No red or green lights that I have ever seen, but the more old- fashioned places have an illuminated sign that says "Miesten haku" or "Naisten haku" - Men's invitation or Women's invitation.
Not all Finnish tangos are like marches. Have a look at these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7CxE1KxCTw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUcAm3tVVWc http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?pi=3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiRYhUNptIg or even this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDGpmjaZQD0 John Ward ´Bristol, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Donnay" <don...@donnay.net> To: <tango-l@mit.edu>; <rcgi...@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango marathons > What is Finnish Tango? What does it look like? Are there really red and > green lights? People are always asking me what the difference is. > > Lois Donnay > Minneapolis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rcgi...@aol.com> > To: <tango-l@mit.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango marathons >> >> Until recently, I would guess the annual Tangomarkkinat in Seinajoki, >> Finland. When I was there in 2004, it ran for five days, 10:00AM to >> 4:00AM daily. Most of the music was live, too. Very strange to dance so >> close to the arctic circle, too. It never really got dark. >> >> Sorry to report the Tangomarkkinat has been in a bit of a decline lately. >> They've cut the last day and attendance is down from the 2003 peak of >> 121,000. According to John of Bristol, they will have a formal Argentine >> program in addition to the Finnish stuff. >> > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l