July 2 - Independence Day Celebration
July 9 - No birthdays, just great learning, socializing, and dancing in the world's friendliest milonga
July 16 - No birthdays, just great learning,
socializing, and dancing in the world's friendliest milonga
July 23 - Birthday of Tonia Shahsovar Tonia has been a Firehouse friend for years, and she is very happy to be celebrating her birthday with us. The Firehouse Tangueros will love the birthday dance with this lovely lady.
July 30 - No birthdays, just great
learning, socializing, and dancing in the world's friendliest milonga No celebrations next week, just great learning, socializing, and dancing in the world's friendliest milonga.
If heaven is anything like celebrating one’s birthday at Firehouse Tango, it has a lot to recommend it. Frankly, I’d rather be at Firehouse. Thank you lovely tangueras, for a birthday memory I shall
cherish. Con mucho amore,
Steve Turi
I keep saying I do not want to celebrate any more birthdays, but how many men will
line up to dance with me, if not for the traditional tributes on birthdays.....oh well, you know that is not really true because our tanqueros dance with all of the ladies... Terri Lopez SteveTuri requested some different genres for cortinas, and who am I to refuse Superman? The cortinas last week were from the movie Funny Face, with Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. They were selected
especially for Steve. I'm going to keep on finding new selections that will please my dear friend.
This week, Debbie Glaser requested cortinas by Stevie Wonder, so that's what you got. I aim to please.
A cortina (curtain) is a short piece (20–60 seconds) of non-dance music that is played between tandas at a milonga (tango dance event). The cortina lets the dancers know that the tanda has ended. The partners can then without insult thank each other and return to their own tables, to find a new dance partner at the next tanda. Cortinas are used at many of the milongas in Argentina and Uruguay but are increasingly common elsewhere. - Wikipedia
Let us know if you are celebrating an occasion and would like to request special music for that night’s cortinas. We will try very hard to accommodate you. Here were my resolutions for 2015. This month was terrible one for resolution-keeping.
My Resolutions for 2015
- Improve my español and continue my Duolingo streak
- Take a group to Buenos Aires (I will try very hard to make it as wonderful as last year's, but that's a tall order.)
- Exercise six days a week - I'm afraid to let this one go. It's like Weight Watchers. If I don't share it, I will stop doing it.
Wish me
luck!
After 95 days in a row, I woke up one morning and realized I had forgotten to do Duolingo the previous day. I was back to zero. I started again in July,so I'm up to 2, but no promises.
We're well under way with this year's trip to Buenos Aires at the beginning of
November. It should be great fun.
It's no surprise that after two weeks in California, I've completely given up on excercize. I will try again in July.
Buenos Aires with Firehouse Tango November, 2015 - More information |
Latest information on Buenos Aires
Our trip to Buenos Aires from October 30 to November 9th, 2015 (with a possible optional extension to either Mendoza or Iguazu Falls) is on.
Last year, we took a group and exceeded all expectations (references are happily available.) If you think you want to come, please send me an e mail at firehousetango@gmail.com or call me at 201-826-6602.
Trip details and payment information are below. What's
included?
- 8 nights/ 9 days in Buenos Aires with the friendliest group around
- Stay at the excellent, centrally located Bauen Suites Hotel
- Full breakfast every day
- Welcome luncheon at the hotel
- Transfers to and from
hotel (included if traveling with group on American # 953 and #954)
- Private group lessons with excellent local teachers and local partners (male and female) for each person
- Milongas with local hosts (male and female) who are there just to dance with us
- City Tour
- Full day at gaucho ranch with barbeque and
show
- Popular Tango show with dinner
- Day at San Telmo Flea Market & enough free time for shopping, exploring the city, visiting museums, taking private lessons, visiting milongas on your own or resting (heaven forbid)
- You most certainly will want to visit a shoe store (shoes cost about 1/3 of price here) Prices in Buenos Aires are amazingly low &
additional costs are minimal
- Excellent & inexpensive local teachers highly recommended
How Much: The cost of the trip including everything listed below (excluding air) is $2100 (double occupancy). Single supplement is available for an additional fee
of $400. Airfare should be about $1,400. Payment Schedule: $400 at signup - Non refundable (Single Supplement $400) due about May 7th $400 June 4th- Refundable if canceled before September 3 $400 July 2 - Refundable if
canceled before September 3 $400 August 6 -Refundable if canceled before September 3 $500 Balance September 3 - Non refundable
We advise you to purchase trip cancellation & medical insurance (for example www.accessamerica.com ) You should make your air reservations as soon as possible, since the fare may go up. There is also an Argentina Reciprocity Fee of $160. This is a
one-time payment that is good for ten years.
How to Register: Give check made out to Firehouse Tango for $400 together with your name, address and phone numbers to Sue or send to Sue Dallon, 16 Fox Hollow Rd. Ramsey, NJ 07446. For more information or references ask Sue or call 201-825-1570 or 201-826-6602.
We welcome readers' contributions about Argentine Tango in general and Firehouse Tango in particular. Send your thoughts to firehousetango@gmail.com We welcome readers' contributions about Argentine Tango in general and Firehouse Tango in particular. Send your thoughts to firehousetango@gmail.com
From Fred Rueck
Naomi Hotta. The Argentine Tango ... If not, it's not surprising, since
the tango is a mysterious and intricate dance that only few can master. If yes, you can ...
Hi everyone, Fran here with your Tango Tip of the Week. Before we attempt to move as one with another person in the context of social partner dancing, the first thing we need to do is to form the embrace. It would be easy to say that there is only one way to do this. That would certainly make our lives easier. Unfortunately, this just isn't
the case. Not only is there no single way to form the embrace, but the fact is that there might be almost as many versions of this crucial connection as there are dancers. For example: If any readers out there are involved with dances other than Tango, you know that the embrace for any given type of dance is almost always quite specific to the needs of that individual discipline. The way one might engage one's partner in salsa or swing dancing, to mention two common
social dance forms, is completely different from what one would choose for various kinds of ballroom dance. If we now focus exclusively on Tango, we come immediately to a significant disparity in the way different people conceptualize the fundamental Tango connection. If you grew up in Buenos Aires during what is sometimes referred to as the "golden age of Tango," for example, and learned to dance by spending a lot of time in the milongas, your basic embrace would
almost certainly reflect what people around you were doing at that time. On the other hand, if your primary exposure to Tango has come from attending classes in a dance school during the last five to ten years -- let's say, here in the U.S.A. or maybe in Europe -- the way you form your embrace in order to dance socially is without doubt the result of your teacher's preferred pedagogical approach. One of the important differences between the way most people in Argentina used to
dance (and do to this day, if they're still active on the dance scene), and the way relative newcomers tend to dance can be easily differentiated by the amount of interdependent physical contact they utilize in their embrace. To put it simply: If we ask the question, "Do you lean on your partner, when you dance?," the majority of older, experienced dancers in Argentina don't. The majority of younger, school-influenced dancers do. Without getting into which of these
two widely conflicting preconceptions about forming the Tango embrace might be considered more "authentic," my own rationale for choosing one over the other has to do with comfort and flexibility. In my opinion, two people leaning on one another limits the leader's available comfort level and potential repertoire so severely that I would never recommend this way of forming the embrace. However, I am well aware that leaning has become deeply established among certain people today -- essential to
the way they conceptualize and dance Tango. All that said, next week I will describe in as much detail as I can the formation of the Tango embrace from the non-leaner's point of view.
Saturdays with Fran and Pat at Dardo Galletto Studios
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Please join us for our Saturday Practica at Dardo Galletto Studios, 151 West 46th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues; 2-4pm, $10 per person. (Bringing a partner isn't necessary.) We think it’s just like being in Buenos Aires! We’ll both be on hand to answer
any questions you may have about your dancing, and to help you with material you're working on. Plus you get a new “must-have” tango move each week! If you’d like a private lesson, call Fran directly at 212-662-7692, or email him at franchesleigh@mac.com. Don’t forget to visit our website at www.franchesleigh.com and join is on Facebook at www.facebook.com/franchesleighllc
View Monica Paz' terrific tango Facebook posts - my pick from
this week is below
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Every day, our dear friend and teacher in Buenos Aires posts a historical tango fact of the day. These interesting and informative tidbits always include
English, Spanish and Italian information and a relevant recording. You can see all of them and listen to the recording by simply joining Monica Paz PractiMilonguero Facebook page. Below is a link to the Facebook page, where you can hear the music:
Calendario Milonguero
Birth of JAIME TURSKY. Nickname: El Chino, violinist. He was a member of the line of violins of the orchestra of Osvaldo Pugliese in his opening presentation. Up to 4 days prior to such event Pugliese had been imprisoned for his political views. That is why El Chino was responsible for organizing the presentation. Until 1947 he was treasurer and violinist of
the orchestra. ♫ EL REMATE. Osvaldo Pugliese (1944)
⊙ CD Nº06 Colección Natucci (40 CDs) +info
Below is a link to Monica's interview with Juan Carlos Pontorielo from February 8, 2011. He passed away recently. How wonderful to have this video history and othes like it that Monica has preserved.
Un bello recuerdo
Juan Carlos Pontorielo Q.E. P.D.
https://youtu.be/CiEib0rZ92Q
Our cancellation policy - We STILL rarely cancel |
Even though we had to cancel once this year, we still rarely cancel!
We want to remind everyone that if the weather looks really bad, we will leave messages on our web site www.firehousetango.com and phone 201-825-1570. You can also reach
us on my cell phone 201-826-6602. Feel free to leave a message on either of these lines.
We cancel only when absolutely necessary (only about eight or nine times in all these years - including, unfortunately, the first scheduled milonga of March, 2015), but please check whenever you're not sure. If there isn't any message, we're on.
During Hurricane
Sandy, when we had only cell phone service, I was able to leave a message on my cell, so I guess that the best number to call is 201-826-6602.
The following folks helped set up, break down and clean up before and after the milonga. Without them, there would be no Firehouse Tango.
- Elena Titova
- Elena Syrett
- Mike
Porro
- Tsipoyra Sartan
- Steve Maisch
- steve turi
And of course, without Terri Lopez and steve turi we would have to close up shop.
A reminder that Firehouse Tango does not supply wine - Your fellow tangueros bring it. Therefore, if you drink it, please make sure to bring a bottle every so often.The folks below
brought food and wine this week - - Barbara Lombardi -
Popcorn
And these people brought wine- Bill Kennick
- Mary Pagano
- George Ngo
- Edna Negron
- Horatio
Piccioni
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Susan
Berardini
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Ferd
Ritz
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Bob Brillo
- Naum & Slava Khromov
- Eduardo Campus
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