[Tango-L] Milonga Codes

[Tom Stermitz]

Wait a minute. Which evening milongas were you at?

I went to Consagrados, Bauen, Correo Viejo, Canning, Ideal (de la  
turca), El Beso (late-evening).

At the afternoon and evening milongas I went to, almost everyone wore  
at least "office casual". I know the secretaries get off work and  
show up at 5:30 or 6:00. The men didn't always wear jackets. But, I  
never saw many blue jeans.

Also the age range for the women ran 40 - 60. For the men 50 - 70.

Maybe you attended younger milongas?


On May 1, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Rick Jones wrote:

> During a recent three-week trip to Buenos Aires, I was very  
> surprised at the number of people wearing blue jeans (and even  
> sneakers) at evening milongas.  It certainly cut into any feeling  
> of elegance that the ladies created with their wonderful evening  
> dress and that some of the guys did with their equally elegant attire.
>
> I would imagine that the responsibility for this trend lies  
> squarely with the organizers.  I would find it hard to believe that  
> they can't set some sort of dress code for their milongas.  Simple:  
> no blue jeans, no sneakers, no whatever.
>
> If the organizers are letting this type of dress in, then there's  
> no real incentive for anyone to dress differently.
>
> Rick Jones
> Washington DC