[Tango-A] Early Registration Due Now for San Diego Denver Tango Exchange

[Tom Stermitz]

Calling All Tango Fanatics:

San Diego - Denver Tango Exchange:
  - January 5 - 7, 2007
  - San Diego Town & Country Resort, 800-772-8527
  - http://LaEternaMilonga.com

Pricing:
  - Festival pass $100 - $135
  - Workshop only $85
  - Milonga only price: $55
  - Hotel $131/night


EARLY REGISTRATION DUE NOW

Please note that there is one more week of early pricing for the San  
Diego Tango Festival. Please register and send in your payment in  
order to capture the early price.

Also, the San Diego Town and Country Hotel has reserved a block of  
rooms. You need to make sure you register in order to get the special  
Festival pricing. The deadline on this block of rooms is also in the  
next couple of weeks.

United, Frontier, SouthWest and a few other airlines are doing sales  
right now.


WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THE SDDTX?

If you have been to tango fetivals in Denver, Portland, Atlanta or  
Ann Arbor, you know what to expect.

This is a tango festival "By Dancers, for Dancers". That means the  
focus is on social tango and dancing, not show tango and  
performances. We'll have five milongas from Friday afternoon through  
Sunday evening. Dance floors are set up for dancers and we expect  
Buenos Aires Style etiquette. There will be no performances or show  
dance instruction.

Most people attend classes, even the advanced dancers, as that is  
where you can get to know people for the dances later in the day. The  
teachers are chosen for knowledge of social style Argentine Tango, as  
well as their entertainment value and ability to manage social energy  
in the classes:
  - Christopher Nassoupoulos & Caroline Peattie, San Francisco
  - Robert Hauk, Portland & Barbara Durr, Atlanta
  - Avik Basu & Yelena Sinelnikova, Ann Arbor
  - Robin Thomas, NYC & Marika Landry, Montreal
  - Tom Stermitz & Melinda Quiat, Denver

We have hired and are flying in some of the top DJs the country. They  
will organize the milongas through the use of tandas and curtinas  
like the best milongas of Buenos Aires.
  - Robin Thomas, NYC
  - Ramy Pyreddy, Ann Arbor
  - Avik Basy, Ann Arbor


ATTENDANCE AND GENDER RATIOS

Registrations are going well for the festival. I expect attendance at  
the dances to be 250 - 300. Out-of-state attendees are coming from  
Denver, Boston, Indianapolis, Champaign/Urbana, Reno, Austin,  
Albuquerque, Phoenix, Salt Lake, Ann Arbor, Atlanta, and other  
cities. Most of the early registrants are full-festival attendees.

Of special note to women, the gender ratios at this point include  
extra men.

Students should note that we have a special $100 work-study full- 
festival pass. Work-study means helping out a couple hours at  
registration or as a classroom monitor.


Please email me directly with any questions.

Thanks.