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
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
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

International Open Latvia Dance Festival, 29 April 2007 - Official IDO Event
Phil and Leah gained 1ST place in both the IDO SALSA EUROPEAN CUP AND THE IDO BACHATA EUROPEAN CUP!!
Phil and Leah in action, Latvia
Go to press clippings page to see full Lancashire Evening Post article
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!
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 dressed for the World Show Dance Championships where they gained 9th place!
Phil and Leah with Willian Santana and Lisneidy Figueroa from Venezuela, placed 1st in LA Style!! and 4th in the World Undisputed Salsa Champioships!!

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 won 7th place in the World IDO Salsa Championships, after reaching the finals! 72 couples from all over the world entered.
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 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!!!
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)
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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.
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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
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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!
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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!!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Medals - August 2005
AGAIN WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO DANCED AND WON MEDALS!!! YOU WERE ALL GREAT!!!
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Salsaruba - UKA - Blackpool 2005
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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!
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Medals - July 2005
WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO DANCED AND WON MEDALS!!! YOU WERE ALL GREAT!!!

