Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Lester:

We are on the air.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Derik,

You are a wizard! I am very impressed.

Now we just need people.

Thanks alot,

Lester
buck@compact.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Derik,

You are a wizard! I am very impressed.

Now we just need people.

Thanks alot,

Lester
buck@compact.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Lester:

Thanks. Best way to get people I guess is to start giving
out the web page address, which is:

http://www.rawsonweb.com/tango/DesignAssets/Images/

until we decide to get a ".com" address

Wish I could come tonight at 9pm at the Cafe Express Post
Oak, but I just found out that I have to go to Los Angeles
tomorrow to work on a film and then Las Vegas on Tuesday to
meet another client.

Will have my laptop with me and will be on the Internet
working on the web site,(adding pictures etc., which I have
already scanned)and checking in via Email. Will see you
next Sunday. Have a wonderful time tonight. I would rather
be dancing than travelling.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Lester:

Tango was terrific last night at Cafe Express. We all had
a wonderful time.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Derik,

I just had a look at the web site...and I like the music
....and the pciture.....it looks great.....

I should have been at Cafe Express yesterday....I've heard
it was packed...good job Lester.

Paul Khayat
khayat@houston.omnes.net

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Paul:

Thanks. See you Tuesday at Steven's of Hollywood Dance
studio at 8pm.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Lester:

Learned two new steps Sunday.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hello guys!
great site. I can't believe the Houston tango group is alive on the web as well. This association is growing out of control!
Lester: what about the checkbook? (just kidding)
Georges

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Georges:

Good morning. Glad that you found the web address OK. Where
are the girls? I guess only us guys are interested in the
Tango....lol.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com
 
 

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hello yall,

isn't it a great Web site ?
Thank you Derik and Lester for it
And sorry, not to have connected before

Sorry Lester I couldn't come on Tuesday looking forward to dancing on Sunday

See you soon all of you
Vanessa

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hey Derik,
I love that round World map, it makes me feel in the air !!
Come on guys join us..
Sara and Elizabeth where are you ?
vanessa

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hi Vanessa:

The girls have arrived. We are all floating on air in the
clouds.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hi Tangueros:

Yes the girls are on line now...Do you think we would have missed that? Chatting is our specialty...

By the way, good job for the site. I like the clouds and the blue sky.

Georges, are you really going to miss the Tango this Sunday?

Bises,

Marie-Laure.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Marie-Laure:

Welcome to the chat. Happy that you are here. I am just
off to Tango dancing at STEVEN'S OF HOLLYWOOD right now.
Time to go. It is already 8:15pm. See everyone there.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

PS - Glad that you like the clouds.
 

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Lester,

It was a PLEASURE doing your LOGO (Yikes!)
Give me more logos. I will have to come and go
tango! And see what all the excitement is all
about, (YES!!!!!)

alli
aashton@artisanfield.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Tangueros:

Do not forget that tonight Tango is at the new location that
Lester explained in the Email today. See you there. Here
is an excerpt if you missed it:

And a reminder: for the next two Tuesdays, September 30 and October
7, we will be trying out a new practice location. I am appending
the directions below. See you there tonight starting at 8pm!
 

Best regards,

Lester

--
A. Lester Buck buck@compact.com
 
 

---------------8<--------------8<--------------8<--------------8<--------------

New Tango Practice Location

The Houston Argentine Tango Association will be trying out a
new Tuesday night practice location for the next two weeks,
beginning with our Tuesday, September 30, practica (tonight!).
The new location is the River Oaks Community Center, under the
management of the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, at 3600
Locke Lane, near Westheimer and Edloe. There are various pros
and cons with this new space, and we want to know your opinions
about making it our permanent home. (There are no changes in
the Sunday night practice at Cafe Express.)

Here is my attempt at a map to the new facility. The building
backs up to Westheimer, behind a fence. If you need more help
with directions, call the center at 713-622-5998.
 

| |
| Larchmont |
| |
Locke Lane | |
-----------------------------------------------------------|
| |
River Oaks | |
Comm. Center | |
3600 Locke Lane | |
| Westheimer |
==========================================================================
| |
| |
| |
| Edloe | Buffalo
| | Speedway
| |
| |
 

WARNING: Parking is not allowed on the north side of Locke Lane
in front of the community center (the side with private homes).
Locke Lane is a narrow street. I am told that the residents
of Locke Lane will have your car towed if you park on the north
side of the street, in front of their houses. There is plenty of
parking on the south side of Locke Lane and on adjacent streets.
Please observe the "no parking" signs.

Derik Rawson (Trying to help....)
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Tangueros:

Well, the map did not translate on this chat as well as it
did on the Email, but at least some of the information is
there. Sorry, tried my best.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Lester and Derek

You've done a fabulous job on the on the web site. We need more pictures, though! See you guys on Tuesday.
Can you set up an application so that people can share tango steps on the Web site. :)

Victor & Jared

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Assuming I can get a ride, I'll see you at the tango on October 8 at 8pm. I'll be in town Tuesday and Wednesday, so you can call me at (713)665-7234 or (713)665-7580. Congratulations on the new web site!
Carolina Jimenez-Marcos

PS What do you know about the Austin tango group taught by Ricardo Moncada?

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Derick and Lester,

Great job on the web site, it's going to be even better when completely finished. Have missed a lot of sessions due to some family problems, but should be able to check out the new "digs" on Octobre 8th. see you.

Guy
gbarbe@worldnet.att.net

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Victor:

Yes to the tango steps. If you can scan a photo of the
steps and Email them to me as a JPEG file attachment
at rri@neosoft.com, I will post them to a web page just for
steps.

Also, I will work on a way to maybe do it instantly like
this chat. Give me some time to think about it for a while
and I will maybe come up with a program for it. If you have
any questions or if anyone wants to discuss this idea, please
post your questions here. You can also Email me at

rri@neosoft.com

Thanks for the great idea. I like it.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

PS Sorry for the long delay in answering.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Jared:

Meant to say Victor and Jared. Sorry.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Carolena:

We look forward to seeing you this Tuesday at the new
location.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Carolina:

Sorry to have mis-spelled your name.

Dear Guy:

Happy that you like the web site. Look forward to seeing you
too, maybe not as much as Carolina, but....lol

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Tangueros:

I agree that we need many more pictures up on the web site,
especially of our beautiful ladies. We do have a professional
photographer who is going to be coming to our meetings soon
who is a friend of mine and he has volunteered to take some
pictures for us, so we will have more photos for the web
pages. I have mentioned it to Lester and he says that it
is OK with him.

Also if any of your have some great photos that you would
like to send to me by Email, I will do my best to put them
up on the web pages. If you do send me some photos, please
scan them as either JPEG or GIF files, and keep them down to
a resolution near 72dpi (Anything more is lost on the
Internet anyway, and just makes the file larger and more
difficult to send) 100dpi is OK. Also, try to keep the file
size down to between 30k to 50k. You can send pictures (only
two per Email) to:

rri@neosoft.com

Also, if you have any very very short pieces of tango music
like around 3 seconds and you can put them in a wave file,
*.wav format, you can also send those in to be used for the
music on the front web page. We are looking for a really
great definitive piece of dramatic tango music that can be
repeated endlessly in the background. The sound file
should be under 80K in size total.

You can send files to me by using the "attachment" feature
in your Email in either Netscape or Microsoft Explorer. Send
them to

rri@neosoft.com

Also, if you have anything in text, let me know. You can
Email me this too.

Please remember that Lester is the big boss, so he will have
to approve what goes up on the web page. I am just a worker
and a dancer...lol.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this Tuesday.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com
 

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Lester

What is that Austin Tango Group taught by Ricardo Moncada that Carolina mentioned? Let me know if you have any info about this.
See you tonight, or Sunday...

Marie-Laure.

PS: Last sunday was terrific. You do a really great job in promoting tango, and make people dance.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Good Morning:

Sunday was great as always.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Houston Tangueros and Tangueras,

After two weeks trying out an alternate location, we are
back to our normal location at Stevens of Hollywood Dance
Studio from now on, 2143 Westheimer at Greenbriar. I hope
to see you all there Tuesday night. The music starts at
8pm.
 

Best regards,

Lester

--
A. Lester Buck buck@compact.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hi Derik

It was nice to meet you last night at Cafe Express. But where are the tangueros? Nobody never talks anymore on this site...

See you soon.

Marie-Laure.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Marie-Laurie:

Really enjoyed dancing with you last night. See you
Tuesday.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS Where are all the Tangueros?

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Lester:

Tuesday was fun. Everyone showed up.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Gang:

Just wanted to say that there is NEW INFORMATION as of
today on the web site. An interesting article from the
UNITED KINGDOM on the Tango craze over there (we now have
a Tango News Section), and an announcement about the HARVEST
MOON BALL Swing dance this Saturday November 15th at RICE
UNIVERSITY. It is on the main web page at:

http://www.rawsonweb.com/tango/DesignAssets/Images/

See you all tonight. Thanks.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS This info came from Lester and he requested that I put
it up on the web page.
 

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 
 

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Houston Tangueros/as,

I am very pleased to announce a special tango musical event
for next Sunday, January 25th at Cafe Express on Post Oak.
Jan LaRocque, one of our tango dancers, is a member of a quintet
with a new interest in tango music, and this quintet has been
practicing a number of tango arrangements. This group is composed
of two violins, a viola, a chello, and an accordion. They will
play live Argentine tango dance music for our next Sunday practice.
All members of this quintet are working musicians and we are very
lucky that they have taken a personal interest in tango music,
donating their time for this one performance. Please note that
they will be playing from 8pm until 10pm only, so I urge you
arrive earlier than normal to enjoy all of their great music.
We will be playing our normal recorded music during their breaks
and after they are through.
 

Best regards,

Lester

--
A. Lester Buck

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Vanessa:

Enjoyed dancing with you Sunday. See you Tuesday.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Houston World Tango:

Congrats... very useful website!.

Maybe someone in this chatroom (or website) has some
info that would not mind to share. I live in New Jersey
and tango in New York City regularly. But during april
and may/98, I will be in New Orleans, LA.
My issue is that I am tired of
looking for a milonga, "practica", or even "classes"
for argentine tango in New Orleans; so far, I have
found none of the above. If anybody in
Houston knows any place in New Orleans that I could
regularly attend, I'd appreciate such info immensely.
Otherwise, I am willing to ocassionally drive to Houston
in search of a place for those of us with the argentine
tango "fever"... By the way, what places (and days) in
the city of Houston are available to argentine-tango
dance ?

thanks,
 

Yardiel Fuentes
fuentes@eecs.tulane.edu

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hi anyone out there in tango land!

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

I am looking for excellent video and book information to learn argentine style.
Can anyone help me. My dance partner and I are located in bozeman Montana. My email is "caddis1@hotmail.com"
Please reply.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

The "live" music tonight at Cafe Express was wonderful and
the turn-out was excellent. This is going to be a hot tango
weekend.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Houston Tangueros and Tangueras,

I am pleased to announce a special event for next Sunday's tango
practice at Cafe Express. Our very own Julie Taylor, professor
of anthropology at Rice University, has just published her latest
book, and it is all about Argentine tango. While I have yet to
receive my own copy, "Paper Tangos" looks to be a terrific study
of the culture surrounding the Argentine tango. I have thirty
copies of the book on order, and Julie will be available from
9-10pm next Sunday, June 7, at Cafe Express, to sign your copy.
The publisher has given me a 25% discount on this order, and
we will be passing the savings along to you. Julie leaves for
the summer in Buenos Aires on June 13, so the plan is to get a
number of copies into people's hands so that when she is back
in the fall, she can do a reading or lecture and we can have a
lively discussion based on having read her book.

As an added bonus, the book has a delightful set of tiny tango
pictures printed on each page, so when the book is thumbed,
we see a short tango movie!!
 

Tonight, Tuesday, June 2, will be another practice-only night,
starting at 8pm, at Stevens of Hollywood. You can park in the
corner lot anytime after 8pm. Tango classes will begin again
next Tuesday evening, June 9, at 7:30pm.
 

Discover Dance continues to host their Saturday night practices,
8:30pm till midnight, $5/cover, lots of tango music, on an
excellent two level dance floor. 14520 Memorial, Suite 59,
call 281-558-0369 for more details.
 

Best regards,

Lester

--
A. Lester Buck buck@compact.com

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822321912/002-3799857-2308238

Paper Tangos (Public Planet Books)

by Julie M. Taylor

List: $13.95
Our Price: $11.16
You Save: $2.79 (20%)

Not Yet Available: You may still order this title. We will ship
it to you when it is released by the publisher.

Paperback, 136 pages

Published by Duke Univ Pr (Trd)

Publication date: June 1998

ISBN: 0822321912

>From Kirkus Reviews , 05/11/98:

paper 0-8223-2191-2 This very personal, idiosyncratic volume
is not a celebration of the tango - so common these days -
but a meditation on it as an expression of Argentine identity
and history. Taylor is a ballet-dancer-turned-anthropologist
whose initial encounter with Argentina was a cultural study of
ritual dance; she ended up in Buenos Aires learning to dance the
tango. Here she broaches several themes of Argentine identity that
she finds encapsulated in the tango but that have resonance beyond
the countryþs boundaries. The tango as Taylor presents it is the
embodiment of contradiction: the blank face and still upper body
opposing the rapid movement of legs; the macho pose of the male
versus his inner feeling of sadness and loss (a paradox of male
identity that Taylor situates in the barrios of Buenos Aires where
the tango was born); the apparent romance between the couple and
their actual solitude within the dance. On a more personal level,
the author conveys the passion with which devotees approach
the tango, attending daily late-night dance sessions where they
argue over style with as much ardor as they dance. But tango,
according to Taylor, is also an expression of violence, defined
in a range of ways: as dominance (of male over female), as terror
(of the military junta over the Argentine people), as sexual abuse
(of the author herself when she was a girl). Similarly, ambiguities
in Taylor's own sense of identity are mirrored in a corresponding
ambiguity that she finds in Argentina: "the particular forms
of disorientation, loss, and uncertainty of the nation's fate
inculcated by years of terror." An original and profound study
of the power of a dance to express the heart of a culture. --
Copyright (c) 1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
 

Here is a late draft of the book jacket text:

Tango. A multi-dimensional expression of Argentine identity.
Beautiful and inviting, yet sometimes laden with power relations,
the tango has a mesmerizing attraction for dancers and audiences
alike throughout the world. It also speaks to a nation's sense of
disorientation, loss and terror. In Paper Tangos, Julie Taylor --
a classically trained dancer and anthropologist -- examines the
poetics of the tango while describing her own quest to dance this
most dramatic of paired dances.

Californian by birth, Taylor has lived much of her adult life
in Latin America and has spent years studying the tango in
Buenos Aires, dancing during and after the terror of military
dictatorships. This book is at once an account of a life
lived crossing the borders of these two complex cultures and an
exploration of the conflicting meanings of tango for women who love
the poetry of its movement yet can feel uneasy with the roles it
bestows on the male and female dancers. Drawing parallels between
the violences of the Argentine Junta, the play with power inherent
in tango dancing, and her own experiences with violence inside
and outside the intriguing tango culture, Taylor weaves the line
between engaging memoir and insightful cultural critique of both
her home and host cultures. While situating the tango within the
contexts of its creative birth and contemporary presentations,
this book welcomes us directly into tango subculture and reveals
the ways that personal, political, and historical violences
operate in our lives.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Another cycle of tango classes begin tonight, Tuesday, June 9, at
Stevens of Hollywood dance studio, 2143 Westheimer at Greenbriar,
at 7:30pm. Both tango newcomers and continuing students are
welcome to attend. For those of you with no tango experience, our
team of instructors will work with you the first night and beyond
to ease your transition into out continuing class. If newcomers
will plan to stay for the practice following the first night's
class, our instructors will offer lots of extra attention.

The five week class costs $25, collected on the first night.
Please arrive a little early the first night so we can get the
paperwork out of the way for a 7:30pm start. For the first night
of class only (Tuesday, June 9), the following practice is no
charge so we can help newcomers work on basic skills after class.
On all other nights, the practice is charged separately, $3 for
students in our tango class or other full time students, and $5
for non-students.

Be sure not to park in the paved lot at the corner of Westheimer
and Greenbriar before 8pm. Tango practice will begin at 8:30pm
for the next five weeks, as usual.

See you there!
 

Best regards,

Lester

--
A. Lester Buck buck@compact.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Gang:

Derik here in Aspen, Colorado....actually Snowmass Village,
Colorado next to Aspen. Looking for Tango in Colorado.
Know there is a group in Denver, but wondering about Aspen.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS - Missing Tango in Houston.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hi
nice work *s*...just saying Hello from Oslo, Norway. If anyone goes to Norway just send me a mail (rune.andreassen at labmed.uio.no), and I will give you information on where to find milongas or other tango related stuff.

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Rune:

Great to hear from you in Norway. Would love to hear more
about Tango in your country.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 
 

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Hello Houston & World, good to see a chat site, any one
have any info on other tango chat sites??
E-mail to www.TangoMan2@aol.com
TkX10

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

I'm a young tanguero from Switzerland and I'm doing some reserach on the following subject:
*Eroticism in the Tango Argentino.*
What is it that prevents the eroticism in the Tango from being dirty and vulgar?

If you want to help me, please E-mail to: tanguero_le_one@yahoo.com
Thanks a lot for your statements and have a nice day, Jay

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Jay:

Thank you for joining our chat. Glad to here from you in
Switzerland. I went to high school in Rolle, near Geneva
and Gstaad. Was wonderful.

I think, as in all things, it is primarily the "mind" which
makes all the difference. There is a big variation between
ballet and "bump and grind" dancing and yet it is the same
thing....moving through space with ones body. I would think
the same would hold true for Tango and erotic dancing as well.
It is how you do it that counts. For me subtlty is the
difference.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Tango Man:

You will find a lot of Tango Sites if you click on item below:

Other Tango Websites

Hope this helps.
 

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear All:

Just received this from Chris.

TOSCA Tango Orchestra performs every Wednesday @ The Orchid Lounge.
Admission is $5 and the Orchestra starts @ 9:30pm.(free lesson @ 9pm)
The Orchid Lounge is located in Rice Village @ 2415 Dunstan (next door to The Village Brewery.
Call 713 524 0228 for info (or Harkness Entertainment @ 713 523 6046

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Derik,
Thanks a lot for you prompt answer. This discussion group really deserves to be called "in progress"! Never met such a useful Tangosite before.
Yesterday I tried to order the book "Paper Tangos" (Julie Taylor) in a bookshop here in Switzerland. They said they were able to order it, but it seemed to be very complicated and expensive. (Not the book, the whole ordering-procedure)
My question: Can you think of a better way to get a copy in Switzerland? Are there possibilities to order it directly from you? After having read your article about it, I would love to have a copy.
Thanks for your help, I'm looking forward to read your answer.
Jay
tanguero_le_one@yahoo.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

(I guess "I'm looking forward to reading your answer" is better
:-)

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Jay:

Sorry it took me so long to reply. We had a wonderful Tango
with live music both Wednesday and Friday with "live" music,
and we are all "in recovery"...lol.

I will talk with Julie to see how best for you to order her
book in Switzerland. Will post an answer for you here and
maybe get her to send you an E-Mail. I will probably see
Julie her tomorrow at our Sunday Tango practica. Will let
you know what happens. Talk with you soon

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear All:

Good morning. We now have a new feature here on the World
Tango Chat Room. We can now add pictures below each message
of ourselves or pictures of Tango events. To do this
however, the picture must already be on an existing website
somewhere, and the URL will be something like:

http://www.rawsonweb.com/tango/DesignAssets/Images/wtrikc.jpg

which is yours truly dancing with Julie, who is making me
look much better than my abilities on the dance floor...lol.
Anyway, I hope that you enjoy this new feature.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com
 

Full Sized Picture of Sender

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Great. I'm full of expectation :-) Thanks a lot,
Jay
 
 

Full Sized Picture of Sender

Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Jay:

I talked with Julie this past Sunday at Tango practica and
she said that you can get her book right off the Internet
via amazonbooks.com and they will ship it directly to you.
Just click on the link below and you will be there.

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822321912/002-3799857-2308238

Hope this helps. Julie says hello and she hopes that you
enjoy the book.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS - Come to Houston, Texas sometime and Tango with all of
us. We will be here.

The next big event is this Wednesday (every week) at the
Orchid Lounge. We will be dancing to the "live" music of
the TOSCA Tango Orchestra. After that, this Friday (every
week) is the "live" tango music of "The Gypsies" at Semper's
Club. I will post some pictures of these events events soon
Tonight, Tuesday, is a practica at a dance studio. All the
info on these events is at:

Where To Dance in Houston

on the

Home Page

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 
 
 

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Dear All:

We had a wonderful practica last night and Sunday. Lots of
people. Tonight is "live music" from the Tosca Tango
Orchestra at the Orchid Lounge. See you there.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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THANKS FOR ANY FUTURE HELP
FRANCISCO

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Hi, I'm from the Netherlands. Every now and then I check out this page to see what people have written and look at the pictures. Keep dancing!!! Kim

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Dear Kim:

Good morning from Texas. Ran into a woman from our Tango
group at a sidewalk cafe here. She had not been to Tango
for a few months because she is in a swing dance contest.

We could not resist. We started dancing Tango in the cafe
immediately between the tables...lol. Life is wonderful.

We keep dancing here in Houston, Texas. Please come to
visit someday soon, and please tell us where we can Tango
in the Nederlands...

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com
 
 

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Francisco:

Good morning. Believe it or not, my mother was born in
Shanghai of Swedish-Finnish-Russian parents, and lived there
as a child. My Dad and I are native Texans, and I grew up
going to high school in Switzerland. The world is a rather
small community...lol.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

PS - I have a good friend, Anthony Gao, who lives in
Shanghai. You may have met him. He is an industrialist
there and his Chinese family goes back many generations in
Shanghai. He has a cellular phone too...lol. He calls me
while driving down the Bund in his chauffer driven
limosine. If I hear from him, I will tell him about your
group. Hopefully you can come to Houston one day soon.
 

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Dear Nina:

Received your E-Mail, but you did not leave a return E-Mail
address, so I am posting your message here. Perhaps someone
here knows of the latest Tango movies. I will also see what
I can find out.

Derik Rawson
rri@neosoft.com

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Dear World Tango:

i would like to have information about tango-movies, that
are made during the last years. Are there coming any new
tango-movies? I´m writing an article about tango, so I would
be very greatful to get the information. Thank you very much!

Yours, Nina af Enehjelm
FINLAND

neo-email_r

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I was really interested to browse through your site. A decision was easily made to tango Houston next Spring.
Tango in the UK is not widespread so travel is necessary and a lot of fun. Did any one from your area go to DT`s event in Montreal in July?
We do however have a series of tea dances at the Waldorf ( London) to celebrate their 90th. V delightful.
Regards Eric
EStango@aol.com

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Hi Derek,

Thanks for your reaction. In the Netherlands Tango is getting more and more popular. In Amsterdam (where I live) you can go out to dance tango every day. That's because there are 4 tangoschools in town, and all of them organise dance evenings. The salons (as we call the milonga's) and the practise-evenings are always crowded. This week I went out to dance three times, and next week I will dance three times too, for I am going to follow a workshop from a dancecouple that's visiting from Buenos Aires. Maybe this is interesting for some World Tangoreaders: Between Christmas and new year there is a tangofestival in Amsterdam. I don't have a lot of information about it right now, but I heard it's supposed to attract people from all over the world. It might be an option for Eric from the UK: it's pretty close.
How's tangolife around there? Bye,

Kim

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give me some history on the Tango for a spanish project
 

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Dear Kim:

Wonderful to hear from you in Amsterdam. I definitely want
to come to your city to Tango, so please save a dance for
me. Will be there as soon as I can. Now working on going
to Buenos Aires also...lol.

We are also going to Tango about almost every day now. It
is so wonderful. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday. Also, this coming week our entire Houston group
is going to Austin, Texas to attend the theater and a
Milonga for the cast of "Forever Tango", the hit broadway
play from New York. We will be joining with the Austin,
Texas group, and a Tango Orchestra cslled TOSCA which will
play "live" tango music for us at the milonga. It should be
great fun. I will definitely give you a report next week
with pictures after my postings right here.

If anyone wants to attend the milonga in Austin, just let
me know. Everyone is welcome. It is Saturday evening.
I have all the details. Send me E-Mail at:

rri@neosoft.com

Would love to come to Amsterdam for the Tango Festival. I
will try my best. Please keep me up to date on the latest.
I will be right here.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS - Kim, if you have any pictures of your group in
Amsterdam that are already on a webpage somewhere, you can
post them here by just entering the web page address in the
"Full URL of Your Picture" box below your message. It would
look like this:

http://www.website.com/picture.jpg

Might be fun to see what all our different groups are doing
in photographs. I put my picture at the beach in Mexico
below, but the picture can be anything you want to put
there.
 

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Dear Eric:

Please do come down to Houston this Spring to Tango. We
will all be here. We could use some English influence...lol.

Maybe in the meantime, you can take one of those gambling
boats from England over to Holland and try Tango in
Amsterdam. That is what I would do right away, especially
with the beautiful Kim as my guide..lol.

We will be here in Houston when you come to visit, and if
we hear of any Tango groups in the UK we will tell you all
we know.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

More pictures...

Vanessa where are you? Is there Tango in Australia?...
 

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Dear Rune:

(rune.andreassen at labmed.uio.no)

I hope that you are still reading our posts here on this
webpage. I have met and danced with two wonderful sisters
from Norway, Urd and Idun, who tangoed for the first
time last Wedensday at the Orchid Lounge here in Houston
to the "live music" tango orchestra. They, like me, are
now addicted to Tango....lol.

One sister, the beautiful Idun, will be coming back to
Norway soon from her travels here in Houston, Texas and she
wants to be the Tango Queen of Norway. Her sister, Urd is
at NASA here and has the computer. Do you think that you
might give us some details of where Idun might be able to
Tango in Norway? She is a wonderful dancer and very
beautiful as well. I am sure that you will be happy to see
her.

If you or anyone who knows Tango in Norway can help us, we
would appreciate the infromation. Idun will be here for
only another week or so. Fortunately for all of us here in
Houston ,Urd lives here. Both of them will be reading these
pages, so you should be able to say hello to them directly.
Thank you.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 
 

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my name is Umberto Ferrero and I am a professional teacher/dancer of argentine tango in Italy. I have a problem to submit to all world tangueros, and I hope to solve it as soon as possible.
I'm looking for professional tango couple dancer who danced in TANGO PASION 1994
JUAN CORVALAN y VIVIANA LAGUZZI
Is there someone able to give me some information about them? (E-mail, address, ecc.)
Thank you very much and best regards
UMBERTO FERRERO
E-mail: feumberto@iol.it

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dear houston world tango. I have a pretty specific question for you. Where do I find a school, educating people in tango music? I play the piano and >I love the music, but live in a small country (Denmark) and the obtions about playing tango is'nt very many up here. Please help me.

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looks like i forgot my name in the message befor about "live-music" tango. tobias

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Hi Tobias,

In Rotterdam (the Netherlands) there is a conservatory with a special tango department. Bye!

Kim

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Hello,
I am a student of tango in Brisbane, Australia.
There is a thriving tango scene here...
there are three teachers and next year a tango/gafiera cafe
is opening!
Many of us travelled to Sydney to see Tango Pasion a couple of months ago,
and were suitably blown away.
Anyway, we live in a sub-tropical paradise with some beautiful islands very close,
and we are thinking of organising a tango weekend at an island resort
(with tame dolphins) called ....wait for it...TANGALOOMA!!
Last tango in Tangalooma...mmm what do you think!
sandy
Anyway, we are all

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Hi Derick!
Chatting with a friend in a cafe here in Amsterdam, I was surprised to hear a great tango music. Unfortunately, there was no tanguera in sight, so I had to calmly continue to sip my coffee instead of going wild on the dance floor.
Surely this would never have happened in Houston.
On the other hand, no coffee would have freely decided to play that wonderful music....
See you soon

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This was Georges, by the way....

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a freshman to the tango scene how do i get strted??

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Dear Georges:

Great to hear from you. Did you find Kim in Amsterdam?
She knows many tanguera's. Kim posts here.

We are going to Russian New Year party this Sunday
January 10th here in Houston at City Streets nightclub
5pm-12pm AND THERE WILL BE "LIVE" TANGO MUSIC AND DANCE!!!!!
PROVIDED BY THE GYPSIES (with an Eastern European flair, of
course...lol.). Camelia and I will be dancing tango and she
has also helped Greg write some new Romanian songs for the
folk daancers and orchestra, so we will all be having a wild
time. We expect about 2,000 people for the annual event and
will fill the nightclub. Also there will be plenty of fresh
Russian food...and lots of Russians...lol. Hope you can fly
back in time. Will give you a report here soon.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Freshman to the Tango:

You can start by telling us where you are and maybe we can
recommend a tango group...lol. Also, go to a record store
and by some Tango music like Forever Tango, the Tango Lesson,
and others. We will be here to help you.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Tangalooma:

One of the girls from our Tango group in Houston is
downunder right now sitting in the sun on her balcony in
her bikini, overlooking the harbour enjoying your summer.
Her name is Vanessa and she is from Paris, France. Hopefully
she will post here soon. Maybe she can help you get your
Tango group going down there. If you come up to Houston,
please come Tango with us here. You are welcome anytime.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS - Georges knows her, don't you Georges...lol?
 

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Dear Georges:

I forgot to mention that one of my very good friends from
Bruxelles is Jaque de Selier. He works at Solvay HQ and
I think it is his family business. He used to work here at
Schlumberger as an engineer and we went to a lot of Russian
New Years parties and other events over the years he was
here in Houston. Lots of fun people and many beautiful
women..

Please say hello for me if you see him. He is a great guy
and I would not be surprised if he is in a Tango group in
Bruxelles...lol. You would like him. If you see him, please
tell him I am still going strong down here and single again..
...lol.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Georges:

Welcome back to Houston. Glad that you are here in time
for the Russian New Year's party this Sunday. We had a
great time last night at the resturant Ciao Luna and we
all danced outside and inside until midnight. We are now
going to dance Tango there every Friday night. You missed
a great party.

Camelia and I danced, Greg Harbar (the Russian New Year
organizer) came by, and an Englishman, Michael, who travels
with Princess Ann of England (he has a great story about
being on a bus in New Orleans with her entourage traveling
in the US and being stuck on a bridge over the Mississippi
River with a Zydeco music dance band and all their
instruments. He said that they all have to dance off the
bridge to Zydeco music....lol.) Also he brought with
him a beautiful Russian girl, Annya, who is from Siberia.
Naturally, we had fun and THEY WILL ALL BE AT RUSSIAN NEW
YEAR THIS SUNDAY, so you will see them then. See you there.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Are there any groups that travel to Argentina to tango, possibly trips that have tango lessons included?

Jeandif@aol.com

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Dear Jeandif@aol.com:

Yes there are groups that travel to Buenos Aires to Tango. Will se if I can find the
info for you and post it here.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Tangalooma:

Guess what? I just saw Vanessa last night here in Houston. She is on her way back
to Sydney next week and she says that she will appear here to check in with you
about starting a Tango group. You can look for her post soon.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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I have had the good fortune to meet Lester Buck who has told me about your organization. I have just started dancing and have fallen in love with it. I an learning American Tango, and would really want to learn more about Argentinian Tango. Please contact me at my email address QuangTNguyen@juno.com

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Dear All:

We are headed off to Austin this weekend for a big Tango Weekend with the cast of
Forever Tango from the Broadway play in New York who will be in Austin, Texas
performing "live". After the performance we will have a "cast party" and milogna
and all dance together. Wow!

Lester Buck and Derik will be driving up Saturday morning. Please let us know if
you would like to come join us. The entire Austin Tango Connection group and the
entire Houston Tango Association will be there. It is open to the public and all
are welcome to attend. Details are on the World Tango web page. Just click on the
item below:

World Tango Home Page

See you there....

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS - QuangTNguyen@juno.com come join us. Lester will be there. Look forward to
meeting you.
 
 

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I had a wonderfull time at the Milongo in Auston Last weekend.
I would say this was the best Tango event I have ever been to.
It was so nice meeting you Derik and all the other Houston Tango
Association's members. I could see a lot of improvement in the entire
Houston Tango Comunity. I can't wait comming back to Houston.

Derik: Where are you posting the Milonga's pictures which you got in Austin?

See you.

Gasan.
gasan.elkhodari@ap.bdi.gte.com.
 

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Dear Gasan:

Going to Tango practica tonight. I agree with you...what a great Tango weekend we
all had in Austin. It was fantastic. I will post the picture we took on Lake Austin
here a little bit later when I am back on my computer. Right now I am at a client's
and on his computer. I will send you an E-Mail when I have posted the picture.

Have a great day in Dallas and please keep us up-to-date on the Tango activities up
there as well. We are looking forward to seeing you again here as soon as possible.
I will say hello to everyone for you tonight.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Hola Houston Tango World!
I am a Tanguera in Colorado, looking for a workshop to attend in late
July/early August this year. Any one have a favorite suggestion?
(Arg. Tango of course!)
Please mail me @ dkmmoon@hotmail.com
Gracias!
moontango

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Does anyone know of good web sites with authentic tango pictures?

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I want to learn how to Tango! I grew up on ballroom and last year took two-step and polka at SSQQ. But I'm dying to learn Latin dance. Where is the best place to learn and practice? Cafe Express? I don't have a partner. But I've danced socially all my life so I don't think I'll trip all over anyone's shoes. Thanks for the info. Heather Dodge E-mail is hdodge@rice.edu

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Dear Heather:

Great to see you here on World Tango. Yes, we are all at Cafe Express every Sunday
night from 8:30-11:30pm and now also pratice at the Downtown YMCA Health Club from
7:30-10:00pm every Tuesday. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow night, Tuesday.

Actually you will probably learn Tango much faster if you come on your own, because
you can dance with everyone without worrying about the person you brought with you.
Also we all dance with everyone because each person can teach you something a little
different. If you dance with the same person all the time, you will both just
develop bad habits together...lol. Variety is the spice of life, and in Tango
variety teaches you how to deal with all kinds of dance partners, good and bad.
The sign of a good Tango dancer is someone who can adapt. People that follow
rigid rules are the worst dancers. Afterall Tango is supposed to be fun and if
it isn't, then why do it? Anyway, that is my opinion. See you there.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Hi Derek,

it has been a while since I visited this site, so I didn't get the chance to meet Georges in Amsterdam. From the postings I understand that he is back in Houston. I think I know in which cafe he was hearing the tangomusic. It's a shame, we could have danced.....
Anyway, I have not been dancing much, because I have been in a little tangocrisis lately. Around Xmas I did a womenworkshop in which much attention was paid at being more of a personality in following, instead of just being some kind of doll the leader can do with whatever he likes. Since then every time I go to a Milonga I get into arguments with the guys I dance with, because they say I'm not letting myself be led by them......... What is wrong with these guys? Or is something wrong with me???? My own teachers say there's nothing wrong with me exept that I seem to attract assholes on the dancefloor.... but I don't dance much anymore because of it. The fun is out of the dancing for me right now. I am mixed up if I'm dancing good or bad. I only dance with my own dance partner now.
Anyway, hope you all are okay, and lady's... any kind of advice is more than welcome!

Kim

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Oh, I forgot, someone asked for tangopictures on the net. Here are a few adresses:
www.buenosairestango.com/galeria/Hisdan/hisdan.html (foto's)
www.wzrd.com/buffalo/tango/cards.html (postcards)
www.artplus.es/tango/menuexpo.htm (art)

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Dear Kim:

Great to hear from you again. I was just listneing to Radio Netherlands last night
to hear the lastest news from Europe. A tango crisis...lol...boy, do I understand
that. Me too... I have many of them all the time with my various partners...lol.
I think it is part of Tango.

Guess what, Georges is now in Buenos Aires doing Tango for 2 months and he will be
returning to Brussels permanently to work at Solvay Chemicals headquarters. He
should be back in Europe by the end of April, so I bet you will see him soon again
in Amsterdam. Perhaps he will be at the same coffee shop..lol. I will see if I can
send him an Email for you, and get you a good Email address for him.

I have the same problems as you with my Tango partners and I solved it mostly by just
dancing with the women who follow well or even dancing with women who are new
arrivals and who do not know enough steps yet to be able to lead...lol. For me,
women who lead and men who are weak leaders are always a problem in Tango.

I think Ernesto Camerona, from Buenos Aires, at a Tango workshop here in Houston
this last year said it best. He says that women should be able to dance Tango the
first time and should dance with there eyes closed and just enjoy it. He says that
women do not have to know Tango at all, but the men do.

Ernesto says that unfortunately it is the men who have to know the steps and watch
where the couple is going. He says if the man is not a good leader then a good
woman tango dancer has to adapt to follow him in all of his mistakes and try to make
him look good. He says that this is her only choice and that she cannot force him
to be better...lol. He also says that it is possible for the woman to lead the dance,
but that has to be agreed upon first and she will then basically take on the man's
role, but that this may not be what she wants to do...lol. Ernesto says that Tango
dancing is similar to driving a car. Only one person at a time is allowed to drive.
He says that two drivers fighting over the steering wheel will just cause a wreck..lol.

I myself have noticed that the women who I have the most problems with leading are
usually trained in classical ballet. I have done a lot of dance fims and know a lot
of ballet dancers. I have found that while they always look fantastic when they
dance tango, they are also used to doing their own individual steps or routines and
this habit causes them problems when they have to give up contol of the dance to a
partner who is not a strong lead. A ballet dancer needs a very stong lead to give
her a framework in which to dance, because she will take off on her own very quickly.
It usually takes me a while to gain some kind of balance and get them to calm down
...lol.

Also Ernesto said something quite interesting. He said that the women actually have
to dance Tango twice as fast as the men. He says that the men have all the freedom
to define the basic boring steps, but within those basic steps, it is the women who
have the complete artistic freedom to do their "thing", which is all the "flourishes",
the "accents" and "attention-getting" high kicks etc. which make the tango so
beautiful. The men are supposed to be steady as a rock and the women are supposed
to be the "stars" of the show.

Ernesto says that the women should not fight with the men for control of the basic
steps, but instead should concentrate their energies on developing the routines
within the basic steps so when the man stops the dance for a moment she can shine.
A good example of this is the "parada", where the man stops completely and the woman
can do whatever she likes. Here she is in complete control and he is waiting for her
to do her thing.

Anyway, Kim, here is what I would do. First, stay away from assholes...lol. Next,
just relax and let the man lead you and do your thing in between his steps. If he
does not stop, make him stop for you by taking your time.

I think the trick to Tango is to know when to relax and when to "go for it"...lol.
Neither you nor he can be in control all of the time, so let him be in control for
awhile and then you take control when he stops. It is the give and take. the
communications between a man and a woman that is the language of this dance, so talk
to him and also listen to him. For me, each person has a little bit different style
and that is the fun of it. Learning from your partner is wonderful. Even if they
are bad today, they may become great tomorrow. You never know...lol. The most
important thing is just to have fun. If I am not having fun, I just dance with
someone else. My favorite women are the ones who sing to themselves while dancing.
Also, I like the men who make noises by stamping their feet etc. I know that these
people are enjoying themselves and having fun..lol. Look for people who are fun.
If they are not fun to be with, next..lol.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Gasan:

Finally I am posting the picture of our group on Lake Austin during the last Tango
Workshop there when we were all at the Milonga with the cast of the broadway show
Forever Tango. Going left to right I see Dana from Romania, Gasan in the blue shirt,
the Italian girl from Dallas, Derik in the red shirt, another Romanian guy a friend
of Dana's, Kimber and then Ron. Boy did we have fun!

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

Romani

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Dear Joe:

I just realized that you are in the above picture in the shadows between Dana and
Gasan. It took me awhile to figure out that it was you until I could make the
picture clearer. The guy that we asked to take the picture for us was not the
world's greatest photographer. He did not check to see if all the faces were in the
sunlight. I tired my best to fix the photo, but there was only so much that I
could do. Next time, we will have to get a better photographer...lol.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 
 

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Dear Ana:

Wow! Now Judith sends me an E-Mail and tells me that it is you in the above picture
and not Kimber. Sorry about that. I changed the credits on the webpage and got it
right hopefully. Now all we need to know is who is the guy on my left? I remember
that he is a Romanian friend Dana's, that lives in Austin and joined us after Tango,
but that is about all. Maybe Dana will tell me, next time I see her, and I can get
all the credits right...lol.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

I plan to be in the Houston area for a little more than a week beginning April 12th. Though I have an idea of where I can dance on particular evenings in the week, I would like to receive more specific information regarding addresses, etc. Would you mind e-mailing me a telephone number for an area event organizer I may contact upon my arrival?

Thanks very much,

Janell Banit

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Janell:

I will get the infomation for you today and post it here. If you need to E-Mail me
I am at rri@neosoft.com. Looking forward to having you join our group here for Tango.

By the way, we have a big workshop going the weekend of April 10th-April 12th here in
Houston with a young dance couple flying in from Buenos Aires, so if you can come
earlier we will have a milonga on Saturday and workshops Saturday and Sunday. They
are with the the Ernesto Camerona School of Tango in BA. People are coming in from
all over the US for that. Maybe see you here sooner...lol.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Janelle:

Here is the information....

AN ARGENTINE TANGO WEEKEND
with
Marcelo Varela & Analia Vega
Dance Party, Group Lesson, and Demonstrations
Friday, April 9, 7-11pm, $12 at the door
West End Multi-Service Center, 170 Heights Blvd. near I-10
Argentine Tango Workshops
April 10, 2-7pm and April 11, 12:30-6:00pm
at Brown College Commons, Rice University
(entrance 19 off Sunset, then follow the signs)
Marcelo & Analia are an exciting young couple who have an impressive list of accomplishments. Marcelo has been studying in the Carmona's Buenos Aires tango school for more than a decade, and has assisted in group lessons for almost as long. Marcelo recently ended a two-year world tour with the hit Broadway show Forever Tango, and for the past year Marcelo & Analia have been the directors, choreographers, and dancers in the successful dinner-dance show at Caño 14 in Buenos Aires. Marcelo & Analia have danced ballet, Argentine folk dance, and tango since they were six years old. They have performed tango in Argentina, Peru, New York, Miami, Seattle, Chicago, Canada, and Europe, and they have taught numerous tango workshops in Argentina, the U.S., Canada, and Switzerland. They also appeared as tango dancers in Alan Parker's movie Evita.
The weekend workshops are designed for a mix of beginning and intermediate dancers. The workshops will cover basic skills and more advanced techniques with the same refreshing innovations that we enjoyed with the Carmonas last November. Because of the many interesting teaching techniques introduced, and the well established value of repetition, we strongly encourage all dancers to register for the entire weekend. Partners are not required. Argentine tango is a social dance, and we always encourage all dancers to practice with many different partners.
Marcelo & Analia are also each available individually for private lessons from 9am to 10 pm from Friday, April 9 through Tuesday, April 13, except for the scheduled workshop times. The price for private instruction is $50 per hour (studio rental, if necessary, not included) per single student or per couple. To schedule, please contact Judy Solecki at 713-526-1412, Jsolecki@rice.edu, or Lester Buck at 281-335-4428(w) or 713-665-2258(h), buck@compact.com

TANGO REGISTRATION FORM
Please use one form per person (no refunds).
Saturday workshop: 45 4.5 hours of instruction
Sunday workshop: 45 4.5 hours of instruction
All workshops discounted 80 9 hours of instruction
Amount included in the enclosed check: $___ (Full time student discount: 50%)

Name:__________________________ Home ph#:____________________ Work ph#:____________________
Address:__________________________________________________________
City:____________________________ State:_____ Zip:________ E-mail:_____________________________

Prepaid tickets will be held at the door. Mail form & payment to: Houston Argentine Tango Association, 3618 Glen Haven, Houston, TX 77025-1308. Workshops fill on a first paid, first confirmed basis, and space is limited, so
pre-registration is highly recommended. Please mail registrations by Wed, April 7; otherwise, register at the door.
 

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Janelle:

Below is a picture of Marcelo Varela and Analia Vega.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Derik,
Hey, what happened to Dana's beautiful legs? We told the guy to make sure
that her legs are in the picture.

Joe

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Joe:

The guy we grabbed to take our photo was a terrible photographer. All we could see
was Ron's legs and his big shoe......lol. I though it would be better to show the
group in closeup so we try to see more faces. Sorry about the shadows. Some of us
were in bright sunlight and washed out and others like you were behind shadows. It
was really tricky to get the photo to work at all. Next time we are going to have to
get a girl passerby to take our photo. Maybe she will be kinder to us...lol. See
you tomorrow at 9pm, Sunday evening at Cafe Express Post Oak for Tango in the mall
next door. (A shameless advertisement...lol)) As Judith from Italy said in her
recent Email to us from Dallas......Tango until you drop...lol.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com
 

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

I see that the Tango chat is very alive, I am sorry not to have
joined and participated much so far. My travelling lately has taken
much of my time, I have moved to Sydney Australia, just got
officially married in Franc, I am coming back from our honeymoon in
Thailand.

I remember a girl from Brisbane being on the chat room earlier,
are you dancing tango over there ? I am afraid I have been quite bad
at attending Tango dancing evenings and have not danced for months.
Miss it but you know what it is ! They probably have Tango groups
here in Sydney, do you know ?

Hope you are doing all very well In Houston , I miss you all,
See you soon somewhere around the world
You are all welcome in Sydney anytime

cheers
vanessa

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Dear Houston WORLD TANGO:
 

Dear Vanessa:

Great to hear from you. I saw Nadege yesterday in downtown Houston and she says
hello. Also Sarah is now coming to Tango.

We all received your Email about all your wonderful travels. Sounds like fun.
We will have to all come see you in Sydney soon. I will try to find some information
about Tango down there for you. I guess that you will have to put your bikini in the
closet now that winter is aprroaching..lol. We are just beginning summer here in Houston.
At least you can Tango year around...

This past weekend we danced Tango 5 hours on Friday, 6 hours on Saturday, 6 hours on
Sunday and Sunday evening another 3 hours at Cafe Express. We are all addicted...lol.
The workshop with Marcelo and Analia was fantastic. They taught us how to listen to
the music and not to worry about how many steps we could learn. Sunday evening we
also helped arrange for them to take some extra time from their schedule to make a
quick trip to Austin to teach this Wednesday. Jill, the tango instructor and Glenn
the webmaster for the Austin Tango Connection came down to visit us on Sunday, and we
all had a lot of fun. Jill and I danced in the hallway after class...lol.

Tonight we are having our regular practice the downtown YMCA Health Club as usual
from 7:30-10:00pm and then we are all migrating directly over to the ANGELICA
Movie Theater and Cafe to dance more Tango at the Cafe in honor of Marcelo and Analia
from 10:15pm on... as a "going away" party for them. Should be fun... Never dull in
Houston.

Please say hello to John for me and give us a report on life in Australia. We will
all be right here on this web page wherever we travel in the world, keeping in touch.
Have a wonderful day. Looking forward to hearing more soon.

Derik
rri@neosoft.com

PS - Jasmine is going to Buenos Aires for 2 and 1/2 months to study Tango at the
Carmona school full time, and Lisa and Raphael just got back from a 10 day trip there.
They had a great time. Raphael said that she even went to the Tango Congress while
she was there.

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