The latest issue of TANGO MOMENTS is now available. You can find it online at:
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Thanks to our wonderful editors and contributors!
Enjoy….
The latest issue of TANGO MOMENTS is now available. You can find it online at:
https://www.mntango.org/tango-moments/tango-moments-current-issue/
Thanks to our wonderful editors and contributors!
Enjoy….
Dear Tango Friends,
Just when you thought the world couldn’t get any crazier..
The Tango Desperados have been informed they have to stop dancing…
On the 8th bar of the song… We’ll pause really, because I don’t think any of us want to stop.
This is getting complicated. I might be in over my head.
Let’s call in an expert to explain:
Bob Barnes, Tango dancer and Bandoneonist of the Hiawatha Tango Orchestra, will give a mini musicality lesson on Monday Nov. 27. He will show how tango music follows predictable patterns and will show you places to pause. Most tango phrases are 8 steps long & since the singer breathes on the last step, the 7th. step is a pretty good place to stop dancing!
Bob will show how some pauses raise you up and some ground you. He will also show how leaders can use neuroscience and chamber music to make dances more memorable. You can spend a lifetime learning steps from great dancers. Sometimes the music can tell you when to not use them!
Sometime after the mini lesson, Bob will play a tanda or two on solo bandoneon
And for the sake of your total holiday satisfaction, I should add that Bob will also be playing with his Hiawatha Orchestra for the TSOM Christmas Milonga!
But you don’t have to wait that long. Come this Monday!.
Ps. It’s also my mum’s birthday that night.. (Margaret) So if she comes, perhaps you’ll help me wish her a happy 86th?
Wishing you all the best in dancing and in life,
Scott, Michael, and your friends at Desperados
The Eagles Aerie
25th Avenue and 25th Street
Southeast Minneapolis
Map
Small Ballroom, Monday Evenings, 7:30 p.m. until 10:00 ish!
Drop-In Rate -- $5.00
Quarterly, 13-Week Subscription Rate -- $40.00
We’ll help you dance off your leftovers
Milonga Tango
Turkey con~Fusion
Great Tango classics with a mix of Alternative / Nuevo
FREE Mini Lesson at 9:00 pm
Saturday, November 25th
Dancing from 9:30 until 1:00 am
Your host and DJ: Paul Lohman
Argentine Tango
with a sprinkling of fusion (con~Fusion)
Tasty treats - Additions always welcome
$10.00 ($5.00 - students)
DanceLife Ballroom
6015 Lyndale Ave S,
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Lucian’s early bird that is..
Greetings Tango Friends, and a very happy Thanksgiving wish to all of you!
When I last reported, the early bird was facing a near certain demise with friends and family gathered to honour it’s expected passing on 22 November.
However, the mischievous Gods of Luck and Tango have intervened, and the Early Bird still lives. Heroic measures? Yes, we took a few. It might be the Bird of Frankenstein now, but it’s still alive!
If none of this makes sense to you, count your blessings. You are probably sane. (no promises)
The translation is quite simple: Somebody (who could have been me, but I don’t recall precisely) forgot to bring the registration sheets to Desperados on the last day of the early bird. I was so humiliated by that person, that the only remedy was to give the early bird an extension until this Monday. So there you have it. I fully admit that other guy’s guilt.
If you wish to enjoy Luciana’s Midwest Tango Intensivo Weekend, you have until 27 Nov, Monday to avail of the early bird prices.
My warmest regards,
Michael
www.LucidTango.net for the flyers.
Mark your calendar now for TSoM’s
Not-to-be-Missed
Extraordinarily Fun
Holiday Milonga
December 9th
7:00 pm until midnight
At the beautiful Columbia Manor
3300 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
You won’t want to miss this one
(last year nearly 100 of your tango friends were there!)
It will start early at 7:00 pm and run until Midnight
Five hours of dancing and fun – or how ever long you last!
With live music by the
Hiawatha Tango Orchestra
(Special thanks to Desperados Practica for co-sponsoring the band!)
and DJed music by Jennifer Wang
Catered food from Cossettas
And What a Deal!
TSoM Members – just $10.00 (students: $8.00)
Non-members = $22.00 (students: $12.00)
Are you a TSoM member?
Join today
Milonga Tango
Turkey con~Fusion
Come on out on Saturday and work off some of that turkey.
Great Tango classics with a mix of Alternative / Nuevo
FREE Mini Lesson at 9:00 pm
Saturday, November 25th
Dancing from 9:30 until 1:00 am
Your host and DJ: Paul Lohman
Argentine Tango
with a sprinkling of fusion (con~Fusion)
Wonderful dance floor - beautiful space
Tasty treats - Additions always welcome
$10.00 ($5.00 - students)
DanceLife Ballroom
6015 Lyndale Ave S,
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Dear Tango Friends,
It is with overwhelming melancholy, that I must report the impending demise of Luciana’s Early Bird. I originally hoped it would eventually become the sleeping bird, but a close examination by an internationally unknown ornithologist (me), has revealed that the early bird is going to transform, not into a beautiful swan, but into Dead Duck. Sad.
On a lighter note before we dance the grave of the former early bird, you have a chance to pluck its golden feathers and present them for a discount to a weekend with one of Argentine Tango’s most esteemed teachers, Luciana Valle. She has a wonderful reputation precisely because she’s worth every good word spoken about her. There are many. While she has never been to the Twin Cities before, a few of our friends have studied with her. Please ask them for their impressions. Or you could look at the quotes from Alex Krebs and Tomas Howlin at the top of the event flyer. They were not shy in their praise.
You can download the flyer at LUCIDTANGO.NET
Oh! back to mourning the bird.. The course of its demise is very clear at this point. After consulting with senior medical attendant and president of the roast duck appreciation society (me), the early bird’s last day is Wed 22 November. A small celebration of life dinner may be planned on the 23rd. My guess is that nearly the whole country will participate.
Indeed, it’s my hope that our whole community gets to participate in Luciana’s upcoming event. (Dec1-3)
We will have 7 great classes, lovely milongas, practicas, Luciana, and each other. I nearly forgot, a nice contingent of peeps for out of town.
Wishing you the very best in life and tango…
Michael
Board meeting this week (because of Thanksgiving next).
All are welcome.
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Tango Society of Minnesota [TSoM]
Board Meeting Agenda
November 16, 2017
7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Lunds & Byerlys
1450 W. Lake Street. – Minneapolis, MN 55408
Join us for an evening of friends, food, and dancing on Saturday, November 11.
Details: Free lesson with Lois Donnay at 8:30 p.m. Music provided by DJ Pablo beginning at 9:30 p.m. until 1 a.m.
Location: Four Seasons, 1637 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Light snacks provided. Any contribution to the food table always is appreciated.
$8 TSoM members, $10 non-members, $7 Student members, $8 student non-members
Do you have an upcoming event? Please send me the details and I'll include it in the announcements at the Milonga.
Greetings dancers and friends,
Please join us for an evening of friends, food, and dancing on Saturday, November 11.
Details: Free lesson with Lois Donnay at 8:30 p.m. Music provided by DJ Pablo beginning at 9:30 p.m. until 1 a.m.
Location: Four Seasons, 1637 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Light snacks provided. Any contribution to the food table always is
appreciated. $8 TSoM members, $10 non-members, $7 Student members, $8
student non-members
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