There is less than a month left for the Early Bird Discount to the Chicago Mini Tango Fesitval (www.chicagotangofestival.com ) that will be held at the University of Chicago from April 20-22, 2007. Pre-festival workshops will also be held on Thursday, April 19th.
The schedule for the festival has been updated for the classes that will be taught by Pedro Tete Rusconi and Silvia Ceriani; Oscar and Mary Ann Casas; and Maximiliano Gluzman and Milva Bernardi; and for the milongas that will be djed by Silvia Ceriani Robert Hauk from Portland and Somer Surgit from Chicago . (http://chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php ). The website has also been updated with respect to the separate Master Classes that will be taught by Tete and Silvia during the festival separate reservations will be required. (http://chicagotangofestival.com/Masterclass.php ) Most of the teachers will be giving privates before, during, and after the festival. If you are interested, please email [email protected] Early registration is encouraged. We are intending to have gender-balanced workshops and we plan to limit the number of attendees at the workshops. When you register for the festival (http://chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php ) please make sure to indicate your level of dance (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and also indicate which workshops you intend to attend. This will greatly help us with our planning. Like last year, we expect attendees from all over the United States. (You can see photos of last years festival at the following two links: http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic1 and http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic2 . ) So far we have please that have registered or plan to register from St. Louis; Seattle; Madison, Wisconsin; Tampa, Florida; Pittsburgh; Richmond, Virginia; Portland, Oregon; Louisville, Kentucky; San Diego; Cincinnati; Indianapolis; Iowa; Champaign/Urbana, Il; Ann Arbor; Minneapolis; Cleveland; Springfield, Missouri; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and, of course, the Chicagoland area. We have arranged for discounted airfares on American Airlines to either Midway Airport (airport code: MDW) or Ohare International Airport (airport code: ORD). We have also arranged for discounted rentals on Avis car rentals. For further details go to: http://chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php Please also check Southwest Airlines, from time to time you can find some inexpensive Ding fares to and from Chicago. For information on lodging options, please go to: http://chicagotangofestival.com/Lodging.php If there are individuals in the Chicagoland area who are willing to house an out of town guest please let us know by emailing us at [email protected] . For more information on the Chicago Mini Tango Festival go to www.chicagotangofestival.com or contact Ray Barbosa at [email protected] We look forward to seeing you in Chicago in April 2007. Ray Barbosa P.S. The following link takes you to the playlist of all of the the videos on YouTube of Oscar and Mary Ann Casas. It includes performances, classes at El Beso in Buenos Aires, etc. http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=oscaracasas
