[Tango-L] Kentucky Derby Tango

[Michael]

Earlier today, I wrote there's a tango that reminds me of a horse race. After listening to a lot of CDs, I finally found it. The tango is La Tablada with Donato's orquestra. The opening measures remind me of the bugler playing the "call to race" that notifies the jockeys to bring their horses to the gate. After the horses are locked in, I see the gates fly open and the horses rush out in time with the music. I supply my own commentary for the imaginary race.

Michael Ditkoff
Washington, DC
The heat and humidity must be getting to me

I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael 
  To: Tom Stermitz ; Tango-L 
  Cc: tangomaniac at cavtel.net 
  Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Social Tango: A Cultural Perspective


  Tom wrote:
   At some races they may even offer a bottle of champagne at
  > the end of   the race for the jockey who crosses the
  > finish line first.
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  Tom:
  It's ironic that you would write about a horse race because
  there's a tango that reminds me of the running of the
  Kentucky Derby. I'll have to look up the name the next time
  I hear it. Right now, my knowledge of musical selections is
  limited to "I know that tango. That's #5 on the Di Sarli
  disk."

  Michael Ditkoff
  Washington, DC
  Getting a prescription for Adramamine so I won't get sea
  sick when the NY Tango Festival sets sail on the Staten
  Island Ferry July 27 4PM from Whitehall Terminal