September 2, 2007 at 2:29pm
Until very recently, the terms bachata and merengue weren’t a part of my general consciousness.
Then I learned about DJ Mauro and his Sweet Salsa Saturdays, and how he was helping to bring the band Nueva Era out to Oh! Gallagher's every Saturday night.
Interest piqued, especially after listening to the sounds on the band’s MySpace, I had to go see the Dominican band from the East Coast for myself last night.
I not just saw for myself, I moved for myself, and had the time of my life as my hips and feet moved to merengue, bachata, salsa, and reggaeton beats. More fun was watching the crowd, who well and truly knew how to shake it with all the proper steps and spins.
While our initial service was a bit surly, the Oh! Gallaghers staff redeemed themselves as the evening wore on, with $5 Long Island Ice Teas that sustained my hip-shaking.
But surpassing my expectations were the performances themselvesâ€"Miguelin Miguelin brought his hip-hop vibe to the stage and beyond, creating a chill mix of poetry and beats that impressed me even though I hadn’t a clue what he was saying (note to self- learn Spanish.)
And then Nueva Era hit the stage, I remembered why I made the trek out to Lakewood. The backbone of their sound is an intriguing rhythm that I can’t quite put a name to, with a melodic hook that I can’t quite get out of my mind. â€" Jessica Corey-Butler
News and entertainment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s most awesome weekly newspapers - The Ranger, Northwest Airlifter and Weekly Volcano.
Thanks for posting! But I want say that Walkie Talkies are really required while organizing fun...
Really nice album. I have already purchased Vedder's Album. Listening to the song of this album,...
about Eddie Vedder’s "Ukulele Songs" available today - and I don’t hold a candle to that shit
Your post contains very beneficial content. Kindly keep sharing such post.
Vedder's album is really nice. I have heard attentively
about Eddie Vedder’s "Ukulele Songs" available today - and I don’t hold a candle to that shit
amazing information for getting the new ideas thanks for sharing a post
about 5 Things To Do Today: Art Chantry, DIY home improvement, "A Shot In The Dark" ...
446th Airlift Wing, 5 Things To Do, 62nd Airlift Wing, 7th Infantry Division, Air Force, All Ages, Army, Arts, Awards, Benefits, Best of Olympia, Best of TAcoma, Bobble Tiki, Books, Business, Camp Murray, Ceremony, Chainsuck, Classical Music, Comedy, Comment The The Day, Community, Concerts, Condemn or Allow?, Contest, Day Tripper, Deals, Defense Department, Deployment, DJ/Electronica, Events, Facebook, Fashion, Federal Way, Fife, Fircrest, Food & Drink, Future Things Are Coming, Games, Gay Rights, Genius, Gig Harbor, Green Crush, Happy Hour Hug, Health, History, Holidays, Honors, I Corps, In Their Words, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Judging by the Trailer, Keeping Up With The Coffeehouses, Kids, Lacey, Lakewood, Legislature, Madigan Army Medical Center, Marines, McChord Field, Media, Memorial, Military, Milton, Morning Joe, Music, National Guard, Navy, Nerd Alert!, New Beer Column, News To Us, Night Moves, Not Cool, Olympia, Outdoor Addict, outdoors, Photo Hot Spot, Podcast, Pop Culture, Poster of the Day, Puyallup, Radio, Rangers, Retail, Rocket Science, ROTC, Ruston, Schools, Screens, Sex, Shout Out, South Sound Sidekick, Spanaway, Special Forces, Sports, Steilacoom, Strykers, Summer Tip, Sumner, Tacoma, Talking Shop, The Mouth, Theater, Tightwad, Tournament of Burgers, Tournament of Mac and Cheese, Training, Travel, Twitter, University Place, USO, Veterans, Video Hot Spot, Volunteer, Web/Tech, Word, Wounded Warrior
Read Comments