Live Band for the Salsa Rueda Congress 2008

 

DJ Franklin Ayala: (Confirmed ) Born in NYC, Franklin Ayala embraced Latin music at the early age of three inspired by his family. Since then, he has been training with the best dancers and professional dance instructors in the world on Cuban Rumba, Salsa Casino/Rueda and Mambo.
As a performer he debuts in 1987, proven to be a rising star, dancing with Mario Diaz Dance review. In 1998 he was part of the team on “El congreso mundial de la Salsa” in Puerto Rico. He was invited in 2002 to Detroit for the “Congreso mundial de la Salsa”.
He performed with some of the more renowned salsa musicians, such as Jose Alberto El Canario, and Tito Nieves. In 2002 he has the honor to dance for Cuban Pete and Barbara Craddock two of the living legends in Salsa/Mambo.
Even though Salsa was the first dance he embraced he also enjoys dancing and teaching east and West coast Swing, Hustle and social ballroom.
As a swing dancer he performed for Frankie Manning at Roseland in New York, and also performed the Lindy chorus line Midsummer night swing at Lincoln Center, where he was invited as a dancer three years in a row

As an instructor he is part of Paul Pellicoro’s Danceport in New York City since 1997. Since then he trained and couch many other professional dancers to teach overseas including Haiti in 2000-2001. In the competitive side, he has won the second place in the professional Salsa division on the International Hustle and Salsa competition in Miami Beach where he participated in the Grand finale Show two years in a row.

DJ Alberth Moreno: (Confirmed): Miami's very known Hometown Salsero, DJ "ALBERTH MORENO" born the 24th of August, 1981 in Bogota, Colombia. He came to Miami in 1995 and fell in love with the music. He started DJing for what is the largest salsa school in South Florida "SALSA LOVERS". In 1998 Alberth started DJing in different night clubs in South Florida like Alcazaba, Hard Rock Cafe, Señor Frogs, Club Mystique and many more...In Addition to being a great DJ, he's also a great dancer. In 1996 he started dancing for Danzas Folkloricas De Anita Herrero. He made different appearances in South Florida for 4 years. In 2000 he became a dancer of one of the most famous dance teams in South Florida "THE SALSA LOVERS PERFORMANCE TEAM".

In the same year he perform in the 3rd Annual West Coast Salsa Congress & in 2002 he became the official Disc Jockey of the Miami Salsa Congress. In Addition to be a great DJ & dancer, Alberth is the President of THE BOOM SOUND DJ'S Entertainment, which is a complete entertainment company that represents and provides disc jockeys, bands, professional dancers, comedians, lights shows and state of the art sound systems for an under range of clientele.

This talented DJ is also the President of PERFECT GRAPHICS, which is a complete advertising & marketing company for different companies in South Florida. As the official DJ of the Miami Salsa Congress, Alberth is the consuminate professional with more than 8 years of experience catering to the serious salseros and with a wide range of music & years of experience DJ "ALBERTH MORENO" is considered one of the best DJ's in South Florida.

QUE VIVA LA SALSA
SALSA PA'GOZAR !!!

DJ Cabrera (confirmed) Ernesto Cabrera was born and raised in the famous town of "El Cerro", Havana, Cuba. From an early age, he was exposed to Cuban Rumba and Salsa Casino dancing. By age 12, he knew how to dance Salsa, but it was not until he arrived to Miami that he polished his style of dancing. Although he has never taken dancing classes, he has learned a lot from watching Salsa instructors and their performances.In 2001, Ernesto started his DJ career doing parties, weddings and other events with great success throughout South Florida. In 2003, after participating in a "Salsa Lovers Dance School" party, he started to get involved with Miami’s salsa community. A year later, Ernesto started hosting the music in events for salsa schools like "The Salsa Kings", "Rumba Na'Ma", and "Salsa-Fusion". DJ Cabrera is well known because of his outstanding taste for Timba "Cuba’s contemporary music" and Hardcore Salsa.Ernesto is a Timba lover and promoter with an increasing music collection that includes Los Van Van, Charanga Habanera, NG la Banda, Paulito FG, Manolito y su Trabuco, Bamboleo, Isaac Delgado, Adalberto Alvares, and many others. Among his favorite Salsa groups are Oscar de Leon, El Gran Combo, Frankie Ruiz, Africando All Starts, Jose Alberto "El Canario", and many other bands from New York, Puerto Rico and Colombia.
DJ Cabrera is also know in the Latin nightclubs scene as he have worked on clubs like Yuca at Miami Beach and Café Ire.