There is less than a week left to obtain Early Bird pricing for the 4th annual Chicago Mini Tango Festival (www.chicagotangofestival.com). The Early Bird Discount will expire February 28, 2009.
The full festival pass will be $185 prior to March 1, 2009. The Saturday Arrival festival pass will be $160 prior to March 1, 2009. The full festival student pass will be $125 prior to January 1, 2009. The pass includes ability to select from up to 20 classes. There will also be 6 milongas (including our Argentina night milonga with wine and empanadas and fantastic performances. For complete pricing and registration information, please go to: http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php. The 2009 Festival is scheduled for April 17-19, 2009. Pre-festival workshops will also be held on Thursday, April 16, 2009. The instructors for the Chicago Mini Tango Festival include Ruben Harymbat and Enriqueta Kleinman (Buenos Aires), Gustavo Benzecry and Maria Olivera (Buenos Aires), and Ramiro Gigliotti and Elina Roldan (Buenos Aires). Djs include Vijay Namasivayam (San Francisco), Ko Tanaka (New York), Ilene Marder (Woodstock, NY), and Paul Akmajian (Albuquerque, New Mexico). There will also be a special chat session on Sunday afternoon on the "History of Golden Era of Tango" given by Gusatvo Benzecry, who has written several books on tango, and Maria Olivera. Gustavo has published “Tango Danza Glossary”, a unique book in its genre that unites more than 300 terms related to Tango , as well as all the Tango Styles and "La Pista del Abrazo” where he studies the characteristics of Tango Salón. There will also be a special Master Class taught by Elina Roldan and Enriqueta Kleinman titled: ""DOS MIRADAS SOBRE EL TANGO SALON Y MILONGUERO" or "Two Looks at Tango Salon and Tango Milonguero". A separate payment will be required. To see a recent video of Ruben Harymbat and Enriqueta Kleinman's performance at the 2009 Valentango Festival in Portland please go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25oZUlnB3Qo For more details about the festival please go to www.chicagotangofestival.com. Please let your friends know if they would like to receive updated information they can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to Ray Barbosa at [email protected] or have them subscribe to the Chicago Tango Festival yahoo website at [email protected] . In the alternative they can join the Chicago Mini Tango Festival facebook site to get updated information by searching for the site or by going to the following link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22276123852&ref=ts Looking forward to see you next April 2009. Take care, Ray Barbosa Organizers and contributors: Chicago Milonguero, Ltd. and the Argentine Tango Club of the University of Chicago. Festival sponsor, Chicago Dance Supply (www.chicagodancesupply.com)
