TANGO MUSIC

A local performance with some tango music will take place on February 2 at  20:00 - 23:00 in the Harty Room, Music Building, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, BELFAST

A guitar recital of solo and duet repertoire featuring Brian Keenan, Greg Caffrey, Neil Morgan, Daragh Gillen, Declan Keenan, and Michael McGuffin (piano).  

Programme:

Astor Piazzolla – Tango No.2 (from the Tango Suite for two guitars)

Jaime Zenamon – Casablanca (for two guitars)

Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op.9

Manuel de Falla - Homenaje: Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy

Leo Brouwer – Micro Piezas (for two guitars)

Joaquin Rodrigo – Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez (with piano accompaniment)

Tickets £8/£5, available at the door, in aid of the production of Handel’s Alcina.

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Practica and Milonga

There is a practica every Thursday in THE WEST from 8pm onwards, it usually finishes around 10:30 pm. It's an informal get-together so you can come along at anytime.  If you have attended any of our classes you will know how important it is to practice what you have learned (new steps are easily forgotten once the class ends). Everyone at the practica is only too willing to help, if they can, and there's no pressure just some fun, which is why we all start Tango in the first place.

Our Monthly Milonga will be on Saturday (29^th January) at the BELFAST ROWING CLUB  Lockview Road, Stranmillis. For those who haven’t been to one yet, it is just a social event where we dance, chat ... and watch :) Anyone who has been to a class is welcome. Milongas, and the more informal Practicas on Thursdays, are the only way to ingrain the lessons learnt at classes. From 9pm, price £5.

Monday Classes

We are changing the class structure slightly this term – it didn’t work out too well for everyone concerned when we tried to run the middle class and the Practica at the same time. So this term we will combine all beginners in the first class, have the Improvers class at the end of the evening and  have a decent length of Practica in between the two so everyone can join in it. We all need more practice, so it is important that after doing the beginners’ class, you stay for the practica and that the Improvers come early enough that they can use the Practica too.  Venue details:  CITY CHURCH

7.00-8.15              Beginners

8.15-9.00              Practica for all levels

9.00-10.15           Improvers

For the next six or seven weeks, the classes will be taught by Nora (who taught last term with Monina) and Raul Mascciochi from Buenos Aires. 

New Season of Tango Classes

I hope you are all itching to get back to Tango in the New Year.

Our teachers for the winter season (Raul and Nora – more about them next week) don’t start until Monday 17^th so we will use this Monday (10^th) as a refresher class to get you back into the swing of things before the teachers arrive next week. It does no harm to re-visit the things taught last term and to get the body loosened up again ready for Raul and Nora.

So this Monday will comprise first of all of a Beginners class taken by myself, with the help of some of the other Committee members. This will be suitable for those who did the Beginners or the First Time Beginners classes last term (although any Improvers are welcome to join in too). Our plan is to combine these two classes into one from now on, so this will be a good chance to bring the two classes together before the pressure of a new teacher.

Rather than confuse you with new steps, we will re-iterate the basic fundamentals – topics that are often missed when our rotating teachers come in and pick up an existing group. We will also show you how to bring everything you’ve learnt so far into putting together a 3 minute tango dance – this is going to be a prime focus this term – to get more of you participating in the Practice sessions and Milongas – so it starts on Monday!

7-8.30 Class for Beginners and last term’s First Time Beginners

8.30- 10.30 Practica for all 

Because of the seasonal threat of colds and flu, here is some advice on how we can protect ourselves:

The flu virus is spread in the small droplets of saliva coughed or sneezed into the air by an infected person. If you breathe in these droplets, you may become infected, but this spread can be prevented. Use a tissue to cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, throw the tissue in the bin and wash your hands as soon as you can. These measures can help prevent all flu and flu-like illnesses.

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Practica Tonight

There will be a Practica tonight,Thursday 6th,  in The West from 8pm. For those who haven't been yet, it's just an informal Milonga, where we practice, ask each other for tips and help, and generally mix socially more than we can in class. Here's the location:  THE WEST