DANCING FOOLS’ TANGOFEST 2010

—  WALTER STILLMAN & RAQUEL MASHIACH  —  VALERIA CARMEL & DANIEL  RODRIGUEZ  —  SANTIAGO CROCE & AMY LINCOLN  —  JORGE NEL & MILENA GIRALDO  —  FELIPE MARTINEZ —  DJ MILA  —

TOTAL FOOLS’ PASS – 12 DAYS OF TANGO – ONLY $350!

ANY 5 CLASSES – $80   ANY 5 WORKSHOPS – $100

FREE: 3/24 OPEN HOUSE; 3/25 BEGINNER’S CLASS; 3/29 BOOKSIGNING BARBEQUE & DANCE; TANGO TALK I;  3/29 CABECEO 101; 4/2 HIT & RUN TANGO 4/3 TANGO TALK II;4/4 FOOLS’ FAREWELL TEA DANCE & BOOKSIGNING

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Call Viv at the WHI 707 964-4415 or email viv@whi-tango.com


Weds March 24

5 – 6 pm  OPEN HOUSE Vivien La Mothe & Jack Moore FREE

Welcome to WHI-Tango – Why We Tango at the Weller House Inn!

6 - 7 pm   DANCERS’ YOGA Ahu Smith $10

Warm-ups for tango, with focus on breathing and presence.

7 - 8 pm ALL LEVELS CLASS  Raquel Mashiach & Walter Stillman $10

Argentine Tango: The Joy of the Tango Walk

7 - 10 pm GUIDED PRACTICA Raquel Mashiach & Walter Stillman $5

Thursday  March 25

5:30 – 6:30 pm  BEGINNER’S CLASS Vivien La Mothe FREE

Breathe, Walk, Tango!

6:45 – 7:45 pm ALL LEVELS CLASS Rose Eskow & Ned Huff ($5)

Musicality and Frame for Vals

(Note: not at the WHI; at Caspar Community Center in Caspar)

7:30 – 10:30 TANGO MENDOCINO MILONGA ($5)

[Note: not at the WHI; CCC  in Caspar, 5 mi. south of the WHI]

Friday March 26

6 - 7 pm  BEGINNER’S CLASS Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $20

Posture, Connection, Caminatas & Musicality I

7-8 pm GUIDED PRACTICA Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $20

8 - 9 pm INTERMED/ADV CLASS Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $20

Turns & Enrosques

9 – 10 pm      PRACTICA Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $10

Saturday March 27

10:30-12 BEGINNERS WORKSHOP Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $25

Posture, Connection, Caminitas & Musicality II

noon- 1pm   PRACTICA

1 - 3  ALL LEVELS WORKSHOP Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $25

Tango Attitudes for Leaders & Followers

(enrollment limited to 15 each, Leaders & Followers)

3:30-5  INTERMED/ADV WORKSHOP Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $25

Adornments for Leaders & Followers

7- 8 ALL LEVELS CLASS  Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $25

Keeping the Dance Fluid and Dynamic

8 - 11  LIVE MUSIC MILONGA Hombres de Tango     $15

Seth Asarnow bandoneon, Marcelo Puig guitar

9 pm DEMO PERFORMANCE Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez

Sunday March 28

10:30 – 12 BEGINNERS WORKSHOP Valeria Carmel & Daniel Rodriguez $25

Posture, Connection, Caminitas & Musicality II

12:30 – 2 pm WORKSHOP (all levels) Santiago Croce & Amy Lincoln      $25

Tango Walking

3 - 4:30 WORKSHOP (int/adv) Santiago Croce & Amy Lincoln $25

Tango Salon “Old School Tango” Rediscovering  old fashioned ways to perform today’s common steps.  Special salon sequences to refine movements, allowing one to enjoy the dance without falling, pulling, or pushing our partner. Study material by master teachers Puppy Castello, Gerardo Portalea, Finito and Pepito Avellaneda and see why they were so admired.

5-7 BOOKSIGNING BARBEQUE with author Maria Finn      FREE

Hold Me Close and Tango Me Home Edmeades wines by Mendocino winemaker Van Williams, and grill meats by Roundman, – and yes, we will be dancing!  (with Valeria Carmel, Daniel Rodriguez, Santiago Croce & Amy Lincoln)

7 – 8 pm TANGO TALK Santiago Croce FREE

History of Tango Orchestras

Monday March 29    JORGE NEL    S  H  O  E  S    arrive

5-6   MILONGA (Beginners) Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo      $20

The right embrace,  how to understand  rythym
with just the simple main walk and the basic step

6-7   MILONGA (All Levels) Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo $20

Variations in the Molinete to the right

7-10 V’CANTO’S TANGO SUPPER with Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo Ala Carte

CABECEO 101 – Basic Gazes:  How to Get a Dance FREE


Tuesday March 30

5-6   BEGINNERS CLASS Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo $20

Starting a cross salida, a simple salida,  and a salida orillera

6-7   ALL LEVELS CLASS Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo $20

Many ways to interprete ocho cortados with Darienzo vs. Pugliese

Wednesday March 31

6 – 7 ALL LEVELS YOGA Ahu Smith $10

Yoga Warm-ups for Dancers

7-8   BEGINNERS CLASS Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo $20

Introduction to Milonga Lisa

8-9   ALL LEVELS CLASS  Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo $20

Introduction to Milonga Traspie

Thursday April 1

5:30 – 7:30 pm FOOLS’ RENDEZVOUS FEAST chef Kim Badenhop

The Rendezvous Inn & Restaurant

647 N. Main St. Fort Bragg CA 95437 Prix Fixe

advance registration required

ALL LEVELS Jorge Nel & Milena Giraldo FREE

Cabeceo 201 – Advanced Glances: How to Get the Dance of Your Dreams

7:30 – 10:30 TANGO MENDOCINO MILONGA (in Caspar, 5 mi. S of the WHI)($5)

Friday April 2

5 – 6:30 pm  FORT BRAGG 1′ST FRIDAY HIT & RUN TANGO

with Zapatos Crueles and the Giraldos!

7 - 8 pm ALL LEVELS $20

Cadence in the tango waltz

7:30 – 10:30pm LATE FOOLS’ ANNIVERSARY MILONGA $15

live music by Zapatos Crueles with musical director Jim Shallenberger on tenor guitar, Jerry Coe on violin, Steven Freidland on accordion, John Heisch on bass, and guest singer Ana Diane Landelle

“It’s never too late to be a dancing fool”

— the management

Sat April 3

10 - 11 TANGO TALK JERRY COE, introduction by JIM SHALLENBERGER   FREE

The Origins and Development of Tango Music  (multimedia presentation)

11:30 - 1  ALL LEVELS WORKSHOP JORGE NEL & MILENA GIRALDO $25

Milonga  canyengue

3 - 4 CLASS (int/adv) JORGE NEL & MILENA GIRALDO $20


4 – 7 TEA DANCE with live music by Zapatos Crueles $15

Jim Shallenberger, guitar  Jerry Coe, violin  John Heiss, Bass and Steven Freidland accordion  … with guest singer Ana Diane Landelle

8 - 9 pm  CLASS (ALL LEVELS) FELIPE MARTINEZ      $20

Swing and Cadence

9 pm – ??? THE LATE LATE FOOLS’ MILONGA MILA, JAY  $15

Sunday April 4

11 - 12:30  ALL LEVELS WORKSHOP JORGE NEL & MILENA GIRALDO $25

Different ways to interpretate  the resolution

1 - 2:30  INTERMED/ADV. WORKSHOP FELIPE MARTINEZ $25

Sacadas, Technique and Weight Transfer2 – 3:30

3-4 INTERMED/ADV. CLASS FELIPE MARTINEZ $20

Compact Volcadas -  Tiny ones for the social dance floor

4 - 6 FOOLS’ FAREWELL TANGO  TEA & BOOKSIGNING FREE

The Temptation to Tango with local authors Irene Thomas and

Larry Sawyer. Mate tea, empanadas and dolce de leche will be served with potluck Mendocino-Argentine cuisine – bring your own favorite! and of course we will be dancing…

Be a Dancing Fool!

WELLER HOUSE INN, 524 STEWART ST.
FORT BRAGG CA 95437

www.wellerhouse.com • 707.964.4415 •