FIFTH ANNUAL CHICAGO MINI TANGO FESTIVAL (APRIL 8-11, 2010) UPDATE It gives me great to announce that the website (www.chicagotangofestival.com) for our Fifth Annual Chicago Mini Tango Festival has been updated. The Festival will be from April 8-11, 2010 and registration is now available. We again bring Buenos Aires to Chicago and are delighted to have Alberto Dassieu, a great milonguero, at our Festival. The instructors for the Chicago Mini Tango Festival include Alberto Dassieu and Paulina Spinoso (Buenos Aires), Gustavo Benzecry and Maria Olivera (Buenos Aires), and Oscar and Mary Ann Casas (Buenos Aires/). Djs include Ramu Pyreddy (Washington, D.C.), Jorge Andrés (Toronto), Lampis Zalavras (Los Angeles), Oleh Kovalchuke (Kansas City, Mo), and Maria Olivera (Buenos Aires).
The four day festival held at the University of Chicago in the classic Hyde Park section of Chicago includes the ability to select from over 20 workshops. There will also be seven milongas (including our Saturday Argentina night milonga with wine, empanadas, and fantastic performances and our special Sunday morning “Eye Opener milonga”). There will also be a special chat session on Sunday afternoon. To see videos of the 2009 Chicago Mini Tango Festival which included Ruben Harymbat and Enriqueta Kleinman, Gustavo Benzecry and Maria Olivera, Elina Roldan and Ramiro Gigliotti, and Oscar Casas, please go to: http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Old09Video.php. Pricing & Registration Registration including early, early bird registration is now available. Early, early bird registration is available until December 31, 2009. For pricing and registration information, please go to: http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php Schedule For the schedule and information on private classes please go to http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php Locations For locations and directions to the events, please go to http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Location.php Air Travel & Car Rental Please note that we have arranged for discounted airfares on American Airlines to either Midway Airport (airport code: MDW) or Ohare International Airport (airport code: ORD). We have also arranged for discounted rentals on Avis car rentals. For further details go to: http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php Lodging There are several lodging alternatives, including a variety of rooms at the International House at the University of Chicago and also the possibility of getting a room at the Ramada Inn in Hyde Park. For more information on lodging options, please go to: http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Lodging.php We have created two blogs, one for people who would like to host guests and one for guests that need lodging. To post offers for lodging (possibility to host other dancers) at the Chicago Mini Tango Festival send an email to: lodging-of...@chicagotangofestival.com. Please type #end at the end of your message to eliminate advertising. To view lodging offers go to: http://ct-lodging-offers.blogspot.com/. To post requests for lodging at the Chicago Mini Tango Festival send an email to: lodging-requ...@chicagotangofestival.com. Please type #end at the end of your message to eliminate advertising. To view lodging requests go to: http://ct-lodging-requests.blogspot.com/ . For more information about lodging in general, please contact us at lodg...@chicagotangofestival.com. Contact Information Please let your friends know if they would like to receive updated information they can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to Ray Barbosa at i...@chicagotangofestival.com or have them subscribe to the Chicago Tango Festival yahoo website at chicagotangofestival-subscr...@yahoogroups.com . In the alternative they can join the Chicago Mini Tango Festival facebook site to get updated information by searching for the site or by going to the following link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22276123852&ref=ts Looking forward to see you next April 2010. Take care, Ray Barbosa Organizers and contributors: Chicago Milonguero, Ltd. and the Argentine Tango Club of the University of Chicago.
