Help save salsa at Paseo Colorado!

As you know from last year, Paseo Colorado had one of the largest Salsa events throughout the summer. It was very successful and many of our friends were looking forward to having it again this year. We need to have our friends contact them to bring it back on a regular basis.

Paseo is starting up on July 11th with Swing every Friday and Salsa only ONCE in July and August. We need to have everyone call, write and fax them and have them put Salsa back or at least alternate Swing and Salsa to make it fair. Since the floors are already up then only thing they need is a band. We can find someone to teach. Pasadena Ballroom who ran the event is not a Salsa studio and very into Swing so they kept Swing in at Paseo.

http://www.paseocoloradopasadena.com/dancingunderthestars/index.php

This is who we need to have all of our friends contact:

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Michael De Leon, General Manager
Mike Horn, Operations Manager II
Jodi Taylor-Zens, Director of Marketing
Paseo Colorado
280 East Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91101
626.795.8891
626.795.9038 FAX*

I spoke to Jodi and she said they had a budget cut but Swing is still on every Friday? A fair suggestions would be to alternate the two. She had me call a person named Paul about the agenda.

Paul owns and operates the Jazz Institute in the Paseo. He booked the bands and ran drink cart next to the dance floor and told me that the Swing nights sold $500 and Salsa nights sold $1400. He said that he subsidized the event last year and I have not confirmed that yet?

Jodi also told me that there were 4000 people there for Salsa. Impressive numbers. Some of our friends were spending big $$$$$ there. One person bought two Coach purses for $1000 one night, so people were buying there.

Please pass this email on so we can get Salsa back at Paseo.

Let's contact them and see if we can get them to change their agenda.

Ron