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SalsaYork : mission statement

Our aim is to create a true party atmosphere, which is welcoming to all, and where the emphasis is on fun and enjoyment. We want our evenings to be a totally stress-free zone where members can briefly step out of life’s shituation and receive nourishment for mind, body, and soul. We encourage our better dancers to help newcomers progress but there is absolutely no pressure on improving since we are not remotely interested in medals, competitions, or Come Dancing. Everyone can develop in their own time and the only reasons for doing so are to increase enjoyment, confidence, and personal satisfaction. We want to keep Salsa informal and 'street'.

SalsaYork : Some Background

SalsaYork was born Easter 2001. It was York's first Salsa club, and the sixth child of Mary & Tony Piper. The other five kids (the real ones) were old enough to look after themselves, leaving their parents free to become born-again teenagers.

We hadn't really been out together in nearly twenty years and were initially at a loss for something to do. We wanted to do something active....but Mary dislikes sport and finds the gym boring. We tried Salsa, early in the new Millennium, and quickly became addicts. We were soon dancing up to four times a week and gobbling up different clubs, workshops, and Salsa 'weekenders' as fast as we could.

We got to know just about everybody on the Regional scene, many on the National scene, and some on the International scene. The down-side was all the travelling. Solution? Start a Salsa club!

Mary teaches Spanish at All Saints School and also on the LFA Programme at York University. Tony also has a teaching background but, before Salsa, was running the Door-to-Door Bus Company in York. He is now committed, full-time, to various aspects of Salsa promotion and his alter-ego, 'El Caballero' (replete with hat and boots), is a well know Salsa DJ across the North of England.