Review and all photos by Bill Tilford, all rights reserved

See also our CISC Special Edition and CISC Dailies 3-4 pages.  The big picture about the event will be in our multipart article which is in being posted in installments in the Sin Clave No Hay Na' Blog.   

DAY I (Thursday)

Day one opened with Chicago Salsa Dura band Rica Obsesion and Milwaukee Salsa Dura band Nabori.  One thing that we are noticing as we are listening to many of these bands is that while the Salsa bands of the 1960s and 1970s frequently drew from the songbook of Arsenio Rodriguez, today's Salsa Dura bands are frequently digging into Adalberto Alvarez' book. One could argue that Adalberto might be in the process of becoming the new Arsenio as a source of material for these bands, but time will tell. In between the two bands, some of the competition dancers showed some moves. 

Above left:  DJ Lexus sez...
Above right:  Miguel Mendez introduces Rica Obsesion

Above:  Rica Obsesion throws down; Lower left: Nabori explains 
Lower right: The dancers respond                                    

A few of  the demonstration dancers from the first night: 

DAY II (Friday)

This was Los Hermanos Lebron night. A Band of Brothers in a very literal sense that plays the Nuyorican style of Salsa. The crowd that came to see them was very enthusiastic; no dance demonstrations during the break this time. 

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