Re: [Tango-L] 30 seconds of chit-chat (was Labor Day Festival: a complaint)

2008-09-05 Thread Huck Kennedy
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Jay Rabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack wrote: "I also dislike this 30 seconds of chit-chat on the dance floor. > Just what is its purpose?" > - > I heard somewhere that in the early days of tango, the time before the music > started was the only time that

Re: [Tango-L] 30 seconds of chit-chat (was Labor Day Festival: a complaint)

2008-09-05 Thread Jay Rabe
Jack wrote: "I also dislike this 30 seconds of chit-chat on the dance floor. Just what is its purpose?" - I heard somewhere that in the early days of tango, the time before the music started was the only time that a young man could talk to a young woman out of earshot of her chaperons. Obvi