Since I don't know either Ron or Joe, obviously I wasn't commenting about them personally or their relationship. How could I since I know nothing about either of them. All I was doing was answering a simple question posed by Chris, UK who asked how Joe had been 'labelled'. I stand by my answer that Ron has labelled Joe as a Ballroom instructor by implication. That's really all I said. And it's a little naive of you to think it was simply a throwaway comment by Ron. Cetainly, from his reply, Joe didn't think so, as he was the one who complained about being labelled by Ron.
At least, that's the way I read it. And I saw no need for your rude ... "let me shove your foot further in your mouth" comment. Keith, HK On Thu Oct 11 22:47 , Jeff Gaynor sent: >Keith wrote: >> If I could answer on Joe's behalf, because I sometimes have the same >> problem. >> The label is 'Ballroom dance studio" thereby implying that the instructor is >> a ballroom instructor who cannot teach Tango as it'd danced in Argentina. >> >> Since Joe also teaches Argentine Tango classes, why not call it a Tango >> dance >> studio? Or just a dance studio. >> >> But I think we all know why Ron called it a Ballroom dance studio. >> >> Keith, HK >> >Since I live in Urbana and know both Ron and Joe and have studied with >them, let me shove your foot further in your mouth. > >Joe teaches Argentine Tango (billed as such) at a large dance studio >called the Regent Ballroom, which teaches (surprise) ballroom, among >other things. He is not the proprietor and he is not going to be able to >change the name of it. Don't tell him to. Ron wasn't just calling him >names, contrary to what you think. > >Joe does teach open embrace and he and Carlota are very good at it. Yes >we all know Ron loves apilado style but that doesn't mean when he makes >a statement of fact it is a barb. Joe and Carlota are really nice people >and they do a lot for tango in the community by taking on the thankless >tasks of doing the long-running Wed. night milongas downtown plus others. > >Generally Ron and Joe have good relations and work well at keeping tango >up and running in the area. A hearty thank you to both of them. Both >realize they cater to different tastes and both are mature, responsible >adults who accept this. Both also understand that some sort of >ego-induced rivalry would divide the community to the point tango would >be severely and negatively impacted, with me among others as the losers. >I've never seen either of them behave with anything other than >professional decorum towards each other. Don't set up an antagonism that >doesn't exist. > >Clear on this? > >Jeff G >_______________________________________________ >Tango-L mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
