July 2001 El Firulete 1 Volume 8 Issue 2 THE ARGENTINE TANGO MAGAZINE July 2001 PLUS Historic recordings anyone? A handful of emotions At least you can visit Tango , our dance and much more... $5.00 U.S.A. Photo by Idalia Battle 2 El Firulete July 2001 everyone else realizes it as much as I did. The courtyard was so beautiful after you got a hold of it! We loved the photo in El Firulete. Send us a "quickie" every now and again to let us know what's going on in the "Big Easy"! Take care and hope to hear from you soon! We want you to sound off, whether it's to complain or to compliment. Or even if it's to elaborate on an article in our publication. Here are the rules: (1) You must tell us your full name, but we won't print it if you so request; (2) you must give your Dave Esch & Richard Swank complete address - even though we'll identify you only by the city and state- and your telephone number; and (3) we reserve Portland, OR the right to edit letters for length and clarity or to withhold their publication. We miss you guys and we wish that you INSPIRED IN VICTORIA enjoy your new life in Oregon. We have new Dear Alberto and Valorie, Congratulations for the new horizons you neighbors already, very nice people who are aiming for. Keep up the good work and make Thank you very much for all the information relocated from California although she is us proud. your include on your website, and for your originally a New Orleanian coming back home. passion and dedication to tango. You are an The Ambush magazine is still being inspiration! ENLIGHTENED IN URBANA delivered here and we wonder if you would like Best regards, Dear Alberto, us to forward it to you. Best wishes. Konstantin Zahariev I really love to read El Firulete. I do keep up Victoria, B.C., Canada on Tango Our Dance, which is the most enlight- HAVING FUN AT HOME ening writing on Tango available on the Internet. Dear Valorie and Alberto, I am so glad you make it available to everyone. Thank you for sharing how you feel and for We got your notice about the Labor Day giving us the positive feedback that makes us try Regards, Weekend Tango Getaway. We love Pablo and even harder. Keep the love of tango alive and Joe D. Barrios, Beatriz, we saw them in February in Madrid at don't be a stranger. Urbana, IL their great milonga. What a pair of great teachers and performers they are! John has retired and we are finally able to do CONFIDENT IN TUCSON It's a real pleasure to share our experience with our friends. Thank you for your support. more things together. We don't get out dancing a Editor, lot but boy, do we have fun at home and at our I have just finished reading Valorie Hart's local Santa Cruz practica. HAT IT MEANS TO MISS AWLINS Chapters on Tango, Our Dance. The information W N We have been attending the Carmel milonga is spectacularly helpful and encouraging, Hey there Valorie & Alberto! which is easier for us to get to, as well as the especially since I do not have a dance partner. Just wanted to send you a quick e-mail milonga at the Spectrum in Campbell whenever I've been taking group lessons and private lessons letting you know we're settled and enjoying life we can. for a year and still do not feel comfortable with here in the Pacific Northwest. Has anyone We went to the Miami Fantasy Tango Week the dance. After reading these Chapters I am moved in next door yet? I also wanted to take the and as always, our favorites where Osvaldo Zotto much more confident about my abilities and time to mention how wonderful it was to have and Lorena Ermocida. Fabian and Carolina gave much less concerned about my "presumed you as a neighbor... Very rarely do you find a superb "jump class" for us old athletic types. It mistakes". Thank you, thank you! May I have a people who care as much as you do, and I hope was one of those special small classes you sign copy of your magazine? Again, thank you for up for after eight hours of lessons, but it was your inspiring words. worth it! They are beautiful lifts that make John Charlotte Waitches feel powerful, but are as safe as any tango moves! Tucson, AZ Any chance you'll be coming our way after Reno? Come and visit us... Bring Pablo and It is our pleasure to send you this copy of El Beatriz! Firulete with our appreciation for your kind We love reading El Firulete and finding out commentaries. We're glad that you have joined what you're up to. Enclosed is our subscription the legions of those who know that there are no renewal. mistakes in Tango, just traspies and timely Love, pauses. Nancy and John Santa Cruz, CA THANKFUL IN NEW MEXICO Hola Alberto and Valorie, We would lie through our giros if we'd say Thanks for sending the "Naked Tango" that we miss California, however every time you video and El Firulete! I took El Firulete tonight write to us, we can't help remembering fondly the to the Milonga and they went like wild fire. Jose treasured moments we spent together at home and I are really excited about doing the perfor- dancing with the two of you, Ginger, Dick, Doris, mance for the Maxwell Museum this month!... Jean Pierre, Tamara, David , Alisa, Florencio, Our second paid performance! Yeah! Thank you and a few others who would join us on Wednes- both for all you have taught me... When people day nights whenever we were home in between ask me who are my teachers, I say YOU! our travels. Baila la danza de la vida con pasion! We are eagerly waiting for all of you to Sally Moon Dave and Richard as featured in the make it out our way and see for yourselves why Belen, NM Mardi Gras issue of El Firulete we have fallen in love with New Orleans. July 2001 El Firulete 3 Tangazos The Argentine Tango Magazine Vol 8 Issue 2 July 2001 It could happen to you p to now most books written as testimonials of Publisher Planet Tango personal Tango experiences tend to fall under the Ucategory of out of body encounters of the me-silly Joint Editors kind. Like, "have you ever 'ocho' at the DMV?" Or, "I saw Alberto Paz & Valorie Hart Santa tangoing with my mommy to Jingle Bells." Or the implied lunacy of asking the question, "you know you are a Contributing Writers Alberto Paz Tango junkie if..." Valorie Hart Some day somebody might actually document the real Alberto Paz Tangoman experiences which most of us have lived from the day the Cholula Johnson Tango found us. They may describe the first time they saw a couple dancing Tango. Photos and Image Processing They may even remember exactly the date, their state of mind, and the circumstances of Valorie Hart their lives at the time. Those with a lot more mileage will doubtless credit Tango Alberto Paz Argentino, the legendary show of the nineteen eighties, with the compelling desire to be Idalia Battle able to Tango, to experience the passion and sensuality, not to mention the prowess Laura Lynch smartly staged by a group of seemingly average, middle aged couples. Teresa Klainer Ed Cherrie Others may remember hearing from a friend, or picking up a flyer where Argentine Tango lessons were being offered. Trusting, and with a naive sense of anticipation, you Graphic Design and Production may have begun to take at face value all the cliche ladden coating that accompanied Alberto Paz every lesson, along with every frustrated attempt to imitate the role model being Editorial, Advertising, Inquiries, presented to you. You may not longer remember the names of the teachers that began to Comments, Questions and Suggestions come in and out in a revolving door like fashion, all the while your mind feeling like a Planet Tango Texas size omelette. 1000 Bourbon St., #202 New Orleans, LA 70116 There might be cases where the stories will take on their own spin given personal and geographical circumstances. There might be accounts of "styles wars" within a E-mail to: city, mostly the result of shrewd operators in cahoots with ethically challenged profes- [email protected] sionals prying upon the trust and blind allegiance of eager learners. It would take a lot [email protected] of soul searching and a mega dose of self respect and self esteem to acknowledge cases of blunt breach of trust, disappointment and the realization that no matter how they are Website presented, lies and deception have short legs. http://www.planet-tango.com However, in spite of the emotional rollercoaster that the exposure to risk creates The information published is intended for when allowing the Tango to take over our lives, there is a moment when we finally get entertainment purposes only and it is as it, or not. They say that Tango is a very personal thing, that no respectable dancer will accurate as you want it to be. All correspon- face the scorn of their peers for being imitators, and we have heard of those who have dence and manuscripts are submitted at taken their "secrets" to the grave.