<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black">There is less than a month left for the Early Bird Discount to the Chicago Mini Tango Fesitval (</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A title=http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/ href="http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">www.chicagotangofestival.com</SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3> ) that will be held at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> from April 20-22, 2007. Pre-festival workshops will also be held on Thursday, April 19<SUP>th</SUP>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The schedule for the festival has been updated for the classes that will be taught by Pedro “Tete” Rusconi and Silvia Ceriani; Oscar and Mary Ann Casas; and Maximiliano Gluzman and Milva Bernardi; and for the milongas that will be dj’ed by<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Silvia Ceriani<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Robert Hauk from Portland and Somer Surgit from Chicago . (</FONT><A href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#800080 size=3>http://chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> ). The website has also been
updated with respect to the separate Master Classes that will be taught by Tete and Silvia during the festival – separate reservations will be required. (</FONT><A href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/Masterclass.php"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#800080 size=3>http://chicagotangofestival.com/Masterclass.php</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> )<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most of the teachers will be giving privates before, during, and after the festival.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are interested, please email </FONT><A href="mailto:lessons@chicagotangofestival.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>lessons@chicagotangofestival.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New
Roman" size=3>Early registration is encouraged.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are intending to have gender-balanced workshops and we plan to limit the number of attendees at the workshops.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you register for the festival (</FONT><A href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#800080 size=3>http://chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> ) please make sure to indicate your level of dance (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and also indicate which workshops you intend to attend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This will greatly help us with our planning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Like last year, we expect attendees from all over the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(You can see photos of last year’s festival at the following two links: </FONT><A href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#800080 size=3>http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic1</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> and </FONT><A href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic2"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#800080 size=3>http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic2</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> . )<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So far we have please that have registered or plan to register from St. Louis; Seattle; Madison, Wisconsin; Tampa, Florida; Pittsburgh; Richmond, Virginia; Portland, Oregon; Louisville, Kentucky; San Diego; Cincinnati; Indianapolis; Iowa; Champaign/Urbana, Il; Ann Arbor; Minneapolis; Cleveland; Springfield, Missouri; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and, of course, the Chicagoland area.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>arranged for discounted airfares on American Airlines to either
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Midway</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType> (airport code: MDW) or <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ohare</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (airport code: ORD). We have also arranged for discounted rentals on Avis car rentals. For further details go to: </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES"><A title=http://chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003399; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">http://chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php</SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please also check Southwest Airlines, from time to time you
can find some inexpensive “Ding fares to and from Chicago.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">For information on lodging options, please go to:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A title=http://chicagotangofestival.com/Lodging.php href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/Lodging.php" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;
COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">http://chicagotangofestival.com/Lodging.php</SPAN></A></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">If there are individuals in the Chicagoland area who are willing to house an out of town guest please let us know by emailing us at </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES"><A title=http://us.f546.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=lodging@chicagotangofestival.com href="http://us.f546.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=lodging@chicagotangofestival.com" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003399; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">lodging@chicagotangofestival.com</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"> .</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><B><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: ES"><BR></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: ES"><BR></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">For more information on the Chicago Mini Tango Festival go to </SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES"><A title=http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/ href="http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/"
target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">www.chicagotangofestival.com</SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"><FONT size=3> or contact Ray Barbosa at </FONT><A href="mailto:info@chicagotangofestival.com"><FONT size=3>info@chicagotangofestival.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">We look forward to seeing you in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> in April 2007.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Ray Barbosa</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">P.S. The following link takes you to the playlist of all of the the videos on YouTube of Oscar and Mary Ann Casas.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It includes performances, classes at El Beso in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Buenos Aires</st1:place></st1:City>, etc. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=oscaracasas" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=oscaracasas</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>