Tango in the Spring - where now?
A social celebration of Argentine Tango. - Sometimes you just want to dance!
Well, Tango in the Spring in 2008 was great.
And lots of people have been asking when bookings will open for the 2009 one. We’d love to say “now”, but the truth is, we’re not at all sure we could pull another one together right now - especially not that good!
So, we’re taking a break.
The next Tango in the Spring festival will be in 2010.
In the meantime though, we’ve put together a little weekly event in Canberra with great Golden Age music, a nice friendly atmosphere, and a little coterie of dancers who love tango music and love to dance. Its called “El Boliche” - A little milonga at the pub on Mondays, 7.30-10.30 at “The Lounge”, third floor of the “Uni Pub”, 17 London Circuit, Civic. DJ Tim returns to Canberra every second week, and DJ Yuko the other weeks. There’s a nice dance floor, full bar service, and comfy couches.
$5 cover charge for dancers — non-dancers free.
A big thankyou to Giff and Megan for excellent assistance with the venue search and associated pub crawl.
Think of it as a little bit of Tango in the Spring, all year round!
If you’re on Facebook, you can find it here.
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Tell us how it was!
We’d love to know what you thought of Tango in the Spring — good and bad. Did you enjoy it? What irked you? What was best? Send us an email with your feedback to info@tangointhespring.org.au.
Who knows, we might do it again in the future…. once we’ve had some sleep!
Thank you for coming!
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There’s some great photos on Facebook, eg here and here — we’ll see if we can get them up on this site as well.
Photos by Sarah.
Milonguita at Old Parliament House.
Dancers whirl, with Sandrea looking elegant as always. Early in the night, the floor was pretty empty. Actually, we probably should have made it smaller.
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Book now , and we’ll make sure you get a seat at every milonga! You can book and pay online - direct bank transfer, credit card, or Paypal account. Or book online and send a cheque, or hand us cash. Pre-booking is now closed - but you can pay on the night at any of the milongas - $15 each, or $50 for all 4!
Join tango dancers from around Australia and beyond in October, in Canberra, for our tango festival Tango in the Spring. It will be a long weekend with four days of milongas and a practica: uninterrupted social dancing with great tango music from local and interstate DJs.
There are tango dancers coming from Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, and New Zealand, and of course we want as many as possible from Canberra. Each milonga and the practica will have quality tango music amidst a friendly and warm social setting. We want to keep the focus on the actual dancing, so there won’t be any workshops associated with the weekend. We’ve kept prices low to make it easier for our interstate and overseas friends — tickets are only $50 for all the dancing! (Plus $35 if you want to support the charity asado on Saturday [asado bookings now closed]).
FRIDAY, 3 OCTOBER
6-8pm: Film showing: Si Sos Brujo: Una Historia Tango
8-12 pm: Welcome to Tango in the Spring: Friday milonga with DJ Jarny.
SATURDAY, 4 OCTOBER
12-2pm: Associate event: Asado (Argentine BBQ). Only $35. Booking essential by[Asado bookings closed 19 September.]
2-4pm: Playtime at two - practica!
9pm-2am: Tango til two: Saturday milonga with DJ Tony.
SUNDAY, 5 OCTOBER
2-2.30pm: Tragedy, hopelessness, unrequited love: lecture by Dr Daniel MartÌn ($2 entry to King’s Hall)
2.30-4pm: King’s Hall Tango Café: afternoon milonguita ($2 entry to King’s Hall)
9pm-2am: Tango til two - the sequel: Sunday milonga with DJ Lisa
MONDAY, 6 OCTOBER
2-6pm: Tango at two: Afternoon farewell milonga with DJ Tim.
Hosted by the Tango Social Club of Canberra.