefit SJSF's mission to support music education programs on
the North Shore and produce free concerts for the public.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Doors 6:30 pm, Event 7-10 pm
Cash bar, 21+
Red Lulu Cocina & Tequila Bar
94 Lafayette Street, Salem
$40 for one ticket or $70 for two tickets. ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE
CLOSED. Please purchase tickets at the door -- we accept cash, credit or
debit cards.
**ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE CLOSED. Please purchase tickets at the
door -- we accept cash, credit or debit cards.
Join the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival at Red Lulu for a special event as part
of Salem So Sweet! This Valentine's weekend (actually, Valentine's is on a
Tuesday -- but weekends are so much more fun) forget about the same old
same old, and do something new! Dinner and flowers are nice, but how about
treating your loved one to an evening of romantic rumbas and sensual salsa?
Or are you single? Great! There's no place than the sultry atmosphere of Red
Lulu to mix and mingle.
Learn a few steps and dance the night away! Featuring burning hot live music
by Gilberto Rivera & Rumba 4, and dance lessons led by one of the region's
best known instructors, Greg Coles. Your ticket also includes complimentary
food by Red Lulu, who will provide a wide selection of gourmet soft tacos, a
chips/salsa/guacamole bar, and an off the charts dessert!
All proceeds benefit SJSF's mission to support music education programs on
the North Shore and produce free concerts for the public.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Doors 6:30 pm, Event 7-10 pm
Cash bar, 21+
Red Lulu Cocina & Tequila Bar
94 Lafayette Street, Salem
$40 for one ticket or $70 for two tickets. ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE
CLOSED. Please purchase tickets at the door -- we accept cash, credit or
debit cards.
About Gilberto Rivera & Rumba 4
Get ready to dance! Gilberto Rivera is at once an exciting
guitarist/cuatro player, band leader, cultural ambassador and
exceptional singer/entertainer who has performed to
multitudes internationally to enthusiastic response. For over
10 years, Gilberto led the top-tier salsa band Rumba Nama
which performed at many festivals, salsa nights and events
while also keeping a weekly residency at the famed Johnny
D's Uptown Music Club. Gilberto also performed with many
other excellent touring bands including Tropical Sound, Jorge
Arce y Grupo Humano, Sonabo and Bandon 33.
Gilberto will be performing with Rumba4, a salsa ensemble
that includes some impressive talent, sure to sound much
larger than their 5-piece band. Rumba4 features Daniel
Abreu (Saxophone/Piano/Vocals) and Mik Mersha
(Bass/Vocals) of Salem's own Los Sugar Kings as well as
the unbeatable percussion section of Maestro Miguel Beato
and Maestro Amado Rodriguez. Word on the street is that
Gilberto Rivera y Rumba4 plan to bring exciting and
sometimes unexpected material in both Spanish and English
for your dancing and listening pleasure.
About Greg Coles
Greg has taught thousands of people of all ages and abilities
to dance and has shown many how dance fits into most every
setting and occasion. He is an expert at helping people smile
and dance and his energy is contagious. People approach
Greg from all walks of life to either begin dancing or to
improve upon their existing skills. He began training at a
young age, and has studied many dance styles throughout his
life. Most notably, he studied at the Alvin Ailey School in New
York where he was offered a scholarship, met the famous
Ailey, who put Greg in charge of his personal archives as a
summer project. While in the clubs, Greg’s enthusiasm and
natural inclination to voluntarily show beginner dancers the
ropes resulted in an invitation to teach his first classes in
Boston, at Studio 4—an organization that leased space at
the Jeanette Neil Dance Studio. And since that time, he never
stopped teaching. In 1996, he assisted other classes and
soon after, began teaching several classes all along the North
Shore.
Today, Greg teaches African Dance at Tufts University where
he is a part-time professor. He has provided instruction in
African and Latin Dance at Salem State University and other
North Shore schools and colleges. He frequently shares his
talents with many charitable organizations, temples, churches
and schools for all ages. Greg's style is unique and
unforgettable and his passion is clear: he is a student of
African and Latin Dance and his commitment to both is
contagious.
Get ready to dance! Gilberto Rivera is at once an exciting
guitarist/cuatro player, band leader, cultural ambassador and
exceptional singer/entertainer who has performed to
multitudes internationally to enthusiastic response. For over
10 years, Gilberto led the top-tier salsa band Rumba Nama
which performed at many festivals, salsa nights and events
while also keeping a weekly residency at the famed Johnny
D's Uptown Music Club. Gilberto also performed with many
other excellent touring bands including Tropical Sound, Jorge
Arce y Grupo Humano, Sonabo and Bandon 33.
Gilberto will be performing with Rumba4, a salsa ensemble
that includes some impressive talent, sure to sound much
larger than their 5-piece band. Rumba4 features Daniel
Abreu (Saxophone/Piano/Vocals) and Mik Mersha
(Bass/Vocals) of Salem's own Los Sugar Kings as well as
the unbeatable percussion section of Maestro Miguel Beato
and Maestro Amado Rodriguez. Word on the street is that
Gilberto Rivera y Rumba4 plan to bring exciting and
sometimes unexpected material in both Spanish and English
for your dancing and listening pleasure.
About Greg Coles
Greg has taught thousands of people of all ages and abilities
to dance and has shown many how dance fits into most every
setting and occasion. He is an expert at helping people smile
and dance and his energy is contagious. People approach
Greg from all walks of life to either begin dancing or to
improve upon their existing skills. He began training at a
young age, and has studied many dance styles throughout his
life. Most notably, he studied at the Alvin Ailey School in New
York where he was offered a scholarship, met the famous
Ailey, who put Greg in charge of his personal archives as a
summer project. While in the clubs, Greg’s enthusiasm and
natural inclination to voluntarily show beginner dancers the
ropes resulted in an invitation to teach his first classes in
Boston, at Studio 4—an organization that leased space at
the Jeanette Neil Dance Studio. And since that time, he never
stopped teaching. In 1996, he assisted other classes and
soon after, began teaching several classes all along the North
Shore.
Today, Greg teaches African Dance at Tufts University where
he is a part-time professor. He has provided instruction in
African and Latin Dance at Salem State University and other
North Shore schools and colleges. He frequently shares his
talents with many charitable organizations, temples, churches
and schools for all ages. Greg's style is unique and
unforgettable and his passion is clear: he is a student of
African and Latin Dance and his commitment to both is
contagious.
Gilberto Rivera
Mik Mersha
Greg Coles
Poster design by Nicole McCarthy