A Gift From Heaven - Still awake?

"What a feeling! Am I in heaven or in a jungle paradise?" I smiled at my "new alarm clock".

Just have a big parrot flies and lands on me, waking me up in the morning.  Parrot Baby Picasso's new bedroom is next to mine. Soon, Baby Picasso jumped off, walked around and pecked on my toe. Aww! ... naughty bird. Then a lovely morning kiss. Ok, I get up now.

It has been one month since my birthday. But, there is no time better than to reflect upon your life than today.

Question posed in L’Intransigeant during the summer of 1922:

“An American scientist announces that the world will end, or at least that such a huge part of the continent will be destroyed, and in such a sudden way, that death will be the certain fate of hundreds of millions of people. If this prediction were confirmed, what do you think would be its effect on people between the time when they acquired the aforementioned certainty and the moment of cataclysm? Finally, as far as you’re concerned, what would you do in this last hour?”

Marcel Proust, in a letter, responds:

“I think that life would suddenly seem wonderful to us if we were threatened to die as you say. Just think of how many projects, travels, love affairs, studies, it–our life–hides from us, made invisible by our laziness which, certain of a future, delays them incessantly.

‘But let all this threaten to become impossible for ever, how beautiful it would become again! Ah! If only the cataclysm doesn’t happen this time, we won’t miss visiting the new galleries of the Louvre, throwing ourselves at the feet of Miss X, making a trip to India.

‘The cataclysm doesn’t happen, we don’t do any of it, because we find ourselves back in the heart of normal life, where negligence deadens desire. And yet we shouldn’t have needed the cataclysm to love life today. It would have been enough to think that we are humans, and that death may come this evening.”

Your gift from heaven gift is already here. See it? Only if you appreciate it.

Happy Birthday to you, my dear friend!

Go play. Be naughty and nice. Live fully.

Love & Dance with Passion,
Raymondo
Naughty November

http://www.RaymondoChan.com
http://www.BurnTheDanceFloor.com

Dirty Dancing Star Patrick Swayze Dies

I was in total disbelief and shock when I heard on CBC radio 2 that Patrick Swayze passed away today.

"Patrick Swayze, who had breakout roles in steamy pic 1987 movie 'Dirty Dancing' and later romanced Demi Moore in 'Ghost,' died in Los Angeles on Monday after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57." - Variety News

Happy Memories flash back to 2004 when I presented, taught, performed dirty dancing during the sensational movie release opening "Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights", presented by Burn The Dance Floor.com at Famous Players. One of my impressive, very shy, 6'3'' students was performing demonstrating with me.

Crazy back then, inspired. I offered the only course: Dirty Dancing 101 for the Fun loving, Stiff or Shy in Vancouver. My goal was simply to help students to develop more confidence, overcome shyness, and unleash what inhibits them. I was even thinking about Dirty Dancing 3.

Sadly, this will not happen with Patrick Swayze.

Peace and love be with you, forever.

Hungry Feet from Dancing: Gypsy Kings Concert Tonight

I can't help my hungry feet from dancing. Hands up "Clap Clap" with the Kings ... the Gypsy Kings! .. Come join me for the exotic adventure ... a feast of wild explosive flamenco guitar, funky Salsa, acoustic Latin sounds and beautiful hotties in the Gypsy King Concert, Vancouver at the PNE tonight! Go play! Let's burn the dance floor! starts @ 8 pm

The infamous Djobi Djoba from THE GIPSY KINGS music video(1987)

Casting Call: Burn The Dance Floor's Next Top Play Birdie

Have you got what it takes to be Burn the Dance Floor's next top birdie?

You will have the exciting opportunity to train and work with celebrity coach and Salsa Latin dance choreographer Raymondo Chan for Juno Awards Winner Michael Buble, "Save The Last Dance For Me" and his mischievous free-flight parrot, Baby Picasso, world's first Exotic Salsa Dancing™
parrot. 

• Fabulous, Dangerous, Attractive, Adventurous "Play Birdie": 
• Must love the crowd, adventurous, have a sense of rhythm, like parrots.
• Formal dance training an asset, but not required. 
• Foreign language an asset. 

Be part of the amazing exotic adventure-games series produced and directed by Raymondo Chan, the creator of Exotic Salsa Dancing! ™

Casting Call:

Email: Raymondo  with your your resume, a cover letter, 2 photos, tell us what is your passion and why you want to be part of the team.

AUG 30 JUNGLE PARADISE~ RAYMONDO CHAN EXOTIC CRUISE MASQUERADE PLUS CASTING CALL

What if you wake up one night, and find yourself in the airport. You lost all the memories of who you are? You dont know anyone, except a parrot who knows you. … " Go unlock the secrets to your future." What will you do in the urban city jungle? You must now go to find your new identity before it is late. The clock is ticking ... "Help!"

Watch the Video: Click here

Imagine the jungle wild animals living in the rainforest come to life! Where adventurers and human animals in the “Jungle Paradise” cross-path. Anything can happen. What exotic creatures will you find? Come! Play on your wild side.

For Participants:
What to Expect? An Amazing Exotic Adventure!

What to Bring?
*An Open Mind, Fun Loving Attitude and An Adventurous and Playful Spirit
* Passport, A Mask, some change
*Swimwear and a small travel bag/luggage (optional)
(Limited masks are available for sale)

Admission: starts $50 person person
Exotic Salsa Adventure™: Makeover & Coaching Package: $550 - $1250
Check in: 4:30 pm
Starts: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
To RSVP for Admission Ticket or Package:
call 788.999.BURN
CASTING AUDITION and PARTY:
Watch Video: Click here
See the blog entry below for casting details.
Meet at Granville Island Public dock Click Map
Check in @4 pm
Starts @ 4:30 pm

Extra Goodies:
* VIP After-Party Entrance
* Draw for $50 Gift Certificates to Celebrity Sunday, Mirage Night Club, good before 11pm
* $100 Gift Certicate to Exotic Salsa Dancing Adventure Events
* $100 Coaching Gift Certificate with celebrity coach, choreographer Raymondo Chan, BurnTheDanceFloor.com

CASTING CALL: EXOTIC CRUISE MASQUERADE: JUNGLE PARADISE

Are You Hungry? Because The Jungle Wild Animals Are. Have You Got the Drive? Because The Rainforest Exotic Creatures have it. Or You Won't Survive. How "Fit" Are You?

CASTING CALL: SAT AUG 29 and SUN AUG 30
SUN AUG 30 RAYMONDO CHAN EXOTIC CRUISE MASQUERADE: JUNGLE PARADISE
a reality based game adventure event ... the event will be filmed.

You can be part of the amazing exotic adventure holding clues to help discover the identity of Raymondo Chan with his famous free-flight dancing parrot, Baby Picasso that "Unlock the Secrets to Your Future." Watch video trailer

The Exotic Cruise Masquerade is part of a pilot for a reality documentary TV series created by founder of Burn The Dance Floor.com, Raymondo Chan, creator of Exotic Salsa Dancing™. Raymondo is a celebrity coach, Salsa Latin dance choreographer, performer for Juno Award winner, Michael Buble "Save the Last Dance For Me", and for the sensational movie release opening, "Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights." Raymondo Chan is a trainer of the famous World's First Exotic Salsa Dancing™ parrot, free-flight Baby Picasso.

· Human Animals
· Jungle Guides
· Wonder Hosts/Hostesses/Models/Performers/Dancers/Extras
· Jungle Bodypainters
· Guide Videographers
· Passport Officer
· Fabulousity Officer
· Rainforest Rangers
· Animal Ranglers
· Jungle Doctors and Nurses
· Wild Animal Caretaker

Play Birdies: Faubulous, attractive, love people, have rhythm, like parrots, dance training a plus, not a must. Foreign language an asset. French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Farsi, Arabic, German.

Production Crew:
unit AD (non-union), DOP, AP, assistant casting director, video editors, photographers, special effect designer, unit event manager/assistant to producer/director, assistant set designer, guests event coordinator, blogpost, vidcast, publicist, story writer

DOP: must have own HD cameras

Marketing promotion assistant to the producer/director, web 2.0 graphic designer, marketing partners coordinator, sales/tickets coordinator.

A 24 Hour Film Race? not quite. A 24 Hour Event race adventure ... close. An exotic adventure ... for sure!

Watch video trailer
Saturday, Aug 29
Sunday, Aug 30
Vancouver, BC

Audition:

Check in @3:45 pm Resume Registration, Resume Drop Off

Check in @ 4 pm
Start @ 4:30 pm
Granville Island Public Dock Click Map

Please bring a passport, mask, swimwear, and dressed up to the Jungle Paradise occasion!

Successful candidates may be chosen to “work” and be part of the cruise on Sunday, Aug 30. An exciting opportunity to work with Raymondo Chan and Burn The Dance Floor’s team for our upcoming exotic adventure events in September. First consideration will be given to those who have attended the cruise and are part of the amazing exotic adventure. Those without a passport, a ticket and a mask, there is no guaranttee you can get on the cruise. (the Fabulousity Factor)

For more information, email: raymondo (at) burnthedancefloor (dot) com
Subject: Casting Call: RAYMONDO CHAN EXOTIC CRUISE MASQUERADE: JUNGLE PARADISE1. Please include a cover letter with 2 recent photos, a resume and
2. a paragraph WHY you want to be part of the adventure and your passion.

Watch video trailer

Heading towards Vancouver International Airport

Heading towards YVR Vancouver International Airport. A passport, a ticket, parrot Baby Picasso, camera, ... what else shall I bring? Get ready for the exotic adventure of my life! Oh .. it's gonna be amazing! 8/18

Until the next adventure ...

Love & Dance with Passion,
Raymondo

My Love Baby Picaso, the Parrot Was Lost and Found

Since many of my friends has been asking me or you may not know. Yes, Baby Picasso, my love was lost and FOUND. My free-flight dance partner-in-crime is back. Home sweet home with me. It was chased away by four seagulls during a media party at the rooftop penthouse at Loden Hotel. Baby Picasso was located the next day in Stanley Park.

THANK YOU for your support and kind regards!  Baby Picasso says HellOO!
We love you all! It really put a smile on my face.

"Life is a book of adventure ... and you're writing it! Love it, make it, work it, and shape it, live it. Don't forget a happy ending. "

"Once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." ~ Leonardo da Vinci

To follow our story and wild adventure,

*JOIN* 'Burn The Dance Floor' Group on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RaymondoChan

Until the next adventure,

Love & Dance with Passion,
Raymondo xox

P.S. Celebrate the summer with us and the wild creatures on the hottest and most exotic floating tropical rainforest at sea on board the Passion Boat!  Be part of the exotic adventure.

Sunday August 30
Play on Your Wild Side.
Raymondo Chan's Exotic Cruise: Jungle Masquerade Paradise!

To receive the latest news, updates, and contests:

*JOIN* 'Burn The Dance Floor' on Facebook.

FUCK I LOVE YOU. %&#X

The first warm welcoming greeting at the front entrance at the Red Bull Party: FUCK I LOVE YOU.

Baby Picasso was lost that night night after the rooftop penthouse party and I was sad yet collected. I was not planning to attend. I almost put my life on hold. Wait a minute! Baby Picasso have never asked me or taught me to put my life on hold. Revisit the big lesson -- live on faith. And the power of love sucks me in.

FUCK I LOVE YOU! Will you love me back? Love and be loved in return. Well, can you tell from the faces of my fun and fabulous friends? : )

Until the next adventure ...
Love & Dance with Passion,
Raymondo

P.S. This four letter F word is not part of my daily vocabulary. Remember, I get a parrot. And it can be embarrassing because I do photoshoot at parties. I come across kids all the time free-flying at beaches and parks with Baby Picasso. Yet, I love another dirty four letter word starting with P ... Yet, I am in the zone. Anyway, what a heck! Let's play. We are no kids. Are we? : )

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☀♥☀ SUN AUG 30 EXOTIC CRUISE MASQUERADE: JUNGLE PARADISE - Play On Your Wild Side! "the Hottest Floating Tropical Rainforest Party At Sea This Summer!"

email: raymondo (at) burnthedancefloor (dot) com or

*JOIN MY GROUP* 'BURN The DANCE FLOOR click here.

So You Want To Take Away My Love, Parrot Baby Picasso Away From Me?

I'm in shock!

So you want to take away parrot Baby Picasso, my love, away from me?!

Ms. Constable from the "animal welfare" agency said I cannot take Baby Picasso, my parrot to "loud noises" and "crowed places".

What the hell you're talking about?

We love a great party. We dance, free-fly, enjoy a classical music concert by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra among friends, the hundreds, young and old, and four legged at Deer Lake Park. What crime do I commit in the urban jungle, Madam?

Wanted: Bold, Kick-Ass Event, Promotion and Sponsorship Manager/Assistant for Product Launch

Wanted: Bold, Kick-Ass Event, Promotion and Sponsorship Manager/Assistant for Product Launch

Your role is to help lead the new Events Marketing and Promotion Division to set the world on Fire! Have a vision to build something ... Amazing!

Burn The Dance Floor is a Modern Salsa Latin Dance Coaching, Street Theatre, Entertainment and Creative Promotion Company. Mission: To inspire, educate and help individuals and companies to create more passion, fun and fire to live their full potential.

The Challenge: You will aggressively share our passion to the world and help develop, build and market the Raymondo Chan and Burn The Dance Floor brands, with Salsa Latin dance, lifestyle and entertainment solutions, including Exotic Salsa Dancing Games™, Exotic Cruises, Set Vancouver on Fire™ exhibition series.

With a glimpse into his emerging Exotic Universe, you will work closely with the Founder, Creative Director, Raymondo Chan, an avant garde choreographer, entertainer to accomplish his dangerous mission.

There are two focuses to the business: 1. private & group lessons, motivation seminars, cruises, parties and events And 2. parrot entertainment, photography, shows, creative promotion.

Requirement:

• Open-minded individual with a bold, innovative and adventurous spirit. Love what you do.
• Experience in and can see from diverse perspectives of different roles of many marketing approaches from product launch, event promotions, direct response, strategic alliance, brand development, affiliate to sponsorship marketing, and web 2.0
• Solutions-driven, effective and do what it takes to achieve results
• Strategic yet superior execution, organization skills, and tactical thinking skills are essential

1. Responsibilities:
This requires high-energy, driven and high adaptability while wearing different hats in the start-up phase. 80% project management, sales and execution, 20% strategy and planning

2. Eating Chaos for Breakfast: You will spend a lot of time with me discussing goals, vision, strategy, tactics: event and product marketing, branding, creative development, communication implementation and measurement.

3. Market, write proposal, budget, sell, activate sponsorships and service the accounts, develop timeline, milestones.

4. Find creative ways to maximize, leverage existing and new opportunities and create revenue streams.
· Ensure critical goals, milestones and sales are met.
· Develop, increase fans, clients and membership base
· Maximize exposure: PR, press release, website, blog, social media tools e.g. facebook, youtube, twitter
· Foster strong relationship to help clients succeed: strategic alliance, affiliates, sponsors
· Coordinate event: provide efficient, prompt, timely communication and support to the creative director and clients, pre and post events reporting and sales support, and ensure budget is accurate and comprehensive
· Communicate changes to in a timely, clear, easy-to-understand manner.

5. If you seek power over others, this is the wrong position for you. If you enjoy empowering others, this is the right job for you.

6. If the project needs something, you find a way to get it DONE... and sometimes that means doing it yourself -- progress and results is the key. In other words, you are willing to get dirty and make things happen.

7.
* Proactive, professional, team-player yet can work with little supervision
* Ability to prioritize, work under pressure, and demonstrate a sense of urgency
* Sales Presentation: communicate effectively, develop rapport and close sales.
* Communication: excellent written and verbal communications, copywriting, proofread and edit.
* Financial Management: understand budgets, track time, expenses accurately; reconcile job cost reports with billing
* Administrative: ability to follow directions, analyze instructions from marketing documents, distribute them as required, set up an effective operation system
* Software: Proficient in all MS Office products; Photoshop a plus, not a must.

Ideally, you have club, conference, tradeshow planning and sponsorship, project management experience, and/or film, entertainment, agency side account management background. Interests in Latin dance and music, fashion, arts, film and TV.

Compensation: will be creative and commensurate with experience. I have not decided if I want this to be a junior position or a senior position. Performance and result is the yardstick. But I also know the value of experience. So I'm open to all possibilities. Students and recent graduate are strongly encouraged to apply.

What you can expect? Unlike a bureaucratic, tightly structured corporate environment, we are a progressive company with a positive, dynamic, family atmosphere. We embrace innovation, creativity and risk-taking with a passion for performance. Loving what we do, continuous personal development is a way of life.

Duration: Project based. Full-time. Could lead to long-term position for the successful candidate.

Position Availability: immediate

If you are interested to be part of the adventure, please send a resume/proposals along with a cover letter explaining
(A) why you are the right one for the job, and
(B) why this is right job for you.
(C) expected compensation and availability

Please understand that I just can't reply back personally and every inquiry. So please allow me to thank-you in advance for taking the time to submit your resume. I do appreciate it. And we save every resume for years just in case something comes up. So thank you!

Apply: email: raymondo (at) burnthedancefloor (at) com

Raymondo Chan,
Founder and Creative Director

Raymondo Chan credits include Juno Awards Winner Michael Bublé, “Save the Last Dance For Me”, presenter of Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights at Famous Players Theatre; creator of Exotic Salsa Dancing™, trainer of World’s First Exotic Salsa Dancing™ free-flight parrot Baby Picasso

My LOVE, Parrot BABY PICASSO, is FOUND.

My Love, Parrot Baby Picasso was Lost and is FOUND.
THANKS!!! my friends and everyone for your help, support and kind regards, emails, phone calls. Your support and encouragment means so much to me! I'm very grateful and very happy. It has been very intense, challenging time and a great test of faith.
Love you All!
Hugs and Kisses ♥♥ ♥
Love & Dance with Passion,
Raymondo : )
Baby Picasso : )>

MY LOVE, PARROT BABY PICASSO, IS LOST. I NEED YOUR HELP!

"My Valentine Will Never Be the Same Without My Love"

Dear friend, I was shocked and sad. While we were exercising and training in the afternoon, Baby Picasso was scared and chased away by a very fast moving bird. I suspect a hungry Hawk was in the chase. Things happened so fast. Now it was gone missing.

Baby Picasso is not just a pet, but my partner- in-crime, best friend, family member, and Exotic Salsa Dancing partner. Baby Picasso has been great inspiration daily to me and many with its optimistic outlook, playfulness, enthusiasm and passion for life! Always dressed up for carnival and a good party, and creating smiles on people's faces. Baby Picasso is a free-flight, blue and yellow Macaw, stand about 3 feet tall with a leg band on the feet. It can say “Hello!” and give signal call “Qwak!”

Last seen Sunday Jan 8, 3:30 pm, near 22nd at Rupert St, Renfrew Height neighborhood, Vancouver.

Please do not handle the parrot. It can be shy and very stressful. If found, give it some banana, apple, and water will help.

A reward will be given.

HOW YOU CAN HELP?
Kindly please help pass the words, post the event on facebook, post the poster on office bulletin board, forward to friends, and keep your eyes and ears open.

To support the search event on Facebook, click here.

If you see Baby Picasso, please call me immediately at 778.999.BURN(2876)

THANK YOU SO MUCH for your help!

Love & Dance with Passion,
Raymondo xox

Vancouver Chinese New Year Parade 2009

Dancing Lions make me smile no matter how many I see. So I love the Chinese New Year Parade. I'll be happy Salsa dancing with the Lions. But it's more than just the colorful, energetic dancing lions. Embracing multiculture here in Vancouver, you get a great feeling of community, Chinese and non-Chinese, watching the parade. Expect 100,000 spectators, firecrackers and good food to be in abundance in Chinatown. Quite plentiful -- over 50 traditional lion dance teams participate. The year of The Ox falls on January 26, 2009, with 15 days of celebration. The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work. Gong Hei Fat Choi! Lots of love and good lucks!

Date: Sunday, Feb 1
Where: Chinatown, the parade will commence at the Millennium Gate (on Pender Street)
When: Noon to 2:30 pm
click here for the parade route.

Happy Chinese Lunar New Year of the Ox! Youtube

Watch in high quality, click on bottom right corner.