[Tango-L] Metropolitan tango versus world tango competition

[Steve Littler]

Haha! I used to do that before I got addicted to Tango. I thought I 
would save a lot of money on Tango at first since there were no club, 
studio, local, regional, national competitions and my teachers didn't 
push me for privates like they did in Ballroom.

(Heh! Although, I found out I could still spend quite a bit money on 
private lessons and workshops if I really want to.  But they are really 
worth it! LOL!)

~ El Stevito de Gainesville

On 8/11/11 2:42 AM, kace ong wrote:
> On 11/8/2011 1:25 AM, Shahrukh Merchant wrote:
>> There are THREE separate competitions in Buenos Aires that are Alberto
>> has referred to in his posting:
> Sounds increasingly like a typical ballroom championship, where
> there are separate categories for every possible combination of
> age group, pro/amateur status, dance genres.... so as to
> achieve the outcome that almost every participant get to bring
> home a trophy at the end of the day.
>
> It is long understood among ballroom teachers that most
> "championships" are just charades to massage the peacocks'
> egos and to squeeze more tuition money from students.
>
> Kace
>