This second announcement about
Colorado's Grand Milonga Weekend
with Live Music for Milongas
has
Updates as to times,
Corrected phone number for Mercury Cafe,
Now have THREE bandoneons for Saturday's milonga!!!
Added information about our musicians and events.
With recent reports about lower airfares,
you should consider a weekend trip to Denver!
Need a place to stay? There are several of us who put up
visitors to Denver.
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Denver's Mercury Cafe will host
a
Triple-Tango-Event Weekend
January 14th through 16th
Friday through Sunday
with
Two Romantic Tango Evenings
and a
Sunday Tango Brunch/Concert/Milonga
ALL with
LIVE MUSIC
including, on Saturday
the LARGEST Argentine Tango orchestra
ever assembled
for a milonga in Colorado!
The Mercury Cafe
2199 California St.
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 294-9258
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This is a collaborative effort between
Daniel Diaz of Rio Plata Productions of Orem, Utah,
and
Marilyn Megenity, owner of the Mercury Cafi,
and of course,
all of our wonderful musicians!
We dancers are VERY appreciative of the efforts of Daniel
and Marilyn and Evan (our local bandoneonist) to bring
together musicians from FOUR states for this wonderful
weekend of tango. They have merged together the talents
of Colorado's own Extasis, Duo Lorca from Kansas City,
Daniel Diaz from Utah, and Jean Oerlich from Chicago.
Please join us in our fun!
THE EVENTS:
FRIDAY, January 14th, 2000 - MILONGA
9:30 pm to 2:00 am, with live music from 10pm to midnight.
Live music by The Tango Camerata, a quartet
directed by Daniel Diaz and with
Daniel Diaz - bandoneon
Christine Brebes - violin
Beau Bledsoe - guitar
Ken Harper - double bass
Admission: $10
Christine and Beau are members of Duo Lorca of
Kansas City, MO. Ken is a member of Extasis, Denver's
own tango orchestra.
SATURDAY, January 15th, 2000 - GRAND MILONGA
9:30 pm to 2:00 am, with live music from 10pm to midnight.
Live music by the LARGEST tango orchestra
ever to perform in Denver for a Milonga!
The Tango Camarata Octet will be playing under the direction
of Daniel Diaz, with musicians
Daniel Diaz - bandoneon
Evan Orman - bandoneon
Jean Oerlich - bandoneon
Erin Furbee - violin
Christine Brebes - violin
Beau Bledsoe - guitar
Ken Harper - double bass
Rosanna Patrona-Aurand - piano
Admission: $ 15
Evan and Erin are founding members of Extasis, Denver's
own tango orchestra. Jean is coming from Chicago.
Rosanna is a member of Extasis.
SUNDAY, January 16th, 2000 - BRUNCH/CONCERT/MILONGA
12:00 noon to 3:00 pm
With music by Tres de Tango with
Daniel Diaz - bandoneon
Beau Bledsoe - guitar
Christine Brebes - violin
plus special guest,
virtuoso guitarist, Matthew Heaton,
joining for a special number.
Solos, duos, trios and quartet will perform music
of Astor Piazzolla and other Argentine Composers.
Admission: $10
- Optional delicious brunch available.
- Room to dance for those whose feet will still move!
MORE NOTES on the MUSICIANS
Beau Bledsoe and Christine Brebes are members of the DUO LORCA
from Kansas City. We are most happy to have them in Denver
for this big event.
Jean Oerlich is a bandoneon enthusiast from Chicago.
She has travelled often to Argentina for bandoneon studies.
She also plays oboe and is the marketing director of
the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. Jean, welcome to Denver!
Colorado's EXTASIS includes Evan Orman, Erin Furbee, Rosanna
Patrona-Aurand and Ken Harper. Extasis has been playing for
Colorado milongas for the past two years. Evan and Erin spent
most of last April in Buenos Aires.
Daniel Diaz is an honorary Coloradan, coming from Utah
to join Extasis in playing for us. Dan was born in
San Nicolas, Buenos Aires Province, in Argentina, and started
his studies of music at age six under the tutelage of bandoneon
master Arcangel Juan Stefano and the great bandoneon master
Ciriaco Ortiz. At age 12 he formed and directed his first
orchestra and at age 16 moved to Buenos Aires where he played
with various orchestras and studied with Ciriaco Ortiz and
others. At age 18 he won the Mar del Plata Music Festival.
He played for radio orchestras and at casinos and night clubs.
Dan has not only performed across the USA but has produced and
directed tango music productions. See his web site for
descriptions of his concerts in Atlanta, Salt Lake City,
Washington, and other cities.
http://www.intellinks.com/rioplata
Submitted by Dave Schmitz
Denver, Colorado
