4860  Tango Festival report

Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:07:09 -0400
From: miamidances@aol.com
Subject: [Tango-L] Tango Festival report
To: tango-l@mit.edu

Hey Everybody,

Those of you that know me will understand. I have a joke that I like to say. I may not always be right but I'm never wrong. Once I though I was wrong , but I found I was only mistaken:0)

The first Tango Festival was in 1990 with Stanford University. The second festival was by Janis canyon in 1995 International Argentine Tango Congress. The Third was in May 1997, United States Tango Congress, The forth was Portland October Tangofest in 1997. Then Colorado in 1998 and Cita in 1999.

After Janis second year their was a split with the organizers. They both tried to run events. Also it the first year of the USTC on Miami Beach. After the second year of the USTC their was a split with the organizers. Jorge Nel with his partner Marta Mandel ran their event 30 days before Lydia and I ran our first event in competition against each other. There was a legal name change in 1999. Tango Fantasy was started in 1999, we continued to use the starting point of the first USTC event. Technicality speaking Tango Fantasy started in 1999.

Nora Dinzelbacker working with Richard Powers were the creators of what has caused the explosion of Tango festivals world wide. In 1998 Richard passed the torch to Nora and I think that we all should consider it the continuation of Stanford week from 1990 because it was.

Tango Forever

Randy



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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:07:40 -0600
From: Tom Stermitz <stermitz@tango.org>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango Festival report
To: Tango-L <tango-l@mit.edu>

Sorry, the first Denver festival was Sept 2000.

It is also fair to ask what defines a festival, as compared with a
"big weekend with multiple teachers" or a "regional festival". I
think the number of visitors makes the difference.

A weekend with 2 teaching couples, 3 milongas, 6 workshops, might be
considered a big weekend or a festival. If attendance is just 80
locals, maybe it's a "big weekend". But, if you had 40 locals and 40
visitors, maybe it could be minimally called a festival, even if that
sounds like a pretty small event to someone from Portland or New York.

Of course things have changed since 2000 when there were a handful
(seven?) festivals. Today a dozen festivals around the US are
attracting 400 - 600 people and another dozen 100 - 300.

The nice thing is that there are so many options for tango fanatics.
You have regional events within driving distance, and specialty
events focussing on specific styles. You want the Beach? Mountains?
City? Mostly younger?


On Mar 26, 2007, at 12:07 AM, miamidances@aol.com wrote:

> Hey Everybody,
>
> Those of you that know me will understand. I have a joke that I
> like to say. I may not always be right but I'm never wrong. Once I
> though I was wrong , but I found I was only mistaken:0)
>
> The first Tango Festival was in 1990 with Stanford University. The
> second festival was by Janis canyon in 1995 International Argentine
> Tango Congress. The Third was in May 1997, United States Tango
> Congress, The forth was Portland October Tangofest in 1997. Then
> Colorado in 1998 and Cita in 1999.
> ... Tango Forever
>
> Randy