Summer of Salsa

BBC Hereford & Worcester is working towards an attempt at breaking the World Guinness Record for the number of people dancing salsa, simultaneously.

We want to enlist the help of at least 2,000 people - both men and women, of all ages - to join us at Sixways, the Worcester Warriors rugby ground, on Sunday 19 July 2009.

The aim is to perform a salsa dance routine all together, and smash the current record.

Dance workshops

To help you to learn the simple dance steps, here are videos showing each individual step, and also the full routine of the steps put together:

Here's the salsa dance music track that we will be using on the day, for you to practise along to:

Have fun practising, and you're very welcome to show us how you're getting on at one of our dance workshops that are taking place in the lead up to the big dance record attempt.

Tune in to BBC Hereford & Worcester or contact Mandi Harris to find out when the dance workshops are taking place.

Sophie, Matthew, Lindsey, Angie, Anthony

Make a date

And please put the date of SUNDAY 19 JULY in your diary to remind you to come and have fun with us at Sixways when we fully intend to win a new Guinness World Record, salsa dancing.

See you there!

Salsa Routine

INTRO (At the start of routine only, and not repeated):
2 Side Crossover with claps (high clap left. low clap right)

FIRST BASIC:
2 Mambo
2 Back step
2 Curved Back step
2 Mambo

CHORDS:
Chord steps 
Left turn
2 Mambo

SIDE:
Side steps x 2
Front steps x 2
2 Mambo

CROSS/TURN:
Side Crossover with claps x 2
¼ turns
2 Mambo

SECOND BASIC:
2 Back step
2 curved step
2 Mambo

CROSS/FRONT:
Side crossover with claps x 2
Front steps x 2

THEN REPEAT FROM "FIRST BASIC"

2 Mambo, 2 Back Step, 2 Curved Back step, 2 Mambo etc