Dear Tango Friends, Happy New Year! May you find 2006 to be prosperous, serene and filled with many happy tangos.
Below is a brief summary of the upcoming 9th Annual Portland ValenTango, Thursday evening-Monday Feb 16-20, 2006: Instructors: Christopher & Caroline (San Francisco), Mariana Galassi (Buenos Aires/New York) & Murat Erdemsel (Istanbul/New York.), Nick Jones & Tara Fortier (Denver), Oliver & Luna (Buenos Aires/New York), Korey & Mila (Kansas City & Russia), and Andres & Meredith (Buenos Aires). Orchestra & DJs: Conjunto Berretin Tango Orchestra (Portland), Robin Thomas (New York), Ramu Pyreddy (Ann Arbor), Dan Boccia (Anchorage), Alex Krebs (Portland), Robert Hauk (Portland), Jackie Wong (Lenox, MA), Rick Barbarash (St Louis), Ben Bogart (Providence, RI) and Hung-Yut Chen (San Francisco). Workshops: Beginning Advanced Classes for Couples every day (total of 36 classes to choose from). Milongas: 5 traditional milongas (Thu-Mon), 3 alternative milongas (Fri-Sun), 2 all-night milongas (Sat & Sun) and one dinner milonga on Monday evening. For complete details, see the following: Overview, maps, registration, etc: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango06/ValenTango06.htm Detailed web schedule: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango06/FlyerVT06Schedule.pdf Detailed printable schedule: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ValenTango06/FlyerVT06Schedule.pdf Prices: $140 for all workshops if paid by Feb 5, 2006 ($165 afterwards), $55/day, $25/class. $25/Video-Pass. Supervised practicas are free if you pay for a class on that day ($10 otherwise). Milongas range $5 to $20. City of Portland: Proclaimed by Money magazine as North America's "Best Big City", Portland is one of the most beautiful tango friendly cities in the world. For more information see http://www.pova.com/. Hope you can join us!....clay Clay Nelson P.O. Box 18213, Portland, OR 97218 (206) 972-0728 www.ClaysDanceStudio.com [email protected]
