Planning for the 9th Annual Portland ValenTango, Thursday (evening) -- Monday, Feb 16-20, 2006 is nearly complete. Heres a brief run down:
Instructors: Christopher & Caroline (San Francisco), Mariana Galassi (Buenos Aires/New York) & Murat Erdemsel (Istanbul/Washington, D.C.), Nick Jones & Tara Fortier (Denver), Oliver & Luna (Buenos Aires/New York), Korey & Mila (Kansas City & Russia), and Andres & Meredith (Buenos Aires). Milongas, DJs & orchestras: 5 traditional milongas (Thu-Mon), 3 alternative milongas (Fri-Sun) with live music on Sunday, 2 all-night milongas (Sat & Sun), with invited DJs Robin Thomas, Dan Boccia, Ramu Pyreddy, Robert Hauk, Rick Barbarash, Alex Krebs, Jackie Wong, Semiral Tuncer and the best tango band in the U.S.Conjunto Berretin. Workshops, and Practicas: 36 classes from Absolute Beginners through Advanced Classes for Couples everyday along with supervised practicas on Friday and Saturday where you can meet, talk and ask for help from the individual instructors. And the Portlands famous venues: Norse Hall, Loveland, PPAA, Paradise Ballroom, Tiffany Center, Ankeny Street Studio, (Oaks Park?) For complete details, see the following: Overview, maps, registration, etc: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango06/ValenTango06.htm Detailed web schedule: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango06/FlyerVT06Schedule.htm Detailed printable schedule: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango06/FlyerVT06Schedule.pdf Printable poster of the event: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango06/FlyerVT06FrontPage.pdf Prices: $140 for all workshops if paid by Feb 5, 2006, $55/day, $25/class. Supervised practicas are free if you pay for a class on that day ($10 otherwise). Milongas range $6 to $20. City of Portland: Proclaimed by Money magazine as North America's "Best Big City", Portland is one of the most beautiful tango friendly cities in the world. For more information see http://www.pova.com/. Hope you can join us!....clay Clay Nelson P.O. Box 9983, Seattle, WA 98109 Cell: (206) 972-0728 www.ClaysDanceStudio.com [email protected]
