The first qualifying round in Salon Recuerdo's "Jack-and-Jill" Tango Competition takes place this Thursday, October 19. The winning man and woman in the nine-week competition will receive a FREE trip to Buenos Aires with the March, 2001 A Puro Tango Tour, which includes tuition for the Third Annual International Argentine Tango Congress (CITA)! 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 be randomly paired to compete in the semi-finals, which will be held on January 11, 2001. The winners of the semi-finals will be randomly paired to compete in the finals, which will 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, or call (323) 650-0509. Come and test your milonguero/a skills! YOU could win a FREE trip to Buenos Aires and dance your nights away!
