✨ Salsa Under the Stars – THANK YOU! ✨
What a night! Over 200 of you came out to dance with us under the summer sky at JUMP – and we’re so grateful to everyone who made Salsa Under the Stars a night to remember. 💃🏽🕺🏽
🎶 Big thanks to the incredible DJ Claude for keeping the music flowing all night long.
💃 A heartfelt shoutout to our amazing local dance studios for donating their time and talent to lead free lessons — you brought the energy and the moves!
🌆 Thank you to the JUMP team for helping to make the evening so magical.
Together, we raised $800 to support Global Lounge programs — and we couldn’t have done it without this amazing community.
Missed it? Don’t worry! We’re already planning to bring Salsa Under the Stars back next year. Stay tuned for details — you won’t want to miss it!
The season’s kick-off is a grand New Year’s Eve celebration. Ground zero is OVO Beach on Maldonado Bay. We walked to the celebration, our apartment being just six blocks from the bay. This proved opportune as traffic was at a standstill. People filled every available patch of street, sidewalk, and sand. Elbowing our way towards the shore, we were absorbed into the throng of revelers, holding champagne in one hand to toast in 2019, smartphone in the other to record their presence. As the crowd counted down, corks popped and digital shutters snapped. At the stroke of midnight fireworks began all around Maldonado Bay. It must have been quite the sight if seen high up from a penthouse balcony or far off from a boat. The entire bay was a backdrop for a panorama of sparkling aerial dancers. Our view, down on the sand, was a bit more intimate; we were inside the fury, underneath a canopy of loud explosions and sizzling color. When the light show stopped, the all-night party started. Revelers, who had come a great distance and at great expense and were not going to waste a precious moment of their summer holiday, stayed to party. Those of us who lived here and enjoyed this paradise every day nonchalantly relinquished the beaches, clubs, and restaurants to the tourists. Echoes and reflections from the fete escorted us home.
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