http://latinballroom.net Resources for Latin Dancers Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:13:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://latinballroom.net/2010/02/09/top-20-cha-cha-and-rumba-songs/ http://latinballroom.net/2010/02/09/top-20-cha-cha-and-rumba-songs/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:03:00 +0000 Juno http://latinballroom.net/2010/02/09/top-20-cha-cha-and-rumba-songs/ You may have noticed it…. I like music as well as dancing and I’ve found this youtube video by the rejected1. It’s his list of top 20 Cha Cha songs as of 2009 and has pretty good songs in it. I recognize a lot of these songs from videos of recent competitions. There are a [...]]]> http://latinballroom.net/2010/02/09/top-20-cha-cha-and-rumba-songs/feed/ 7 http://latinballroom.net/2009/01/01/cha-cha-music-part-2/ http://latinballroom.net/2009/01/01/cha-cha-music-part-2/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:33:43 +0000 Juno http://latinballroom.net/?p=640 I’d like to put some more cha cha songs today. My first post about cha cha music had songs by different artists. Today, I’d like to introduce 2 artists I like. The first one is Mendez, or DJ Mendez. He is a Chilean native and an active DJ in Sweden. If you search him on [...]]]> http://latinballroom.net/2009/01/01/cha-cha-music-part-2/feed/ 1 http://latinballroom.net/2008/10/18/cha-cha-music/ http://latinballroom.net/2008/10/18/cha-cha-music/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:38:20 +0000 Juno http://latinballroom.net/?p=334 So far, I’ve had 2 posts about rumba music.  Now it’s time for music for cha cha.  Some are a bit fast to dance to, so you may want to slow it down using some tools (see ). Lady Marmalade (Album Version) by Patti Labelle This song is slow, so I use this song a [...]]]> http://latinballroom.net/2008/10/18/cha-cha-music/feed/ 5 http://latinballroom.net/2008/09/07/bent-knees-vs-straight-knees/ http://latinballroom.net/2008/09/07/bent-knees-vs-straight-knees/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:58:02 +0000 Juno http://latinballroom.net/?p=27 Here is a video clip of American style cha cha.  Notice that dancers step on a bent knee when they do a rock step. American Style cha cha   Now, take a look at this.  Dancers in this video are from Czech Republic.  When I first saw this clip, I could not recognize their steps [...]]]> http://latinballroom.net/2008/09/07/bent-knees-vs-straight-knees/feed/ 0