[Tango] Tango this week

[Lois Donnay]

Lots of things happening this week, including the Heartland Tango Festival! Please see the 
information below.

In Tuesday night classes, we will review vals, plus do a little floorcraft training. I 
trust that the people coming in to town for the festival will have good floorcraft, but we 
have to make sure that our local leads and follows are a model, not a problem.

Thursday classes will focus on open embrace. Once you get close embrace down, you can start 
to open the embrace. Don't forget the Following for Leaders class at 7:00! The followers 
are getting good - ladies who want to lead are encouraged to come. Practicing floorcraft 
for women is important - do this in class before you take it to the milonga floor.

Tuesday party is on as usual! Some people have been using this opportunity to do a little 
wine-tasting. We also always do some cheese and chocolate tasting as well! 9:30, 3142 1st 
Ave S

Sunday I have a big class (40+) at Tapestry, 38th and Minnehaha) from 7 to 8:30. These 
people are almost all completely brand new to tango. If you are an intermediate or above, 
and can spare some time and energy, it would be wonderful if you could come and give them a 
taste of how tango feels. Please email me if you can make it.

Lois Donnay
www.mndance.com


Begin forwarded message:
Here's the information on the Heartland Tango Festival for this weekend:
>
> Hello, Tango friends,
>
> In less than a week, we'll be in the midst of our festival...  Yay!
> Please read on for important festival info and updates. (FYI, we're
> looking for some able bodies and special things.)
>
> MEDIA ATTENTION
> The Heartland Tango Festival is featured in this month's Metro and
> Edge Life magazines. We have KARE-TV "Perk at Play" and KSTP-TV "Twin
> Cities Live" media spots scheduled to air the festival week.
>
> CAN YOU SPARE LIGHTS?
> We want to create a magical setting for the festival... if you have
> strings of little white Xmas lights and wouldn't mind letting us use
> them for the weekend, please e-mail Sandra Uri:
> SUri at stonearchcreative.com
>
> CLASSES
> --Lecture-recital on the history of tango music by Mandrágora's Bob
> Barnes, Sat., 3:30-5 p.m.
> --Teachers-Only training course, Sun., 4-5:30 p.m.
> --Special morning exercise classes by Andrea DuCane (core strength and
> mobility/flexibility), Sat. and visiting dancer Andrew (yoga), Sun.
>
> DINNER/DANCE SHOW HELP
> We need some people to assist with prep and clean-up for the special
> event on Saturday night. Please e-mail Sandra for details:
> SUri at stonearchcreative.com
>
> MILONGAS
> --Thursday, May 8: The full festival pass includes admission to this
> early bird/kick off milonga, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
> --Sunday, May 10: The milonga with DJ Ramu and Mandragora leading a
> band jam (open to all musicians) will be held at the ultra cool Loring
> Pasta Bar, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. We'll have a sign-up sheet for carpooling at
> the registration table.
>
> MOVIE NIGHT
> We'll have three movies on Friday: "Susana Tango Pial," about
> milongueros in Buenos Aires, and two independent films produced by
> tango dancer BIll Brown. 9-11 p.m.
> --If you own a projector and can spare it, please e-mail
> pauline at umn.edu
>
> OK, that's it. Thank you. Thank you.