35 days to go!

Summer Tango in Nelson

7 - 9 March 2014

35 days to go!

Will you be there?

Now is the time to start booking in for Summer Tango in Nelson.  

3 nights and days of social dancing - in various locations around our beautiful Nelson.

Dance up a storm at The Playhouse, Queens Gardens, Masonic Hall and Fellworth House over the weekend.  Say hi to all your tango friends from other centres who you have not seen since the last festival and be ready to meet some new ones too.  People are starting to book in from the around the country and we already have dancers from the States and Australia heading over!

$75 covers you for entrance to the entire weekend.

Check out the website for all the information and pay me in class if you like or via internet banking.

HOSTING
Why not host a couple of people from out of town and show them some great Nelsonian hospitality?  This is a fantastic way to forge tango relationships and often the favour is reciprocated as well!  Tangueros are pretty low maintenance (being that they are out dancing most of the time!) PLease let me know asap if you can host one or a couple of people.

Thanks and see you on the dance floor soon.

Adelhaide Stock

It is with great sadness that I learnt yesterday that one of our tangueras passed away on Sunday.  Adelhaide was in our beginners class last year and will be remembered for her big smile and positive energy.  The last time most of us saw her was at the Floral Milonga on Friday night - I am sure that all of us who danced with her will be very happy that we had such a lovely time together.

Our thoughts go out to her friends and family and we wish them well in this very sad time.  Joy was with her when she drowned and our support goes out to her and Adelhaide's other special tango friends.

When I return from Auckland on 3 February we will have a little tribute to Adelhaide (between classes) and will dance a tango in her honour.  I will also have a card for you all to sign to pass onto her family from her Tango friends in Nelson.  

Regards

Anne-Maree

Verdict Milonga this Sunday

No class this Sunday but YES the Verdict Milonga is still on!

Please head to Verdict at 5.30 for a few hours to dance and have a nice snack or meal.  Meet up with all the local tangueros.

Verdict Cafe Bar and Restaurant
189 Bridge St, Nelson ( opposite the Courts)
Free

Have a great Sunday everyone.

Monday Night Classes Recommence 20 Jan

Looking forward to seeing you all back tonight for the Monday Night Sessions!

Improvers - 6pm

Old St John's, 320 Hardy St

8 week course $85

Tonights class will start with much needed revision of last years moves!

No class from me next Monday 27 Jan,  but John and Nicki will run another great Improvers class followed by Practica for everyone (additional $5).  Intermediate and Advanced students please come to help out.

Intermediate/Advanced - 7.15pm

Old St John's, 320 Hardy St

$15 casual

Tonights class will revise the Volcada - with some nice additions to it.  Looking forward to seeing all students who want to re-cap on good Volcada technique.

See above notice for next Monday 27 Jan.

Looking forward seeing you all tonight to kick-start the tango weekly classes. We have Tim from London and Tom from the USA who have been gracing our dance floors - great to have you here guys and looking forward to seeing you on the dance floor again tonight!

Cheerio tangoueros

Tango kicks of this weekend

FLORAL MILONGA

THIS FRIDAY

17 Jan, 7pm, $15

Masonic Hall, 107 Nile St

Just think flowers!
Flowery dresses, skirts, trousers, shirts and if that is all too much - how about flowers in your hair, around your neck, on your shoes, your wrists or anywhere else you may think appropriate :-)

Let's welcome in the new year with colour and zing!

FOLLOWED BY:

Sunday Technique Class
19 Jan
5.30 - 7pm
$15
Old St John's Hall, 320 Hardy St

This year is going to be the year of beautiful combinations and musicality.

This Sunday we start with combinations :-)

Monday Night Classes commence this Monday 20 Jan
Old St John's Hall, 320 Hardy St

Improvers 6pm - 7.15pm
8 week course, $85
(no class Anniversary day 27 Jan)
this course covers all we have learnt + more moves to enrich your vocabulary

Intermediate 7.15 - 8.45
$15 casual
(no class Anniversary day 27 Jan)
this class will take suggestions from students

See you on Friday Night :-)

Milonguita 8 January & Floral Milonga 17 January 2014

Wrap up of 2013

Welcome 2014!

What a year 2013 was … 

Highlights:

We started the year with Practilongas at the Art Zone where we covered different orchestras and I remember you all being very surprised at Piazzollas early traditional works.  Most of you also fell in love with Migal Calo's orchestra.  We all loved that space and were sad to see it close.

The third Summer Tango in Nelson in March was the largest so far with well over 100 tangueros getting together for three days of dancing.  We had great Djs again this year, Cecilia Trini from Auckland, Stephan Reisch also from Auckland and Marion from Christchurch who stepped up to the mark at the last minute as our Sunday DJ was unable to come.  But Maida will be back in 2014 - so you can dance to her very special tunes then! 

Quique Miller and Fabian Rodriguez visited again from Argentina with Quique teaching workshops and Fabian singing for us not only at a Special Milonga at Bar Berlin but also in the classes - I am sure we all still get goose bumps when we remember that.  Being serenaded with live music in classes is definitely the way to go!  That was truly a highlight for me.

Movie and Milonga nights on the third Friday of the month proved to be a real treat through the winter months and we kicked off the the first one with "Tango with a Twist", the documentary made about my Sydney students who accompanied me on a tour to Buenos Aires a few years ago.  This movie highlights the complex journey that tango can be and brings to the fore our own vulnerabilities to consider.  There were a few wet eyes in the room that night - mine included. 

In September a group of us headed over to Pohara for the annual Golden Bay Tango Weekend.  We all stayed at Reto and Vera's eco friendly Sans Souci Inn, and they treated us like royalty once again!  I taught workshops and we had a great milonga at the Wholemeal Cafe.  The intimate gathering brought us all closer together and we shared some really lovely moments.

Then in Ocotber we had the wonderfully inspiring Musicality workshops with Phil Ragg from Christchurch!  He danced with his eyes and we danced with our feet, learning new ideas for Musicality and working on connecting in close embrace.  We all felt snuggled up and loved up after that weekend.
(hopefully we will see him again in 2014 :-))

Ines Rossetti and Pablo Tamburini from Argentina spent a week here giving private lessons, workshops and milongas - another action packed weekend of dancing and fun for all.  We had a special Dj as well  -  Grigor from Auckland Djed the Bar Berlin evening and his music was superb.   It was a pleasure to host Ines and Pablo in our new home and upon departure I found that Pablo had snuck a pottle of Dulce de Leche into the fridge without me knowing.  YUM!  

Christmas Milonga went off without a hitch and we had 50 tangueros and our very talented DJ Santa performing his own "special" performance and plying the dancing tunes tillI took over and we partied till midnight.

Nelson tangueros - you have done us all proud!

Whats in store for 2014?

Jan - Dec
Classes and monthly events starting with the Milonguita at Bar Berlin on the 8 Jan and the formal Welcome Back milonga on the 18th Jan.

March
Summer Tango in Nelson 7 - 9 March

May
Very Special Argentinian teacher coming

July
NZ Tango Festival 1 - 9 July

September
Golden Bay Tango Weekend

AND MORE!

See you all on the dance floor and thanks for being an inspiration to me and keeping me teaching!

A very Happy New Year to you all - may this year be filled with more love, laughter and tango than you have ever imagined possible!

Anne-Maree