[Tango-A] NA-W: Labor Day Weekend Denver => Albuquerque Tango Festival

[milonguero505]

Due to the Democratic National Convention, The 8th Annual Denver Tango  
Festival is moving to Albuquerque. The friendly community of tango dancers
in New Mexico is enthusiastically preparing a hot welcome for a Tango
Festival with a Southwestern Flavor. This festival features an outdoor
Tango on the Plaza with a Southwestern Buffet Dinner.

- Aug 28 - Sep 1, 2008.
- http://LaEternaMilonga.com
- stermitz at tango.org
** Hurry - early purchase pricing is in effect through the end of June.**

HOTEL REGISTRATION:
- Albuquerque Hilton (free airport shuttle)
- (505) 884-2500
- 1901 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
- http://www.hiltonalbuquerque.com
- Nearby restaurants and good coffee within walking distance
- Great outdoor pool and poolside cabanas

FEATURED INSTRUCTORS:
Christopher Nassopoulos & Caroline Peattie, San Francisco
Robin Thomas, New York, NY & Marika Landry, Montreal, QU
Yelena Sinelnikova & Avik Basu, Ann Arbor, MI

FEATURED DJS:
Robin Thomas, New York, NY
Avik Basu, Ann Arbor, MI
Paul Akmajian, Albuquerque, NM
Tom Stermitz, Denver, CO

PLANES: Try Southwest, Frontier, American and United Airlines.

TRAINS: Amtrak runs through Albuquerque and the prices can be much less than
flying or driving (LA > ABQ: $125 RT). Check amtrak.com/ for stations and
schedules. We also have the NM Railrunner commuter train:
http://www.nmrailrunner.com/

AUTOMOBILES: Car rentals in Albuquerque are inexpensive (less than $20/day).
There is even a car rental office located at the hotel.

In addition to a vibrant tango community and great dancers, New Mexico
features spectacular scenery with numerous places of interest in and near
Albuquerque, Santa Fe & Taos for great side trips, hiking, camping,
sightseeing, cultural events and more:

New Mexico's Cultural Treasures, http://www.nmculturaltreasures.org/

Albuquerque:
- Petroglyph National Monument, http://www.nps.gov/petr
- Old Town, http://www.oldtownalbuquerque.com/ (& 4 nearby museums)
- Albuquerque Museum, http://www.cabq.gov/museum/
- NM Museum of Natural History, http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/nmmnh.html
- National Museum of Nuclear Science and History,
http://www.atomicmuseum.org/
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, http://www.indianpueblo.org/
- National Hispanic Cultural Center of NM, http://www.nhccnm.org/
- Sandia Peak Tram, http://www.sandiapeak.com/
- Albuquerque Biological Park (zoo, aquarium, botanical gardens, etc.)
  http://www.cabq.gov/biopark/

Acoma Pueblo ("Sky City") is an historic living pueblo on top of a mesa 60
mi. west of Albuquerque: http://www.collectorsguide.com/ab/abfa22.html

Events at Pueblos in NM: http://www.collectorsguide.com/nm/nmfa03.html

The drive through the Jemez Mountains to Bandelier National Monument
(http://www.nps.gov/band/) is lovely & could include stops at Zia or Jemez
Pueblos enroute &/or Kuaua/Coronado State Monument & Jemez State Monument,
http://www.nmmonuments.org/

Santa Fe has a huge number of great restaurants, cultural/historic sites &
museums, including the Georgia O'Keefe Museum, Site Santa Fe and the Museum
of International Folk Art: http://www.santafe.org/

Taos & Northern NM, http://taoswebb.com/

Make it a real vacation and fulfill that life-long dream to visit Chaco
Canyon! http://www.nps.gov/chcu/


See you here in August!