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Michigan Tango Festival
January 24-26, 2003 Ann Arbor, MI
"Tango Rhythm & Connection"
The information in this flier and the future
updates are available at
http://www.umich.edu/~umtango/festival.html
Please join us, Michigan Argentine Tango Club and
the Metro Detroit area tango dancers, for our first
tango festival at the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor. Enjoy the charm of downtown Ann Arbor,
State Street and the University Campus.
The focus of this festival is
i. Social dancing: 3 Milongas! - Fri, Sat & Sun.
ii. Workshops on Rhythmic Close Embrace Tango.
iii. Bring dancers from the mid-west region and
Ontario together for an intense fun weekend.
The beginner's lessons and workshops during the
weekend will focus on rhythmic close-embrace tango
and will be led by Tom Stermitz of Denver Colorado.
Tom is one of the active teachers in the Denver area
and the organizer of bi-annual Milonguero Weekend
Festival in Denver, Colorado.
For more details check http://www.tango.org
We hope you can take advantage of the low cost
and join us in the festivities for the weekend.
Let us share the energy, the dance and the connection
with dancers from Michigan and around.
**** Workshops in Close Embrace Tango ****
with Tom Stermitz
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Tom's classes are designed to have you up and
dancing social Argentine Tango as quickly as
possible. His approach to teaching tango is
from the inside out, emphasizing improvisation,
fundamentals, heart & soul, rhythm & music,
and the connection between the leader and follower.
Tom has been teaching and organizing Argentine Tango
classes and events for 6 years in the Denver area.
He has been an invited teacher in LA, Berlin, and
at the Portland Tango Fest.
Tom organizes two main yearly events: the "Denver
Milonguero Weekends" which take place over the US
holidays of Labor Day and Memorial Day. The most
recent weekend included five tango dances and had
attendance of over 300 dancers from Colorado and
around the US.
**** Festival Milonga Schedule ****
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3 Milongas; 16+ hours of dancing!
Friday, Jan 24 - Vandenberg Room, Michigan League
Welcome Milonga - 8:00pm to 1:00am
DJ: Tom Stermitz
Saturday, Jan 25 - Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
Beginners Lesson - 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Milonga Picante - 9:00pm to 1:30am
DJ: Tom Stermitz
Sunday, Jan 26 - Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
Marathon Milonga! - 5:30pm to ??
DJs: Tom Stermitz/Ramu Pyreddy
Dress party-casual for milongas. Elegant attire
suggested for Saturday Milonga.
**** Saturday/Sunday Workshop Schedule ****
Pendelton Room, Michigan Union
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Workshop A: Close Embrace Fundamentals
Saturday, Jan 25 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Open to All (new beginners and experienced)
Workshop B: Close Embrace Vocabulary
Saturday, Jan 25 - 5:45pm to 7:15pm
Pre-requisite: Atleast 2 months of Tango
Workshop C: Ochos, Pivots and Preparation for the Turn
Sunday, Jan 26 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Pre-requisite: Atleast 4 months of Tango
Workshop D: Explorations of Rhythm in Vals & Milonga
Sunday, Jan 26 - 2:15pm to 3:45pm
Pre-requisite: Atleast 4 months of Tango
**** Workshops/Milongas - Prices/Payment ****
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Students with ID
$10 each for 1 or 2 workshops, $10 for the next two
Non Students
$15 each for 1 or 2 workshops, $15 for the next two
Early registration price for all four workshops
Students with ID (before Jan. 15) $20
Non-Students (before Jan. 15) $35
Admission to milongas is only by membership with the
Michigan Argentine Tango Club. Membership costs
$10/semester for students and $15/semester for
non-students and entitles admission to all 3 milongas
of the festival weekend and all milongas and practicas
till the end of winter semester - April 30, 2003.
For the schedule of milongas and practicas check
http://www.umich.edu/~umtango
The Saturday beginners lesson and milonga are free for
people trying Argentine tango for the first time. Want
to bring friends? - please do.
The registration form is available online at
http://www.umich.edu/~umtango/festival.pdf
Please make your check payable to
"Michigan Argentine Tango Club"
and mail it along with your registration form to
Michigan Argentine Tango Club
4358 First Street
Wayne, MI 48184-2121
Although we will allow registration for the workshops
and milongas at the door, please save us time and save
yourself time and money by registering early.
Questions/concerns: Dudhi Karonso [email protected]
Michigan Argentine Tango Club is a non-profit student
ogranization. This festival has been made possible by
a grant from Michigan Student Assembly at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
**** Directions/Locations/Parking ****
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Michigan League, 911 N. University Av., Ann Arbor
Friday's welcome milonga is at the Michigan League.
From I-94, take State Street Exit 177. Go north - continue
on State Street approximately 3.0 miles to the main campus
area. Turn right on North University; go two blocks to
Fletcher Street and turn left on Fletcher. The League is
on your left. The Vandenberg Room is on the second floor.
Parking can be found on Fletcher, or South Thayer Streets.
Continue past the Michigan League, and the Fletcher street
parking garage is on your right, before you get to Washington.
A second structure is located on Thayer, between
North University and Washington.
Michigan Union, 530 S. State St., Ann Arbor
All the events on Saturday and Sunday will take place
in Pendleton Room of Michigan Union.
From I-94, take State Street Exit 177. Go north - continue
on State Street approximately 2.5 miles to the main campus
area. The Michigan Union is on your left at the South State
Street and South University Avenue intersection.
The Pendleton Room is on the second floor.
Parking can be found at the Thompson Street Parking Structure.
The entrance to the structure can be found on Thompson Street,
across from Richard L. Kennedy Drive.
For more details check
http://www.umich.edu/~info/tounion.html
http://www.umich.edu/~info/toleague.html
Airport
Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) is about 30 minutes east
of Ann Arbor and offers the best selection of flights
and times. From the airport, take I-94 West towards
Ann Arbor.
**** Accommodation/Hotels ****
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Some limited housing is available for out of town guests
with local dancers. Please send email to [email protected]
for housing with local dancers.
For information on hotels in Ann Arbor please check
http://www.umich.edu/~info/hotel.html
http://www.annarbor.org/visitorsguide/hotels.html
Phone: 1 800 888 9487 Email: [email protected]
We have blocked 10 rooms in Red Roof Inn, 3505 S. State St.,
Ann Arbor, MI 48108, Ph: 734 665 3500. Rooms are $49.99 per night.
Call 1-800-REDROOF before December 24th. The rooms are booked
under the group name "Argentine Tango in Ann Arbor" and the
code is B564-000-250.
**** Miscellaneous ****
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Bring warm clothing and footwear. Michigan winters can be
very cold. Dress fairly casual or party-casual for the
milongas. The Saturday milonga is a little more elegant
affair than the other two.
The Union and the League are only a few minutes walk from
many popular downtown Ann Arbor restaurants/cafes/bars.
The basements of the Union and the League have a bunch of
fast food places open quite late.
The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is right
across the street from the Michigan Union and is open
during the day.
**** Registration ****
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Name:
Student/Non-Student:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Workshops: A/B/C/D
Years of dancing Tango/Close Embrace:
