THERE are many events vying for attention in the media in recent times but the Close-Up Salsa Fiesta is having no problems at all garnering attention for itself.

As the dance festival gets to the semi-final stage, the audience’s attention is even more peaked.

The Close-Up Salsa Fiesta began with supermarket activations across the country, through which participants won salsa lessons at selected clubs in Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi. This gave many more people the exciting opportunity to participate in the dance festival.

The fiesta competition slowly enters into the semi-final stages. At this stage all the clubs in Takoradi will compete for a slot at the finals and the same holds true for clubs in Kumasi, while the clubs in Accra will get to compete for four slots at the finals.

The semi-final stage opens this coming weekend in Takoradi with the Vienna City Salsa Club, North Sea Restaurant Club and Last Hour Beach Salsa Clubs competing at Akroma Plaza (Charming Hall) for the one slot to the finals which comes off in Accra in January.

The clubs will be judged on creativity, agility, body coordination, confidence and energy among other qualities.

The winning club will have to do a really good of convincing their peers that when they get to the finals they will be able to best represent the region and hopefully bring the title to Takoradi.

The competition, which commences at 6pm on Saturday, December 10, 2011, is expected to be the highlight of the Close-Up Salsa Fiesta in Takoradi since the competition began there about six weeks ago.