Caballero by Orchestra Mario Riccardi is Favorite on its First Night

Hello Dancers,
   Well last Thursday was a first.  "Caballero" by Orchestra Mario Riccardi was played about five times!!  It seems that all the San Diego Fil-Am line dance groups are learning it.  Tonight Nina's group will get special lessons on it at Point Point from 7pm - 9pm courtesy of Dante from the Bay Terraces Seniors (Tooma Park Seniors).  Looking on YouTube, it seems like choreographer Ira Weisburd posted videos of Caballero Line Dance about 8 months ago.  The songs beautiful arrangement must be part of the reason that there are now about 100 YouTube videos of different line dance groups dancing it!!  Here are two of my favorite YouTube line dancers doing "Caballero", Senipadu down in Malaysia, and Juliet Lam in California, I think.  "Caballero" is available for downloading; it was on a album called "La Barca", apparently released in 2010.  Since the song is sung in Italian, I'm looking for someone who speaks Italian to translate the lyrics. 
  "Hands Up" by Ottawan was also introduced at Point Point on Thursday, too.  There are not as many YouTube videos of "Hands Up" (click for video) but I like this one which is being danced somewhere in Asia.   "Hands Up", out of France, was popular world-wide back in 1981-1982.
    Those two line dances join a bunch of other ones recorded in other countries or languages that we dance to:  "Tennessee Waltz" by Ireen Sheer, "Simplemente" by Chayanne, "Todo Todo Todo" by Daniela Romo, "Memory" by Ross Mitchell Band, "Rivers Of Babylon" by Boney M, "Mamma Maria" by Ricchi & Poveri, "Mega Mambo" by Athos & Mancini, "Coco Jamboo" by Mr. President, "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Dr. Victor, "Chilly Cha Cha" by Jessica Jay, "Levantando Las Manos" by El Simbolo, and "Under the Sun" by Tim Tim (I presume Tim Tim recorded in Europe).


Till we dance again,
Bert   - Jan 31, 2012
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