UK Tango weekenders in 2011? [Archive]

JonD

12-22-2010, 11:51 AM

Hi Dave,

Greetings from snowy Devon.

Some of the Bramshaw weekends you've got listed as being a "Super Tangk" are billed on Steve & Debbie's website (http://www.tangouk.co.uk/workshops.htm) as "Super Tangk Prep" (which I guess is the new name for the old plain & simple "Tangk"). For example, the September Ines & Constantin event.

In addition to the February dates, the legendary Tango Mango (http://www.tangoindevon.co.uk/upcoming.html) will be held near Totnes on 9-16 April and 4-14 August. There's normally one in October as well but the dates aren't published yet.

Fernando Guidi (http://www.vidadetango.co.uk/events/events.html) is running "Tango Feasts" on 11-13 March, 10-12 June & 16-18 September. Hopefully he'll do another Christmas Feast in December as well but no dates for that yet.

Take care - see you soon.

Jon

TangoTricia

12-22-2010, 12:27 PM

Dave Bailey

12-22-2010, 05:15 PM

Hi Dave,

Greetings from snowy Devon.

Some of the Bramshaw weekends you've got listed as being a "Super Tangk" are billed on Steve & Debbie's website (http://www.tangouk.co.uk/workshops.htm) as "Super Tangk Prep" (which I guess is the new name for the old plain & simple "Tangk"). For example, the September Ines & Constantin event.
Oh right - I didn't realise. I thought there were a lot of Super Tangks in that list... OK, thanks, I've changed the entries.

In addition to the February dates, the legendary Tango Mango (http://www.tangoindevon.co.uk/upcoming.html) will be held near Totnes on 9-16 April and 4-14 August. There's normally one in October as well but the dates aren't published yet.
Cool, those are added too.

Fernando Guidi (http://www.vidadetango.co.uk/events/events.html) is running "Tango Feasts" on 11-13 March, 10-12 June & 16-18 September. Hopefully he'll do another Christmas Feast in December as well but no dates for that yet.
And those :)

Take care - see you soon.
Well I'll be at Rockbottoms...?

Dave Bailey

12-22-2010, 05:24 PM

ThamesValleyTango events for 2011

April: Easter Tango April thamesvalleytango. co. uk / eastertango .htm

September: AutumnTango thamesvalleytango.co.uk/ autumntango .htm

December: Yule Tango thamesvalleytango.co.uk/ yuletango. htm (this link is for the 2010 event)

Then there is the unmissable Andreas Wichter's Project held at Dartington on 6th, 7th & 8th May 2011.
I've added the Easter and September events for 2011, I'll make a note to myself to update it with the Yuletango details early next year. Hmmm, actually I may pop along there this year...

Do you have more details for Andreas' thing? I can't see any information on his site...

TangoTricia

12-23-2010, 02:03 AM

More details? Ahh, c'mmon, it's Tango..., it's more than 24hrs away....

and Detlef & Melina and Marek & Olivera are participating, so what's not to like? T xx

Dave Bailey

12-23-2010, 03:28 AM

More details? Ahh, c'mmon, it's Tango..., it's more than 24hrs away....
Blimey, just coz Andreas is disorganised, doesn't mean everyone is. I mean, I know he lives in the Hippy Capital Of The World, but Ruth manages to schedule things in.

ant

12-23-2010, 03:39 AM

Blimey, just coz Andreas is disorganised, doesn't mean everyone is. I mean, I know he lives in the Hippy Capital Of The World, but Ruth manages to schedule things in.

David you have a date, you know where it is and you know who the teachers are, what more do you need. For Tango organisers to give you that information 6 months in advance is almost a miracle. This is their first event and to get a website up and running is far more time consuming than adding details to an already existing site.

ant

12-23-2010, 03:53 AM

DB regarding events

On 28-30 January Jenny and Ricardo will be teaching at a weekender near Cambridge.

On 12-13 February Alexandra and Stefano will be teaching at Tango Bootcamp in Brighton
http://www.tangobootcamp.co.uk/

and on the same date there will be a Claudia Jakobsen weekend run by Ben and Katya. There is no further information on this.

Regarding El Corte teachers. I understand that Stefan and Komala will be visiting Oxford and Cheshire during the year but dates are not yet fixed and Eric will be coming to London on the 16 January and 13 February and visiting Cambridge on 17 January and 14 February.

Are you not listing the outdoor Milongas on 10 July and 14 August.

ant

12-23-2010, 03:55 AM

DB don't you think you should not be broadening your horizons a bit by now and start including some of the more popular European Milongas?

JohnEm

12-23-2010, 04:54 AM

DB don't you think you should not be broadening your horizons a bit by now and start including some of the more popular European Milongas?

Why?

Madahlia

12-23-2010, 05:00 AM

Why?
Indeed. Not wishing to be UKcentric at all, but it's as much as I can do do drive an hour down the road for a milonga, let alone get on an aeroplane for one.

Good list, though, thank you. This alone will probably increase my likelihood of attending a new tango event by several hundred percent.

Mind you, as they (nearly) used to say, 100% of BA is ........

JohnEm

12-23-2010, 05:02 AM

More details? Ahh, c'mmon, it's Tango..., it's more than 24hrs away....

and Detlef & Melina and Marek & Olivera are participating, so what's not to like? T xx

Oh Tricia!!

You know how organised Melina is.
Her and Detlef are booked up for all of 2011.

Not only that, it's not 24 hours notice, you have to decide within 24 hours
of bookings to one of their workshops being announced.

ant

12-23-2010, 05:06 AM

Why?

Why not?

ant

12-23-2010, 05:19 AM

Why?

Firstly it gives DB more work to do.

Also I am finding more people are travelling to Europe and finding that it does expand on their Tango experience. People going Holland and Germany are finding that their tango is being improved by the experience.

Because of this improvement people here in the UK have noticed this and that gives them a desire to go and maybe to be more adventurous. There are also many people that have a wish to go to Tango places in Europe but do not have the knowledge to decide on places.

DB's website I have found has been a wealth of information and my first recommended site for people who want to know what is going on in London especially and the UK to a certain extent. I think this increase in information would be a logical expansion of the information given on his site.

Madahlia

12-23-2010, 05:22 AM

Why not?

Cos they should be on a European list. If you include Europe on a UK list where would it all end? With a list of global tango events? That would be far less useful to the majority of people than a purely UK list.

I'd be quite happy for someone to start a European one but I think it would be better separate.

Dave Bailey

12-23-2010, 05:35 AM

David you have a date, you know where it is and you know who the teachers are, what more do you need.
A link, basically.

My rule-of-thumb is that I try to only put class / workshop / weekender information on the site if I can provide a link to more information. Otherwise I have to replicate the details on my site, which is too time-consuming.

For Tango organisers to give you that information 6 months in advance is almost a miracle.
Why?

This is their first event and to get a website up and running is far more time consuming than adding details to an already existing site.
I'm sure it'll be a great event - but I still want a link to details. If only to make it more easy for me to check content is accurate.

Dave Bailey

12-23-2010, 05:36 AM

DB don't you think you should not be broadening your horizons a bit by now and start including some of the more popular European Milongas?
Nah, blimey it's hard enough just to get a list of the UK ones... but tell you what, if you want to collate such a list (with links :) ), I'll add it to the site as a separate page, how's that?

Dave Bailey

12-23-2010, 05:50 AM

DB regarding events

On 28-30 January Jenny and Ricardo will be teaching at a weekender near Cambridge.

On 12-13 February Alexandra and Stefano will be teaching at Tango Bootcamp in Brighton
http://www.tangobootcamp.co.uk/
Cool, I've added those in, thanks.

Are you not listing the outdoor Milongas on 10 July and 14 August.
Nah, they're not weekenders.

Bitter experience has shown me that if I try to have a general "events" list, it requires too much maintenance to keep it up-to-date. :(

ant

12-23-2010, 06:03 AM

A link, basically.
My rule-of-thumb is that I try to only put class / workshop / weekender information on the site if I can provide a link to more information. Otherwise I have to replicate the details on my site, which is too time-consuming.

Your OP asked for events not events that had a website link.

I would have thought though, that the most important ctiteria would be the teachers and not the marketing efficiency of the organisers.

Why?

I think you should be addressing this question to those organisers.

My personal opinion however is:
1 I am surprised how far in advance the teachers for these weekenders are organised but not announced. For instance events are regularly announced on the teachers websites way before the organisers websites.
2 Many of the local societies like to give their regular dancers first option for places
3 The organisers are confident that they will sell out and reduce the time they have to worry about the administration of bookings.
4 Many of the teachers slot in the weekends as part of a European tour in the case of N. and S. American teachers and will probabally be attending a bigger event than the weekenders in the UK and so exact dates are not known until near the time.

I'm sure it'll be a great event - but I still want a link to details. If only to make it more easy for me to check content is accurate

In the first instance I don't understand why you can't just list date, place and teachers which you do even when you have a link and put link to to follow.

To check this refer to the Detlef and Melina site where it is mentioned.
http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tangodesalon. de%2F&lp=de_en&.intl=uk&fr=ieas

ant

12-23-2010, 06:11 AM

DB regarding events
On 28-30 January Jenny and Ricardo will be teaching at a weekender near Cambridge.

Sorry DB here is the link for the one above

http://milonguero.co.uk/

Dave Bailey

12-23-2010, 06:13 AM

Your OP asked for events not events that had a website link.
Yeah, sorry, I should have been more explicit in the OP.

I would have thought though, that the most important ctiteria would be the teachers and not the marketing efficiency of the organisers.
Yes - up until a year ago, I'd have agreed with you. Now, having dipped my toe into this lark, it's clear that marketing efficiency is much more important.

Whether it should be, is a different question.

In the first instance I don't understand why you can't just list date, place and teachers which you do even when you have a link and put link to to follow.
It's just a fetish of mine. I like links :D

Dave Bailey

12-23-2010, 06:14 AM

Sorry DB here is the link for the one above

http://milonguero.co.uk/
Yep. I dug that one up :)

I don't mind doing some research - I don't insist that you provide a link, simply that there is one I can use.

ant

12-23-2010, 08:08 AM

Nah, blimey it's hard enough just to get a list of the UK ones... but tell you what, if you want to collate such a list (with links :) ), I'll add it to the site as a separate page, how's that?

That's fair enough. Not so unlike how the UK one started.

This page will however by its nature be a bit less specific. For instance I would feature Berlin as a whole, with links. This can be backed up by people that I know who have made recently lenghty visits (2weeks plus) who I can ask if they will do a review for you if you like?

Also there are some places that are very popular that I have found very difficult getting information on.

The two I have most in mind are the summer Milongas along the Seine and and the Tango Colon Milongas in Cologne. There are also the outdoor summer Milongas in Aachen that may be of interest. Hoping that maybe members who have any knowledge on these can feed information into this thread.

Finally DB what is your view on references to facebook pages on these events.

Dave Bailey

12-23-2010, 08:49 AM

That's fair enough. Not so unlike how the UK one started.

This page will however by its nature be a bit less specific. For instance I would feature Berlin as a whole, with links. This can be backed up by people that I know who have made recently lenghty visits (2weeks plus) who I can ask if they will do a review for you if you like?
Review content is always welcome. :)

But the Europe thing - first of all, which countries are "Europe"? Maybe a "Western Europe" version would be best, at least at first - say, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal?

Finally DB what is your view on references to facebook pages on these events.
As FB pages are not accessible to everyone, I think I'd prefer a web page. I know, I'm picky.

ant

12-23-2010, 09:07 AM

Review content is always welcome. :)

But the Europe thing - first of all, which countries are "Europe"? Maybe a "Western Europe" version would be best, at least at first - say, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal?.

Agreed but as far as I am concerned only the highlighted countries and maybe Italy. In any event many of the places that will be featured are nearer to London say, than those featured in Scotland for instance, so quicker to fly to and generally cheaper to fly to as well.

As FB pages are not accessible to everyone, I think I'd prefer a web page. I know, I'm picky

Fair enough, its why I asked. Some of these events I think only have a facebook presence though.

UKDancer

12-23-2010, 11:22 AM

FB only is something that is becoming quite common around here too.

I guess that it is so easy (and free) to have a 'net presence that way, and the AT community seems to be quite small anyway.

UKDancer

01-05-2011, 02:53 AM

Sebastian Missé, Andrea Reyero and Damian Boggio
Gallo Ciego Birmingham
4-6 March 2011

Dave Bailey

01-05-2011, 06:41 AM

Sebastian Missé, Andrea Reyero and Damian Boggio
Gallo Ciego Birmingham
4-6 March 2011

Linky? (I couldn't find a non-Facebook one)

UKDancer

01-05-2011, 09:40 AM

Linky? (I couldn't find a non-Facebook one)

Sorry, http://www.tangoinbrum.co.uk/

Dave Bailey

01-05-2011, 10:03 AM

Sorry, http://www.tangoinbrum.co.uk/
Oh yes, Loyd and Sandra's thing.

OK, added.

Dave Bailey

01-05-2011, 11:34 AM

OK, Andreas now has a web page :) - so I've added the "Abrazos" weekender in May to the list.

Blimey, that's a lot of stuff going on in 2011...

Captain Jep

01-05-2011, 01:59 PM

ie http://www.tangokombinat.de/uk_abrazos.htm

Presume it's the Foxhole in Dartington. Went there once for a weekender. Nice location nice floor..

Andreas Wichter

01-05-2011, 02:12 PM

ie
Presume it's the Foxhole in Dartington. Went there once for a weekender. Nice location nice floor..

Nope, it's not. ;)

More info soon.

Andreas

Andreas Wichter

01-05-2011, 02:24 PM

Nope, it's not. ;)

More info soon.

Andreas

By that I mean nope, it's not the Foxhole. It is a nice location, with nice floors, all of them, though. :cool:

Captain Jep

01-05-2011, 02:33 PM

ooh now I'm curious a second time! The Hall? The school? Dont keep us guessing.. :)

Andreas Wichter

01-16-2011, 03:50 PM

Dont keep us guessing.. :)

The complete set of pages is live now. The final bit of info will be on the site in a few days, hopefully Tuesday. Bookings will open shortly after that.

JonD

01-17-2011, 06:38 AM

The autumn Tango Mango dates have been published: it's between 15th and 23rd of October. There's a full list of dates here:

http://www.tangoindevon.co.uk/upcoming.html

Captain Jep

01-18-2011, 05:30 PM

The complete set of pages is live now. The final bit of info will be on the site in a few days, hopefully Tuesday. Bookings will open shortly after that.
:cool:
Delayed till the weekend now ..

gyb

01-19-2011, 11:19 AM

Hi Andreas - welcome to DF! BTW I do love your dancing, wanted to steal those clockwise-circling double-single step combinations for a long time now..

Shandy

02-12-2011, 10:53 AM

Picked up a Tango Apasionado Festival leaflet, its on in London 4-6 March. Quite like the look of a couple of the workshop plus I've always fancied having a go at Chacarera and can't think of better teachers than David and Kim to make it fun.

Can't post links but details can be found at latinculture . net

Captain Jep

03-08-2011, 05:26 PM

Shandy

03-09-2011, 01:27 PM

Did you (or anyone else) go to this? How was it?

I did and had a great time - don't think there was enough people to make the guest workshops a financial success - but the David and Kim workshops were great fun and well attended.

The Friday and Sunday milongas were good - didn't think much of the atmosphere at Conway Hall on the Saturday which was a shame because it started off as such a laugh with the chacarera workshop.

The performances were worth watching, it was fascinating seeing all the different styles when they all took to the floor together as the "surprise" performance on Sunday.