One month on

I had my first real Zumba class here a month ago. A month ago already? And what do you think?

I like this class. I like people in my class. I hope they keep attending, bring their friends, spread the word and so on, so it grows organically. At this moment, I am not sure I even want to do a class every day, not to mention more than once a day. (Saying that, there is no imminent threat of this happening.)

The new songs this week are Zumbalicious and Meneando la Cola, plus Mbube for warm-up and Lua Nha Tetemunha for cool-down. Also, on Tuesday I tried Rosa (ZIN 32). I love this song and hope one day I will be able to do it properly — clearly it was not the case this time. Finally, on Thursday we did La Raspa (thank you Luisa!) — again, can’t say it was great but good fun anyway.

I feel very tired this week. This may have something to do with our stuff finally arriving from England, after almost four months. As a result, the living space is filled with boxes. On the plus side, all my CDs must be somewhere there. More new music!

Song List

1. Mbube — Warm-Up (1) — African song — by Miriam Makeba
2. Que Te Meueve — Warm-Up (2) — Merengue
3. Caipirinha — Brazilian Dance / Bellydance
4. Baila Pa Emociona — Calypso
5. Zumbalicious — Salsa / Reggaeton
6. Chori Chori — Bhangra
7. Alegria Pa Zumbar — Samba
8. Rosa — Cumbia †
9. La Raspa — Mexican circle dance *
10. Chillin’ — Merengue
11. Meneando la Cola — Salsa
12. El Baile del Gorila — Rumba Flamenca
13. Zu Bailaito — Quebradita
14. Lua Nha Tetemunha — Cool-Down — Morna — by Cesária Évora

† Tuesday only
* Thursday only