We have so many events planned in September that the term "Festival of Events" is in order. Following is a listing of events in chronological order.
Tuesday, September 5th Class at Dance Avenue in Dearborn. We will resume classes every Tuesday. The class will be from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. We will have a practica immediately following until 10:00pm. Note that we will also continue our classese at the Pittsfield Grange in Ann Arbor on Thursdays from 7:00pm to 9:00pm followed by a practica until 10:00pm. Saturday, September 9th Peña at Dance Avenue. We will have peñas at Dance Avenue every second Saturday of the month. September 9th will be the first. We will offer a class in Argentine folklore (chacarera) from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Rúben and Betty Cazalá and Amy (all accomplished Argentine folklore dancers) will teach the class. Dinner will be served after the class. Then we will dance until everyone gets tired. Friday, September 15th Mariana Gonzalo & Claudio Pascuas arrive, direct from Buenos Aires. They will be with us through the end of the month. Claudio's mentor is Fabian Salas. We consider Fabian the "founding father" of our Club. They will participate in all our events and also will be available for private and small group lessons. Saturday, September 23rd Workshop and Peña at the Pittsfield Grange in Ann Arbor. In addition to Mariana & Claudio we will have Compañía TangoDanza with us for this event. Compañía TangoDanza consists of Leandro Palou & Andrea Missé, Gabriel Missé & Maria Sol Alzamora, and Diego Amorín & Vanesa De Lío. The Workshop begins at 1:00pm. There will be three 1 1/2 hour classes. We have the unique situation in which we can offer beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels simultaneously and have world class teachers for each level. We will have a Peña beginning at 7:00pm with a group class in chacarera, followed by dinner and dancing. Sunday, September 24th Join Amy & Ray, Claudio & Mariana, Leandro & Andrea, Gabriel & Maria Sol, and Diego & Vanesa for the milonga at the Brickhouse in Utica. The milonga begins at 7:00pm and ends at 11:00pm. Friday, September 29th THE LATIN & ARGENTINE TANGO CLUB OF DETROIT 7TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!! This will be a formal gala dinner and show at the beautiful and historic Lovett Hall in Greenfield Village, Dearborn. All three couples of TangoDanza and Claudio & Mariana will perform in the Show. In addition we will have some of Michigan's Greatest Dancers performing, including our own Motor City Milongueros. No promises, but we are working very hard to get Silvia Céspedes back for our 7th Anniversary Celebration. We hope to have Silvia with us for an extended time teaching and performing for the Club. General Dancing will begin at 7:00pm, dinner will be served at 9:00pn, the show will begin at 10:00pm. There will be three acts interspersed with general dancing. Saturday, September 30th A Party at the Scarab Club in the Detroit Cultural Center. Again, all our special guests will be with us. An Argentine tango group class will be offered at 7:00pm, beginning, intermediate, and advanced. The Party will begin at 9:00pm. Please join us and experience the unique atmosphere of the Scarab Club. Sunday, October 1 Workshop at the Dance Avenue in Dearborn. In addition to Mariana & Claudio we will have Compañía TangoDanza with us for this event. Compañía TangoDanza consists of Leandro Palou & Andrea Missé, Gabriel Missé & Maria Sol Alzamora, and Diego Amorín & Vanesa De Lío. The Workshop begins at 1:00pm. There will be three 1 1/2 hour classes. We have the unique situation in which we can offer beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels simultaneously and have world class teachers for each level. We will have a practice session from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. In the interest of making this note as brief as possible we have not included a lot of details about each event. Please contact us for further information and reservations. Also, please visit our web site. We are in the process of redesigning the site. It is not complete yet, but take a look and let us know what you think. Abrazos, Amy y Ray Latin & Argentine Tango Club of Detroit 25283 Hopkins Dearborn Heights, MI 48125 (313) 561-3236 (313) 561-4505 (Fax) http://www.MotorCityMilongueros.com
