1140  life without a moderator.....

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:03:10 -0500
From: Manuel Patino <white95r@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: life without a moderator.....

Funny thing, ever since the list went un-moderated, I've seen the expected
number of list "violations" that could be expected. I guess the listers were
keeping Jim Lane quite busy ;-) . The interesting thing is that I have not
yet seen the list stop working or go down in flames because of all the
formatting mistakes, too-long quotes while replying, off-topic posts, etc. I
still read from time to time a tango related post and strangely enough, I've
seen the usual stream of drivel dry-up somewhat ;-). Maybe that's exactly
what the list needed.

Cheers,

Manuel

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:40:17 -0800
From: Derik Rawson <rawsonweb@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: moderator

Dear All: Oh great. So who would be the moderator?
Derik
--- TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <jantango@FEEDBACK.NET.AR>
wrote:

> Derik Rawson wrote:
> <...close embrace style became a "have to" in the

crowded milongas in BA,

> not necessarily a "want to". Later on it became a

"want to".

>
> The dance follows the music. The music of the

30s--Canaro, Lomuto,

> Donato--created a style where the woman danced on

the right side of the man.

> Look at a photo of Cachafaz and Camencita for

example. He was the show and

> she went along for the ride.
>
> The music changed in the 1940s . The music had a

new rhythm. The dancing

> changed as a result of it. The man started holding

the woman in front of

> him. The romantic element of tango began.
>
> The downtown milongas and cabarets of the 1950s are

where the young

> milongueros went to dance from 4pm to 6am.
>
> Most of the women in the milongas were prostitutes

in those days. The

> milongueros weren't shy about dancing close. They

became experts at dancing

> in a small space. Respect for others on the floor

was the rule. No one

> touched others while dancing. The milongas were at

their height of

> popularity during the 1950s.
>
> Many milongueros married women they met in a

milonga. Some continue to this

> day to go to the milongas without their wives

because they are married to

> the milonga.
>
>
> My source of information -- the milongueros.
>
> Janis Kenyon
>
>

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