<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2007 </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chicago</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Mini Tango Festival - One Week Early Bird Discount Notice</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><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"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">There is one week left for the Early Bird Discount to the Chicago Mini Tango Festival (</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><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> ) that will be held from </SPAN><st1:date Month="4" Day="20" Year="2007"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">April 20-22, 2007</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="COLOR: black">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The festival will consist of three days of workshops and five milongas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></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"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">We are excited to have Pedro “Tete” Rusconi and Silvia Ceriani teaching at the festival.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This will be
coming back to the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black">United States</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> for the first time since 1998.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Additional classes will be taught by Oscar and Mary Ann Casas;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Maximiliano Gluzman and Milva Bernardi; a special canyengue class will be taught by Ernest Williams; and free novice tangueros classes will be taught by Tim “Timmy Tango” and Joanne Pogros.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Djs for the festival include Silvia Ceriani,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Robert Hauk from </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Portland</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> and Somer Surgit from </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Chicago</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> .<SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </SPAN>To see the update schedule go to: <A title=http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php href="http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php">http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php</A> .<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></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>There will also be pre-festival workshops will also be held on Thursday, April 19<SUP>th</SUP>. Separate Master Classes will also be taught by Tete and Silvia during the festival<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>– separate reservations and admission will be required. (there are only a limited number of spaces still available). <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information go to </FONT><A
title=http://chicagotangofestival.com/Masterclass.php href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/Masterclass.php"><SPAN style="COLOR: purple"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://chicagotangofestival.com/Masterclass.php</FONT></SPAN></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 in booking a private please let us know as soon as possible by emailing </FONT><A title=mailto:lessons@chicagotangofestival.com 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>Registration by March 31<SUP>st</SUP> is encouraged to take advantage of the early bird discounts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Early registration is also encouraged because we are almost half-filled to the number of attendees that we will have in the workshops. 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 title=http://chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php"><SPAN style="COLOR: purple"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php</FONT></SPAN></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="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have </SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">arranged for discounted airfares on American Airlines to either </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">Midway</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">Airport</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"> (airport code:
MDW) or </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">Ohare</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">International</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES">Airport</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: ES"> (airport code: ORD). We have also arranged for discounted rentals on Avis car rentals. For further details go to: </SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES"><A title=http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php
href="http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php">http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php</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"><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"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Like last year, we expect attendees from all over the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black">United States</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="COLOR: black">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(You can see photos of last year’s festival at the following two links: <A title=http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic1 href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic1"><SPAN style="COLOR: purple">http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic1</SPAN></A> and
<A title=http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic2 href="http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic2"><SPAN style="COLOR: purple">http://chicagotangofestival.com/phpslideshow.php?directory=festival06/pic2</SPAN></A> . )<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So far people have registered from Tucson, Az; Raleigh, NC; Miami; St. Louis; Seattle; Madison, Wisconsin; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Memphis; 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; Sedona, Arizona; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Minneapolis, MN; Mt. Vernon, Missouri; and, of course, the Chicagoland area.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><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 title=mailto:info@chicagotangofestival.com 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"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">We look forward to seeing you in </SPAN></B><st1:City><st1:place><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Chicago</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> in April 2007.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></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 </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Buenos Aires</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, 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"><A title=http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=oscaracasas 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> <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"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The following are links to videos where you can watch Tete and Silvia perform: <BR><A title=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJDowJI0-7s href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJDowJI0-7s"
target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #003399">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJDowJI0-7s</SPAN></A> . Tete and Silvia dancing tango waltz. <A title=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alcBFsaRoPQ href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alcBFsaRoPQ" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #003399">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alcBFsaRoPQ</SPAN></A> – Tete and Silvia dancing tango. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>