Get your tickets [$20.00] now for our eight annual Tango on the Hudson picnic milonga. Don't miss dancing Tango at one of the loveliest spots in this area.

The dance is in the Alpine Pavilion, located at the boat basin in Alpine, New Jersey, about seven miles from the George Washington Bridge.  We will dance under the stars at this magnificent stone, open air structure built in the 1930's by the
 WPA, nestled in the forested Palisades directly on the Hudson River, with a huge wood floor made for dancing.  Its protective roof, picnic tables and matchless ambiance make it perfect for eating and dancing rain or shine.

FIREHOUSE TANGO ON THE HUDSON

Admission:

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door if space is available

Purchasing tickets:    

Tickets may be purchased in advance at Firehouse
Tango on  Thursdays or you can send a
check made out to Firehouse Tango to Sue
Dallon 16 Fox Hollow Rd Ramsey, NJ 07446

Date:                   

Sunday night, August 25, 2013


Time:                 

4 - 8 PM                             

Weather:            

Rain or shine - Covered pavilion

Place:           

Alpine Boat Basin

Parking:

$5 for a car to park in lot

Food:      

We will not supply food but you can bring a picnic supper if you want. There are tables at which to sit.

Drink:           

BYOB and water

Cleanup:           

Please dispose of your own garbage in the receptacles provided

Music:           

Music by DJ Joe

Information:        

For additional information call Sue at 201-825-1570 OR 201-826-6602 or e mail firehousetango@gmail.com .

Floor:

The floor is wood and you can wear dance shoes (dress is casual)

 

For pictures and directions for this year's Firehouse Tango on the Hudson Picnic Milonga (Sunday, August 25, the Sunday before Labor Day) click on Special Events on our web site at www.firehousetango.com

http://www.firehousetango.com/FHTontheHudsonPicnicMilongaSunday2013.doc

To use, let's say, American Foxtrot for comparison, part of the technique we use in developing any given sequence is to create a seamless gliding action between each step within the sequence. The overall result is to end up with a sense of easy, continuous movement from the beginning of the dance all the way to the end. In Tango, the exact opposite is true. With each step we take our goal is to come to a very definite ending rather than to continue moving.

As a primary learning tool we take one step, and we stop. Then we take another step and we stop. Consciously stopping between steps is one of the most important skills that we learn in Tango. Furthermore, we do not develop memorized sequences in the way we do in other dances. New students always ask, "What's the basic step in Argentine Tango?" Answer: There is none.

Eventually, we learn how to create the equivalent of continuous sequences in Tango. This involves taking a step, acknowledging the balance at the end of that step, then taking the next step. This is a difficult skill to learn, and for a variety of reasons a good many leaders simply never become successful at it.

For the student who comes to Tango from the American tradition of continuous movement and memorized steps, this very different process of learning can be a very frustrating experience at first. We have to learn an entirely new way to dance - one that is completely alien to everything that we might be used to. If you take a deep breath, bite the bullet, and apply yourself to mastering this radically new technique of movement (and non-movement) you will sooner or later become a skilled Tango dancer.

All you have to do is make the commitment to learn, and not settle for anything but success.

Special Note:

My two Saturday classes have been cancelled for the next four weeks to accommodate the fact that most Dance Manhattan students are away on their summer vacations. This means that my 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. slots are open for private lessons. If you'd like to take this unique opportunity to schedule a lesson or two during either of these times, see Pat or me, or contact us at the numbers below.

• Terri Lopez -
  
• Tony Mele
  
• Tsipoyra Sartan
  
• steve turi
  
• Stephen Maisch
  
• Debbie Glaser
• Jesse Barton
  

• Barbara Lombardi
• Jean Shedlock
• Enrique Zuniga
• George Ngo
• Ingrid & Karl Jacob
• Jerry & Adele Kline
• Horatio Piccioni
• Meryl Shapiro
  
• Francis
• June Stahl
• Eduardo Campos
• Terri Lopez