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The first night of the salsa festival, the whole city square was
dancing in hot rhythm. The numerous guests of the square were standing
on their toes in order to better see the experienced dancers, who
demonstrated the art of dancing from the centre stage. That hot July
night, salsa was combined with other music styles – tango, mambo,
flamenco, and even with some elements of classical music. Young and old, experienced and less experienced students-dancers were
swaying in the rhythm of the music, making the centre square into a big
and open dance floor. Without shame and with smiles on their faces,
there were dancers everywhere. The braver couples were in the middle of
the square, and the shyer were farther away from the lights. The special music treat for everyone was a performance by the group
“Mercadonegro,” who are great salsa musicians. They managed to make
everybody dance, from seven to seventy-seven year olds. With the
sponsorship of the hotel-catering house “Maistra,” the organiser of the
4th Rovinj Salsa Festival was the Zagreb dance club “Los Mambeiros.” Along with the foreign instructors Sheila de Jesus from Portugal, Farid
Ferchach from France, Adolf Indacoche from the USA and others, there
were Cuban salsa dancers Yanek Revilla and Diana Rodriguez, Jorge
Camaguey, Yamira Sanchez, Israel Gutierrez…
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