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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. [...]

I spent sometime today looking for video clips of rumba syllabus figures and found some good ones. According to this page on the USISTD site, the following is the international rumba syllabus.
Rumba
Pre-Bronze/Student Teacher

Basic Movements
Cucarachas
New York
Spot Turns Left and Right
Shoulder to Shoulder
Hand to Hand
Progressive Walks Forward & Backward
Side Steps
Cuban Rocks

Bronze/Associate

Fan
Alemana
Hockey Stick
Natural Top
Opening Out Right and [...]

These are some of my favorite Rumba songs.
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When you dance latin dances, you need to be grounded. By “grounded,” I mean
*the center of your weight should be low
*when you step and transfer weight to a leg, your supporting leg should  compress into the floor
*you need to have constant foot pressure on to the floor
In addition to the groundedness, you need to [...]

MPM (measures per minute) and BPM (beats per minute)
Rumba is danced to a slow 4/4 (4 beats per measure) time music.  The American style rumba is faster with 32-36 MPM or 128-144 BPM than the International rumba (27 MPM or 108 BPM), according to the NDCA (The National Dance Council of America’s rule book.
Breaking on [...]

Rumba is one of my favorite dances. I like to dance it, watch it, and listen to its music.
Here are some of my fav. rumba songs.

Volvere by Jose Feliciano. 
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Cuando Pienso En Ti by Jose Feliciano.
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Manana Si by Jose Jose
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Angela by Jose Feliciano
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