First Salsa Music Live Show

 So, my Saturday nights are usually dedicated to the Chuo-sen on 2 salsa in Nakano, but last Saturday, I made an exception to go to my first live salsa music event with my HTDC salsa friends.

First of all, I just wanna say how awesome they are, and how happy and thankful I am to have them in my life now! I'm so happy to have found such fun, sweet, caring people who love dance as much as I do. 

This event was at Latin Club Leon in Shinjuku, and they have this live music event on the first Saturday of every month. It was so fun!!! Dancing to live music just hits differently. Like, you don't just hear the music, you really feel it. The energy of the band fuels you, then your energy fuels them. 

I got there a bit earlier than I'd thought I would, and messaged the group that I thought I was outside, but I couldn't figure out where to enter and was scared to go in, so Yoshiko, who got there early came out to grab me XD 

I got in, got a drink and chatted for a bit, then the rest of our crew arrived. Me and Benjamin were the first to take the dance floor! From then on, it was almost non-stop dancing. The band members also danced during their (DJ-ed) break time and were amazing! And they played a few live bachata songs too! Me and Alisa almost thought we'd misheard when they said their next live song would be bachata XD And, she asked me to dance and she can lead a bit, so we danced together.

Then after lots of music, fun, and dancing, everyone was ready to go, and so we all left together. Everyone else was taking the subway and not JR trains, so to stay with the group, I went home a different way than I usually would XD. I got to talk a lot with Alisa, and just, like how did I get to be so lucky to get this many cool friends from HTDC?? My best friend introduced me originally, his wife who introduced him to HTDC is also super awesome, I practically worship the HTDC teachers, and they believe in my dancing abilities and actually like me, and then I've gained a whole community of dance-loving, good friends! I love my life <3