IT'S HERE!<br><br>Tango de los Muertos commences tonight Thursday, November 2, with the world's first Battle of the Tango Bands!<br><br>***In
order to vote in the Battle you must arrive before 10pm, since you can
only vote if you hear all the bands! Please let your friends know to
arrive early!***<br><br>Bands will each play a set of four songs with
DJed music by Korey Ireland in between sets to keep the dancing going.
The audience and three judges will vote on their favorite band (each
judge's vote counts for 11 audience members). There will be prizes,
including a day of recording, generously donated by Rear Window
Recording Studio.<br><br>THE BANDS<br>Tango Mucha Labia, Portland, ME<br>Band on Pink Corner, Boston, MA<br>Adriel Azure and his Dream Indigo Orchestra, Boston, MA<br>Ben Bogart y los Gatos Azules, Providence, RI<br><br>
THE JUDGES<br>Milton Reder - musician (Four Piece Suit) and Rear Window Studio owner<br>Nick Jones - tango dancer, teacher, and musician<br>Evan Griffiths - tango dancer, teacher, and musician<br>You - ?<br><br>THE RULES<br>
Dancers
and audience members who vote must hear all of the bands. Voting
tickets will be given out upon arrival between 9:00 -10:00pm. The first
band starts playing at 10pm and the last band begins at 11:30pm. When
the last note of the last band is played, voting commences and
continues until 12:15pm, at which point the votes are counted and the
winner is announced!<br><br>WHO SHOULD WIN? The point here is not to
choose the band with the highest level of musicianship - although that
is important - but to choose the band that is the best to dance to. If
you want to know more about what makes a band good to dance to come to
the workshop for musicians on Saturday, November 4th! Then you'll be
ready for next year's Battle...<br><br>Also, please note the location
change for the Free Beginning Workshop taught by Felipe Martinez and
Rosa Corisco. It will be held tonight from 7:30-9:00pm in the Student
Center rm 407, just upstairs from the milonga.<br><br>Check the website <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.halloweentangofestival.com/" target="_blank">www.halloweentangofestival.com
</a> for more information about this weekend's festivities.<br>We're looking forward to seeing you!<br>