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As Autumn leaves start to fall (Edith
Piaf)
This week, we
have a special Friday night milonga with dancing in two rooms to two
styles (traditional in main hall and nuevo in the dance studio) from
8pm till midnight. £7 on the door.
Its been a strange sort of year for us. We have at last been able to
realise our dream of having our own dance studio. The studio has
been open for the last 8 weeks and we are starting to get into the
rhythm of all the new weekly events (more of these below).
It is tinged with sadness too as we have stopped teaching at TLC on
Tuesday night. We offered to take a break for the summer as class
numbers at Archers Road were dropping at the time and we could see that
Tracie was concerned about things. So after 10 years of attending and
providing approximately 1200 hours of teaching input at Archers Road,
we didn't even go out with a bang - more of a muted phut. We miss it,
but our attention must now concentrate on building numbers at Bramshaw
to cover the overheads and investment in the new dance space.
The feedback about the new dance studio has been great. We have used it
for both teaching and social events, and it looks and feels just right
for both purposes. It is wonderful to have the grand piano on hand,
especially when teaching the Advanced Musicality classes on Thursday
nights (read feedback about this below).
Hope to see you at Brammers one day soon.
Abrazos, Steve and Debbie Morrall |
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the news in a glance....
Special Friday night milonga this week
Super Tangk balance is due now
Super
Tangk 'dance only' tickets
Tangkademy
places
Advanced
Musicality
class sound good
Our electronic diary for ical, iPhone and Google.
Vals Turns in a mini Tangk this Sunday
Weekly events at Brammers
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The
Super Tangk is now open for Dance Only
Tickets £35

Super Tangk
September 24-26
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As usual, the Super Tangk has sold out a few weeks after
booking opened and we have a waiting list of dancers interested in case
of any last minute changes. The event on 24-26
September hosts Ines and Constantin.
It is still possible to join in the weekend with us on a limited basis.
We are offering 'dance only' tickets for the weekend at £35 which
provide over 30 hours of dancing at 3 evening milongas and in the dance
studio during the day when the workshops are taking place. Dance only
ticket holders do not have access to the main hall during workshops. FURTHER DETAILS AND
BOOKING
Super Tangk Balance
If you have
paid a deposit for the Super Tangk you will shortly be receiving an
email requesting the balance. Your places are only confirmed and
secured when payment is received in full.
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Sunday 29 August
There is a Mini Tango Tangk Workshop
in the new dance studio with Steve and Debbie teaching musical vals
turns. 2pm - 6pm (milonga 7pm - 11pm)
Spaces for 3 couples left. DETAILS
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Eight days a
week BEATLES
TRIBUTE
We are
experimenting with week night tango events in the dance studio, i.e.
the first weekly milonga event in the area, to try to find out what
people really want and are prepared to attend at Bramshaw.
The initial line up is:
Monday - Video Practica 8-11pm
Tuesday - All day open dance floor from 9-5pm (by prior arrangement)
Weds - Milonga 7-30-11pm
Thurs - Advanced Musicality Class 8-10pm
We are going to run this format for three months to see if we can build
enough numbers to make the events sustainable - at the moment we are
making a loss, but like all ventures, we know things take a while to
build.
We would value your feedback on these new events and would like to hear
which ones you plan to attend once the holiday period is over. |
Thursday Night is music night
The jewel in the crown for us is the Thursday night musicality class.
Steve has prepared a term of classes, supported with video projector
visual aids, live grand piano and bandoneon and class notes available
for download after each class.
The course is covering the rhythm and structure of tango, vals and
milonga, then focusing on the style of the 8 most popular tango
orchestras and links movement to each specific musical style.
This Thursday, the class is working with the orchestra of Carlos di
Sarli, a style of music which facilitates lots of suspension and pauses
and the potential for beautiful musical decorations by the lady.
The next two weeks cover the orchestras of Juan D'Arienzo (the king of
rhythm) on 2 September and Miguel Calo on 9th September. Do you find
dancing to Osvaldo Pugliese difficult? Don't miss the class on
September 16th. READ
COMMENTS BY STUDENTS
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The next Tangkademy hosts the amazing teaching of
Jenny Frances and Ricardo Oria
November 26-28
There are spaces for 4 couples booking together and 4 solo men. All the
solo ladies places have sold out.
Tangkademy is a weekend workshop with four classes led by these amazing
tango teachers who return to Bramshaw for the fifth time. They always
get fabulous feedback from people attending their weekends.
There are two classes on Saturday and two on Sunday plus milongas each
evening (Fri-Sun) with a welcome milonga on Friday evening from 8pm
until midnight. Add together the milongas, practice time and workshops,
you'll find you can dance for more than 25 hours over the weekend!
The cost for a weekend pass is £90pp or a dance only pass
(no workshops ) is £35. DETAILS |
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download our events diary for the next 3 months to your iPhone, or to
your desktop in iCal or Google Calendar format.
This format automatically synchronises with our system here informing
you of any changes or additions. If any of you have an Android phone,
let us know, out of interest, if you can transfer a copy to this format.
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allows you to listen to whole tracks for free. It has a huge and
growing tango library which makes it possible to listen to tango for
hours for free. I have 5
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