[Tango-L] Report from Buenos Aires #7: Milonga Review

[Vince Bagusauskas]

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From: "Michael" <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:41 AM
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Subject: [Tango-L] Report from Buenos Aires #7: Milonga Review

> 3. Milonga de los Consagrados @ central region leonesa (This is the
> same location for Mi Refugio and Nino Bien

And supposedly the place where the best-of-the-best porteneos are supposed 
to attend from the information a teacher told me.  One lady of my group 
having a bit of stage fright due to the intimidation of the place and thus 
not dancing very well, was told to "sit down" less than 1 minute into the 
1st dance.  Tough crowd. They did play salsa; jive as a break from tango 
too.

>
> 5. Miscellaneous
> DJs seem to follow the 2-1-2-1 approach to music. 2 tandas of tango, 1
> tanda waltz, 2 tandas tango, 1 tanda of milonga. In the States, the
> pattern seems to be
> 4-1-4-1.


Interesting that you say that as I recall it being around 3-1-3-1 .  It  is 
around 6-1-6-1 in some places in Australia.