September at Firehouse Tango |
September is a big month at Firehouse Tango.
Thursday, September 3 - Anniversary of Walter Monteblanco and and Gay Fallows Monteblanco
See below in this newsletter for information
Thursday, September 10
- Venue change and Tsipoyra birthday
Venue change to Twin Door Tavern/Victor's Maywood Inn
See below in this newsletter for information
Birthday of Tsipoyra
Sartan
Tsipoyra
has been with us since the beginning. She is an indispensable part of Firehouse Tango, and we are thrilled to be able to celebrate her birthday on September 10th.
Thursday, September 17 - Jewish New Year feast and Herb Goodfried birthday
Jewish New Year feast (Rosh Hashanah)
Every year, our tangueros judeos treat the Firehouse community to a traditional ethnic new year feast. Details are below in this newsletter.
Birthday of Herb Goodfried
Herb will celebrate his birthday Thursday, September 17, sin baile (without a dance) but with a luscious rum raisin cake, his favorite. We are delighted to be able to take what we can get from this terrific guy.
Thursday, September 24 - Birthday of Terri
Lopez
Terri, who has become so indispensable that I say in all seriousness that Firehouse Tango could not exist without her, celebrated her birthday on Thursday, September 24th.
We will invite the Firehouse Tangueros to show our most loyal Firehouse friend EVER just how much we all appreciate her - and they most surely will. Our dear friend Roberto, from Starlight, will start the birthday tango. Then, an endless stream of Firehouse Tangueros will cut in, dancing to Di Sarli's Junto a tu Corazon and Tu el Cielo y Tu
Sue
will bring the delicious cake with Terri's beautiful picture.
Terri Lopez has been a part of the Firehouse family since our first days at Paramus Firehouse # 4, and we look forward to many more birthday celebrations with her.
Firehouse Tango at Twin Door Tavern (formerly Victor's Maywood Inn) on Thursday, September 10th (one day only) |
On Thursday, September 10 (That's two weeks from now,) Firehouse Tango will be at the Twin Door Tavern (formerly Victor's Maywood Inn), less than a mile from The Knights of Columbus. The time and schedule is the same as always. The place will change, the price will be lower,
and you CANNOT bring wine.
Twin Door Tavern - Victor's Maywood Inn 122 W. Pleasant Avenue
Maywood, N.J. 07607-1235
(201) 843-8022 http://www.twindoortavern.com/index.html Thursday, September 10th 7:00 - 7::30 : Basic tango lesson with Fran Chesleigh 7:30 - 8:30
: Intermediate tango lesson with Fran Chesleigh
8:30 - 11:00 PM Milonga
Admission is only $10 and includes lessons and
milonga. The Twin Door Tavern has an excellent menu and bar. We encourage you to try both. Please do not bring wine.
For additional information, call Sue at 201-825-1570
Jewish New Year feast at Firehouse Tango - September 17 - Contributions wanted |
As is our tradition during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, some of our tangueros judeos
will bring traditional holiday food for our Firehouse friends Thursday, September 17th.. You don't have to be Jewish to contribute and it's not too late, so let me know if you'd like to make something. Just send an e mail to firehousetango@gmail.com
Here is what we have so far for this ethnic
feast (You will note that there are some honorary Jews among the contributors):
Sue Dallon brisket, carrots, potatoes string beans
Joe Dallon Apples and honey from Joe's bees
Judy Assisi and Herb Goodfried Drunken fruit
Tsipoyra Sartan ?
Jack
Block Tsimmes
Bonny Yankauer Chopped liver and pickled herring
Sydney St. James something
Eva Roth Rum cake
Georgina Blitzer Apple cake
Mike Porro - Salad
George Ngo -
?
Celebrations next Week, September 3rd |
Anniversary of Walter and Gay
Monteblanco
Can it be six years since we rejoiced at the marriage of our very good friends Walter and Gay? We will celebrate their anniversary with great joy on September 3rd. Gay and Walter will start the anniversary dance, and then the tangueros will cut in with Gay and the tangueras (and some tangueros as well, I suspect) with Walter. I can't wait, and I shall
try my absolute best to be the first one after Gay to cut in for my dance with Walter.
Walter has been a close friend and supporter since the very beginning at Paramus Firehouse # 4, and Gay came soon after. When they aren't traveling, they come to Firehouse often. Walter also teaches private lessons by
appointment.
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 I'm waiting for more suggestions for cortinas. Let me know if you have some favorite non tango music, and I will try to play it. This week, we heard Pete Seeger
cortinas.
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. 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 Hector Scotti (Our dear friend and DJ from Buenos Aires)
Hector sent this adorable link about Tango Sobre una mesa (Tango on a table.)
From Fred Rueck
Hi Sue,
This was in my newsletter last week, and it bears repeating. I included Tango Guapo in this week's playlist
From Sue - I love it, and it is well worth watching. The selection featured in this video is Tango Guapo with orchestra Lucio Demare. I will include it in my playlist next week. Try to think about
their lesson when you dance to it.
23 hours ago - Uploaded by erdemsel1975 Summary: Murat invites the organizer of the event, Mirjam Trepte on stage without any notification. To her ...
Señor
Oucho
Hello everyone, Pat here. This week, in our continuing series of basic Tango movement, I will discuss from the follower’s point of view, the first of three basic traveling movements – the step to the side. As we know, the follower’s job is to wait, in the embrace and on her own balance, until she feels movement from the leader’s upper body. It is also her job, once she feels a credible lead, to move as directed, on her own balance without clutching or hanging on to her leader, or using him for balance as she moves. So, here you are ready and waiting ... What do you feel? It’s possible that you are aware of some vague movement but nothing is happening with the leader’s upper body, so you don’t move. More than likely, our leader is just sticking his foot to the side, and expecting you to take the side step. As we have pointed out in the past, the follower does not read this
movement as a lead, so you stay in place, on your own balance. Is he pulling you off balance with his arms as he lurches to the side, without any prior indication of his intention? This technique almost always results in disaster, with the leader and follower trying their best not to fall
down. However, if you are waiting and you feel your leader’s body lower slightly and then move to the side, in a smooth but definite movement, you will easily be able to follow, taking your own side step – maybe a fraction of a second later – and coming onto your own balance at the end of your step. Once you
initiate your own movement, followers, you are responsible for traveling through space and coming to a stop in balance. It is not your leader’s job to carry you through the step!! You should maintain the embrace, but do not hang on to you leader in any way. In addition, followers, you should
make sure to take a big enough side step so that you come into balance in front of your leader (and being in front of her leader, is after all, a skilled follower’s primary objective.) If you take a tiny little side step, it will compromise the lead, and both partners’ balance…and therefore, back to square one. In the ideal, the lead and the follow in a side step should be smooth movements, executed by the leader and follower, each of whom is independent of the other, coming to a balanced stop in front of each other at the end of the step.
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), 11th floor; 2-4pm, $10 per person. (Bringing a partner isn't necessary.) We think it’s just like being in Buenos Aires! Pat and
I will 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 Web site at www.franchesleigh.com and join is on Facebook at www.facebook.com/franchesleighllc
Tuesday at La Havana with Simply Social Dancing |
Please call the restaurants to
make a reservation, even on the event day. We are given more space and more food and more servers base on our Reservations!!
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Latin Night at La Havana 59 110 Moonachie Ave, Moonachie NJ
Tuesday, Sept 29th 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Mostly Salsa and Argentine Tango... some Bachata, Merengue, Rumba, & Cha Cha A beginner lesson to start. $20.00 cover includes 2 house
drinks or i drink & 1 Latin Night appetizer
For reservations and directions:
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Biagio's Restaurant for Dinner & Dance 299 Paramus Rd,
Paramus NJ
Biagio's will return in October & November.
A mix of music for all types of partner dancing A beginner Swing dance lesson to start off the night. $35.00 for dinner and dancing / Cash bar
For reservations and
directions:
Lisa SkatesSimply Social Dancing |
Find milongas anywhere in the world |
Hola tanguero/a, We would like to inform you about our website with milongas in any city worldwide to dance tango. Check out the milongas nearby. New season, new milongas. Our website may be useful for you to find milongas in your destinations. Our website is: http://milongas-in.comIf you organize a milonga please add it in our website, so anyone who is travelling can find your milonga. If you have a website, please add our website in your links section. In case you do, we would prefer our link to be named: “Milongas in any city worldwide” and the corresponding link has to be http://milongas-in.comThank you very much. Un abrazo, Milongas-in.com Team
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
RAÚL IRIARTE (Rafael
Fiorentino) dies: singer with a clear and elegant voice. He stopped performing with his real name because of Francisco Fiorentino’s fame. He came to the highest point in his career with Miguel Caló with whom he remained for almost five years (1943-1947). He traveled around America as a soloist and became the best ambassador of the famous decade of the 1940’s. He died in Bogotá, Colombia. ♫ TRENZAS Miguel Caló y Raúl Iriarte (1945)
⊙ CD Nº10 Colección Natucci (40 CD) +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 cancelation policy - We STILL rarely cancel
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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
- Tsipoyra Sartan
- Steve Maisch
- Steve Turi
- Shan Nagendra
- Sydney St.
James
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 - Popcorn
- Eva Roth - Argentine Mixed Salad
And these people brought wine
- Bill
Krukovsky
- George Ngo
- Fred Meyer
- Francis & Marie
- Bob Brillo
- Eduardo
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