[Tango-A] NA-C, NA-E, NA-W, SA: Chicago Mini Tango Festival Update

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Chicago Mini Tango Festival Update

There are less than two weeks left for the 2008
Chicago Mini Tango Festival
(www.chicagotangofestival.com).  The Festival will be
held at the University of Chicago from April 18-20,
2008.  Pre-festival workshops will also be held in
Hyde Park on Thursday, April 17, 2008.  The
instructors for the Chicago Mini Tango Festival
include Pocho and Nely (Buenos Aires), Ruben de
Pompeya (Buenos Aires), Silvina Valz and Oliver
Kolker(Buenos Aires), and Alicia Pons (Buenos Aires).
Djs include Robin Thomas from New York, Robert Hauk
from Portland, Ramji V from Ann Arbor, and Ilene
Marder from Woodstock, New York.  For an updated
schedule of the classes including the Pre-Festival
classes, please go to
http://chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php 

Additional information:

Private Lessons
Most of the teachers will be giving privates before,
during, and after the festival. If you are interested
in booking a private please let us know as soon as
possible by emailing
lessons at chicagotangofestival.com . Pocho, Nely, and
Rubin Harymbat  will be arriving into Chicago on
Tuesday, April 15th and will be available for privates
before the festival.

Master class
Pocho and Nely will be teaching the Master Classes:
"Secrets the milongueros”). Registration in the master
classes will be restricted to advanced dancers;
limited enrollment which requires purchase of a
festival pass; contact
masterclass at chicagotangofestival.com before
registering.

Lodging
 For more information on lodging options, please go
to:
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Lodging.php . The
Ramada Inn has extended their special rate until April
11, 2008.

Pricing & Registration
For pricing and registration information, please go
to:
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php
.  When you register for the festival, please make
sure to indicate your level of dance (beginner,
intermediate, advanced) and also indicate which
workshops you intend to attend. This will greatly help
us with our planning. 

Air Travel and Car Rental
With respect to air travel and car rentals we have
arranged for discounted airfares on American Airlines
to either Midway Airport (airport code: MDW) or O’Hare
International Airport (airport code: ORD). The special
rates are available from April 11 to May 11, 2008. We
have also arranged for discounted rentals on Avis car
rentals. For further details go to:
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php


Vendors
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES. We have an exciting lineup of
shoe vendors including the Festival’s sponsor, Leni of
Chicago Dance Supply (www.chicagodancesupply.com) with
her Darcos Tango – Magicshoes. We also have Kathleen
of Diva Boutique with among other things, her huge
collection of the fabulous Comme il Faut tango shoes.
Kyla and Robin from New York will be at the Festival
selling neo tango shoes.  

Seder
The Chicago Tango Festival falls on the first two
nights of Passover this April. For those milongueros
who would like to celebrate Passover AND tango the
night away, there are two opportunities for Seders
right in the Hyde Park Neighborhood.

The reform temple, KAMII, is located at 5100 South
Greenwood, about eight blocks from Ida Noyes Hall.
They will be hosting a congregational Seder on the
second night of Passover, Sunday, April 20. There will
be a cost for their Seder. You may contact them
directly for reservations for their Seder: Abbey
Allison
[abbey at kamii.org].

The Chabad Jewish Center is located just two blocks
from Ida Noyes Hall at the corner of 57th Street and
Kimbark Avenue. They will have Seders on both nights,
Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20. Their first
Seder may be right at Ida Noyes, and the second will
be at the Chabad House. They will charge $36 for an
adult and $15 for a child. Students are free. You may
contact them directly for reservations for their
Seders: Rabbi Yossi Brackman [yossi.brackman at gmail.com
].

If you have any question or need more information
please go to www.chicagotangofestival.com  or contact
Ray Barbosa at
info at chicagotangofestival.com 

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have them send an email to
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chicagoTangoFestival-subscribe at yahoogroups.com .

Looking forward to seeing you in less than two weeks.

Thank you,

Ray Barbosa

Organizers and contributors: Chicago Milonguero, Ltd.
and the
Argentine Tango Club of the University of Chicago

The official sponsor for the 2008 Chicago Mini Tango
Festival is Chicago Dance Supply. 
www.chicagodancesupply.com