[Tango-L] Origin of Tandas

[Stephen.P.Brown@dal.frb.org]

>>I recently attended two milongas in Buenos Aires with "Los Reyes del 
Tango" playing live - not the whole evening but they played for about two 
hours in total...  And while they played, there were no tandas, they just 
played streight through with one large break during which two or three 
CD-powered tandas were danced.... BTW, Los Reyes played just one milonga 
in the whole set, from what I can remember. <<

In my experience, live tango orchestras never/rarely use tandas to play 
for milongas.  That is a construct for milongas with recorded music.

In addition, it is not at all unusual for a live tango orchestra to play a 
program for a milonga that does not strike the same balance of tangos, 
milongas and valses that djs use for milongas.  It is typically up to the 
dj who plays music during the breaks to rebalance the overall program by 
playing music that complements what the orchestra has played.

Steve (de Tejas)