<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">MorenoTango presents...</span><br><font style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" size="6">TANGO DE LOS MUERTOS</font><br><font size="4">Halloween Tango Festival</font><br>
<font style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);" size="4">:: Boston :: November 2-5, 2006 ::</font><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">****Oct 26th - Deadline for early registration discount - Oct 26th****</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<br>Tango
de los Muertos, the amazing Halloween Tango Festival, is just around
the corner! You have just a few days left to register for discounted
package prices. After October 26th you can only purchase milongas and
workshops a la carte. Whether you plan to take workshops or just to
dance you will save money if you register before this Thursday. So
check out the schedule, the instructor bios for our dozen instructors,
read the workshop descriptions, figure out a costume or two for the
milongas, register for your event picks, sign up for private lessons,
and get ready to come to Boston to participate in an extraordinary
event! It's all here at <a href="http://www.halloweentangofestival.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.halloweentangofestival.com</a><br><br>______<br><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>At Tango de los Muertos,</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Los Divertidos Wants YOU!
</span></font><br><br>We
are Los Divertidos (the fun ones), a bunch of Boston dancers dedicated
to meeting visitors, making new friends, and fostering fun at Tango de
los Muertos! Just come by our table at the festival entrance to
introduce yourself and to find sign up sheets for group meals and
transportation (ie: to offer rides, find rides, or find local
navigators). Whether you're a local Bostonian or a visitor, we want
you to join us in being (and having) fun. We look forward to meeting
you!<br><br> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pamela, Joan, Michael, Jacob</span><br><br>P.S.
A casual Breakfast de los Divertidos is tentatively scheduled for
Saturday morning, November 4th from 10:30 to 11:30 at Springstep. Stay
tuned for confirmation and details.<br>______<br><br><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">More Tango de los Muertos info, including costume suggestions...</span></font><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">
Instructors:</span><br> * Florencia Taccetti (Buenos Aires)<br> * Nick Jones (Denver)<br> * Korey Ireland (Kansas City) and Mila Vigdorova (Moscow)<br> * Luis Bianchi (Buenos Aires) and Daniela Pucci (New York City)
<br> * Felipe Martinez and Rosa Corsico (San Francisco)<br> * Robin Thomas (New York City) and Jennifer Olson (Portland)<br> * Tova and Carlos Moreno (Boston)<br><span style="font-style: italic;">Private lessons available. Request times on the Info page of
</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.halloweentangofestival.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.halloweentangofestival.com</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">
Musicians and DJs:</span><br> * Los Chantas Tango Trio (New York City)<br> * Ben Bogart (Providence)<br> * Korey Ireland (Kansas City)<br> * Robin Thomas (New York City)<br> * Yulia Kriskovets (Washington DC)
<br> * David Liu (Boston)<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Locations</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">:</span><br>MIT and Springstep (A beautiful expansive building with two wonderful dance floors!!)
<br><br><font style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Costumes</span>:</font><br>There
are costume suggestions at all the milongas of Tango de los Muertos!
Below you'll find more information about the suggested attire.<br>(No,
there is no stigma against wearing "normal" clothes. Dress however you
want all weekend - t-shirt and jeans all the way or a suit the whole
time, no problem, there is no dress code! But here's a brief
explanation of why costumes are encouraged: there's a collective joy
and unity that we get out of seeing someone be creative, take a risk,
and tango happily with total concentration on the dance while wearing a
two-foot-tall purple wig and go-go boots or as a cross-dresser for the
evening in a vampy 1930s gown or a tux with tails. It's just
delightful!)<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Thursday November 2: Battle of the Bands Milonga</span><br><span style="font-style: italic;">DJ Korey Ireland</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">
Dress like a Band Groupie</span><br>Show
your support of the new tango music movement! Whether it's the dark
glasses of Carlos Di Sarli's followers in the Golden Age in Argentina,
the punk-cabaret look of modern day Dresden Dolls fans, showing your
true colors as a metalhead or in a zoot suit, it's all welcome here.
This is, after all, the first ever Battle of the Tango Bands - a
definite occasion for celebration!<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Friday November 3: Golden Age Milonga</span><br><span style="font-style: italic;">DJ Robin Thomas</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">
Dress like a Golden Age Film Star</span><br>The
Golden Age of tango is usually considered to be from about 1930 to
1945, so think glamourous, drapey, bias-cut evening gowns and dashing,
dapper suits or tuxedos. Emulate Carlos Gardel and his leading ladies,
or Rudolph Valentino, Joan Crawford, Mae West, and a host of others
from the 1930s and early 1940s.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Saturday November 4: Paradiso Milonga</span><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span></span>Live music by Los Chantas</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*</span><br>DJ David Liu</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">
Dress Like A Holiday</span><br>You're
probably thinking that we mean you should dress like St. Valentine or
Santa Claus - and those would certainly work - but there are so many
more holidays that you might expect. Do you want to dress up for Dunce
Day, National Roof over your Head Day, End of the Middle Ages Day, or
Make up your Own Holiday Day?<br>More holiday suggestions at: <a href="http://www.tangodelosmuertos.com/info.html#costume" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.tangodelosmuertos.com/info.html#costume
</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Saturday November 4 (technically November 5): Sleepwalk Milonga</span><br><span style="font-style: italic;">DJ Ben Bogart</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">
Dress in your pajamas</span><br>Get
ready to sleep, but then change your mind and decide to come dance all
night! We think "dress in your pajamas" is pretty self-explanatory, but
this might include your pajamas, bathrobe, wool socks, bunny slippers...<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Sunday November 5: The End Milonga</span><br><span style="font-style: italic;">DJ Yulia Kriskovets
</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Dress in Skulls or Skeletons</span><br>Celebrate
Halloween and be oh-so-chic by wearing skulls or skeletons to this
milonga. It's not morbid, it's fashion! No, you don't have to dress in
a full body skeleton suit (although that would be fine), just find
something with a printed skull/skeleton on it, or be creative!<br><br>Be
careful when choosing your costumes to make sure there is nothing that
will prevent you from having a comfortable embrace, or to prevent a
free range of movement. Keep your head pretty simple: certain types of
hats and most masks (which are so popular on Halloween) will prevent a
close embrace, as will decorative makeup that rubs off on your partner.
And even if you don't want to dance close for some (strange) reason,
don't wear anything that sticks out much further than usual (it's like
driving a minivan when you're used to driving a car - you and others
aren't sure how close you can cut the corners).<br><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">See you in Boston! </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.halloweentangofestival.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
www.halloweentangofestival.com</a>