Test your milonguero/a skills! Enter the Salon Recuerdo "Jack and Jill" Tango Competition starting Thursday, October 19. The winning man and woman will receive a FREE trip to Buenos Aires with the March, 2001 A Puro Tango Tour! Each week at Salon Recuerdo, L.A.'s Thursday night milonga, men and women will be randomly paired to dance an improvised tango. Each week's winners will compete in the semi-finals (again randomly paired), to be held on January 11, 2001. The winners of the semi-finals will be randomly paired at the finals, to be held on January 18. In all phases of the competition, the contestants will be judged on leading/following skills, overall tango technique, musicality and floorcraft, including conformance with line of dance. Judges will include tango stars Carlos Copello and Alicia Monti and Gachi Fernandez and Sergio Cortazzo. Regular partners may not dance together. Music will be chosen by the contest administrators. During the preliminary competitions, you may enter every week until you win. Entry is $5 per week, in addition to the $10 milonga entrance. All phases of the competition will be held at Salon Recuerdo, Culver City Masonic Lodge, 9635 Venice Blvd. (between Overland and Bagley/Main). Beginners' class 8 - 9 p.m.; milonga 9 - midnight; $10 per person includes class, milonga and refreshments, including Linda's Sinful Brownies! (Due to the holidays, there will be no milonga on November 23, December 14 and December 21.) For more information on the competition and the tour (and the other two exciting prizes), see our website, www.apurotango.com. Win a FREE trip to Buenos Aires and dance your nights away!
Coming to Los Angeles October 24--the world renowned tango stars Carlos Copello and Alicia Monti. Coming in November--two of the most exciting young stars in tango, Gachi Fernandez and Sergio Cortazzo. Details to follow!
