Friday's Milonga at Court House Ballroom/ Tango Spa 2023/ Classes & practicas in 2023.
Happy New Year to all our readers!
Thank you all who have pre-registered for Friday's Milonga at the Court House Ballroom. It is very helpful.
Apologies to those who could not get in to the Advent Milonga with Corina Piatti, especially since she was superb, and Mabel Gomez, of course, did a wonderful job as DJ. One bit of good news is that Corina will be back for Twilight Tango in October at the Royal Pump Rooms to draw this year's Tango Spa to its conclusion.
Vessy and Laurence Reid will be guest teachers for the last 3 weeks of January. Our resident teachers Luis & Elizabeth are in Argentina for January and classes with them will restart, in their usual format, on February 10th . We will be especially welcoming New Beginners at the 6.30 class then. There is still time to buy a voucher for a discounted set of 5 classes for any New Beginners whose life you especially want to enhance.
More immediately:
Milonga Ideal (12th night edition) 6th January at Warwick Court House Ballroom. Our annual Post-Christma/New Year celebration in the elegance of one of the finest rooms in the area.
It is in the centre of the tasteful decorations of historic Warwick.
Ricardo Peixoto, our resident DJ and co-founder with Su Park of Tango Warwick, will ensure the music and dancing will make the evening slip away too quickly, so the start is earlier than usual. It seems Warwick citizens like an early night so we must finish at 11.30 pm.
As well as the usual warm welcome and good vibes, there will be somewhat festive nibbles, and some wine for early arrivers, but BYOB if you wish. The floor is excellent. We aim to make it a very good evening!
We are also very happy to have Einat Adato with us, bringing a selection of Balanceo tango shoes and tango dresses.
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COST: £12/(£8 for students with student id.) in CASH at door.
PRE-REGISTRATION: To help with catering, and if need be to control numbers, please let us know if you and friends expect to come, preferably by the google form
https://forms.gle/cAx4QR23nWzBpng19
or via tangowarks@gmail.com
The Court House Ballroom is quite spacious so we do not expect to have to close bookings. If we do we will give a warning (eg by mailing this list) by Tuesday 3rd midnight after which only those pre-registered would be admitted.
WHERE: The Court House is on the main street A429 through Warwick above "Information", on the right when going East, opposite the road leading to St Mary's Church. The entrance is on the side road.
It is about 20 minutes walk from Warwick railway station, less if you go through a park. See http://www.traveline.info. Also close to M40 and A46 with its connections to M6, M69, M1 .
Parking has to be hunted for: Jury Street (A429 the main road) itself, by the castle wall, in side streets towards or beyond St Mary's Church, or in various car parks eg P1, P2, P3, P4, in https://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/info/20547/warwick_car_parks
It has not usually been a serious problem before.
Warwick is a major tourist centre, and very close to Stratford. There are many hotels and B&B's.
Wednesday SPACE practicas:
Restart on 11th January.
Timing: 8.15 to 10.15 pm,
at Warwick SPACE, 71 Coten End, Warwick CV34 4NU
cost £5 in cash.
Come along for as long as you like when you like.
No need to come with a partner. All who have done some tango classes welcome, newcomers and returners especially so.
Come and enjoy some practice, or some sociable dancing, some music, some cheerful company, some fine cordials, perhaps even a sip of prosecco or related.
January Classes by Vessy & Laurence Reid. We will welcome Vessy & Laurence Reid as guest teachers on January 13th, 20th & 27th at St Mary's Church Hall, Leamington Spa. The timetable will be:
7pm to 8pm (Improvers), 8.30pm to 9.30pm (Int/Adv), with Practica 9.30-10.30pm. You can see them here: https://youtu.be/hE0ABsj6JMw Full details next week.
For your diaries:
Tango SPA v10 October 27-29 2023
As usual! 20 odd hours of dancing in fine venues in Warwick & Leamington; workshops by Ricardo & Jenny Oria on Saturday & Sunday with welcome class on Friday, Milongas: on Friday (Warwick Court House Ballroom), Saturday Ball with performance by Ricardo & Jenny (Royal Pump Rooms), and Sunday Twilight Tango with Corina Piatti (Royal Pump Rooms); Milonguitas (The Conservatory, Royal Pump Rooms) Saturday & Sunday afternoons. Hopefully we can start booking by early February.
Classes for new beginners, for improvers, for Intermediates/ advanced, by Luis & Elizabeth, plus practica.
These restart on Feb 10th.
Usual details
We welcome single dancers as well as couples, newcomers as well as those we haven't seen for months, irregulars and regulars alike.
Beginners should join the 6.30 pm class. Experienced dancers also join it in order to perfect their techniques, and help bring on beginners.
The 7.15 pm and 8.30 pm classes are for more experienced dancers (in Argentine Tango) If in doubt about your level ask the teachers.
The evening is completed by a sociable and lively practica, with some wine, soft drinks and cake. It will be instructive, friendly, and a very enjoyable evening's dancing.
The teachers are our superb "resident" teachers: Luis Rodriguez and Elizabeth Knock. Their emphasis on elegance and musicality and with dancing in milongas in mind has made them justly popular.
They are based in London. See https://tangoynadamas.org for more about them. They are often available for private or semi-private classes on Saturdays. For this please contact them via Luisyelitango@gmail.com
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TIMING:
6.30-7.30 Fundamentals (including new beginners). Please arrive a a few minutes early to start on time.
7.15-8.15 Fundamentals and improvers
8.15pm for 8.30-9.30 Intermediate/Advanced ;
9.30-10.30 (approx) Practica,
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PRICES: 6.30 class £8 (£5 for students with student Id), together with improvers class £12 (£8)
Other classes £10 (£5) for one, £15 (£10) for the whole evening.
Practica: Free with classes otherwise £2 (£4)
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TEACHERS:Elizabeth Knock & Luis Rodriguez.
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WHERE: St Mary's Church Hall , St Mary's Road, Leamington Spa,CV31 1JW. There is a substantial car park for the church, on the opposite side of the church to the church hall, as well as plenty of on road parking.
Hope to see you!
David, for Tango Warwick