Brad Gluckstein, center rear, with “So You Think You Can Dance” competitors Comfort Fedoke and Paul Karmiryan to his left, poses last fall during the Conga Kids competition at Esteban Torres High ...

The CCIA and Arts Alive! are presenting Jazz & Java in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct.15) with live Latin Jazz music led by Yamil Conga Trio at the CJ Maggies, Opera House on ...

Kids and conga were right on beat Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Conga Kids spring Dance Championship moved its way through downtown’s Microsoft Square, where Conga Kids danced away using their ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- At Dr. Owen Knox Elementary in Los Angeles, salsa is in full swing with the "Conga Kids" program. "You learn a lot of new dances and you get a lot of exercise," said fifth-grader ...

Maria Nava took a deep breath and looked at her partner one last time before stepping onto the dance floor. “Remember,” she told him. “Slow down.” “OK,” Eugene Figueroa said. Moments later, the crowd ...

Life is a bit like dance — you just gotta keep moving your feet, and keep the beat best you can, and if you go a little off, hey, that’s OK. Get moving again. Youngsters from all over Southern ...

8:49 a.m. March 29, 2024: A previous version of this story said that singer-songwriter Blessd performed at the event. He did not. The article also said that the Conga Kids program has served 50,000 ...

So there's dancing—and there's dancing. As for the latter, you can now point your hips toward The Conga Room, a new super-sized version of the famed original Latin club. You'll find it in the L.A.

IT’S the last call for the Conga Room. After eight years at its Miracle Mile location on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles’ premier Latin music nightclub is going dark at the end of the month -- at ...