TANGO GRITZ ¹N¹ GLITZ A New Year's tango delight in the Old South! DEC.28 2005 TO JAN.2 2006, five nights, four complete days!
Tango in the New Year of 2006 with LIVE Tango Music in TRUE Southern Style and comfort! NOTE: If you are planning on coming at the last minute, please bring CASH for classes and events. Credit cards are okay for payments over $200. Call me about the daily rate that may include milongas, classes. From HOUSTON: driving is 5 hours, from MEMPHIS 4 hours and 45 minutes, BATON ROUGE: one and a half hours, from NEW ORLEANS: 3 hours, from DALLAS: about six hours. You might try the Days Inn Motel at the last minute, as the other places that are our sponsoring B&Bs might be full. TEACHERS:* CECILIA GONZALEZ, from Buenos Aires, the most elegant and dazzling dancer of contemporary tango. A "MUST" teacher for any serious dancer. (www.tangomotion.com) EDUARDO SAUCEDO, flawless technique and precision with traditional milonguero tango; saucy choreographer. Many women who have traveled often to Buenos Aires, feel that Eduardo is the best milonguero in the city. I agree! PERCELL ST. THOMASS: a teacher who believes that passion, fun, and a little technique make you a competent, if not great, dancer. He teaches elegant figures in a simple and clear way. FRANK HOWARD and IRENE THOMASS are our guest teachers from California. PRICE: $608 per person includes transportation to Natchez from Baton Rouge airport, New Year's Eve dinner, all classes and milongas, Jazz and Tango lecture, hot chocolate happening. $510 if you have your own transportation. Begin Dec. 28: 8PM class and 9PM milonga Dec. 29: 10-11:30AM: Tango class You may choose to visit one or more of the many ante-bellum homes that have daily tours. Go on a carriage ride, roam the antique stores, or stay in your own beautiful room and rest! 3PM-4:20PM class, 4:30-6PM class, 8-9PM class; 9:30-midnight milonga. Dec. 30: 10-11AM class, 11:15-12:20 class Hot Chocolate and Tango: a surprise happening: 2:00-3:30PM 4:00-5:00PM class, 6PM: Special presentation on ³The Parallel Histories of Jazz and Tango² with slides, music, lecture, dance. Milonga 9-midnight. Dec. 31: Early class: 9:30-10:30 AM Classes: 4 PM and 5:15 PM 7:15PM FANCY and elegant dinner at Dunleith Plantation! LIVE TANGO MUSIC! New Year's milonga at DA gallery till 1:00AM Jan. 1: Group southern breakfast (and GRITZ!) till 10:00AM at The Castle restaurant at Dunleith Plantation. 11:00AM a trip to the Natchez Trace, the 444 mile original trade route from 1785 to 1820 for settlers and Choctaw, Chickasaw and other American Indians They sold their cargo and boats on the river ports and began the trek back north on foot to Nashville and points beyond. (www.scenictrace.com) We will just go in a few miles to Emerald Mound, an ancient ceremonial place. Place your prayers and wishes in a ceremony at the Mound, to bring you a fulfilling new year. (Weather permitting, we'll picnic on the Trace). SPECIAL CLASS: with all teachers for beginning of 2006, 2PM! Classes 3:30PM and 5:00PM. 7:00PM dinner buffet and milonga at Strega Nona's till 10PM. Book rooms with: Dunleith Plantation, circa 1856,(www.dunleith.com) or the comforts of Wensell House,(www.1888wenselhouse.com) or the charm of Pleasant Hill (www.natchezbedandbreakfast.com.) And just for one couple (www.cliftonview.com) All are beautiful top notch B&B¹s in historic homes, that are giving special discounts for the tango participants. Write to: [email protected] for more information, registration, and prices. Credit cards: Call Dr. Woody Bobb at 505-983-1744. Call Christina at: 601-442-5355 in Natchez. See: www.beyondtango.com.
