Just a reminder, the Portland 8th Annual Portland TangoFest is Wed-Sun Oct 13-17, 2004--only one month away!
Last year nearly 600 attendees attended. The reason is simple--great teachers, venues, DJs, orchestras, workshops, milongas, practicas, lectures, and performances, coupled with one of the friendliest tango communities on the planet--and all at an affordable price! This year is no exception: 30 Great Instructors: Paulo Araujo <http://www.tangonoticias.com/articles/articles2002/apr_2002_paulo_bio.htm> (Brazil), Eduardo (Buenos Aires) & kikki (Vancouver, BC), Christopher & Caroline <http://www.whereaboutspress.com/tango/Tango%20Main.html> (San Francisco), Robin Thomas & Jennifer <http://www.close-embrace.com/bios.html> (New York), Patricio & Eva <http://tangonetwork.com/> (Buenos Aires/Seattle), Agustina & Claudio <http://www.actango.com.ar/> (Buenos Aires), Semiral & Guler <http://www.bailatango.com/vancouver/> (Vancouver. BC), Anne-Sophie & Pablo <http://www.le-tango.com/> (Washington, D.C & Buenos Aires), Andrea & Gato <http://www.gatotango.com/> (Buenos Aires), Jorge Nel & Marta <http://www.tangoinmiami.com/booking.html> (Columbia/Miami), Felipe & Rosa (San Francisco), Homer & Cristina <http://organictango.info/index_SF.shtml> (San Francisco), Jaimes & Rachel <http://freetango.net> (Seattle), Cynthia Fattori (Buenos Aires), Fabrizio Forti (Buenos Aires), Jak Karako <http://www.bailatango.com/ny/> (New York), Javier Rochwarger (Buenos Aires), Constantin Rueger <http://www.constantintango.com/> (Berlin). 54 Different Classes: Absolute beginners to advanced level held Wed Oct 13-Sun Oct 17 at two large ballrooms and two large studios within 4 blocks of each other. 4 Supervised Practicas: 6-8 instructors available at each one for individual attention on Wed, Thu, Fri, & Sun afternoon. 8 Fantastic DJ's: Robin Thomas <http://www.close-embrace.com/bios.html> (New York), Ramu Pyreddy (Ann Arbor), JoAnn Palubinskas (San Francisco), Jaimes Friedgen <http://freetango.net> (Seattle), Homer Ladas <http://organictango.info/index_SF.shtml> (San Francisco), Alex Krebs <http://www.tangoberretin.com/> (Portland), Semiral Tuncer <http://www.bailatango.com/vancouver/> (Vancouver), and Dan Boccia <http://www.tangotrance.com/> (Anchorage). 2 Wonderful Orchestras: Conjunto Berretin <http://www.tangoberretin.com/band/band.html> (Portland), and Trio Garufa <http://www.inscenes.com/triogarufa.shtml?triogarufa> (San Francisco). 6 Traditional Evening Milongas: Every evening Wed-Mon, Oct 13-18, 2004 in 4 different conveniently located ballrooms. 3 Alternative Afternoon Milongas: Fri-Sun, Oct 15-18, at 2 different locations. 2 All-Night Milongas: Sat & Sun Oct 16 & 17, at yet two more different locations. This is an exceptional opportunity to experience, enjoy and improve your Argentine Tango. A full Workshop pass for all five days is only $235 and daily workshop passes are $55/day. For more details and/or registration form, go to: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/Tangofest2004.htm Thanks! Clay Clay Nelson P.O. Box 9983 Seattle, WA 98109 Home: (206) 281-5730 Cell: (206) 972-0728 www.claysdancestudio.com
