[Tango-A] Jan 5 - 7, 2007, San Diego Tango Festival Update

[Tom Stermitz]

Dear Tango Friends,
	
Please be invited to attend the San Diego Denver Tango Exchange.
  - Jan 5 - 7, 2007
  - San Diego Town & Country Resort: 1-800-772-8527
  - http://LaEternaMilonga.com


DEADLINES

Please note the following deadlines:
  - NOW: Pre-registrations due
  - Airfares ASAP
  - Nov 30 Early Purchase Pricing ends
  - Nov 30 Hotel Reservations due



WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT SDDTX?

This is a tango festival "By Dancers, For Dancers". It is designed  
from the ground up for the pleasure of social dancers. We have hired  
the best DJs. The dance floors are arranged for good, Buenos Aires  
style floor-craft.

No showcase dances. No show tango lessons. No beginner lessons. We  
assume you already have basic tango vocabulary, like ochos & ocho- 
cortados, so the teachers will concentrate on navigation,  
improvisation, musicality, technique. Intermediates will succeed;  
Advanced will be challenged. Without difficult show-dance moves, a  
wide range of levels will be handled in the classes.

Classes are the perfect opportunity to meet people and reserve dances  
for the milongas. Prices are low, so a lot of advanced dancers will  
be attending class.



MILONGAS

The SDDTX features have five milongas starting with the Friday  
afternoon Welcome Milonga, to the 7-hour closing milonga on Sunday  
evening. Robin Thomas will DJ the Saturday Afternoon Alternative  
Music Milonga. Buenos Aires "rules of the road" will be followed: DJs  
all use a tango/curtina structure; Navigate with respect to the other  
dancers; The dance floor will be arranged with an outer lane, second  
& third lanes as needed; Use the eye-game to catch a partner; walk  
her back to her seate; etc.



SDDTX

The San Diego Tango Festival will be similar to the Denver Tango  
Festivals over Memorial Day and Labor Day. This festival is another  
tango experience "By Dancers, For Dancers", featuring a low price,  
nice hotel, lots of good close-embrace tango dancers, sunny weather,  
outdoor pool.... yeah, but we'll all be dancing.

The teachers and DJs are some of your favorites from the Tango  
Festivals in Denver:
  - Christopher Nassoupoulos & Caroline Peattie
  - Robert Hauk & Barbara Durr (Portland & Atlanta)
  - Robin Thomas & Marika landry (NYC & Montreal)
  - Avik Basu & Yelena Sinelnikova (Ann Arbor)
  - Tom Stermitz & Melinda Quiat (Denver



PRICING

  - $135 Festival Pass
  - $120 Saturday Arrival Pass
  - $100 Student 2/3 Price Pass
  - $85 Workshop-only pass (4-classes)
  - $55 Milonga Pass (5-milongas)
  - $35 Additional 2 Workshops on Friday

(The passes  give you about 25% discount over individual prices. Drop- 
in milongas will run $15 - $20, but drop-ins will close if attendance  
becomes to high. Pass-holders attendees are guaranteed space in the  
milongas. Student pass is offered as a special work-study deal. In  
exchange, you will help out at check-in or classroom monitoring for  
two or three 1-hour shifts. Meet everyone as they come in.)



SAN DIEGO

San Diego is a wonderful city, full of nice restaurants and  
attractions (zoo, aquarium, seaworld). Did I mention beaches? The  
hotel is The San Diego Town & Country, which is close to downtown,  
shopping and the airport. It is on the trolley line to downtown.  
Rooms $130+tax, which is pretty good for San Diego. For your special  
significant other, the hotel has an on-site day spa.

San Diego already has a good close-embrace community. Plus, there are  
a lot of great dancers in Los Angeles who have experienced Buenos  
Aires, Denver and the other festivals. We'll get a whole crowd down  
down from LA for the DJs and milongas.



Tom Stermitz
http://www.tango.org
2525 Birch St
Denver, CO 80207


We will have five milongas from Friday afternoon welcome, to the 7- 
hour closing milonga on Sunday evening. Robin Thomas will DJ the  
Saturday Afternoon Alternative Music Milonga.



<b>SDDTX</b>

The San Diego Tango Festival will be similar to the Denver Tango  
Festivals over Memorial Day and Labor Day. This festival is another  
tango experience "By Dancers, For Dancers", featuring a low price,  
nice hotel, lots of good close-embrace tango dancers, sunny  
weather.... yeah, but we'll all be dancing.

The teachers and DJs are some of your favorites from Labor Day Tango  
Festivals in Denver:
  - Christopher Nassoupoulos & Caroline Peattie
  - Robert Hauk & Barbara Durr (Portland & Atlanta)
  - Robin Thomas & Marika landry (NYC & Montreal)
  - Avik Basu & Yelena Sinelnikova (Ann Arbor)
  - Tom Stermitz & Melinda Quiat (Denver



<b>PRICING</b>

  - $135 Festival Pass
  - $120 Saturday Arrival Pass
  - $100 Student 2/3 Price Pass
  - $85 Workshop-only pass (4-classes)
  - $55 Milonga Pass (5-milongas)
  - $35 Additional 2 Workshops on Friday

(Student pass is offered as a work-study. In exchange, you will help  
out at check-in or classroom monitoring for two or three 1-hour shifts.)

The passes  give you about 25% discount over individual prices. Drop- 
in milongas will run $15 - $20, but drop-ins will close if attendance  
becomes to high. Pass-holders attendees are guaranteed space in the  
milongas.



<b>SAN DIEGO</b>

San Diego is a wonderful city, full of nice restaurants, and  
attractions (zoo, aquarium, seaworld). Did I mention beaches? The  
hotel is The San Diego Town & Country, which is close to downtown,  
shopping and the airport. It is on the trolley line to downtown.  
Rooms $129+tax, which is pretty good for San Diego. For your special  
christmas present, the hotel has an on-site day spa.

San Diego has already has a good close-embrace community. Plus, there  
are a lot of great dancers in Los Angeles who have experienced Buenos  
Aires, Denver and the other festivals. We'll get a whole crowd down  
down from LA for the DJs and milongas.



Tom Stermitz
http://www.tango.org
2525 Birch St
Denver, CO 80207