Once again, cutting and pasting at 1 AM after a night of dancing does not work well. Last night's newsletter mixed and matched Fran Chesleigh's contributions. Below, I have corrected the mixup, and I am resending the newsletter.
THANKS TO EVERYONE - WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU
In 2017, Firehouse Tango continued its tradition of being the best place to dance Tango in New Jersey and the ONLY place to be on Thursday
nights.
Though many of you thank us, the truth is that it's you, our dear Firehouse friends, who generate our success. So at the beginning of the New Year, I want to thank you all for helping and for bringing wine, food, and goodies. Mostly, thank you for coming every week, for the pleasure of your company, and for all of those wonderful
tangos.
I wish you all a year filled with good health, love and friendship and as the song says, "If you have the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance."
Celebrations - Anniversary of Rafael and Hilda |
January 4, 2018 - Anniversary of Rafael and Hilda
One of my very favorite
couples. I love them both. They leave soon, so make sure to take this opportunity to celebrate with them. They will start the anniversary dance together, then the tangueros can cut in on Hilda and the tangueras can do the same for Rafael. Ladies, I'm first, right after Hilda. 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
January at Firehouse Tango |
January 4 Anniversary of Rafael and Hilda - See above
January 11 No birthdays, just great dancing, eating, and socializing with wonderful people.
January 18 Birthday of Estelle Stanger - (No dancing just cake and singing) Our dear Firehouse Tango friend, who doesn't dance, but we just love her visits, and we especially love to celebrate with her.
January 25 Birthday of Rose Whitehill. Rose is so busy that she comes all too rarely. However, she's a terrific dancer, and you tangueros are in for a treat.
Changes to Local Milongas |
Milonga in Edgewater, NJ - Second and Fourth Fridays
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MILONGA ON THE
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See below - Reader's Corner
Mike Porro and Al Ko Third Annual New Year's Eve Milonga at Grand Ballroom in Midland Park
Ring in 2018 with Argentine Tango TANGO LOCO IX Fourth New
Years Milonga To Simply Enjoy Dance & Friendship at Grand Ballroom Authentic Argentine Tango Music provided by DJ Al Ko 8:00 PM
– 1:00 AM December 31, 2017 Latin interlude - Salsa lesson 10:00 PM Sunday, December 31, 2017 Light Nibbles BYOW Champagne at Midnight $30 before 12/15 $35 12/16 – 12/30 $40 at the door (if space is available) Mail checks payable to “Tango Loco” to: Michael Porro 180 Old Tappan Rd. Bldg 5, Old Tappan, NJ 07675 Grand Ballroom Dance Studio Midland Park Shopping Center (around the back) 85 Godwin Ave, Midland Park, NJ 07432 For additional information call 201-768-0218 or email:
porro@erols.com TANGO LOCO MILONGA is a spontaneous event that arises when the spirit moves us and we have the opportunity to host extraordinary teachers of dance for our tango community. On this night, our extraordinary teachers are you!
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. Last week, I played holiday music. Next week, who knows?
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 Michael Ditkoff - (Thanks to Mike for letting us know about Triangulo)
Sue: It was announced at last night’s milonga that the Friday afternoon milonga is moving to Galleto’s, effective January 5 from 4:30 to 8:30. Eddie and Maura are hosts. (No Richard) You won’t see any information on the Triangulo website because the milongas won’t be part of Triangulo.
Saturday afternoons are already reserved for Steve Curlen and Carolina Escalona at Galleto’s. BUT the schedule is inconsistent. They were open Dec 2 and 16,
closed the other December Saturdays and all January Saturdays. The hours are 4:30-7. 151 W 46th, 11 th floor.
No word if Maura is going to looking for another place for Saturday
afternoons.
Happy New Year.
Michael
Hi everybody, Fran here with your Tango Tip of the Week. Pat and I hope you’re all enjoying your holidays. As we approach the New Year, you may be considering a few special resolutions for 2018. In keeping with that tradition, we’d like to propose a few that will go a
long way toward helping improve your Tango. Here are some of our Top Tips for leaders: I will make every effort to master the skill of lead/follow. I will search for
conscious balance at the end of every step I take with every partner. I will attempt to maintain the line of dance at all times. I will put my follower’s continuous comfort ahead of all other considerations.
And a few for followers: I will remember to bring myself to a stop at the end of every step I am invited to take. I will keep my own balance during every dance. I will execute every step with positive energy and conviction. I will learn to speak the language of adornment, and use it sparingly.
Here are a few for everyone: We will dance with the partner in front of us rather than some ideal who doesn’t exist. We will never teach. We will take regular lessons. We will have lots of fun, dancing Tango no matter what our skill level.
All these suggestions are things Pat and I try to incorporate into our own Tango as best we can. We’ve talked about them again and again in our weekly Tango Tips (and will, of course, repeat them as often as possible). As your teachers, we want you to become
as good as you can at dancing social Tango. As your friends, we want every day to be made a little better for having Tango in your life. Happy New Year, everybody! We look forward to the great pleasure of your company in 2018.
Fran and Pat now offer a new class in American Social Dance
Fran and Pat now offer a new class in American Social Dance In a recent interview appearing on YouTube, the renowned
milonguero Flaco Dani said he strongly believed that passing down the music and dance tradition of one’s country from one generation to the next was a necessary mandate for those who had the power to do so. Pat and I agree, and to this end we’ve begun what we call the American Social Dance Project, an all-new initiative designed to preserve and nurture real American social dancing – the way it was meant to be. We’ve kicked off our project with what we call “Class One” – a weekly exploration of three important American Social Dances: Foxtrot, Triple Swing, and Salsa. (Yes, we know Salsa is from the Caribbean – but here in America, we’ve adopted this and many other social dance forms as our own since the 1920s.) We hope you like the idea of
keeping American social dance alive, not competitive or performance dancing, but real social dance the way it was traditionally done. To that end, we invite you to join us every Monday evening at 8:00 p.m. for a fun-filled social dance fix. We guarantee that you’ll have a ball! Here are the details: Class One Concentrating on authentic American Foxtrot, Triple Swing and Salsa Mondays, 8:00 p.m. Studios 353 353 West 48th Street, Second floor (between 8th and 9th Avenues) New York City
Saturdays with Fran and Pat at Dardo Galletto Studios
The longest-running and friendliest practica in NYC! Come join our happy
group of social tango dancers, whose sole purpose is to enjoy dancing and to practice what they’re learning. Everyone dances! Essential Tango Therapy! Pat and I will be on hand to answer any questions you may have, and help you with material you’re working on. Plus you get a new “must-have” move each week! No partner required, all levels. Dardo Galletto Studios, 151 West 46th Street, 11th floor, (bet. 6th & 7th Aves) www.franchesleigh.com 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
Jersey since
2009. Simply Social Dancing - January and February https://www.facebook.com/lisa.skates.7
Latin
Night at La Havana 59
There is no La Havana event in December.
Monthly class: 3rd
Saturday January 20th February 17th
Women's Exercise & Technique
Classes 8:00 to 9:00 am Strengthening and Stretching to support your dancing
9:00 to 10:00
am Technique class for Latin, West Coast Swing, & Tango dancing 201 694 7087 Lisa
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Latin Night at La Havana 59110 Moonachie Ave,
Moonachie NJ
Tuesday, January 30th Tuesday, February
27th 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Mostly Salsa and Argentine Tango... some Bachata, Merengue, Rumba, & Cha
Cha. A beginnerArgentine Tango lesson to start.
$20.00 cover includes 2 house drinks or 1 drink & 1 Latin Night
appetizer
For reservations and directions: 201 964 9515
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Biagio's Restaurant for Dinner &
Dance 299 Paramus Rd, Paramus
NJ
Sunday,
January 14th6:00 to 9:00
pm
A
mix of music for all types of partner dancing. A
beginner dance lesson to start off the
night.
$35.00 for dinner and
dancing / Cash bar
For
reservations and directions: 201
652
0201
Lisa
Skates Simply Social Dancing 201 694 7087
Nelson and Madalyn Avilla Milonga in Astoria
We wish you all a wonderful Holiday Season
and hope you
will join us January 5th
when we continue our La Milonga Tango Argentino at
HOME Restaurant and Lounge
28-49 Steinway Street
Astoria, NY
7:30- 11:30
Best Wishes, Madalyn and Nelson
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Our cancelation policy - We STILL rarely cancel
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Even though we had to cancel once last year because of a blizzard, 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 my cell phone
201-826-6602. Feel free to leave a message.
We cancel only when absolutely necessary (only about eight or nine times in all these years - including, unfortunately, the Thursday that I was in Florida, 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.
- Steve Turi
- Lynn Gross
- Tsipoyra Sartan
- Steve Maisch
- Jesse Barton
- Hilda and Rafael
- and thanks to all the other folks who helped. It really makes our job much easier, and we certainly appreciate it.
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 - - Nina Grynyk - Crepes with cabbage and with jam
- Flo - Cheesecake
- Ingrid Jacob -
Tiramisu
- Georgina Blitzer - Flan
And these people brought wine
- Barbara Lombardi
- Jesse & Cathy
- Carl Schaefer
- Adrienne
- Al & Lilian
- Bob Brillo
- Slava & Naum
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