Tango Social Club of Canberra Newsletter
3 March 2010  www.tangocanberra.asn.au

Club Milonga Saturday 20 March 

Join us in celebrating autumn at this month's milonnga at Bogong theatre. From an 8pm start, put on your latest autumnal colours to dance to great music. $10 for members. BYO drinks. Bogong Theatre, Gorman House. 

National Folk Festival @ Epic Easter 1-4 April

The next event for the club will be our participation at the National Folk Festival over Easter. We have about 20 members going throughout the weekend. Fuego Blanco, an offshoot of the Sydney Youth Tango Orchestra, from the Sydney Conservatorium, will be our band this year,  while Yuko DJs in between sets and Serkan will be teaching our major workshop. If you are going to the National, join us, or tell your friends to come visit.

10th Birthday Milonga - What a decade! 10 April at St Johns

The Tango Social Club of Canberra is celebrating 10 years of contribution to Canberra’s dance scene and active involvement in the Canberra community.  Join us in celebrating  our 10th Birthday Milonga on Saturday 10 April 2010, 8.00pm-12.30am. For your dancing pleasure we will have live music with local tango band, Los Jovenes del Tango, and mixture of Golden Age tango music from DJ Miguel.  Your ticket includes a glass of champagne and cake!!! Book a table for you and your friends, as this will be an evening to enjoy the delights of our growing tango community. Tables are filling fast, so book now.

Where: St John’s Church Hall, Constitution Ave, Reid
Time: 8pm
$10 members/$15 non-members BYO drinks

Contact Tricia to book a table 0400 792 751

Tango in the Spring is on! A social celebration of Argentine Tango. 

Sometimes you just want to dance!

Hold the phone. Get your best shoes. Tango in the Spring will be on for 3 days over the October long week end.

Four days of social tango dancing to great Golden Age music in a friendly and warm social setting. Dance with new partners, and catch up with old tango friends. Four milongas and a practica: interruption-free tango dancing. Excellent interstate and local DJs will provide great tango music.Our main aim is to bring tango dancers together so we can meet and dance with each other -- to simply enjoy dancing tango. www.tangointhespring.org.au 

Tango in the Spring will bring Argentine tango dancers from across Australia to Canberra from 1 – 4 October to dance together socially. We would love you to come.

NON-CLUB TANGO NEWS

Las Vacas Locas @ Polish Club this saturday

Not going away for the long week end? Missing out on some dancing. Why not join the MAd Cows at the Polish club on saturday 6th March for some choice music and good dancing. 8pm

Latin Film Festival at National Museum

Marco and Manuel, who go to El Boliche, but don’t dance, have advised me that there will be a free latin film festival at the National Museum, starting this week 

Upcoming tango festivals:

AusInternational Tango Fest aka Sydney Tango Festival 27 March -4 April

www.tangofest.com.au

New Zealand Tango Fest June 24-27: www.nztangofestival.co.nz

Practica News  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Saturday practica 3 March 2010 2:00 – 4:00 pm 

Host this week –Jim and Judy
Host next week  - Neil and Helen

Workshops:

Our first series of workshops will start in May with Fab and Celi, If you loved them, then you’ll want more; if you don’t know them, then you’ll love them! Watch this space. 

On our July milonga week end, Joaquin Amenabar will be here to give us musicality lessons with his fabulously simple and elegant method.

Merchandising:

The club sells great shoe bags and assorted t-shirts with club logo. See Wendy at the first practica of the month.

Music: If you need to listen to some music, Myk is our music librarian. Email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to arrange cd swaps.

UPCOMING TANGO EVENTS

6 March Las Vacas Locas Milonga

2-5 April National Folk Fest

10 April 10th Birthday Milonga 

May Fabrizio and Ceili Workshops

5 June Puente Austral 200th anniversary of Argentina

July Joaquin Amenabar Workshops

Oct Tango in the Spring

6 Nov Tango Music Festival CYO

Nov BASH

TANGO DIARY – regular weekly events

Mondays

El Boliche Uni Pub 17 London Ct Civic 7.30-10.30 $5 

Thursdays
Tengo Tango guided practica, 8.00-9.30pm, $5 Polish Australian White Eagle Club,38 David St, Turner 

Saturdays
Tango Club practica, 2.00 – 4.00 pm, Free, St John's Church Hall, Constitution Ave, Reid. Contact the Tango Club at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sundays 

TANGO in the BASEMENT Alternative Tango Practica 4:00 – 6:00 pm $5    K'MOTION Dance Studio, Lower Ground, 33-35 London Crct, Civic Karen 0421 222 940

Regular classes:
Danzon: classes have started. Contact  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
K’Motion: Please see our website for more details – www.kmotiondance.com.au or email us on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Classes have started
TallaTango This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   Classes have started
TengoTango www.tengotango.com.au 0413 600 182 Classes have started

More Tango, More Often! What is the Tango Social Club of Canberra? We are a not-for-profit  organisation of people in the Canberra area who dance tango, take tango lessons, are passionate about tango, or just have an interest in tango. We organise practices, visiting teachers, and social occasions. Membership is $25 per year. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for more info.__._,_.___

"More Tango, more often!"

www.tangocanberra.asn.au