SLIGO SPANISH SOCIETY - SOL Y SOMBRA

  Give your salsa a boost this New Year with our Salsa workshop on Saturday, January 21st. We are delighted to welcome back Jonathan Navarrete from Dublin Salsa Academy who has done many workshops before for us. This time he will take us through some salsa fundamentals before going on to teach us new moves and new ideas.  Jonathan is a patient, talented teacher and we are excited to continue learning with him. The workshop will be on Saturday afternoon from 2.30pm to 6pm and will cost €28. It will take place in St. John's Hall, John Street Sligo. For Leaders' places, you can book here.. Paypal                                              Eventbrite  For followers, you can book here.. Pay pal                                              Even...

  Learn something new this year with our range of Spanish courses for all levels, including Leaving Cert. We have been running Spanish courses in Sligo for more than a decade and our success is built on focusing on real, practical, spoken Spanish for use in Spanish-speaking countries. Location Atlantic Technological University (ATU) (formerly Sligo IT). Times and Duration of classes All classes are from 7.30pm to 8.45, except the Leaving Cert course which is 5.45pm to 7pm. All classes are 1 hour and 15 minutes long. All courses are for 10 weeks. Price €130 for 10 weeks. Discount €110 for the unwaged or students. Please email spanishinsligo@gmail.com for the discount. Leaving cert course: €120 (Please note that our prices are exactly the same as pre-pandemic prices. In fact, they have not gone up in 10 years.) COURSE GUIDE We have five general levels and one course for the Leaving Cert: 1.Beginners, 2. Beginners 2, 3. Elementary, 4. Pre-Intermediate, 5. Inte...

  The best Christmas party of the year is back, after a three year absence.  We are delighted to announce that the famous Sligo Spanish Society Christmas Party will take place on Friday, December 9th in the Yeats Building Sligo. from 8pm.  There will be live Spanish music from Felip Carbonell and friends, paella and Spanish food by Juani Garcia, as well as cava, turrón and lots of Spanish wine - all for €12.  You won't regret it! It is a good idea to come early as places are limited and we always have a large crowd. 

 We are delighted to present a very special bachata workshop in Sligo on November 19th with Jonathan Navarrete from Dublin Salsa Academy.   Take your dance to the next level with this intensive workshop that will go from the basics of partner dancing to more advanced moves.  The workshop is an all-afternoon event, and will take place in St. John's Hall, John Street, Sligo, from 2.30pm to 6pm on the 19th.  Places are limited, so it is vital to book early. To book a place you must choose a Leader or a Follower place. The afternoon workshop costs €28. A deposit can be paid in our class on Thursdays or you can book below.  At the moment all of our Followers' places are booked, though we are taking names for a waiting list. Please email sligospanishsociety@gmail.com to be put on the waiting list. If we get more leaders we can accommodate more followers.  Paypal Leaders' ticket Buy on Eventbrite

  We are back with our Autumn Spanish courses.       We have a range of courses available at all levels, starting the week of September 26 th . As always, we focus on practical spoken Spanish for use in the Spanish-speaking world. Price: All courses cost €130 (or €110 for students or the unwaged – please email spanishinsligo@gmail.com for the discount) Location: All courses take place in the Atlantic Technological University (formerly Sligo IT) Time, Dates and Duration: All classes are one hour and fifteen minutes long – from 7.30pm to 8.45pm. Classes start the week of September 26 th . All courses are for 10 weeks.  The timetable is as follows…  A full guide to the levels is below. Level When? Book a place Pre-Intermediate   Mondays, starting September 26th   Eventbrite  (with booking fee) Paypal (no booking fee) Elementary   ...

The great Felip Carbonell is back with a very special night of music and song next Friday, May 27th.  The concert will take place in the Yeats Building, Sligo, at 8pm.  Marking Sligo Spanish Society's return to public events for the first time since the pandemic, Felip will play some of the songs of his youth, originally performed by the great Catalan songwriters of the sixties and seventies.  Felip will be ably supported by Eddie McFarlane and Eddie Lynch on the night.  Tickets are available at the door and will cost €10, which includes a glass of wine. 

We're back after Easter with our traditional Spring Spanish courses - perfect to get yourself ready for your summer holidays to Barcelona or Buenos Aires.   Location Face to face classes will take place in IT Sligo. Online classes will be on Zoom. Courses vary, but we will have 2 or 3 online classes per course this term - we are now back to 60% or 70% in person classes. Dates and times All classes are from 7.30pm to 8.45pm.   Courses begin April 25th, 26th and 27th.  Price The 8 week courses (Beginners, Beginners 3 and Intermediate) are €110, the 7 week courses (Elementary, Pre-Intermediate) are €100.  We have a discounted rate (- €20) for the unwaged – full-time students and social welfare recipients. Please contact  spanishinsligo@gmail.com  for this rate.  We have five courses available this term, as follows… Beginners – Wednesdays This is our course for absolute beginners. We will cover introductions, food, numbers, telling the time, days of t...