Orquesta Rumba Con Son

Orquesta Rumba Con Son was selected to play at the wedding of Rebecca and Edwar, two lovely young people, on Saturday, September 27th, 2008.  The wedding and reception were held at the Women’s Club of Englewood New Jersey.

It was a fabulous affair.  The Women’s Club of Englewood is an historic location and suitable for any kind of private party or corporate affair.

Since Edwar is hispanic and his Rebecca is not, it which made for an quite interesting mix at the reception.

Both the Hispanics and non-Hispanics alike were thrilled with the performance of Rumba con Son.  In fact, we just received a letter of thanks from the happy couple which reads as follows:

From: rebecca cross
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:07 PM
To: Jose Abreu
Subject: RE: Rumba con Son; thank you.

Jose,

Thank you so much we really had a great time and you all were great-  everyone has been talking about how great you were.

Thanks again

Rebecca & Edwar

It was truly a pleasure for us to help these fine young people celebrate the start of their journey in life together.

UPDATE:  Here are a couple of videos from the wedding for your listening pleasure.

Ai Amor

A special Duet

Orquesta Rumba Con Son, the New Jersey Salsa Band was HOT at the M Cafe in Elizabeth this past Friday night.  We played our Salsa Music as well as we’ve ever played at any venue, yet there was something missing.

The M Cafe Restaurant and Bar is actually quite nice.  It is conveniently located immediately across from the Elizabeth Midtown train station in the historic Central Jersey Railroad Station.  The building itself is beautiful and it is very convenient for people coming by train. It is spacious.  Plenty of room to dance, with nice hardwood floors and a nice bar.  The drinks were a bit pricey for me, but hey, I’m a cheapskate.

So what was the missing ingredient?  An audience.

I guess we didn’t do a good enough job promoting the evening or perhaps there were too many other options available that evening for the New Jersey Salsa Crowd, but we just didn’t have very many people show up.

Don’t get me wrong, the people who were in attendance got our best.  They danced and we appreciated that they were there, and that they had a good time.  It just would have been so much better if there had been more of them.

We’ll be playing this venue again in November.  I hope you can all come out and support the band.  If we play then as well as we played on Friday, you guys will be in for a great show at a great place.

Rumba Con Son will be appearing LIVE on Friday October 10th and Friday November 21st, 2008 at the M Cafe Restaurant in Elizabeth NJ.

Showtime starts at 9:30 and there is a $10 cover charge.  We look forward to seeing you all there.

We did the gig in Freehold NJ today.  It was a fun gig.  They had a number of presentations including a fokloric Mexican dance group and then a Bomba Y Plena group of dancers comprised of a bunch of really cute kids.  Our set went well and the organizers were very pleased with our performance.

If you got a chance to come down, I hope you had a great time.  Check back here for announcements about future gigs.

Salsa in New Jersey has a long and illustrious tradition.  Many of our top salsa stars are either from New Jersey or the New York tri-state area.  And of course Orquesta Rumba Con Son is based in New Jersey.

While doing research on the history of Salsa in New Jersey, I came across ScarletMambo.com and found that had beat me to the punch and in grand fashion.

Although the article is not strictly about the History of Salsa in New Jersey, it is a fascinating look at the tradition of Salsa in New York and you can’t get much closer to New Jersey than that!  Plus, they have videos!

So go check out ScarletMambo.com and take a look at their post on the History of Salsa/Mambo – Palladium Era – New York City.