PASSION OF THE AMERICAS TANGO and JAZZ FEST, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Nov.2-5, 2005
EXTRA EVENTS FOR THE PASSION OF THE AMERICAS TANGO and JAZZ FESTIVAL INCLUDE: 1) PIAZZOLLA MUSIC WORKSHOP: Astor Piazzola: A Stroll Through his Music (Astor Piazzolla, Un Paseo por su Obra) Presented by Blas Rivera and others. Photos, interviews, stories, and music of Piazzola through the 40's and 50's. $15 USD or 150 pesos. Friday Nov. 4, 12-2PM. Restaurant available. 2) THEME EVENT: PASSIONS OF THE AMERICAS: the Parallel Histories of Jazz and Argentine Tango. Slides, discourse, demonstrations of music and dance. Presented by Vangy Franklin, Gerardo Perez, and perhaps another musician. Villa Jacaranda Hotel, upstairs in theater. LIMITED seating, please reserve early! $15 USD or 150 pesos. Wed. Nov. 2, 4:30-6:30PM. Restaurant available. 3) AZTEC APHRODISIACS: Mexican Origins of Chocolate: dinner, SPECIAL TANGO CLASS, LIMITED SPACE, RESERVATION ONLY! $45 USD or current exact exchange rate pesos. We will be bussed to this ranch in the country event with teachers, It is in the beautiful home and cooking mecca of master chef Patsy Dubois. Thursday, Nov. 3. 12:30 transportation leaves, location TBA. 3:30PM transportation returns. 4) DAY OF THE DEAD mini lecture , and transforming Death through Dance (included with one of the milongas) $20 USD or $200 pesos. 8 PM sharp: Finnegan's Irish Pub. Tables will be moved, and drinks only available. 5) LA CORRIDA: Serenading the Streets: a walk through San Miguel with Rennaissance attired Estudiantino musicians, singing traditional serenades FREE!! For EARLY arrivals, night of Nov. 1. 6:30 PM Meeting place TBA. 6) Concert with CARACOL DE FUEGO, a group playing pre-hispanic instruments, of the sort used 3,000 years ago. Imagine 30 instruments tortoise shells, wood, clay and reed flutes, voice, and body painted musicians. FOLLOWED by a spectacular milonga! CARACOL DE FUEGO concert: $15 USD or 150 pesos. MILONGA: 200 pesos OR BOTH for $25 USD or $250 pesos 7) TEQUILA: ELIXIR OF THE AGAVE: A tasting of the several kinds of tequilas, from spikey to smooth finishes. ($12 USD or $120 pesos) RESTAURANT BERLIN, followed by group dinner, reservations required, and dinner price extra. 40 people only. (Teachers and musicians will attend, so reserve your place early!) TOURS are all within two hours of San Miguel, and need to be reserved ahead. They include: The old silver mining town of MINERAL DE POZOS: http://www.mexconnect.com/MEX/pozos/minpozos.html And the historic cities of GUANAJUATO http://www.tourbymexico.com/guana/guana/guana.htmand QUERETARO (http://www.tourbymexico.com/quere/quere/quere.htm) Tours will be booked according to numbers of people interested, and in order to least conflict with other activites of the festival. VIAJES SAN MIGUEL agency is a patron of the PASSION OF THE AMERICAS festival, and will organize tours. Viajes San Miguel will also be picking you up at the airport in Leon, or Mexico City, to get you to San Miguel and your hotel. Cost is $27 USD each way, and takes one anjd a half hours one way. VSM will also pick you up to take you back for your return flight. Book at: www.viajessanmiguel.com. Mention that you are coming for the tango festival. Email: [email protected] www.beyondtango.com USA Information: (601)-442-5355 and: (505) 983-1744 Mexico phone number is available for informtion as of Oct 15, 2005.
