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(Originally posted on SalsaNewYork
0n 4/03)
Behind the Scene PHOTOS of this
Year's
6th Annual
 Side
Street Kids Academy
Black & White Ball
Fundraiser
-Compiled by Manny Siverio
Photos Courtesy of Manny Siverio
For those who have been sealed away in a bomb
shelter for the last six years:
The Side Street Kids Academy (a non-for-profit Bronx Youth Organization) has
their annual Black & White Ball Fundraiser each year. The evening is a
dressy dinner and mambo dance, held at an elegant catering hall, complete with
dance performances by the Side Street Kids, classic salsa music played by a top
DJ and a live band. Its attended by mambo dancers from all over the City and
surrounding suburbs, adults from young to mature. Many of us have attended this
event every year and have enjoyed it greatly: good food, open bar, classy
atmosphere, dance performances, socializing with each other and the very
friendly Side Street Kids community of parents, teachers and students, and lots
of non-stop dancing. And it's for a very good cause: The Side Street Kids. Their
"mission is to empower youth with the necessary skills to understand and
appreciate the importance of education, positive family interaction and cultural
awareness through dance". The
fundraiser is an adult-only (21 years old) non-smoking event. The proceeds of
this event go towards the Side Street Kids Inc. Educational Fund, which helps
SSK graduates attend college and its tax deductible. - by Steve Shaw
A Note from Manny
I've been to four of these events and only have good things to say about it. In
the meantime, I've taken the liberty of posting several pictures from that
evening for those of you that have been depriving yourself of this worthy yearly
mambo outing. If you like what you see, then be on the look out for next year's
fundraiser.
Hope to see you on the B&W dance floor. - Manny Siverio
Getting on the Floor
The Side Street Kids
have their very own version of the Conga line. Its sort of a tradition with
everyone involved with the SSK academy. Whenever the DJ puts on the
"Hawaii Five-O" Theme song, people rush to the center of the dance
floor, sit down in a straight line and make believe that they are rowing a
Hawaiin boat. Its a lot of fun to watch and as these few photos show, its a lot
of fun to do too!
The NY Mambo Community Shows
Their Support:
Several well known NY Mambo personalities show their support for the SSK
KIDS:
(L-R) NY
Mambo Instructor Lillian Negley,
SalsaNewYork
Co-host Manny Siverio, his wife
NY Mambo Instructor & Director
of the Addie-Tude Dance Co. Addie
Diaz and NY Mambo
Instructor David Negley
take a moment from eating
and dancing to pose for the camera.
(L-R)
Addie-Tude Dance Company Member
Rich Goldman and Rodney
Lopez (also a NY Mambo
Instructor), taking a moment to cool off between
dances.
(L-R) Addie
Diaz and Manny Siverio
trying to
pose while SSK Co-Director Carlos
Mendoza
sneaks up behind them (complete with straw hat).
(L-R) Addie
and Manny have a free
moment
to strike a pose before Carlos
Mendoza can
come back. 8-)
NY Mambo
Instructor David Negley
sitting down
while his wife Lillian (pregnant and all) dances up
a storm.
Shut Up
& Dance
One thing that can be said about the B&W Ball was that there was plenty of
action on the dance floor.
(L-R) SalsaNewYork
Co-Host Steve Shaw giving
fellow NY dancer Earl some encouragement before
heading out to the dance floor.
If Addie
Diaz wasn't dancing she was in the
middle of the dance floor snapping pictures
of the crowd in action
Lillian
& Rodney, stop
dancing in the middle
of the dance floor long enough to pose for
the camera.
Lillian,
Addie, Rodney,
Rich and SSK Co-Director Toni
Mendoza help the crowd tear the dance floor apart. Ouch! Will those feet
be hurting in the morning!
So if you never been to an SSK
B&W Ball Fundraiser, don't deprive yourself any further. Keep an eye out
for next year's event and experience the joy of dance the Side
Street Kid way
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