At the beginning of the month Smooth Salsa held our monthly party at our home of Aston University again, incorporating a fun Kizomba lesson & Rueda De Casino which went down well.  

Again the team & I would like to thank those that support us & those that have supported us, as without you guys we could not make these nights possible.

Kizomba

People are really taking to Kizomba, especially the team.   This doesn't mean we have completely given up on Salsa in anyway, we are still salsa fanatics & continue to teach regular classes during the week.  The salsa classes will return to the monthly parties but at the moment  we are trying to add variety to the nights to cater for as many as possible & introduce people to Kizomba!

Hence the next Smooth Salsa party will be held on September 4th & for this party we are going to change things up again.  As I mentioned in the past Kizomba is growing in a big way in the Midlands, so for the September  4th party our main class from 9:30 to 10:30 will be a Beginner's Kizomba Class.

  From 9pm unitl 9:30pm we will have a fun footwork (Shines) session to warm up.

The biggest change to the night will be in the set up.  To cater for this influx of Kizomba lovers we are going to have a second room of music playing Kizomba, Bachata & some Cuban Salsa during the night with DJ A.M of Urban Latino Salsa. 

This means that you will be able to relax a little during the night in the alternative room with some more relaxing rhythms

9pm-9:30pm - Fun Shine Warm Up
9:30pm-10:30pm Beginners Kizomba Class taught by Michael & Smooth Salsa team.

10:30pm -2:30pm 2 Rooms of Music with DJ's playing the best in Salsa, Kizomba, Bachata & Cuban Salsa until 2:30am.

DJs on the night will DJ Roger, DJ Potty & DJ A.M

Price is £6, Students £4 with valid student identification card.

To avoid losing the venue we have opted to lose the bar at The Guild in Aston University. This is not the end of the world though, this means that you can bring your own non alcoholic drinks but on one condition.

If you do bring your own drinks can you please bring them in plastic bottles as glass bottles won't be allowed into the building.

The Guild also has 3 or 4 large drinks machines which sell Lucozade, Coco Cola, Ribena, Red Bull & various other drinks.
There will also be various other soft drinks available on the night too.

It has an amazing dance floor, secondly it is a club & has its own system & DJ lighting with a massive capacity of 1100 people!  We would not be using the full capacity as of yet & so the main room will be divided by partitions.  The good thing about the venue is that the partitions in the main room can quite easily be removed if need be. 
There will ample room for dancing with us having 3 different room sizes to play with dependant on turn-out.   Judging on the turnout of the previous 2 weeks salsa classes at Aston I think we will need a lot of space & we will be prepared for it if we do.

 I have been informed by the Bar Manager that we  will have the use of a free car park which is situated a 5 minute walk away from the venue which is onsite.  Now this car park apparently has car parking spaces for around 60 to 70 cars!  There is also the option of parking on surrounding side streets on the campus.  This huge car park will only be available to us on the Saturday  monthly party & not on Mondays.  The car park is on Woodcock Street at the end opposite The Black Horse Pub.

Aston University is very accessible  being in the heart of Birmingham City Centre but not too close to the centre avoiding getting caught up with the busy city congestion.  For those that travel to Birmingham via the A38, it is so simple.  There are a number of roads from which you can access the University, please check out the Google map link & you will see for yourselves.

For those that live within Birmingham, below are land marks to give you an idea of the location.

A Stone's throw from Millennium Point
Next door to Aston Science Park,
Opposite the Children's Hospital
Near to A B Fletchers Ltd which sells Auto parts on Dartmouth Middleway.

 For those using Sat Nav, of you use the post code B4 7ER this should get you right out side the venue. This post code actually relates to a pub called "The Sack Of Potatoes" which is directly opposite the Students' Guild Halls, which is the massive BLUE building!

I will also try & get some signs put around the campus to make it much easier to locate the venue.

The closest hotel  to Aston University is Campanile Hotel which is on Chester Street & is  approximately 300 metres away, there are  also plenty of Hotels within the centre to consider as it is so close, again just check the Google map to see.

Link To Google Map

The black arrow indicates which building the Students' Guild Hall actually is. In relation to the Key on the map the Students' Guild is number 4 & is situated opposite the "Sack Of Potatoes" Pub.

You will also see Woodcock Street where the staff car park is situated at the end of the road.

This is the car park we are able to use for the night of our party. The car park can be seen highlighted in pink at the bottom of the map.

At the top of the map you can see Lancaster Circus, well if you take the first left just after that roundabout you then follow the road around which should be Aston Road. Aston Road then leads onto Woodcock Street.

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