Dear Larry, I have pretty much the same routine. I have been dancing 1.5 years. In addition I would like to say that in my hometown I start the evening with my favorite dance partner with who I also attend several lessons and practica's each week and 1 private lesson a month. And I return to her several times during the night, especially for a Vals or Milonga tanda or if we are both sitting for a Tango (or after dancing with beginners. She will tell me to lean more or lead with my chest more if I have degraded my posture or compas after dancing with beginners.) I also try to dance with the local teacher ladies one tanda if they come that night. (I'll usually get some valuable feedback.) I also dance with beginners as payback for ladies that danced with me in the beginning.
My hometown milonga runs about 5 hours with an attendance of about 30 and I may dance with most of the ladies that night depending on how many attend. The last few Milonga tandas I dance with my favorite again since she is a strong Milonga dancer and the floor is not very crowded at that time and we can fly and make large patterns without disturbing other couples.( I like to end the night on a strong Canaro milonga.) If I drive out of town 2.25 hours to the Tampa Bay Tango Club monthly milonga which is only about 2.5 hours long and has an attendance of about 100, I dance with the 5-6 best dancers (non-teachers) - that I already know from past experience - several times (and maybe 1 beginner due to time constraints of a short night.) El Stevito de Gainesville http://gainesvilletango.wordpress.com/ > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
