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I didn’t read the post that said there could be  4,5 or even 6 songs in a 
tanda in BA. In any case that’s not true.
There are  never more than 4 tangos in a tanda and in most cases only 3 
milongs in a tanda.  I’ve danced at dozens of different milongas in BA and this 
has always been the  standard. 

There is a code in BA for asking women to dance that ties into  the 4 tango 
or vals tanda. 
Give her a cabeceo on the first song and if you  enjoy the dance you have 3 
more to look forward to.
If you don’t like dancing  with her it’s proper etiquette to dance at 
least 2 songs before saying  “Gracias”
You can give her a cabeceo on the 3rd song and have 2 dances with  her but 
it is considered rude to give her a cabeceo on the 4th song because if  you 
do this and find you enjoy dancing with each other you only have one song  
and it’s “Gracias,” see ya later.

As you can see in BA there’s a lot more  going on than meets the eye.
David



In a message dated 2/9/2011  7:49:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
c.roques at mchsi.com writes:
<<<  Someone else brought up another very good point, that there are maybe 
4, 5  or even 6 tangos per tanda in Ba..IMO this is a dance 
disaster...one of  these tandas can last as long as 15 minutes..too long 
to take a chance on  dancing with an "unknown entitiy" whether it be 
male or female...this is a  tango tanda lifetime, and unless you are 
very young or have high pain  thresholds, this can be a physical dance 
nightmare. >>>   

That is partly why there is no set pattern, just a general form that is  
flexible.  Some DJs will play a tanda of three tangos, a cortina, then  three 
more before changing to a set of milongas or vals.  That way you have  the 
opportunity to change partners even though there are still more  tangos.

Cheers,
Charles
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