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Discovered Milton Trager There is a way of being which is lighter which is freer. A way in which work as well as play becomes a dance and living a song. We can learn this way.

4th Anniversary Celebration! - Poster Art by Julie Bessette at tangorush.com/poster.htm

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The Best Milongas - Beatrice from Kansas City AND Magdalena from Atlanta The Best Performers - Luciana and Alex The First Dance in Michigan - Marie from North Detroit The Most Authentic - Amy from Dearborn, MI and Belgrano, BsAs AND Beatrice from KC The Most Delightful - Mimi from Philadelphia The Most Memorable - Sharon from Toronto The Most Playful - Angela from Ann Arbor formerly from Chicago and St. Louis

Michigan Argentine Tango Club, El Aniversario del Medio Ocho / 4th Anniversary Celebration

Una Milonga Mas Venue: Ballroom, Michigan Union DJ: Avik Basu Dance Card: Angela from Ann Arbor, Beatrice from Kansas City, Margaret from San Francisco and Mimi from Phildelphia. Notes: Beatrice said that I danced with cadence and energy. Alex's Chacarera Class Venue: Pendleton Room, Michigan Union Notes on the Class: I crashed this class to shoot photos. Alex coached everyone to clap softly because they weren't on the beat.

Chacarera - Ramu 1 - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Ramu 2 - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Ramu 3 - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Ramu 4 - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Eveready 1 of Adam from NYC - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Eveready 2 of Adam from NYC - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Alex - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera! - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Chacarera - Sue - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Michigan Argentine Tango Club, El Aniversario del Medio Ocho / 4th Anniversary Celebration

Milonga Till Dawn Venue: Pittsfield Grange DJ: Robin Thomas Dance Card: Joanie from Ann Arbor, Mimi from Philadelphia, Sara from Ann Arbor, Sharon from Toronto, Sue from Toronto, Susan from Cleveland and Heifa from Washington DC. Notes: I asked a woman to dance but she compalined that she couldn't because her feet and legs hurt. Then a little later I saw her dancing with someone else. The Tango Referee should throw a penalty flag when that happens. I asked another young Young Diva to dance but she said NO. To be sure that I heard her I repeated, "You don't want to dance with me." She said, "That's right." When I was leaving the milonga at 5:45 am she was sitting on the porch smoking a cigarette. She said. "I'll dance with you tomorrow night." I thought to myself, right, tomorrow night when hell freezes over! What goes around, comes around! Milonga Picante Venue: Ballroom, Michigan Union DJ: Ramu Pyreddy Dance Card: Amy from Dearborn, MI and Belgrano, BsAs, Barbara from Cincinnati, Catrina from Ann Arbor formerly from Denmark, Debbie from Cincinnati, Magdalena from Atlanta, Mary from Kansas City, Mimi from Philadelphia, Rebecca from Ann Arbor, Sharon from Toronto and Susan from Ann Arbor Notes: Barbara raved about dancing with Danny aka El Once in Atlanta last April. She said Atlanta was the best dancing she had ever had! She was sweet to say that I danced a little bit like him. Rebecca said that I was holding her too tightly. My only weakness is that I hold the women too tightly. Danced with Susan, a beginner. I told her that the way to learn the dance is to dance all night but she didn't. Discovered Sharon from Toronto. After our dance I wanted to dance with her all night forever . . . but she didn't. trEATS: Mr. Greek Coney Island, 215 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI

Photo by Neil Liveakos

El pelo - Photo by Neil Liveakos

A2 Tango - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Joanie - Photo by Neil

Las Morochas - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Luciana - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Mimi - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Las flores de KC - Photo by Neil Liveakos

El Milonguero - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Photo by Neil Liveakos

Ramu - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Debbie - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Rebecca - Photo by Neil Liveakos

Photo by Neil Liveakos

Michigan Argentine Tango Club, El Aniversario del Medio Ocho / 4th Anniversary Celebration

Welcome Milonga Venu: Anderson Room, Michigan Union DJ: Vijay Namasivayam Dance Card: Angela from Ann Arbor, Debbie from Cincinnati, Yelena from Ann Arbor formerly from the Soviet Union, Joanie from Ann Arbor, Margaret from San Francisco who dances in Oakland formerly from Hawaii and Marie from North Detroit. Milonga Notes: First dance in Michigan with Marie. After Milonga Notes: The entire UM 'hood was cruzin out front of the Union. Made me feel right at home . . . just like I was out on Peachtree St in Atlanta, Ga on a Saturday Night. Regrets: My travel fatigue, the hard floor, the small space. Lodging The Lamp Post Inn The Trip Atlanta -> Greenville, SC -> Asheville, NC -> Knoxville, TN -> Lexington, KY -> Cincinnati, OH -> Dayton, OH -> Toledo, OH -> Ann Arbor, MI. Travel Notes: Ohio - At the Welcome Station - Bienvenido a Ohio . . . el corazon de Estados Unidos. Found good rocnrol radio in Ohio! Kentucky - Spotted a Long Horn Steer on a beautiful Horse Farm outside of Lexington.

Neil's Book Review of Marina Palmer's "Kiss & Tango"

I liked the web site www.kissandtango.com. I liked the dust jacket cover photo and the photo of the author. I liked that Marina was half Greek. I liked that she had the courage to follow her dream even though it was subsidized by her parents. I liked that she had the discipline to write a book during her year in Buenos Aires. I liked that names and details were changed to protect the privacy of the individuals, especially regarding the size of the men's penises. I agreed with her lover Ezequiel when he said that she should keep her knees together and when he concluded that she was a whore despite the pain that she felt in her heart with that breakup. I felt sorry for Marina's Mother. But I felt especially sorry for her Father. I posted the Amazon link to Marina's book on my blog but that was before I had read her book. After I read it, I took the link down and posted Cherie's review below. In fairness to the reader, the title should have been "Sex & Tango" or "The True Confessions of a Tango Slut." My conclusions are: 1. Sex sells. 2. I need more sex on my blog. 3. I need more sex.

Cherie Magnus Reivew of the book "Kiss & Tango" by Marina Palmer

Here's my review from Amazon: Sorry to bring a little reality to the heavy-breathing enthusiasm, but I had hoped this book would be a little bit about tango. Instead it's the tale of a spoiled thirty-year-old (!) "girl" who talks her wealthy family into supporting her whim of becoming a professional tango dancer in Buenos Aires. Along the way to the realization two years later that it will never happen, she seduces and sleeps with every Argentine male she can get her hands on, even the delivery boy. Without previous dance training (she worked in advertising in New York), she had a fantasy of dancing on stage, and at the same time, of finding her "Other Half of the Orange" who also is a Tango God. Set up comfortably in a luxury apartment and spending her parents' $2,000 U.S. per month on tango classes, shoes and cafes con leche, she brings man after man to her bed, and sometimes two at a time, and doesn't spare us the details. The book only gets interesting at the end when the Economic Crisis hits Argentina in 2001, but running from the turmoil, Marina quickly escapes to her relatives' elegant country ranch far from the disquieting events in the city. And then, giving up the dream, she returns to the States. The writing is full of cliches, the lovers are indistinguishable, the women invariably turn out to be "bitches." So I'm still waiting for someone to write about Argentine Tango in Buenos Aires. Slutty sex is everywhere. --Cherie Magnus

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Discovered François Aulagner and www.paristango.blogspot.com

TANGO The Art History of Love

TANGO The Art History of Love by Master T Listen to the interview with Robert Farris Thompson re his new book: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/10192005

Walking the walk.

The Wedding Program

Tango at My Daughter's Wedding

The Location: Henderson, Nevada, USA The Music: "Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole The Bride: Susanna / The Groom: Les The Father of the Bride: Neil Notes: Afterwards my daughter says "thanks" but my son says "caballero." / Después mi hija dice "gracias" pero mi hijo dice "caballero."