Event Recaps

All Photo Credits by Ho-Yon Hwang. Despite the sacredness of  Mother’s Day Weekend, Sat May 9, 2015 at Mr. Mambo’s contained an intimate crowd of around  185 people filled with Many NEW Faces, Mucho SMILING Faces enjoying the Fantastic Music, & Warm FRIENDLY Faces eager to Dance with EVERYONE regardless of level!  Bonus- DJ Vino Played Some Rare Vinyl- GOOD ...

I had GREAT FUN serving as a judge at The 4th Annual Clarendon Grill Dance Competition held the entire month of April 2015 thanks to Host of 11 years, Keith Givens!  Every Monday for 4 consecutive weeks, there was a competition to select winners for the semi finals  until the Epic Finals went down on Monday April 27, 2015 to ...

What can I say about Mr. Mambo’s 10YR Anniversary Saturday, April 25, 2015?  HOLY MOLY!   It was almost like a High School Reunion with the Freshmen, Juniors, AND Seniors Dancers who all matriculated at Mr. Mambo’s at some time or another All Present and Accounted For!  Over 400 people came through to cover EVERY INCH of the Salsa Ballroom ...

Outside of Halloween, Theme Parties don’t usually translate well at Mr. Mambo’s.  People come to Mr. Mambo’s with the high expectation of getting their democratic and Fiercely MERITOCRATIC Salsa Bachata Dance On and they don’t want to bother with sartorial concerns like a certain color outfit or dressing in costume.  They figure they going to sweat it out anyway so ...

(Pictures by Photographer Ho-Yon Hwang, Videos by Tanya J. Smith) Even with competing events ALL WEEKEND LONG in the DC Region, Mr. Mambo’s Dance floor was Filled with Dancers and ROCKING Sat, March 28, 2015 with over 180 people!  Many new faces at the Salsa Bachata Workshops and Out of Town Dancers Just for the Party from NY, Pennsylvania, and ...