[HouTango-L] Tango This Week (1/16/06)
A. Lester Buck III
buck at compact.com
Fri Jan 20 08:05:22 UTC 2006
Always Tango cordially invites you to enjoy a night of
Art, Tango and Salsa, Saturday, January 21th, 9pm-2am,
Offering the best dance music on two separate dance
floors. One dance floor will be playing your all-time
favorite tangos and milongas. The other dance floor
will play the best salsa and merengue. Art Exhibition -
Elia's Collection of Designer Jewelry. Come and take
salsa lessons before the Milonga! Lessons offered
by: United Salsa. Add a little spice to your dancing,
please come and learn salsa! Beginners: 8:30pm-9:00pm,
Advanced: 9:00pm-9:30pm. Raffle and Door Prizes held
at 11pm, Admission - $12.00, Dance the night away!
Melody Club, 3027 Crossview Dr, For information, call
Alicia @ 281.704.9444 or 713.688.1282 Visit us at
http://www.alwaystango.com/ <alwaystango at yahoo.com>,
713.688.1282, Juan Carlos and Alicia Suarez, Always Tango,
http://houtango.com/maps/MelodyClubMap.html
Derik Rawson is hosting a workshop with Andres
Amarilla and Meredith Klein from Buenos Aires on
March 2-8, as part of their US tour. More details
to follow in a separate email. Workshop flyer at
<http://andresamarilla.com/Houston%203-06.pdf> and the
instructors' web site is <http://andresamarilla.com/>.
Victor's classes will be suspended for the month of
February while he is on vacation in Argentina. Classes
will resume March 8. But Victor will still host his free
class and milonga this Friday on the north side at Arepas
& Empanadas.
Daniela writes that the once a month "Al Borde" milongas
at Borders has been canceled.
Daniela is hosting another workshop with Robin
Thomas the weekend of February 24-26. Early bird
registration ends February 10. Full details at:
http://houtango.com/pipermail/houtango-l_houtango.com/2005-December/000258.html
Missed a tango email? Need the calendar while away from
your computer? You can always refer to past tango email
at http://houtango.com/mailman/listinfo/houtango-l_houtango.com,
and click the Archives link near the top. Subscribe there,
too.
Monday
Glover Gill of Glovertango plays delicious solo tango
piano, at The Big Top (new location for a few months),
8-9:00pm. Come to dance or just to hang out in the relaxed
atmosphere. 3706 Main at Winburn. Plenty of room to dance.
Please tip generously; Glover plays only for tips. FREE
http://houtango.com/maps/BigTopMap.html
Tuesday
The Houston Argentine Tango Association will continues
their class cycle, now with three classes each night.
Joan Bishop instructs at their new location: The Dance
Place, 3300 Chimney Rock @ Beverly Hill, Suite 500.
This new space offers room to grow with new students.
Beginner 7-8pm, Intermediate 8-9pm, Advanced 9-10pm.
http://www.houstontango.org/
http://houtango.com/maps/TheDancePlaceMap.html
Wednesday
Salento Coffee sponsors a weekly tango event. The dancing
runs from 8:30pm to 10:00pm, and maybe longer if there
is demand. Salento Coffee is located at 2407 Rice Blvd
in the Rice Village area: Salento moves all the tables
to the walls and open up a nice floor of smooth tile.
They even offer a special "Tango Sandwich."
http://houtango.com/maps/SalentoCoffeeMap.html
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The new Clear Lake Tango Club meets at 7:30pm at Dance
Moves studio, 611 Kirby Blvd, in Seabrook's Taylor Lake
Village. Instructors Eric Lanoix and Robert Barnes. Cost
is ~5$, to cover the floor fee. Info: Eric Lanoix,
<eric at tangotango.us>
http://houtango.com/maps/DanceMovesMap.html
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Victor Collins teaches classes - beginner 8-9pm,
intermediate/advanced from 9-10pm. $10/class, or $70 for
a package of eight. Victor teaches at The Dance Place,
3300 Chimney Rock, Suite 500 just south of Richmond.
Victor is always happy to chat with new students over the
phone before their first class. Info: 281-443-3322(h)
or 832-725-4380(cell).
http://houtango.com/maps/TheDancePlaceMap.html
Thursday
Victor Collins teaches beginner 7-8pm, practica from
8-8:30pm, intermediate/advanced from 8:30-9:30pm, with
practica until 10pm. $10/class, or $70 for a package
of eight. Victor Collins teaches at his newly expanded
home studio at 3013 Roseheath, near Aldine-Westfield &
Richey Road in far north Houston. Info: 281-443-3322.
http://houtango.com/maps/VictorCollinsHomeStudioMap.html
Friday
Victor Collins continues his milongas at Arepas &
Empanadas Gourmet, Inc., 12792 Veterans Memorial on
the north side of town. Already a hot dining and dance
spot on the weekends, now again adding tango night every
Friday. Great Colombian food and drink especials. FREE
practica from 8:30-9:30pm, FREE Tango introductory
class and Chacarera 9:30 to 10:30pm. with milonga to
follow inmediately. Come and dance your tango, salsa,
and romantic favorites in a friendly family atmosphere.
More info: call Victor at 832-725-4380(cell).
http://houtango.com/maps/ArepasEmpanadasMap.html
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Martin & Natia Palaez teach group classes at Barbara
King's Houston Center of Dance, (new location)
5200 Bissonnet at Bellaire. Beginning 7-8pm, $12
single lesson or $40 for the four week session.
Intermediate/Advanced 8-9pm, $10/class. Partners
not required. http://www.tango-houston.com/,
<tangoss at hotmail.com>
http://houtango.com/maps/KingsDanceCenterMap.html
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Siempre Tango (Always Tango), with Juan Carlos and
Alicia Suarez, continues an eight week class cycle:
Beginners 7:30-8:30pm, Advanced 8:30-9:30pm, followed by
practica. $80 for a package of eight one-hour lessons. City
Dance Studio, 2423 Dunstan. Info: Alicia at 713-688-1282,
<2tango at pdq.net>, http://www.alwaystango.com/
http://houtango.com/maps/CityDanceStudioMap.html
Saturday
Always Tango cordially invites you to enjoy a night of
Art, Tango and Salsa, Saturday, January 21th, 9pm-2am,
Offering the best dance music on two separate dance
floors. One dance floor will be playing your all-time
favorite tangos and milongas. The other dance floor
will play the best salsa and merengue. Art Exhibition -
Elia's Collection of Designer Jewelry. Come and take
salsa lessons before the Milonga! Lessons offered
by: United Salsa. Add a little spice to your dancing,
please come and learn salsa! Beginners: 8:30pm-9:00pm,
Advanced: 9:00pm-9:30pm. Raffle and Door Prizes held
at 11pm, Admission - $12.00, Dance the night away!
Melody Club, 3027 Crossview Dr, For information, call
Alicia @ 281.704.9444 or 713.688.1282 Visit us at
http://www.alwaystango.com/ <alwaystango at yahoo.com>,
713.688.1282, Juan Carlos and Alicia Suarez, Always Tango,
http://houtango.com/maps/MelodyClubMap.html
Sunday
Daniela Tudoran hosts a Sunday milonga at Helios, from
8PM-11PM. Location: 411 Westheimer, on the south side of
the street after the intersection with Montrose and just
before the intersection with Taft. Excellent music DJ-ed
by Barbara and Roger, Mercy and Oscar. Cheers, Daniela.
http://houtango.com/maps/HeliosMap.html
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[On hiatus]
The Clear Lake Tango Club will host a bi-weekly Persian
tea-time milonga every other Sunday from 4-6pm at the
Cyrus Persian Grill. The Cyrus Persian Grill is located
at 911, NASA Parkway, Houston TX (in the Clear Lake
area). Tel.:281-280-8200. To get there from town, take
I-45 South, exit at Exit 25, and go left (East) Until you
reach the restaurant. The restaurant offers an excellent
selection of Persian dishes (Eric recommends the food.)
Admission is free, but guest are encouraged to have a
meal. DJ'ing will be provided by Eric Lanoix. See you
there! Contact info: Eric Lanoix, <eric at tangotango.us>
[Technical detail: Apparently E NASA Road 1 has been
renamed NASA Parkway. Google Maps have yet to get the
memo. Yahoo! Maps has. Both map services show their
data is derived from NAVTEQ, so go figure. The link below
says 911 E NASA Road 1, which is the same as NASA Parkway.]
http://houtango.com/maps/CyrusPersianGrillMap.html
Let's tango this week.
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