Hi All,

As announced in class, the will be no weekly class on Easter Monday, but the Practica continues as normal on every Thursday, then before classes re-start on Monday 12th May, Aldo and Ana Lia will be giving workshops on Sunday 11th.

More details of all these events are listed below this email

1. Weekly classes with teachers Aldo and Ana Lia. NO CLASS EASTER MONDAY
2. Practica on Thursdays before and after Easter.
3. Workshops with Aldo and Ana Lia, Sunday 11th April
4. Advance notice of our Midsummer’s Milonga and Workshops with Marion and Enrique
5. YouTube clip
6. Membership of BATS – please take minute to read the detail below
7. Non-BATS events

Feel free to forward this on to anyone else who you think might be interested. In fact, it’s only by keeping the numbers up that we can afford to bring professional teachers to you, so please have a good hard think if there are any family, friends, or colleagues who you could persuade along. If you want removed from this circulation, just let me know.

Thanks,


Alan
Honorary Secretary
Belfast Argentine Tango Society
http://www.tangoinbelfast.org



1. Weekly Monday classes with teacher Aldo Romero and Ana Lia. NO CLASS EASTER MONDAY
Aldo and Ana Lia continue their weekly classes for us. For more information, check their website: http://www.aldoyanalia.com.ar

The classes will be the usual format:

Beginners 7.00 – 8.30pm
Practice 8.30 – 8.45pm
Improvers 8.45 – 10.15pm
Practice 10.15– 10.30pm

Cost - £7 for one class, £10 for both (Student/Concession: £5/£8 – please show ID).

Usual venue details: the main upstairs hall of City Church, 12-24 University Avenue (on the left as you head down the Avenue away from Botanic - there's a large white church, then City Church is a red brick building a few doors further, opposite the Spar). The hall is above the “Common Grounds" café, but enter through the double doors round the corner – ring the bell if closed. Here's a link to a map:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en ... 2,0.017381


2. Practica on every Thursday before and after Easter.
What is a Practica? It’s an informal event somewhere between a proper class and a formal Milonga. There is no structured tuition, but dancing with others and discovering for yourselves how steps work (or how they don’t) really adds to the tuition we get in class. Plus, you can always ask others for advice, as unlike in class or at a Milonga, there’s nothing to say you can’t stop mid-flow on the dance floor to debate a point.

The venue is “The West” (although the name is not on the front of the building) on the Falls Road. It has a good floor, with plenty of seating/socialising area in the bar. There is a dedicated car park behind it (either go in the back door and up one flight or walk round to the front door on the main road to get in – in the front door and just round to the right).

You can drop in/out of the Practica anytime, there’s no fixed “start”, but we’ll be there from 8pm-10pm+ on Thursdays. Price £2.

The attached link to Google maps shows it (and the car park behind it), but if you drive up the Donegal Road (from the Broadway roundabout at the Park Centre on the Westlink) towards the Falls Road, then turn right onto the Falls Road (city bound) then it is about 200 yards on the right, between La Salle Park and La Salle Drive. If you turn into La Salle Drive, the car park can be accessed from it.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 6&t=h&z=19


3. Workshops with Aldo and Ana Lia, Sunday 11th April
To get you back up to speed after the Easter break, Aldo and Ana Lia will give some special workshops on Sunday 11th April (the week after Easter). These are a chance to focus on special topics or skills. The 3 workshops will be:

1) 2.30 – 3.30 Tango – Beginners (but not 1st time beginners; Improvers can come too).
Introduction to the giro (turn). Figures coming from the turn.

2) 3.45 – 4.45 Milonga – Beginners and Improvers. We will mix basic steps of Milonga Traspie (Traspie is a small movement, changing slightly the weight doing a double time) with basic steps of Milonga Lisa (it means the opposite of Traspie).

3) 5.00-6.00 Tango – Improvers. Techniques for social tango. How to apply the steps, embrace, musicality and space utilisation to dance in a social environment.

As you can see, whether you are a beginner or an Improver, you can do at least 2 workshops, if you wish (Improvers have the option of doing all three).

Price: One workshop £10, two £15, three £20
Venue: Short Bros Sports and Recreation Club, 366a Holywood Road, Sydenham, Belfast BT4 1SL. Please note that Shorts has a bar and restaurant facility so please use them and do not bring your own food or drink. Here’s a link to a map:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 8&t=h&z=14

If you want to get a bus, Metro service 3A goes that route, leaving the City Centre. http://www.translink.co.uk/MetroCorridorTimetables.asp


4. Advance notice of our Midsummer’s Milonga and Workshops with Marion and Enrique
We are also very pleased to announce that we have arranged for Marion and Enrique to again be the visiting teachers for our Midsummer’s Milonga and Workshops, on Saturday and Sunday 19/20th June, so keep those dates free in your diary! Those who were there last year will remember their excellent workshops, performances and general enthusiasm for Tango. We are fortunate to be able to bring them to Belfast this summer – so you don’t have to travel further afield to experience them!


5. YouTube Clip
Here is a clip of Geraldine Rojas dancing with Ezequiel Paludi – they will be giving workshops and a performance in Dublin at the start of July through the Tangofiesta group – see “Non-BATS” events below for more information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGddiDiDJbM


6. Membership of BATS
In case any of you don’t realise, the Belfast Argentine Tango Society (BATS) is run by a Committee, who are all unpaid volunteers. The classes and Milongas organised by BATS are run on a not for personal profit basis. After paying for venues and teachers, any excess monies go back into the pot to alleviate those weeks when there is a loss, and to build a fund to allow us to put on special events. The Society is constituted such that the Committee is elected by the members, so each year we ask students of the classes to join the Society (although there is no compulsion to if you don’t want to).

It does not cost you anything (if you have taken a class) and it does not place any burden on you to do anything, but it does give you the right to attend our Annual General Meeting to voice any views you have about the running of the Society and to vote in the election of the Committee. It also entitles you to stand for the Committee should you so wish. If you want to join, just fill in one of the forms that are available in class (NOTE: if you joined last year, you still need to renew your membership each year, by filling in a form).


7. Non-BATS events

A. Edinburgh International Tango Festival 28th-31st May 2010
I have flyers available in class, or go here: http://www.eitf.org.uk

B. Tangofiesta (Julian and Kristina) are bringing the famous Geraldine Rojas, with partner Ezequiel Paludi to Dublin in early July (1st and 2nd) for workshops (1st) and a Grand Ball (2nd). More details here:
http://www.tangofiestadublin.ie