Early Warning: 2002 Labor Day Milonguero Weekend
Denver, Colorado
Aug 30 - Sep 1, 2002.
$129 Weekend Pass (All weekend events)
(prepay by July 1, $139 from July 1 - Aug 15)
$75 Dance Pass (5 dances + Dinner/Concert)
(prepay by July 1, $80 from July 1 - Aug 15)
Registration Procedure is below
Tom Stermitz
mailto://[email protected]
http://www.tango.org/dance/EternaMilonga.html
cell: 303-725-5963
Third Annual Denver Milonguero Weekend
We invite all lovers of milonguero-style dancing for a weekend of
close-embrace Tango in Denver, Colorado. Rediscover the Buenos Aires
experience with great dancers from Colorado and around the US.
Guest teachers & DJs include:
- Tom Stermitz, Denver Colorado
- Lisa Battan, Denver Colorado
- Chris Nassoupoulos, San Francisco, California
- Caroline Peattie, San Francisco, California.
- Alex Krebs, Portland, Oregon.
- Barbara Durr, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Robert Hauk, Portland, Oregon.
- Hsueh-Tze Lee, Boston, Massachusetts
- Robin Thomas, New York City
- Dan Boccia, Anchorage, Alaska.
- Keith Elshaw, Montreal, Canada
See the online brochure for more details:
- http://www.tango.org/dance/EternaMilonga.html
Focus on Dancing & Parties
Previous events have been non-stop parties. We'll have over 30 hours
of dancing from Friday night to the wee hours of Monday morning. Last
year we had 160 visitors from around the US plus over 100 of the
local Denver area tango dancers.
The Milonguero Weekend Features:
- Friday Afternoon: Welcome Milonga.
- Friday Evening: Milonga at the Mercury Café with
Live Music of the Extasis Quartet.
- Saturday Afternoon: Tango Classes with visiting milongueros
designed for meeting and mixing.
- Saturday Evening: Tango Dinner, Concert with the Extasis
Octet, followed by a DJ milonga.
- Sunday: Workshop on Community Building.
- Sunday Evening: Tango Picnic & Outdoor Milonga at Cheesman
Park Pavilion by Tango Colorado.
- Sunday Night: Tango until dawn.
Saturday Workshop:
We'll have three separate rooms for Saturday workshops, two for
Advanced or Adv-intermediate people to mix, meet and work on
musicality, and navigation. One room for Intermediate dancers, who
wish to work more on vocabulary, fundamentals and navigation.
Sunday Workshop:
Give your feet a break; socialize with all the visitors. We will have
small-group discussions/workshops on the tango trance, community
building, organizing, Music/Djing, teaching beginners, etc. Bring
your own ideas and contributions.
Early Arrivals
Arrive early for Tango workshops on Wednesday & Thursday with Alex
Krebs of Portland, Oregon. (These cost extra).
Hotel:
Most events this year will be in The Denver Doubletree hotel. It is
nice, but inexpensive, and includes a free shuttle from the airport.
It will make things more convenient for attendees. There will be a
bus to get to the outdoor milonga on Sunday, but you MIGHT need to
take a taxi one way on occasion.
Due to a car race in downtown Denver, you need to reserve a hotel
space as soon as you can in order to ensure a spot at a reasonable
price.
Arriving in Denver:
Doubletree/Red Lion shuttle to the hotel.
Kick-off events are scheduled for Friday afternoon at the hotel, or
show up at the Mercury Cafe on Friday night. The Mercury will be
crowded, but the dance will run from 9:30 to 2:00 or later.
First events on Saturday are at 1:00.
Registration Procedure:
(1) Download a registration form:
http://www.tango.org/dance/EternaMilonga.html
You may need an updated Adobe Acrobat Reader:
http://www.adobe.com
(2) Pay by visa online: http://www.tango.org/dance/EternaMilonga.html
(2b) Pay by check to Chautauqua Publishing
Tom Stermitz
2612 Clermont St
Denver, CO 80207
(3) Demographics
Please send me the following details (for planning & demographics )
# Years of Tango:..........
# Years of CloseEmbrace....
# visits to BsAs...........
I heard about this from....
I will be staying at.......
Home Telephone.............
(4) Reserve a place to stay.
I have reserved half the rooms at the Denver Doubletree
(303)321-3333. This is a fairly elegant hotel, but it's only
$69/night + tax per room for any occupancy. Free airport shuttle, or
free parking.
Most events will be in the Hotel, including the late-night milongas.
Friday night & Sunday afternoon events will be out on the town. To
guarantee a space, reserve the hotel ASAP.
Reservation code word: "Tango Fest".
The three nights of the weekend would be Friday, Aug 30 - Sunday Sept
1, 2002; Same hotel prices apply if you come earlier or stay later at
the same price.
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"To my way of thinking the tango is, above all, rhythm,
nerve, force, character...I tried to restore to the tango
its masculine quality." -- Juan D'Arienzo (1949)
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Tom Stermitz
- [email protected]
- 303-725-5963
- http://www.tango.org/dance/EternaTeaching.html
