tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post3167060647260760232..comments2023-09-27T12:44:03.592+01:00Comments on MsHedgehog: Bailamos @ Tango West, BristolmsHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-43189159791096639042011-10-08T23:40:18.463+01:002011-10-08T23:40:18.463+01:00@Limerick Tango
Having been to many marathons rec...@Limerick Tango<br /><br />Having been to many marathons recently, I think people´s understanding of what a tango marathon entails may have changed, as your description doesn´t fit my recent experiences. <br /><br />Actually, most people don´t dance non-stop at the marathons over a period of days. They travel to a place for the weekend. Then there is generally a milonga on Friday evening; another on Saturday afternoon; a break for supper; a further milonga on Saturday night and a last milonga on Sunday afternoon. Most people go to whichever of those milongas they prefer (not usually all of them). The organisers make sure there are exactly equal numbers of men and women. And asking to dance is by cabeceo, in general. <br /><br />I write in more detail about marathoning as an experience here:<br /><br />http://tangoaddiction.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/marathoners/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-80168231095994285542011-09-27T16:24:20.577+01:002011-09-27T16:24:20.577+01:00@Terps 'Marathon' implies and has come to ...@Terps 'Marathon' implies and has come to mean non-stop dancing over a period of days. The 'Weekender' model (and maybe brand) implies a weekends program of social dancing that one can slip in and out of as your capability/availability decides.LimerickTangohttp://www.limericktango.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-50417382968139950892011-09-23T19:17:50.682+01:002011-09-23T19:17:50.682+01:00@Terps - 'Weekender' is my word, not their...@Terps - 'Weekender' is my word, not theirs. They didn't attempt to brand it.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-26846863745438622442011-09-22T23:21:43.373+01:002011-09-22T23:21:43.373+01:00This 'weekender' concept sounds just like ...This 'weekender' concept sounds just like a tango marathon, by a different name, just with a less international clientele. (The tango marathons are also dancing only; everyone travels to go to them -- they usually exclude locals from some or all of the milongas --; they are very fussy about which DJs they invite and there are never any performances or lessons). I love them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-39069204798870151572011-09-20T23:22:25.887+01:002011-09-20T23:22:25.887+01:00@Limerick, yes, I agree. I think this format is ve...@Limerick, yes, I agree. I think this format is very conducive to people actually having a good time. It's the simplest way of treating classes as a means to an end rather than an end in themselves - you <i>can</i> also do that with some teachers, but the teacher has to be actively and consistently doing it themselves. <br /><br />And it means the budget otherwise spent on the big-name teacher <i>can</i> be spent on the DJing, which is also much more favourable to an actually-good time.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-5429416931407259402011-09-19T12:19:27.430+01:002011-09-19T12:19:27.430+01:00Really like the "weekender" concept. Not...Really like the "weekender" concept. Not everything has to be a festival.<br /><br />Kudos also to Tango West for having the cojones not to invite a big-name teacher to bolster the event and instead accept that what people want to do is dance.LimerickTangohttp://www.limericktango.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com