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Excerpts from Books
Historia de la Música Cubana
By: Elena Perez Sanjurjo

The Cuban Son ~ The heart of Salsa music and the first musical genre of Cuba.

The Bongos ~ A pair of round drums held in the knees and struck with the hand.

The Botijuela ~ A bottle used to store oil that was used as a bass in original Son bands.

The Claves ~ They keep the rhythm in the music and guide the dancers feet.

The Conga Drum ~ A skined.drum played with the palms.

The Cowbell ~ Played by holding in one hand and striking with a stick.

The Guiro ~ A carved gourd played by scraping it with a stick.

The Marimbula ~ A finger piano brought to Cuba by slaves from Santo Domingo.

The Quijada ~ A very primitive musical instrument.

The Timbales ~ A pair of skined drums played with a pair of sticks.

Interviews
By: Alan Feuerstein

Architects of Excitement - Cuban Pete and Millie ~ Palladium legends Pedro Aguilar & Millie Donay tell it like it was.

By: Jose Reyes y Iris Castanon-Reyes

Felipe Polanco - For the Love of the Dance ~ Puerto Rican master dancer shares his views on dance.

Interview with Poncho Sanchez ~ Master conga player

Essays
By: Juan Fernando Lamadrid

Roots of New York Mambo ~ How this ever evolving dance came to be (Written 1999).

Horacio Riambau ~ The Cuban dancer who brought Mambo to New York in 1945. (Written 1999)

Dance-It-Up New York ~ Tour of New York clubs, circa. 1999.

Areito ~ The Pre-Columbian Dance and Music of the Caribbean. (Written 2000)

Tito Puente - SOB's - 9/13/99 ~ Tito Puente Fuels/Fueled-By Dancers.

Eddie Torres ~ NY Dance Instructor "el maestro de los maestros".

Poemas
Por: Elisa M. de Belt

Sin Titulo ~ Un poema sobre el verso y el Amor.

Pequeñeces ~ Verso sobre el poder de lo pequeño.

Por : Juan Fernando Lamadrid ~ En español

Materia Prima ~ Un poema de Amor inspirado por un baile.

Sin Titulo ~ Un poema de Amor inspirado por una bailadora.

Anatomia de un Desencuentro ~ Sucedió en un club nocturno.

Encarnación de Diosa y mujer alavés ~ Un Sueños bailado.

Voz de Ángel ~ Otro poema inspirado por una bailadora.

Hoja de Rió ~ Aun otro poema inspirado por una bailadora.

Entrevista ~ En español
Por: Jose Reyes y Iris Castanon-Reyes

Por el Amor al Baile - Entrevista con Felipe Polanco ~El maestro del baile puertorriqueño se revela.

Articulo ~ En español
Por: Juan Fernando Lamadrid

Latin Madness ~ Lo nuevo en la Salsa - el diario/LA PRENSA - mayo 11, 2001.

Por: Elena Argerich

Puerto Rico conquista Nueva York por un dia. ~ El Desfile Puertoriqueño 2001.

Por: Juan A. Moreno-Velázquez

Llamado a la unidad por músicos neoyorquinos es recibido positivamente - el diario/LA PRENSA - marzo 14, 2001

Eddie Palmieri respalda al "Frente Unido" - el diario/LA PRENSA - marzo 15, 2001

Ralph Cartagena dice, "Cuando tengan la payola disponible que me llamen" - el diario/LA PRENSA - marzo 15, 2001

Programadores de 'La Mega' y 'Latino Mix' se defienden - el diario/LA PRENSA - marzo 16, 2001 http://www.justsalsa.com/edlp/articles/juanfernandolamadrid/latinmadness/05-11-01/

Ensayo ~ En español
Por: Elvira Dominguez

Cha Cha Cha ~ Una breve historia del Cha Cha Chá

Mambo ~ Una breve historia del Mambo.

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