{"id":973,"date":"2013-05-24T16:11:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/?p=973"},"modified":"2013-05-30T20:38:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T20:38:13","slug":"celebration-of-dance-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/?p=973","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Dance &#038; Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GS-Chicago.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-974\" style=\"margin: 10px 20px;\" title=\"GS Chicago\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GS-Chicago.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GS-Chicago.jpg 404w, https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GS-Chicago-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Salsa Congress is one of the largest dance events to hit the Lone Star State! We founded this event in 2005 with the help of the one and only, David Melendez at the Westin Oaks-Galleria. The event draws teams from all over the world to celebrate all forms of dance including but not limited to Salsa, Bachata, Jazz, Contemporary &amp; Hip-Hop. This dance exhibition has provided shows and performances that have left our audiences on their feet with standing ovations and ready to dance the night away!<\/p>\n<p>This event has been one of the events that has paved the way for many other events to shine in Texas. Always amazing, always BIG-Texas Salsa Congress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Salsa Congress is one of the largest dance events to hit the Lone Star State! We founded this event in 2005 with the help of the one and only, David Melendez at the Westin Oaks-Galleria. The event draws teams from all over the world to celebrate all forms of dance including but not limited to Salsa, Bachata, Jazz, Contemporary &amp; Hip-Hop. This dance exhibition has provided shows and performances that have left our audiences on their feet with standing ovations and ready to dance the night away! This event has been one of the events that has paved the way for many other events to shine in Texas. Always amazing, always BIG-Texas Salsa Congress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebration of Dance &amp; Culture - Texas Salsa Congress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/?p=973\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebration of Dance &amp; Culture - Texas Salsa Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Texas Salsa Congress is one of the largest dance events to hit the Lone Star State! 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