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Most popular milonga.be photo of 2011

Published on January 2, 2012 in News and photo. 1 Comment Tags: .

Thousands of pictures of people dancing on milonga.be and the most popular seems to be one of a lady waiting for a dance! Not sure what the message is there. Should I take more pictures of people that are not dancing? Or do a lot of the female voters sympathize with the feeling in the picture?

If the lady in the picture would step forward, that would be nice because I have no idea anymore who she was, and the ring itself is not enough information.

For info, this is the rest of the top 5 of 2011:
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Announced: 2nd Tango Solidario Gala

Published on October 21, 2011 in Brussels and News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

2ème Gala Tango Solidario @ BaO
Next week Sunday October 30, Nosotros organizes their second edition of the “Tango Solidario Gala”, a tango fundraiser, collecting money to buy instruments. Last year’s edition was a succes, allowing Nosotros to buy 17 instruments for the Orchestra School Ingeniero White. This year should be interesting too, with DJ Philippe and a demo by Andrea & Sebastian.
Sunday 30 Oct, Bouche à Oreille (Etterbeek), 17h – 22h!

Brussels Tango Marathon: the last days of summer

Published on October 4, 2011 in Brussels, News and photo. 0 Comments

Brussels Tango Marathon, Sunday Brussels Tango Marahton, Sunday
I don’t know how many candles they have burnt to accomplish it, but the organizers of the BTM, Elfje, Emilie, Laura and Oliver, got more summer in 3 days than we have gotten the three months before. With a lot of visitors from all over Europe, excellent food and fine DJs, this made it an exceptional event, and a comfortably warm ending of a less-than-warm summer.
Brussels Tango Marahton, Sunday Brussels Tango Marathon, Saturday
Also check the full Brussels Tango Marathon 2011 album.
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Tangauchos in Belgium

Published on July 15, 2011 in Brussels, News and performance. 7 Comments

Tangauchos - 2 Aug Bxl
The tango show “Tangauchos” by La Compagnia de Mariano Galeano is coming to Belgium in August with performances in Brussels and Leuven. We know Mariano from his appearances in various events in Belgium, like the 2009 Brussels Tango Festival. In Tangauchos he combines Argentinian folklore and the urban music from Rio de la Plata, in all its facets. He shows that, while they use common basic techniques, the styles developed on their own. In some pieces you even see four styles next to one another: salon, milonguero, fantasia, modern.

Tangauchos sera en tournée en Europe à l’été 2011. Allez les voir, cela vaut la peine. C’est vivant, avec des styles variés, un scénario plein de petites histoires, et très impressionnant sur le plan technique.
via Un très beau spectacle

The dancers: Mariano Galeano & Guadalupe Garcia , Pedro Zamin & Florencia Mendez, Roberto Leiva & Marcela Vespasiano.
The dates:

Thanks to Nosotros (thx Eugenia & Diego), we have 4 tickets to give for the Brussels performance, they will go to the first 4 commenters on this post (on www.milonga.be, dear Facebookers) with a link to a picture of Mariano Galeano from the Brussels Tango Festival photos. Each link has to be different: so not the same picture every time! The contest is open now!

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Announced: Alejandro Ziegler Quartet – free tickets to win!

Published on February 2, 2011 in Brussels, concert and News. 5 Comments Tags: .

Alejandro Ziegler tango quartet

Patio de Tango (Bouche-à-Oreille, Etterbeek) welcomes another special guest: the Alexandro Ziegler quartet plays a concert at the popular milonga on Thursday February 17th: “a bandoneón, a double bass, a violin, (a) piano, a samurai hairstyle, two red shoes and one Borat moustache” says one fan who saw them in 2010 and she adds: “absolutely stunning“.

And again we have 4 free tickets for 4 people who add a comment to this post with a tango anecdote: something you experienced yourself or that you heard about. Closing date for the comments is Wednesday evening!