Dear friends, I would like to express my gratitude to all the dancers, teachers and performers who took part in the 1st Annual Toronto Tangofest 2005 (www.tangofest.ca) and made it a huge success. Close to EIGHT HUNDRED people attended the three day activities spread between the two concerts, nine workshops, three milongas and three tango shows.
I would like to thank the following members of Toronto Tango Community: Fabian Belmonte and Roxana Belmonte (Teachers and Performers) Ruben Bustamante and Sandra Rocha(Performers) Gary Dafoe and Sahori Fukaya (Performers) Victor Hugo and Elizabeth Dawn Snell (DJ and Performer) Steve Yee and Olga Aljochina (Performers) Lisandro Gomez and Tatiana Melnyk (Performers) Andy Kamienski (DJ) Robert Kerby and Ansa Toikkanen (Performers) Members of the Sur Theatre (Theatre Group) Spirit Synott (Performer) Daniel Alvarez (singer) Sven Osis (Artist) Our deep gratitude to master teachers and performers Mario Consiglieri and Anabella Diaz-Hojman and Ney Melo and Mariana Fresno. Our thanks to the members of the Sweatshop Tango Ensemble for their memorable concert on Saturday and Fernando Otero, the modern master of Piano. This festival would not have been possible without the relentless work and support of our group of volunteers: James Duh Mary-Beth Ferguson Bernice Gonsen Yuka Ichiki Domnica Kristorian Darya Kucherova Andrew McIlvride Mariana Miranda Jesse Philippe Kay and Clive Randewich Emi Sasaki Grant Singer Steve Yee Syed Muhammad Zubair Finally, we are grateful to all of our patrons and sponsors for their generous support. The Consulate General of the Republic of Argentina Clarke-Way Travel Small World Music Society Steelback Brewery Dance Ontario J.Cipelli Wine Distributors Stipco Photographics El Correo newspaper Bianca Furfaro-Ghikas Toronto Hispano and Find Rex Warm regards, Musharraf Farooqi Executive Director, TANGOFEST Tel: 416.536.8446 [email protected] web: www.tangofest.ca Mailing Address: TANGOFEST Suite 1801 - 2350 Dundas Street West Toronto. M6P 4B1 Canada
