Preparations for the 4th Annual Close Embrace Tango Fiesta Nov 8-11 in
Urbana (in less than 2 weeks!!) are in full gear. So far we know there
will be dancers coming from IL, IN, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, and TN. This
promises to be the largest, most diverse, and best Urbana CE Fiesta
yet. Full Fiesta details and Advance Registration forms are available
on our web page:<br>
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<a href="http://www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/2007CloseEmbraceFiestaHomePage.htm">http://www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/2007CloseEmbraceFiestaHomePage.htm</a><br>
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Some details are elaborated below.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(1) Advance Registration Deadline - Fri Nov 2</span><br>
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To quality for discount passes, Advance Registration must be received
by Friday Nov 2, i.e., within the next week. Advance registration / on
site registration prices for passes are as follows:<br>
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Weekend Pass (Fri-Sat-Sun): $125 / $135<br>
Weekend Pass (students): $65 / $75<br>
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Fundamentals Pass (Fri-Sat): $70 / $75<br>
Fundamentals Pass (students): $40 / $45<br>
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Fundamentals Plus Pass (Fri-Sat-Sun): $100 / $110<br>
Fundamentals Plus Pass (students): $55 / $60<br>
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Friday Pass: $20 / $25<br>
Friday Pass (students): $10 / $15 <br>
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Saturday or Sunday Pass: $70 / $75<br>
Saturday or Sunday Pass (students): $40 / $45<br>
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On site registration for individual workshops: $25, $15 students<br>
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Milongas: Friday & Sunday Brunch: $10 each / Saturday and Sunday Pizza Party: $15 each<br>
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Advance Registration is recommended for the Early Bird Thursday night 2
hr workshop on Communication with Hsueh-tze Lee. The cost is $25, $15
for students. Enrollment in this workshop is limited to 15 men and 15
women and will close when this number is reached.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(2) Instructors & DJs</span><br>
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Our team of nationally and internationally recognized tango instructors and DJs:<br>
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Hsueh-tze Lee (Boston) has almost 20 years of tango experience and has
taught tango in the US, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and Singapore. She
is a regular instructor at the Denver close embrace tango festivals.<br>
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Christopher Nassopoulos & Caroline Peattie (San Francisco) have 25
years of tango experience and numerous trips to Buenos Aires between
them. They are also regular instructors at the Denver close embrace
tango festivals.<br>
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Maximiliano Gluzman (Buenos Aires) has danced tango for over 10 years
living in Buenos Aires and is currently an instructor at Susana
Miller's Tango Academy in Buenos Aires. Maximiliano made his US
teaching debut earlier this year at the Chicago Milonguero Tango
Festival. <br>
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Ramu Pyreddy (Washington DC) was one of the founding members of the
University of Michigan tango club, the largest university tango club in
the US. He has taught tango there and at numerous locations around the
US, including the Denver close embrace tango festivals. He is one of
the most sought after DJs for milongas at US tango
festivals. <br>
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Heather Whitehead (Ann Arbor) has been a tango instructor for the University of Michigan tango club for several years.<br>
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Ron Weigel and Susana Vazques Weigel (Urbana) have danced tango for
almost 10 years and have been tango instructors in the hosting Urbana
tango community for over 6 years. Ron has been a DJ at Urbana milongas
for 7 years. Ron and Susana are regular travelers to Buenos Aires.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(3) Choice of workshops:</span><br>
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In each workshop session, classes are arranged from lower to higher
levels (on registration form and on webpage). Only the technique
oriented Fundamentals workshops (level 1) are available to those
purchasing the Fundamentals Passes. The workshops also tend to increase
in level of difficulty from one session to the next over the course of
the weekend. <br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(4) Non-dance Events:</span><br>
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Sat Pre-Mionga: Ramu Pyreddy's audio-visual presentation of tango musicality<br>
Sun Noon: Ramu Pyreddy workshop on DJing for Milongas <br>
Sun 5:45 PM: Presentation of Susana El Pial Tango documentary video of milonga life in Buenos Aires<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(5) Conveniences:</span><br>
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All festival events in one modern dance facility<br>
Free parking adjacent to festival building<br>
Free wireless internet within festival building<br>
Soft drinks, coffee and snacks provided at 1/2 hr breaks between workshops and at milongas<br>
Sunday Brunch milonga includes coffee, orange juice, various breads, jams, hard & soft cheeses<br>
Sunday Pizza Party milonga<br>
Numerous restaurants within 5 minutes of festival site<br>
Tango CDs for sale<br>
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We will welcome you in Urbana in less than 2 weeks.<br>
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Ron Weigel & Susana Vazquez Weigel<br>
Tango Society of Central Illinois<br>
Urbana IL<br>
<a href="http://www.centraltango.com">http://www.centraltango.com</a><br>
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