2007 Chicago Mini Tango Festival update We have less than two weeks before the start of the 2007 Chicago Mini Tango Festival starts. People continue to register from all over; including people who recently registered from Toronto, New York, Memphis, and New Orleans. In light of the increase demand we have added two additional classes to our Saturday roster of classes. One class will be "Figures-Milonga Lisa" taught by Oscar and Mary Ann Casas. The other class "Infrequent Ochos" will be taught by Maximiliano Gluzman and Milva Bernardi. For more information go to http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php .
We still also have a very limited number of openings in the master classes taught by the Tete and Silvia for those individuals who register for a festival class pass. (http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Masterclass.php ) We are striving to achieve gender balance in the classes and we are getting close to our limits, so please register asap for the festival. There will not be any individual workshop passes sold at the festival. ln addition, there are no more Saturday day passes available. We will, however, keep open until thursday, April 11, the opportunity to purchase a milonga pass. It gives us great delight to also announce that we will have live music at the Friday night milonga. ALMA DE TANGO directed by Gerardo Perez will be performing at the Friday evening milonga. Kathleen Ahearn, The Tango Diva (www.diva-boutique.com), will bring to the festival her huge collection of the fabulous Comme il Faut tango shoes, along with other designers, low-heel shoes, practise shoes, dance sneakers and men's shoes! She will also bring her collection of original creations from Mona X Tango, limited-edition designs of Lorena Ermocida, Buenos Aires clubwear, jewelry, t-shirts and much more! We also will be having at the festival Pat Pitula of Chicago selling Tango Art and wine labels. We will also have Genevieve Davis of Lady of the Lake Studio from the wilds of Wisconsin. Genevieve will be selling handmade gold, silver and gemstone jewelry that she designs.. Kelly Custer of Iowa and Chicago will be at the festival giving massages so you can make it through the entire festival. Finally, Jill Marie Whitmore of Milwaukee will be doing tarot card reading. 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. For those who have already registered, please let us know if they would like to switch and take the new classes added to the schedule. This will greatly help us with our planning. Most of the teachers will be giving privates before, during, and after the festival. If you are interested in booking a private please let us know as soon as possible by emailing [email protected] . We are also planning some pre and post festival classes. We will have pre-festival classes the Thursday before the festival with Oscar and Mary Ann Casas, and with Maxi Gluzman an Milva Bernardi. We are also planning on having weekly classes in Chicago on Wednesday and Thursdays through the end of May with Tete and Silvia. 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] . Don't forget to tell your non tango friends of the free tango beginner classes on Friday and Saturday. We have made special arrangements with American Airlines for discounted airtravel to Chicago. To obtain the discount for either domestic or international travel to Chicago between April 13 and May 13, call the American Airlines Meeting Services Desk at 1-800-433-1790 and refer to Autorization Number A9947AV under the group name Chicago Tango Festival. For Special Car Rental Discounts with Avis, call 1-800-228-43331-1600 and reference a new reference number: Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) Number D757308; or go to the following link http://tinyurl.com/ypjatw to register online. Aviswill provide discounts from 5 to 25%. For more information on the Chicago Mini Tango Festival go to www.chicagotangofestival.com or contact Ray Barbosa at [email protected] or at 708-955-6040. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago in April 2007. Ray Barbosa and Marco Mambelli P.S. We have a number of interesting articles (navigation, etiquette, cabeceo, etc.) on the website that will be helpful to read, prior to the festival : http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Links.php "Tango can be danced in a thousand different ways, but lets step on the ground first,because that is where the energy comes from. Therefore this is where we ought to dance to the music. Without the music there is no dance, no tango, no teacher, no student. A true teacher can only transmit the teaching the music has left him" Tete (Pedro Rusconi)
