May 3 - Birthday of Francis Gregoire May 10 - Birthday of Marta Bautis - lesson by Walter Monteblanco See below for
details
May 17 - Birthday of Gay Fallows
May 24 -Firehouse Tango 15th anniversary -
May 31 - No
celebrations - Just great dancing and socializing
Next Thursday, May 17 - Birthday of Gay Fallows Monteblanco Gay returns to Firehouse ocassionally in between extensive world travels with her husband and our dear friend, Walter. I think everyone agrees with me that her birthday celebration at Firehouse is always worth staying home for. .
Gay has been a Firehouse friend for years, and we are always happy to celebrate with her. Walter will start the birthday dance, and then all of the Firehouse milongueros will join in.
Walter, as usual, will bring a fabulously delicious cake and bottles of champagne that will disappear very quickly. Last Thursday, May 10 - Birthday of Marta Bautis, Lesson by Walter Monteblanco
Birthday of Marta Bautis
Marta Bautis has been around tango for a long time.
She is a terrific dancer who loves dancing at Firehouse, and you can find her there most Thursday nights. Marta picked the lucky guy to start the birthday tango and one after another, the Firehouse Tangueros loved cutting in. Filipo came later and led Marta in a wonderful birthday dance.
Marta is an Argentinean filmmaker who began her career as a photojournalist and has worked throughout Latin America. She is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has
been screened at numerous national and international film festivals. She is also a faculty member at the School of Contemporary Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey and founder of Tiempo Azul Productions.
Fran out - Lesson by Walter
Monteblanco
Fran and Pat were away on a well-deserved vacation to England, so they were out on May 10th. Walter Monteblanco filled in for the day, and everyone agreed that he did a terrific job..
Walter has taught Argentine Tango
since long before I knew it existed. He taught regularly in New York and New Jersey until he retired and began his career as a world traveler. He and his wife, (our dear friend Gay), visit Firehouse often and most of you know them.
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
Thursday, June 15 - Firehouse Tango 15th
Anniversary Celebration |
Firehouse Tango started in 2003 and has been going strong ever since. Amazingly, we are still here, celebrating our fifteenth anniversary. We are planning to add lots of extra-special delights next Thursday including. - Extra hour of fun and dancing
- Door prizes
- Let's dress up and have a ball.
- Sue will make her famous brisket with carrots, string beans, and potatoes and Terri will make her equally famous arroz con pollo. If anyone else would like to bring something for the occasion, please let me
know.
As always, admission of $15 includes dinner, lesson, dancing and socializing with some of the
nicest folks around. The event is at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 105 Grove Avenue, Maywood, NJ 07607. For additional information call Sue at 201-826-6602.
The schedule for the evening is: 7:00 - 7:30 Basic Argentine Tango lesson with Fran Chesleigh &
Pat Altman
7:30 - 8:30
Intermediate Argentine Tango lesson with Fran Chesleigh & Pat Altman 8:30 - 10:00 Buffet opens and recorded music for dancing by DJ Sue 10:00 - drawings
10:30 - 12:00 Dancing to recorded music by DJ Sue Admission includes dinner, lesson, dancing, and socializing with some of the nicest folks around
Update on Donna Campos - New phone number |
Everyone knows our wonderful Cuban amigo Eduardo, and many of you know his equally wonderful, non-Cuban wife, Donna. Unfortunately, Donna fell a few weeks ago and broke her femur. Because of complications, among them three previous hip operations on the same side, the operation was delayed until last Monday
at Hackensack Hospital.
The operation was successful, and Donna is back at Care One Rehabilitation in Creskill. She is doing so well that they expect her to be home by next Wednesday, May 16th. Donna says that if anyone needs a really good orthopedist, they should call her.
We all wish her the best.
Donna is in a private rom at Creskill Care One. Her new phone number is 201-227-7742. If you visit her, you should come after 3 pm, as she has physical therapy before that.
Care
One Contact Information 221 County Road
Cresskill, NJ 07626 Phone: 201-567-9310 Last week, I played cortinas from the Eagles.
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.
From Edna Negron
A groundbreaking new off-Broadway musical "Unexpected Joy” offers theater-goers a chance to help Puerto Rico’s recovery after Hurricane Maria."Unexpected Joy” runs April 24-May 20 at the York Theater, 618 Lexington Ave. The producers are offering a special discount on ticket prices, including a donation for Puerto Rico’s hurricane victims. It is being produced by a good friend of mine,
Willie Fernandez, whom some of you know. Click here for the promotional code: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/986510/prm/PRHR “Unexpected Joy” tells the story of three generation of singers with conflicting and at time hilarious family
dynamics going on. It stars Luba Mason, a singer and dancer who first fell in love with Latin music during her participation in Paul Simon’s 1998 Broadway musical “The Capeman”, alongside Ednita Nazario, Marc Anthony and her future husband Ruben Blades.
Adornos – the class you’ve been waiting for!
Every Monday at 8:30 p.m., Fran and Pat teach a one-hour class entirely devoted to the study of adornment for both leaders and followers. We focus on the precise way in which dancers should use their legs in order to move in the appropriate style of Tango. We also help you build a powerful vocabulary of exciting adornments, which you can incorporate into your dance.
People have been asking us to teach this class for years – and now, at last, we’re delighted to offer it. Be sure not to miss this opportunity to learn the art of adornos right from the ground up! And while you’re at it, why not enroll yourself in our 7:30 p.m. Intermediate Tango Class. This will give you a full Monday evening of Tango.
See you then. Fran and Pat now offer two classes in American Social Dance! If 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 -- we invite you to join us every Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. for a fun-filled 2-hour social dance fix.
Class One Concentrating on authentic American Foxtrot, Triple Swing and Salsa
Class Two West Coast Swing, Waltz and Rumba
Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Studios 353, 2nd floor 353 W. 48th Street (between 8th & 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
Simply Social DancingWomen’s classes -
3rd Saturday of each month May 19th June
16th
8:00 to 9:00
am Strengthening and Stretching to support your dancing A mix of pilates, yoga, and dance exercises. ______________________
9:00 to 10:00 am Technique class for Salsa, Samba, Tango, and West Coast Swing
Cost: $20.00 for both hours /
$15.00 for one hour
Simply Social Dancing www.simplysocialdancing.com CMDE Studio in Hackensack NJ Lisa 201 694 7087
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Latin Night at La Havana 59
110 Moonachie Ave, Moonachie NJ
Tuesday, May 29th Tuesday, June 26th 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Salsa and Argentine Tango… plus Bachata, Merengue, Rumba, & Cha Cha. A Latin evening for those who enjoy Latin music, food, and
dancing! An Argentine Tango lesson to start (for all level dancers).
$20.00 cover includes 2 house drinks or 1 drink & 1 Latin Night appetizer
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Biagio's Restaurant for Dinner & Dance 299 Paramus Rd, Paramus NJ Sunday, June 10th 6:00 to 9:00 pm
A mix of music for all types of partner dancing. This is a good place to invite new dancers and friends. A beginner dance lesson to start off the night.
$35.00 for dinner and dancing / Cash bar
**For this event, reservations with a credit card are required in
advance.** Call Biagios 201 652 0201 Please call them by 2:00 pm on June 10th. Thank you!
Our cancelation policy - We STILL rarely cancel
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Even though we had to cancel twice this year because of blizzards, 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 (still only about ten times in all these years, 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.
Thanks to all who helped throughout the night. 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 - - Henry Kim - Choco Pie
- Barbara Lombardi - Popcorn
- Marta Bautis - Cake
- Ingrid Jacob - Apple Cake
And these people brought wine
- Barbara Lombardi
- Mary Pagano
- Adrienne Burton
- George Ngo
- Bill Auer
- Rudy
- Al & Lilian
- Francis & Marie
- John & Fieke Barous
- Eduardo Campos
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