Corrected newsletter for June 8, 2017 |
A few corrections below to the newsletter that I sent out this morning. I stated that Pat would be out and omitted Fran's tango tip. She won't, and it's included. I also added Terri's writeup. My appologies to all. Blame it on jet lag and too many good times in California.
Huge celebration. Monica here, Firehouse Tango 14th anniversary, Sue's home cooking, Door prizes, Extra time to dance, etc, etc. Don't miss it. |
This Thursday, June 15 - Firehouse Tango 14th Anniversary Celebration - Monica Paz at Firehouse
Firehouse Tango started in 2003 and has been
going strong ever since. Amazingly, we are still here, celebrating our fourteenth anniversary.
We are planning to add lots of extra-special delights on Thursday, June 15th. See below for schedule.
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 - 8:00 All-level Argentine Tango lesson with Fran
Chesleigh and Pat Altman
- 8:00 - 10:00 Buffet opens (Sue's home cooking) and recorded music for dancing by DJ Sue
- 10:00 - Drawings for door prizes (Really nice ones and lots of them) Performance by Monica Paz and Johnny Tablada)
- 10:30 - 12:00 Dancing to
recorded music by DJ Sue
Admission of $15 includes dinner, lesson, dancing, and socializing with some of the nicest folks around
Thursday, June 22 - Sue out once again
This time, I'll be going to the Hamptons for a
family reunion (not mine.) Johnny will DJ and the wonderful A Team will take over. Please support them. See below for details.
Thursday, June 29 -
Sue back. No celebrations. Just great dancing, eating, and socializing.
Last week at Firehouse Tango by Fran Chesleigh |
A Big Birthday Bash at the Firehouse!
With Terri Lopez and Steve Turi on hand to expertly host last Thursday’s Firehouse Tango, we pulled out all the stops as we celebrated the birthdays of longtime regular
Firehouse tanguera Marie Gregoire as well as newcomer Andrea Kron, a local dance producer/director/choreographer. Our Firehouse leaders rose to the occasion (as they always do), treating our birthday ladies to a feast of enthusiastic Tango dancing in honor of the celebration. With Sue Dallon away in California, attending her granddaughter’s high school graduation, music for our birthday bash was provided by Johnny Tablada, whose selection of great Tangos, Valses, and Milongas
kept everyone happily dancing the night away.
Next week, Sue will be back with us as we celebrate the 14th anniversary of Firehouse Tango. Joining us for the occasion will be our dear friend, the wonderful dancer and teacher Monica Paz. Please plan to be with us that evening. Bring friends; come early; stay late.
The Turi
Report
The Firehouse helpers volunteer their time and energy to the tasks that make our joyous Thursdays possible. This week, special praise and gratitude go to”
Jesse Shan Steve
M Elena S Nina Barbara Tsipoyra and ‘Fearless Leader’ Terri
-- Steve Turi
The Terri Report
Hi Sue: Again, a joyous evening, high energy with lots of people. The birthdays went without a hitch. Of course, Marie brought a chocolate cake, there was not a crumb left, Annie, brought a complete sheet of amazing cake, filled with strawberries and other stuff. Francis started the dance with Marie and Chris started the dance with Andrea. They were so thrilled and delighted and appreciated the
experience. Johnny played Todo te Nombra for the start of the celebratory dance.
Monica Paz - In New Jersey June 13-17 - Call for a few open times for Lessons Available |
A few scattered openings for lessons with Monica still available
Monica Paz, our wonderful teacher and friend from Buenos Aires, will be available for limited private lessons in New Jersey
from Tuesday, June 13th through Friday, June 16th. Most of her schedule is full, but if you would like, we may be able to fit you in, and there are some openings in New York City, as well.
Happily she will also join us for Firehouse Tango's fourteenth anniversary celebration on Thursday, June 15th. Additionally, she will be at Los Pitucos Milonga in Oakland on Saturday, June 17th.
Please call me at 201-826-6602 or e mail firehousetango@gmail.com to reserve time for lessons. I will be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
She will also be giving private and group lessons in New York City.
For registration, please contact Monica at:
tangopaz@yahoo.com.ar
www.mptango.com
About Monica
Monica Paz was born and raised in Buenos Aires, and tango has been her full time profession for almost 20 years. She specializes in Tango Milonguero style (with its strong chest-to-chest connection) which
she loves to dance with the best old milongueros in the best milongas of Buenos Aires.
Five years ago, Monica realized her dream of opening her own studio in Buenos Aires (at 30 Riobamba near the Congresso.) Monica and Osvaldo Natucci (one of the best milongueros in Buenos Aires) also teach private lessons. If you are in Buenos Aires, I highly recommend checking out these lessons.
Monica has taught extensively all over the United States and Europe, as well as in Australia and much of South America.
Monica's web site with interviews of old milongueros
Monica is passionate about preserving the traditions, codes,
and history of tango. To this end, she continues pursuing her project of interviewing the precious few remaining old milongueros of Buenos Aires. Their stories and the videos accompanying them, as well as other wonderful videos of Monica can be found on her web site at www.mptango.com Scroll down for English or Spanish selection.
Monica Paz - In New York City
Hello tangueros,
I am very happy to announce my upcoming visit to NYC. This year my visit will be shorter, however I have A LOT to share with my students. After more than twenty years of dancing with the Milongueros in Buenos Aires and learning from them, I regard them as the connection between Tango in the Golden Age and nowadays. For the Milongueros and for me, Tango is more than a fashionable
dance. “I don't want to teach you just WHAT to do, but HOW to do it: this is my CHALLENGE”. If you feel ready for that, you can find me at the Astoria Tango Club or in my Master Classes and Private Lessons.
Here is the schedule of my visit:
- GUEST INSTRUCTOR at: Astoria Tango Club June 11th and 21st
-SATURDAY of MASTER CLASSES, Saturday June 24th at Champion’s Studios
Saturday 24
3:00 to 4:45 PM, Master Class 1:
Get the most of your dance improving your
technique.
3:00 a 6:45 PM Master Class 1 & 2:
As a leader or follower, achieve how to express the music in every single movement.
Pre-registration required, first come, first served. Master Classes and private lessons will take place at Champion’s studios. 257 West 39th Street, 14th floor.
-PRIVATE LESSONS: Few spots available.
Thank you for sharing this information with your fellow tangueros and tangueras!
Un abrazo
milonguero, Monica
Last Thursday - Birthdays of Marie Gregoire and Andrea Kron
See Fran's writeup,
above.
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
Sue out on June 8th and 22nd - A Team takes over |
June 8, Sue in San Francisco and June 22nd in the Hamptons
Twice this
month, I will play hooky. June 8th I'm passing up Firehouse for my granddaughter Amanda's high school graduation, and on the 22nd, I'll be in the Hamptons. 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. 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.
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 Filippo Ross
Hi Sue,
I hope all is well and that you had a pleasant Memorial Day.
I’m writing to inform you of our new time for our
monthly milonga. If you could include in your newsletter it would be greatly appreciated.
Every 1st Saturday of Every Month
Thank you! Filippo
ig: filiprossartdancestudio Tango Tip of the Week
Hi everybody, Fran here with your Tango Tip of the Week. One of the moments I find truly satisfying in teaching Tango is when a student looks at me, and says the words: "I get it."
If I'm working with the student at a foundational level, this may happen when he/she begins to consciously
recognize how to initialize a movement in the appropriate way. It may occur, when he/she finally understands how to allow an individual movement to unfold from beginning to end in its own time without the impulse to rush. It may manifest itself in the student's ability to achieve balance at the end of a given movement, and to do so with consistency.
If the student is more advanced, the "I get it" moment may take place when he/she is able to successfully navigate the elements of
a sequence we're working on with a newly discovered level of proficiency. For leaders this may involve the ability to determine precisely when the lead for any individual element within the sequence gives way to the lead for the next -- without confusing, without rushing, and without abandoning his partner as the figure progresses. For followers, it may entail being able to execute an adornment of choice at precisely the right moment with skill and confidence.
As a
teacher, I can always tell right away, when a student has replaced abstract understanding with interior kinetic awareness -- when he/she has reached a moment of epiphany in his/her learning process. I can literally see it in the way he/she moves. But my own realization of this "aha" moment is irrelevant. What is important is when the studentfeels the change in his/her own body.
In learning Tango, each of us ultimately discovers the dance for ourselves. No matter
how adept our teachers might be in pointing the way, it is only when we're finally able to say, "I get it," that we've successfully put ourselves on the path to creating our own Tango.
Fran and Pat’s Guided Saturday Practica at Dardo Galletto
Fran and Pat’s Guided Saturday Practica at Dardo Galletto
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 atfranchesleigh@mac.com Join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/franchesleighllc
Monica Paz at Los Pitucos Milonga Saturday, June 17
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Next Milonga - Saturday, June 17th, 2017
Important advisement: Due to fireworks this coming Saturday next to
the American Legion building, the local police department will be closing the road leading to the Milonga's parking area by 6:00pm. Since no one would want to miss Monica's workshops anyway, instead of coming at 6:00pm, please come no later than at 5:30pm - our doors will open at 5:00pm. If you arrive later and the road is closed to traffic, you may park at the shopping parking lot at the corner of
Ramapo Valley Rd. & Oak Street and walk a few blocks to the American Legion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This month a special guest instructor - Monica Paz , the world renowned Tango instructor from Buenos Aires
Monica will conduct two
workshops: At 6:00pm - for Beginners At 7:00pm - for Intermediate/Advanced Social dancing starts at 8:00pm Couples, singles and beginners welcome!Admission $15, including home cooked "delight" THE AMERICAN LEGION 65 Oak Street
Oakland, NJ 07436 For directions click here
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June at Simply Social
Dancing
Latin Night at La Havana
59 110 Moonachie Ave, Moonachie NJ
Tuesday, June
27th 7:00 to 10:00
pm
Mostly Salsa and Argentine Tango... some Bachata, Merengue, Rumba, & Cha
Cha. An Argentine Tango lesson to start (for all level
dancers).
$20.00 cover includes 2 house drinks or 1 drink & 1 Latin Night
appetizer
For reservations and
directions: Biagio's Restaurant for Dinner &
Dance 299 Paramus Rd, Paramus NJ
A mix of music for all types of partner dancing.
$35.00 for dinner and dancing
(includes tip) / Cash bar For this event, reservations are very important. It allows our host to prepare the room and enough food!
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Our cancelation policy - We STILL rarely cancel
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Even though we had to cancel once this 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.
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 - - Annie Finnan - Birthday Cake
- Nina Grynyk - Chicken & Veggie Wraps
- Eva Roth - Chili with Lentils and 7 Layer
Cake
- Andrea Kron - Brownies
And these people brought wine
- Barbara Lombardi
- Fred Meyer
- George Ngo
- Walter Milani
- Bob Brillo
- Edna Negron
- Jesse & Cathy
- Francis & Marie
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