Saturday 23 May and Sunday 24 May 2009!!

News

We are very pleased to announce that we have a Guest Teacher for our Sunday venue at Croston

Sunday 6 July and Sunday 13 July

Janette from adoralasalsa - www.adoralasalsa.co.uk
Please come and support Janette - you won't be disappointed!

De Trafford Arms, Station Road, Croston, PR26 9RJ


Next Medal Exams

Saturday 19 July

2pm start

Penwortham Community Centre, Kingsfold Drive, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 9EQ


Phil and Leah are performing and/or teaching at the following events!

 

Sea Bar - Quayside, Newcastle

Two venues Chase and Sea, both on the quayside in Newcastle

Live Band "Geordie latino's" at Chase Bar, 13 Sandhill, Newcastle, NE1 3AF
Performance by Phil and Leah at Sea Bar

THIS Sunday 6 July

Contact Phil for more information

Engine Shed Salsa

Phil and Leah - Salsanorthwest
The Engine Shed Wetherby: the Region's best, and only 100% dedicated dance venue
Friday 8 August www.salsayork.com

Salsa Kingdom

The UK's Ultimate Latin Music and Dance Festival

This is something different!!

Get 10% off when booking on line by entering the promotion code PHL1

** BOOK NOW It's cheaper!! **

Click below for lots more info and to book

www.salsakingdom.co.uk

Sliver Fox Salsa

Ilkley, Yorkshire

13 September

Sligo Salsa Weekend

For the last Salsa weekend of the year we return to Sligo with some amazing dancers...

November 7, 8, & 9, 2008

www.afrimania.com/salsaweekends

Club Cubana Latin Explosion 6

Pontins SALSA
This is our most popular event at Brean Sands, Somerset. We are pleased to offer a return of Cuban style alongside cross body this year. With around 65 hours of salsa tuition you will also have the choice of Argentine Tango & a "Salon", plus for those who have the energy, a taster of Irish dance (with live music). The alternative styles will amount to around 12 hours of tuition. All night parties, dancing in the Queen Vic, cabaret shows & competitions

5 - 8 December

www.clubcubana.com


Click on the links below to see the brilliant videos from the Edie Bootcamp and our Evening Parties:

Moe Flex at the Friday Evening Party 16 May

Edie and Fabrizio Dancing on the Saturday 17 May demonstrating the Musicality for Sunday

Edie and Phil Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May

Edie and Fabrizio Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May

Edie and Fabrizio Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May

Edie and Janette Dancing at the Saturday Evening Party 17 May

Edie and Fabrizio Demonstrating Musicality at the Sunday 18 May Bootcamp


UKA Medals Results - Saturday 22 March 2008

Everyone did really well yet again. Results to appear soon.


UKA Medals Results - 25 November 2007

Salsa

Silver
2 entries: 2 Highly Commended!

Gold
3 entries: 3 Highly Commended!

Gold Star 3
2 entries: 2 Distinctions! Well done!!

Merengue

Gold Bar 2
2 entries: 2 Distinctions! Well done!!

Bachata

Silver
2 entries: 1 Distinction! 1 Honours!


UKA Teachers of Dancing - July 2007

Phil has passed the higher level Licentiate exam.

Well done to:

Leah Pritchard

Janette Waddell - www.adoralasalsa.co.uk

Claire Taylor

Who all passed the Associate exam and are now Associates of the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) of Professional Teachers of Dancing and are now fully qualified dance teachers

WELL DONE!!!


UKA Medals Results - 29 July 2007

Again everyone did very well. Results are:

Salsanorthwest:

Bronze
3 entries: 3 Honours!

Silver
5 entries: 4 Honours, 1 Highly Commended!

Gold
2 entries: 1 Honours, 1 Highly Commended!

Gold Star 2
1 entry: 1 Honours!

Adoralasalsa:

Bronze
3 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Honours, 1 Highly Commended!

Silver
2 entries: 2 Honours!

The Latin Crew:

Bronze
3 entries: 3 Honours!

Silver
2 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Honours!

Gold
1 entry: 1 Honours!


IDO World Dance Festival, Seefeld, Austria 2007

Phil and Leah were Grand Finalist at the World Dance Festival and are now:

  • Ranked 6th Salsa IDO World Champions, 2007
  • Ranked 6th Merengue IDO World Champions, 2007
  • Ranked 7th Bachata IDO World Cup Champions, 2007
  • Ranked 7th Latino Show IDO World Champions, 2007
  • Phil and Leah Austria 2007

 

Phil and Leah Finalists Presentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


International Open Latvia Dance Festival, 29 April 2007 - Official IDO Event

Phil and Leah IDO European Cup Winners

Phil and Leah gained 1ST place in both the IDO SALSA EUROPEAN CUP AND THE IDO BACHATA EUROPEAN CUP!!

 

Phil and Leah IDO European Cup Winners

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phil and Leah in action, Latvia

 

Phil and Leah Evening Post Wed 23 May

 

 

 

Go to press clippings page to see full Lancashire Evening Post article


Phil and Leah

The Official North West Open Amateur Salsa Championships!!

Results are on the Championship page

Brilliant night for all those brave enough to enter! And for those watching!

A great big thanks to United Kingdom Alliance who sponsered the event and provided the trophies!

Click here to find out more!


UKA Medals Results - 22 April

Everyone did really well. Results are:

Salsa

Bronze
6 entries: 1 Distinction, 2 Honours, 2 Commended, 1 Pass!

Silver
3 entries: 1 Honours, 1 Highly Commended, 1 Pass Plus!

Gold Bar 1
4 entries: 1 Honours, 2 Highly Commended, 1 Commended!

Gold Bar 2
3 entries: 1 Honours, 1 Highly Commended, 1 Commended!

Gold Star 2
3 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Honours, 1 Highly Commended!

Merengue

Bronze
3 entries: 3 Distinctions!!!

Silver
1 entry: 1 Pass

23 entries in total and Phil is so proud of you all yet again!


UKA Medals Results - 26 March 2007

Again, great results where everyone did brilliantly! Results are:

Salsa

Bronze
15 entries: 2 Distinctions, 3 Honours, 10 Highly Commended!

Silver
2 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Highly Commended!

Gold
3 entries: 1 Distinction, 2 Honours!

Gold Star 1
4 entries: 3 Distinctions, 1 Honours!!!

Merengue

Silver
1 entry: 1 Honours!

Gold Bar 1
2 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Honours!

Bachata

Bronze
4 entries: 1 Distinction, 1 Honours, 2 Highly Commended!

Cha Cha Cha

Bronze
1 entry: 1 Highly Commended!

Hip Hop and Street

Bronze
2 entries: 2 Honours!

Silver
1 entry: 1 Distinction!!

35 entries in total and yet again these results are brilliant and Phil is so proud of you all!


UKA Medals Results- 30 November 2006

Yet again we enjoyed a great medals night where everyone did excellently!!
Results are:

Salsa

Bronze
18 entries; 1 Distinction, 2 Honours, 13 Highly Commended; 2 Commended!

Silver
17 entries; 1 Distinction, 5 Honours, 11 Highly Commended!

Gold
8 entries; 5 Distinctions, 3 Honours!!

Gold Bar 1
1 entry; 1 Distinction!!

Gold Bar 2
5 entries; 2 Distinctions, 3 Honours!!

Gold Bar 3
4 entries; 1 Distinction, 3 Honours

Merengue

Bronze
3 entries; 2 Distinction, 1 Commended

Silver
1 entry; 1 Distinction!

Gold
1 entry; 1 Distinction!

Jazz (American Swing)

Bronze
1 entry; 1 Distinction!!

60 entries in total and yet again these results are brilliant and Phil is so proud of you all!


World Salsa Federation Salsa Championships, Miami, November 2006

Phil and Leah were finalists in the World LA Style Salsa Championships gaining 7th place.

Phil and Leah in Miami Dressed for Bad Girl

Phil and Leah dressed for the World Show Dance Championships where they gained 9th place!

 

 

 

 

Phil and Leah with Willian Santana and Lisneidy

 

Phil and Leah with Willian Santana and Lisneidy Figueroa from Venezuela, placed 1st in LA Style!! and 4th in the World Undisputed Salsa Champioships!!

 


John and Mary

Very well done to John and Mary who came 3rd in the Morecambe Salsa (SacredSalsa) Competition, 30 July 06

 

 

 

 

 


World IDO Salsa Championships, Seefeld, Austria, July 2006

Phil and Leah in Seefeld, Austria

Phil and Leah won 7th place in the World IDO Salsa Championships, after reaching the finals! 72 couples from all over the world entered.

 

Austria Championships Finalists Austria

 

 

 

 

Italy came 1st and 2nd, Turkey 3rd, Kenya 4th, Italy 5th and 6th and Cuba 8th.

Phil and Leah also came 15th in the European Championship Latin Show

 

SALSAMANIA UKA Blackpool 4 June 2006

Phil and Leah in Blackpool UKA

Phil and Leah came 3rd in the UK Salsa Championships. They qualified to represent the UK in the World IDO Salsa Championships held in Seefeld, Austria in July!

 

And for the second year running, all the top medallists of the year came from Salsanorthwest. All those who entered the competition came top in their categories!!!

Phil is very proud of you all for being brave enough to enter and then to win!!!Medalists at Blackpool

 

 

UKA Medallists of the Year 2006: (fromleft)

John - 1st Up to Silver, men over 25

Steven - 1st Up to Silver, men under 25

Andrea - 1st Gold and above, ladies over 25

Leah - 1st Gold and above, ladies 18 to 25

Donna - 1st Up to Silver, ladies over 25

Mitch - 2nd Up to Silver, men over 25

Marcel - 2nd Gold and above, ladies over 25 (not in picture)

 

Irish Open Salsa Championships, 5th to 7th May

Phil and Leah were runners up in this Championships. The Congress was held in The Royal Dublin Hotel and Phil and Leah received a great welcome.

 

UKA Medals - Thursday 23 March 2006

Again we enjoyed a great medals night and everyone did excellently!!

Results are:

Salsa

Bronze
15 entries; 13 Highly Commended; 2 Honours!
Silver
8 entries; 5 Highly Commended; 3 Honours!
Gold
3 entries; 1 Highly Commended; 2 Distinctions!!
Gold Bar 1
8 entries; 2 Highly Commended; 3 Honours; 3 Distinctions!!
Gold Bar 2
***1 entry; 1 Distinction!!***
Gold Bar 3
***1 entry; 1 Distinction!!***

Merengue

Silver
3 entries; 2 Highly Commended; 1 Honours!
Gold
2 entries; 2 Highly Commended!
Gold Bar 1
1 entry; 1 Distinction!!

Again these results are brilliant and Phil is so proud of you all

 

European IDO Salsa Championships

Phil and Leah Pritchard came 13th out of 68 in the European IDO Salsa Championships held in Bassano del Grappa, Italy on 18 February 2006! They came 2nd in the first two rounds, 3rd in the 3rd round and 13th in the 4th round!

UKA Medals - October 2005

This was the best medals night yet - how can we better this?! It was a great night, enjoyed by all. Every one of you were champions. What great results!! The examiner says you were the best group of medallist he has graded, with great styling, action, presentation and musicality!

Results:

Salsa

Bronze
15 entries; 3 Highly Commended; 5 Honours and 7 Distinctions!!

Silver
17 entries; 3 Highly Commended; 6 Honours and 8 Distinctions!!

Gold
16 entries; 8 Honours and 8 Distinctions!!

Gold Bar 1 (Ribbon 1)
***1 entry; 1 Distinction!!***

Merengue

Bronze
2 entries; 2 Distinctions!!

Silver
2 entries; 1 Honours and 1 Distinction!!

Gold
7 entries; 1 Honours and 6 Distinctions!!

These results are brilliant and Phil is so proud of you all. You used the styling, action and presentation techniques you have learnt to wonderful effect. Keep this up whenever you dance!!

 

UK Salsa Open Championships

Phil and Leah are ranked 6th UK Salsa Open Champions! in this Championship, open to all nationalities, held on 25 September, at Bognor Regis. The winners were from Austria.

 

Aruba World IDO Salsa Championships News

Phil and Leah came 1st in the pre World Championship Salsa Competition held at The Mill Resort!

11 of the Couples who were representing their countries in the World Championships entered. The audience included other high class Salsa Dancers and some of the judges from the IDO.

They won three days and two nights at The Mill Resort!!

In the IDO Salsa World Championships held on 17 September. Phil is ranked 14th World Salsa Champion.

The UK came 1st with Chris and Jaclyn!!! Aruba came 2nd and Venezuela came 3rd.

 

Midlands UK Open Salsa Championships

Phil and Leah Pritchard won the Midlands Championships!

They qualified to enter the UK Open Championships at the UK Congress in Bognor Regis.

 

North West Open UK Salsa Championships at Next Generation on 19 August

North West Champions were Christina Holm and Chris Mee from Salford - Well done!

 

Medals - August 2005

AGAIN WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO DANCED AND WON MEDALS!!! YOU WERE ALL GREAT!!!

 

Salsaruba - UKA - Blackpool 2005

Well done - all those who entered the UKA Medallist of the year and won!!

Congratulations to all those from Phil's Bello Salsa, who all came top in the UK medallist competitions, in their categories!!!

Phil and Geraldine qualified, by coming 4th in the UKA Championships, to represent the UK in the World IDO Salsa Championships in Aruba. Chris and Jaclyn from Cuban Groove came 1st and went onto win the World Championships, held in Aruba, for the 3rd time in three years!

 

Medals - July 2005

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO DANCED AND WON MEDALS!!! YOU WERE ALL GREAT!!!


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