Thank you to everyone who came along last night and made the evening so enjoyable.

Last night we tried something new - A mixer dance!  I must confess I was a little nervous about this, but I am delighted to say everyone was up for being involved, and there wasn't the car crash pile up I was half expecting!

Thanks to everyone who filled out our mini-questionnaire afterwards - 100% of you said you enjoyed it, and 98% of you said you would like the dance to be regular feature!  The whole reason I do this is so that other people can enjoy dancing, and to get such solid feedback was wonderful!

So, from now on we will have a mixer dance at each event.  It will be based on that evening's beginner lesson (so last night we had a jive mixer to go with the jive class) and will be fully taught and called so don't panic if you miss the class.  This means that effectively you will be getting TWO classes each social evening!

It was also great to see the immediate affect it had on you all chatting with more people.

A few of you requested that it be done earlier in the evening, and I agree with you, so it will be moved forwards in the playlist.

Next months social evening is 3rd July and will be our last one before summer.  The class will be Slow Waltz - and I have a plan for the mixer already which you will all love!  Hope to see you there.

In other news, the Tango workshop on Sunday 7th is now Sold Out.  I look forward to seeing those you who are coming along tomorrow!

Latin Fever - Friday 29th May 2009

Competition winner Ciaran, Ciaran's lovely wife (who he had been sweet enough to buy another ticket for) and myself went to the Peacock Theatre in London to see Lilia & Darren's new stage show Latin Fever.  First is Ciaran's review, and then my own thoughts on the show.

Friday evening saw Honey, myself and Johanna (my better half) take our seats for what promised to be a Latin dance fiesta led by Lilia Kopylova and Darren Bennett from Strictly. I was the lucky winner of DTNA's competition, and was looking forward to a full-on riot of South American colour, energy, sultry, sensuous dancing. Was I to be disapointed? Read on...

New 'Best of Tango' lists

Well I promised they would be coming, and despite it taking slightly longer than I had hoped they are finally here!  Under resources you'll find a new link to Best of... Tango!

There you will find my top picks, not only for Ballroom Tango, but also Argentine Traditional, Tango Nuevo and New Tango!

I've also updated the Rumba list to include a sampling of Strict tempo numbers at your request - they are further down the page.

Go check it out!

Well the events have started to come in for the summer, and already it's looking like being a fabulous turn out again,

Summer Swing at Kew Gardens

River Tango 2009

10th - 13th September
Last year there was 3 days of open air tango, workshops, lessons and amazing bands on a floor in front of the Tate modern. This year promises to be even bigger and better.

rivertango.co.uk/rt/index.php

Tango Al Fresco

Sunday 12th July, Sunday 9th AugustOpen air tango dancing in Regent's Park. These are great days out.

www.tangoalfresco.com

there will be more events and I shall post as I hear of them... if you know of events please do let me know!