[Tango-L] Tango marathons

[Steve Littler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoDwCWl3mu0 Fin Tango competion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhxZoV3t61c 60 minutes report, examples 
start about 3:10

Looks ballroomy, from what I can tell from Youtube videos has big 
orchestration with horns and percussion, marchy sound.

El Stevito de Gainesville


On 7/20/2010 1:11 PM, Lois Donnay wrote:
> What is Finnish Tango? What does it look like? Are there really red and
> green lights? People are always asking me what the difference is.
>
> Lois Donnay
> Minneapolis
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> From:<rcgimmi at aol.com>
> To:<tango-l at mit.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango marathons
>    
>> Until recently, I would guess the annual Tangomarkkinat in Seinajoki,
>> Finland.  When I was there in 2004, it ran for five days, 10:00AM to
>> 4:00AM daily.  Most of the music was live, too.  Very strange to dance so
>> close to the arctic circle, too.  It never really got dark.
>>
>> Sorry to report the Tangomarkkinat has been in a bit of a decline lately.
>> They've cut the last day and attendance is down from the 2003 peak of
>> 121,000.  According to John of Bristol, they will have a formal Argentine
>> program in addition to the Finnish stuff.
>>
>>      
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