[Tango-L] "Original," "Oldest," etc.

[Christian Lüthen]

On 24 Mar 2007 at 12:32, Carol Shepherd wrote:
> Assuming that's not the objective in the first place, here's a 
> suggestion on how to avoid that.  Why not rephrase this inquiry into 
> "let's compile a list of all the tango festivals we know about, together 
> with the city, and the year they had their first festival".
> 
> Here's a start to that list:
> 
> Festival Tangomarkkinat, July 1985 - ?, Seinäjoki, Finland

True! 

Source: http://www.tangomarkkinat.fi/th/etusivu.htm 

BTW: in the first year in 1985 Tangomarkkinat had 18.ooo (!) visitors!!!
In the best year Tangomarkkinat drew 130.600 (!!!) visitors (that was 1999).

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What does all these numbers form all the diverse festivals tell us about the quality of the 
next festival there: nothing! I.e. "Festival de la ciudad" in Buenos Aires started in 1998 
when I loved it. It was great in 2003 but I liked it less in 2004 allthough bigger but also 
much more commercialized! 

Draw your conclusions, but most of all: go happy dancing! Any ney festival can be much 
better than an old one ... and also: any perception is strictly personal!

Christian