This week Michelle speaks with Sabine, who is the co-founder of Cali Swing Salsa School based in London. She is also a brilliant cat mum to the beautiful black Siberian kitty Luna. Luna is one of our Chatty Cats Care Cats and she is super sweet and playful, her favourite game to play with her humans is hide and seek. Sabine talks to us about her passion for salsa dance and music, which led her to co-create a successful salsa dance school. She gives us an insight into how they are currently operating Cali Swing during the Covid-19 lockdown via Zoom sessions. They have also engaged new clientele from all over the world who are passionate about salsa dancing and able to connect and join classes online. Sabine’s cat Luna also has feline asthma and she talks to us about her struggles to get a correct medical diagnosis for her cat and how she is now living with the condition.
Here are the highlights from this episode
- Sabine talks to us about how the recent Covid19 pandemic has affected the way that they run Salsa classes.
- She shares how the use of online classes has allowed Cali Swing to reach new audiences from all over the world.
- Sabine gives us a low-down of what Cali Swing is all about.
- How online participants have benefited from taking part in classes virtually during the lockdown.
- Dance connecting people together from all backgrounds.
- Sabine’s recommendation for Salsa festivals.
- Cat Luna and how her journey how their journey started together.
- Sabine recognised that her cat was panting and became concerned.
- Luna the cat was diagnosed with feline asthma after Sabine had paid out over £5,000 in vet bills for tests.
- Luna’s favourite kitty games.
- Sabine’s advice for new or potential cat owners.
- Why Sabine decided to choose Chatty Cats Care as her trusted cat-sitting service.
