Cooperative Feeding Program 25th Anniversary Celebration

Jan Bullard and The Cooperative Feeding Program thank you for signing up  to join the celebration and honor the top 10 donors who have helped them make it this far! ***THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT***  Opportunities to donate for Silent Auction available. Please contact Jan Bullard.

Special Honorees are;

Linda Carter, The Community Foundation of Broward

Jack Appel, The Edward J. Smith, Jr. Foundation

Diane Fiore, The Gore Family Memorial Foundation Trust

Joy Lainez, Target

Andy Hill, Jarden Consumer Solutions

Howard Greenberg, Sun-Sentinel

Bill Fauerbach, Publix Supermarkets

Andy Cagnetta, Transworld Business Brokers

Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, United Way of Broward

John Johnson, Holy Cross Hospital

We know that times are tough. We understand that now is the time we are all watching our spending. However the decline in the economy that has taken more than eight million jobs has left us more desperate than ever for your financial support. What better way to share your bounty than to help us celebrate an amazing 25 years; enjoy a delicious dinner in beautiful surroundings; bid on our exceptional auction gifts; dance to the Tommy Dorsey Band; support our incredible agency that assists more than 103,000 individuals annually who are in acute crisis.

How can you support us or our honorees?

Buy a journal ad of congratulations or thanks

Purchase a table or tickets

Sponsor our event!

For information on how you can help, call the office at 954-792-2328 and ask for Lisa, Marti, Dora or Scott. Call Scott directly at 954-629-7381 or visit our new & secure website.

Jan Bullard phone contact – 954-448-4822

             *Instructor Ashley Seijo provided the class a divine hour of fun *    

Everyone gathered at Flannigans for 1/2 priced, full bar selection of drinks and some dinner/snacks before the event. 8 brave men came along to experience some first hand merriment.

OMG, This was actual exercise! Ashley said we learned more in 1 hour than her classes learn in 3—4 hours. It sure seemed like the Salsa was easy for everyone to pick up. I saw a lot of smiling going on. Ashley said the main factor for learning was to have fun. She made sure we did. I was given some free class cards and brochures to share at the meeting for those who did not make it. Jan asked for notes to be placed in a post for the steps we learned. Ok I am giving it a whirl. From a novice, please review some Salsa steps;

(Disclaimer, Your hyper active post writer is a novice dancer, with limited private prior instruction, 2 – 3  years ago. For the ladies, start with your right foot. Men start with their left. It makes sense when you dance together. This was not taught last nite, due to large class size, and only 1 instructor. She did not want to confuse everyone. Another tip, this dance is small steps. When moving forward with a lot of these steps, you actually are supposed to move only within the length of your own foot. When you do salsa dance, you are using the ball of your foot and stepping back on the back of your foot. This helps the hip motion to be more predominant and easier to do. As you become more proficient in the dance, the instructor will fine tune your steps. Her purpose last nite was to give the bare bones basic lessons, trying not to allow anyone to become afraid to keep learning and having fun. If I have something confused, let me know).

We learned Basic, Turn, Stomp/Slave, Suzie Q, Advanced Suzie Q and Hecta, (Cuban Something or another )

Basic- Forward right, forward left, back right, back left, back right, forward left.

Turn – Forward right, left, then pivot turn to right, step forward with left, pivot left on left foot, then forward right, left.

Stomp/Slave – Keep your left foot in place, pivoting on this foot. Standing facing front, turns will be to the left. Bring right foot to 12, step in place w/ left foot without lifting the left foot. Step to 9 o’clock, then repeat left instruction, then right foot to 6 o’clock, left foot instruction again, then to 3 o’clock, with left foot instruction. You should be back to facing front again.  Lots of hip motion used with this one. Do not be shy. It is the style of the dance.

Suzie Q – Cross right foot swinging motion around the left. Then sort of a march type in place for left then right. Then cross left foot in same style motion as right swing cross, then right and left small steps. Again repeat as desired. We seemed to do each side 2 times.

Advanced Suzie Q – Cross right step, left small step, right step, small left step, total of 5 right, and 4 left, with 5th left foot crossing over to a Suzie Q. Do 2 left Suzie Q, then 2 right Suzie Q. Lastly left step forward, stepping in a forward motion to take you into a basic step.

Hecta – Think of 2 feet shoulder width apart. Step out to right, small step in place on left with left foot. Slide right foot back to left and step left with left foot. Ladies swoosh hip motion. Repeat.

Possible combination – Basic 6 or so times, Turn,  Slave/Stomp, Basic 6 or so times, Advanced Suzie Q, Basic 6 or so times, Hecta….. Have a blast. It takes practice, then your body will remember the steps. Practice without music, then play to music. Last, but not least, use your free card for more lessons. Casa Salsa has an east and west location for our convenience.