26/08/2025
Thank you to all that helped make the Hanmer Winter Salsa Festival such an amazing event! So loved the joy, energy and friendly vibe we all created together!! Celebrating 30 years of Salsa in Hanmer and connection through dance!
Jaime and Mary Grace , yet again your heart centric fun classes continue to inspire us all ! We so appreciate your genuine love of empowering others through dance .
Thank you also to our local teachers for the fun engaging classes - Pablo and Penny, Nicho and Gina , Mr Saione!
To our sound man Dave for your dedication and focus! ensuring the music keeps playing to keep us all moving !!
To the Hanmer crew that make the weekend flowβ Tony, Jason, Lyndsey, Susan, Jorge ,Abhay, Hannah and all that helped with the desk roster and cleanups -thank you for your time, effort and commitment to creating such a successful event !
Pavol! For capturing the magic of Hanmer through your camera!
To my family who yet again have supported another Hanmer Winter Salsa festival - Graeme for surprising us with a 30th anniversary cake, Cabie for ensuring our houses were well stocked with food to keep us all nourished , the kids for reminding us that we get the privilege of inspiring the next generation !
To Rueben and Milena, for supporting the event from afar!! We missed you both!
And above all thank you to YOU!! Those that choose to join us at Hanmer this past weekend and it making it the magical event that it was!! For investing your time and energy to travel from afar to share the weekend with us ! So appreciated !!
Hanmer 2026 is booked for August 20/21 β Jaime and Mary Grace have said YES!! Early birds are on sale now for this who want to take advantage of Jaime's generous discount to attend the Sydney Salsa Mambo Festival October 24 -27th
We look forward to seeing you all again next year ! In appreciation and gratitude, Annie π