February at Firehouse Tango |
February 9
Sue out - A team takes over
I'm off to
Florida Once again this week, I will play hooky. This time, I'm passing up Firehouse for fun in the sun. Fortunately, I can leave my baby (That would be Firehouse Tango) worry free because I have incredible friends who are more than willing and able to keep the Firehouse fires burning brightly. Please support our wonderful back-up
team.
The logistics - The A Team
Terri Lopez (Wonder(ful) Woman) and Steve Turi (aka Superman) have generously offered to head up our milonga logistics team in addition to their normal invaluable weekly help. The tasks involved in running Firehouse are monumental, and we are incredibly fortunate to have so many fabulous friends willing to step in whenever
needed.
But What about the Music? Johnny Tablada DJ's
Not to worry. While we are away, your tangos, milongas and valses will be spun by fabulous guest DJ, Johnny Tablada. Many of our tangueras have had the pleasure of dancing with Johnny, who comes to Firehouse every Thursday. Now, you can enjoy listening to his incredible music, as well. I promise you will not be disappointed. Johnny has
an amazing and extensive knowledge of Argentine Tango.
How about the newsletter?
This Firehouse Tango newsletter has been published nearly every week since March, 2002 and thanks to Fran and Pat, the next two weeks will be no exception.
Among his countless talents, our remarkable instructor, Fran Chesleigh, is a professional writer. As always when I am out, he
and his equally extraordinary assistant, Pat Altman, flawlessly and with a style of their own, take over the task of writing the Firehouse Tango newsletter. I will send his handiwork out when I return.
This awesome duo is usually found at “Fran’s Table” in the alcove closest to the DJ table. They are always happy to answer your Tango questions or show you how to do something you might have missed, so make sure to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity
to learn from the best.
February 16 Judy Saul, Debbie Glaser, and Nathan Amitai celebrate their joint birthdays
See below
February
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No birthdays, only great eating, socializing, and dancing. Don't miss it. Thursday, February 16
Judy Saul, Debbie Glaser, and Nathan Amitai celebrate their joint birthdays
For six years in a row, Debbie Glaser and Judy Saul had celebrated together at Firehouse for their joint birthday. A few years ago, Nathan Amitai added his birthday to the celebration. It worked beautifully. Then they skipped a year, but now they're back.
Tangueros, do not miss this chance to tango with all three of these fabulous dancers and awesome Firehouse friends. For the
birthday dance, Nathan will start with Vicky, and Debbie and Judy will choose partners. Then Nathan gets to dance with both of the ladies, but I intend to get to him right after Vicky, Debbie and Judy. It will be awesome. We're so happy that these three are members of our Firehouse family.
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's cortinas were for Big Band. Next time I'm there (February 16), I'll play Dave Brubeck 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 Rose Whitehill
Thank you, Firehouse, for such a wonderful birthday. The tangueros I danced with were
awesome !!! Big hug to all. Rose
Hi everybody, Fran here with your Tango Tip of the Week. One of the questions I get from students all the time is: "How long will it take me to learn Tango?" The other day, a student told me that she had been able to learn Salsa in "only one lesson." She followed this unlikely assertion with the suggestion that "Teachers sometimes just try to drag out the lessons so
they end up making more money on students."
Oh boy.
When I was learning how to dance -- more than (ahem) fifty years ago -- I was constantly reminded by the Arthur Murray, Fred Astaire, or Dale organizations (these were once very popular dance schools that some younger students may never have even heard of that "Learning to dance is easy!" All I had to do was memorize the patterns from Arthur's books. Or maybe take a few brush-up lessons with one of Fred's
highly qualified teachers. Within a matter of months -- possibly weeks, even days! -- I'd be burning up the floor with the best of them.
It turns out that Arthur, Fred, and all the other professionals were not quite telling me the truth in their efforts to secure my ongoing patronage. Would I go so far as to say they were absolutely lying to me?
Well ....
The truth is that social dancing is a major skill. Learning to interact
in a collaborative, lead/follow relationship with another person in order to achieve apparently effortless harmony is an extremely difficult, complex process, one that takes many years -- if not a lifetime -- to accomplish. Parenthetically, many would-be dancers find themselves turning from lead/follow to memorized choreography, because it's just so much easier. In fact, the entire basis of virtually all dance school pedagogy is the accumulation of memorized patterns. When
lead/follow is taught at all in dance schools, nobody attends the class.
Would you like the process of learning to dance to be faster than it actually is? Would you like it to be easier? No problem, my friend. Just climb aboard the magic express to success. No need to waste countless hours in the dreaded learning zone. We'll get you where you want to go right now -- today! In the door of ignorance and out the door of expertise. Some of our students actually learn all they need
to know in a matter of minutes!
Oh, and while you're at it, we have a bridge you might be interested in buying.
Do you get the idea? Put in the time and effort -- reap the results. Try to cut corners --fall off the curb. It's your choice. Saturdays with Fran and Pat at Dardo Galletto Studios
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.) 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, you can visit our website at www.franchesleigh.com, call Fran directly at 212-662-7692, or email him at franchesleigh@mac.com Join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/franchesleighllc
Filipo Ross Art Dance Studio
Argentine Tango
Night Saturday, February 4, 2017
$15 Lite refreshments/ BYOB
540 B Grand Avenue Englewood, NJ
201-567-3785
info@filiprossartdancestudio.com
7:30 - 10:30
Nelson and Madalyn's Milonga in
Closter
Greetings Tango Amigos, Please join us for our Next "La Milonga” at: VENTURADANCE CENTER 540 Durie Ave.Closter, NJ
Saturday Night, February 11th 8:30 to Midnight with the John De Cesare Tango Trio Tango Exhibition with Madalyn and Nelson Avila, Nelson’s great selection of Tango Music including some Ballroom, Latin, Hustle,
Swing
Complimentary Classes: Beginners 7:30-8:00 Int/Advanced 8:00-8:30
Coffee, Tea, Light Snacks and…. your presence for another Magical Night of Dancing!
$20 in advance, $25 at the door Call ahead to reserve your table and pay $20!
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Our cancelation policy - We STILL rarely cancel
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Even though we had to cancel once a last 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.
- Tsipoyra Sartan
- Lynn
Gross
- Nina
- Elina Titova
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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 -
And these people brought wine - Bill Auer
- Barbara Lombardi
- Mary Pagano
- Bill Krukovsky
- Carl
Schaefer
- George Ngo
- John Barous
- Bob Brillo
- Eduardo Campos
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