[Tango-A] NA-W: Portland XV Annual October TangoFest

[Clay Nelson]

Won't be long now and the 15th Annual Portland Oct TangoFest will be
happening.  (Go to www.claysdancestudio.com for details.) This year
lots of new ideas and changes.  Here's a list of some of the features
I think you're gonna love!

* All classes and nearly all milongas will be in Norse Hall (schedule).
* Beside a Mostly Alternative Milonga on Thu, Fri and Sat afternoon
(1:00-4:00p), there will now also be a
* Traditional Matinee Milonga Thu, Fri and Sun starting right after
classes are over--or, if you prefer,
* A free practica on Thu, Fri and Sat after classes.
* This year, no name badges and no need to decide ahead of time what
class times you want.  Instead,   just purchase tokens by
pre-registration or on-site which are good for any class.
* Two free seminars: "A Talk on Tango Lyrics" by Derrik on Fri after
classes and a  reading/discussion of Dujovne's new book "In Strangers
Arms: the Magic of Tango" on Sat after classes.
* Both the Fri and Sat evening milongas will now be
traditional/alternative split milongas--i.e, a traditional and
alternative milonga will be going on concurrently.  For one admission
fee you can go back and forth to either of them.

Here's the list of great instructors we have lined up:

* Christopher & Caroline (San Francisco) [video]
* Gustavo Benzecry Sabá & María Olivera (Buenos Aires) [video]
* Homer & Cristina (San Francisco) [video]
* Nick Jones & Diana Cruz (Denver) [video]
* Three to Tango--Jorge Nel, Milena & Andres (Colombia) [video1, video 2]
* Plus one more couple to be announced.

Our fabulous orchestra:

* Alex Krebs Tango Sextet plus special guests [video] featuring an
all-star cast of Portland musicians and surprises!

And our outstanding DJs:

* Caroline Peattie (Mill Valley, CA)
* Dan Boccia (Anchorage)
* Derrick Del Pilar (Eugene, OR)
* Dr Mark Dy-Liacco (St Louis)
* Homer Ladas (San Francisco)
* J Abling. (San Diego)
* Lampis Zalavras (Los Angeles)
* Mari­a Olivera (Buenos Aires)
* Ramu Pyreddy (Washington DC)
* Robert Hauk (Portland)
* Yulia Kreskovets (Washington DC)