tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post3029054974973125766..comments2023-09-27T12:44:03.592+01:00Comments on MsHedgehog: Easter @ Thames Valley TangomsHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-6329751835248001322009-04-15T21:01:00.000+01:002009-04-15T21:01:00.000+01:00Hi CaptainJ! The first one was good too. And the e...Hi CaptainJ! The first one was good too. And the eating out did work out well. I knew I ought to have stayed the Sunday night. From RubyRed's account of the workshops it sounded as though I would have got a lot out of those too.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-42928634762368763282009-04-15T16:55:00.000+01:002009-04-15T16:55:00.000+01:00Oh and I forgot to say - Sunday night was very wel...Oh and I forgot to say - Sunday night was very well attended compared to other weekenders. Obviously having Monday as a bank holiday the day after had an effect. So it really was 3 nights dancing - not 2 1/2 nights! :)Captain Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-90325856833290376802009-04-15T16:50:00.000+01:002009-04-15T16:50:00.000+01:00Hi Ms H
A pleasure to meet and dance with you at ...Hi Ms H<br /><br />A pleasure to meet and dance with you at the weekend.<br /><br />Funny how performances affect different people. Ive seen J&R several times and I thought they were a little below par at the weekend. The one I liked best was funnily enough the first one - great musicality. It felt later on they were doing "moves" sometimes at the expense of connection. But maybe Im being too critical - they are still fantastic to watch.<br /><br />The Eton weekend was unusual in that people tended to be out to town for the meals. Usually at a tango weekender you're either all cooking together or there's a cafe on site. I actually really enjoyed that aspect of it. It gave me a chance to get to know people in a way that otherwise I wouldnt. And of course it led to that rather bizarre Sat night in the pub :)<br /><br />After Sun night one of the locals also held an open house, to which J&R went. That was lovely (a big thanks to T&R!)<br /><br />All in all a fab weekendCaptain Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-86601233061871274312009-04-15T14:59:00.000+01:002009-04-15T14:59:00.000+01:00I've got another review up here:
http://www.jiveta...I've got another review up here:<br />http://www.jivetango.co.uk/Reviews/EasterEton.html<br /><br />Sounds like a great weekend.David Baileyhttp://www.jivetango.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-52433982183119379062009-04-14T21:08:00.000+01:002009-04-14T21:08:00.000+01:00Wot she said :-)
I like Eton a lot, and had a gre...Wot she said :-)<br /><br />I like Eton a lot, and had a great time all 3 nights this w'end - for once the music and the partners and myself were 'aligned', so to speak, and I had some fab dances. And yes, the Sun night was free if you'd attended the previous 2 (which helped soften my petrol-bill from So'ton way)<br /><br />Most folk were enthusiastic about the workshops, and enjoyed it all, though a couple of "also-jivers" were saying that it was a lot more leisurely then they were used to!<br /><br />Sun night I had a marvellous walz tanda with a follower who I'd had my first dance with earlier that night - end of the evening, end of the tanda, all I could say was 'Wow'.<br /><br />For a bit of tango magic, the summer 'Eton bridge' milongas are a lovely setting, but an absolutely brutal surface to dance one. Practise shoes only, I'd suggest, but try it once if the weather's mild.<br /><br />And no, Charles isn't paying me to say that ;-)<br /><br />OwenMc<br />(drat - missed 'er :-)OwenMcnoreply@blogger.com