Subject: Tango marathons Vince Bagusauskas wrote - With Melbourne holding separate 9 and 20 hour celebratory tango marathons......... Personally, I think it is an opportunity to have people from across the country come together and enjoy not only the dancing but the also the socializing.
It is great to see more Tango events attempting to attract national guests. We hope it is a sign of growth. Even so, with the current level of activity, it is getting ever more difficult to attract local communities to special events, let alone guests. Let's see, since May/June (not in any order): Sydney Tango festival, including Mudgee dance weekend (three visiting Argentine couples) Two travelling nuevo / salon couples (separate) Fabrizio Forte (Brisbane) New Zealand Tango Festival Amenabar workshops (all over) Blue Mountains Tango Synergy dance weekend and coming up...... Milonga Para Los Niños 10th Anniversary Celebration (30th June - 1 August), Brisbane (where it's 24 degrees C) www.paralosninos.net Sydney Salon Tango Festival - September - October Bundanoon dance weekend, November Tango Fire (stage show) there may be others.............. plus Tango marathons (2), Melbourne. I have not seen any national publicity for these events in Tango Australia, Melbourne Tango Club Events or anywhere else. Is all this activity resulting in poor attendance at local classes and milongas or is it creating more interest? Our experience is the former where classes and milongas are down. I'm getting the feeling the organisers of national events and one-off touring teachers will need to be very selective, coordinate nationally with other organisers and make sure that their offerings are excellent quality to succeed. John _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l