I am happy to endorse and highlight the following tango festivals this Winter and Spring.
- They primarily focus on SOCIAL tango - They are likely to have a lot of really good dancers. - They feature 30-40 hours of dancing in classes, practicas, evening and all-night milongas. - Festival Passes from $100-$140+; - Milonga-only Passes from $20 - $60 - The host cities have inexpensive hotel rates. January 21 - 24, 2005 - Ann Arbor, MI - 3rd Michigan Tango Fest (maybe about 200 people) - $100 (includes milongas) - Alex Krebs, Brigitta Winkler, James Friedgen, Robin Thomas - http://www.umich.edu/~umtango/ February 18 - 21, 2005 (Feb 21 is Prez's Day) - Portland, OR - 8th Valentango (maybe about 450 people) - $140 (plus milongas) - Many teachers - http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango05/ValenTango05.htm April 8 - 10, 2005 - Atlanta, GA - 1st Southern Tango Social - $135 Festival Pass (includes milongas) - $80 Hotel - Brigitta Winkler, Tomas Howlin, Robin Thomas, Jennifer Bratt, Robert Hauk, Ramu Pyreddy - http://www.atlantatangofestival.com/ May 25 - 30, 2005 (May 30 is Mem Day) - Denver, CO - 6th Memorial Day Tango Festival (maybe about 450 people) - $135 Festival Pass (includes milongas) - $70 hotel - Brigitta Winkler, Hsueh-tze Lee, Alex Krebs, Robin Thomas, Robert Hauk, Dan Boccia, Ramu Pyreddy - http://www.tango.org Tom Stermitz http://www.tango.org
