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Argentine Tango San Diego Calendar
Updated Mar 1, 2010
Verify schedule via icon links as some venues vary
Today is
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mar 1
Practica Milonguera 9-10:30pm
Mar 2
Practica 8:30-11pm
Mar 3
Milonguita 8:30-10:30pm
Practica 8:15-9:15pm
Mar 4
Spooky day of nothing
Mar 5
Practica 9-10:30pm
Milonga Sin Nombre 10-1am
Mar 6
Milonga La Reina 9-midnight
Milonga Toca Tango 9-1am
Mar 7
Milonga Del Rey 3-6pm
Milonga Loca de Amor 8-midnight - Beginner Friendly
Now $10.00
Mar 8
Practica Milonguera 9-10:30pm
Mar 9
Practica 8:30-11pm
Mar 10
Milonguita 8:30-10:30pm
Practica 8:15-9:15pm
Mar 11
Spooky day of nothing
Mar 12
Practica 9-10:30pm
Milonga Sin Nombre 10-1am
Mar 13
Milonga Nocturna 9-2am
Mar 14
Milonga Del Rey 3-6pm
Mar 15
Practica Milonguera 9-10:30pm
Mar 16
Practica 8:30-11pm
Milonga 9:30-12:30
Not confirmed
Mar 17
Milonguita 8:30-10:30pm
Practica 8:15-9:15pm
Mar 18
Spooky day of nothing
Mar 19
Practica 9-10:30pm
Milonga Sin Nombre 10-1am
Mar 20
Milonga La Reina 9-midnight
Milonga Toca Tango 9-1am
Mar 21
Milonga Del Rey 3-6pm
Milonga Pensalo Bien 8-midnight
Mar 22
Practica Milonguera 9-10:30pm
Mar 23
Milonga 9-midnight
Practica 8:30-11pm
Mar 24
Milonguita 8:30-10:30pm
Mar 25
Spooky day of nothing
Mar 26
Practica 9-10:30pm
Milonga Sin Nombre 10-1am
Mar 27
Milonga Nocturna 9-2am
Mar 28
Milonga Del Rey 3-6pm
Tango Addicts 8-11:30pm
Not confirmed
Mar 29
Practica Milonguera 9-10:30pm
Mar 30
Practica 8:30-11pm
Mar 31
Milonguita 8:30-10:30pm
Practica 8:15-9:15pm
Apr 1
Spooky day of nothing
Apr 2
Practica 9-10:30pm
Milonga Sin Nombre 10-1am
Apr 3
Milonga Toca Tango 9-1am
Apr 4
Milonga Del Rey
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

= Ciao Bella
= Dance For 2 / Tango Essence
= El Mundo del Tango
= Milonga Sin Nombre / Pattie Wells' Dancetime Center
= Pattie Wells' Dancetime Center
= Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center (formerly 8-Teen)
= Tango Addicts
= Tango with Colette
= UCSD Argentine Tango Club (Student run - RANDOM WEEKS - be sure to verify date)
= Uptown Tango / Bourbon Street Bar
= Whirl Ballroom

Check the Calendars under the individual venues as this stuff is always changing - particularly during holiday seasons.


Workshops

Tango Essence
Alberto and Paulina Dassieu workshops
Tango con Sentimiento
"Dancing tango with emotion"
January 29th-31st, 2010

Tango With Colette
Gabriel and Natalia
in San Diego
Feb. 12th-14th, 2010

UCSD Tango Fest
March 26-28, 2010


Popular Studios and other Locations with Practicas / Milongas
(Listed in alphabetical sequence)
Updated January 4, 2010

Ciao Bella Caffe Bar e Ristorante
5263 Baltimore Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942 (map) (Calendar)
619-337-0238

Practica Milonguera

Monday evening - 9-10:30pm - Argentine Tango Practica (Milonguero / Close Embrace) - hosted by Linda Garwood / Tango Essence.

Milonga

Wednesday evening - 8:30-10:30 pm - Argentine Tango - Milonguita - Jan Wilcox DJ - may run until 11:30 pm


Dance For 2
7528 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92111 (map) (Calendar)
(858) 565-9575

Large aircraft hanger style studio with over 2000 square feet of dance space. Two smaller classrooms are usually used for the Tango classes.

Milongas -

Weekends - Hosted by Linda Garwood / Tango Essence, Argentine Tango instructor.

2nd & 4th Saturdays - Milonga Nocturna - 9pm - 2am
Admission $10
February 14, 2009 - Attended for the first time at the new location on Clairemont Mesa Blvd., very impressive turnout, perhaps a 100 dancers, a massive increase from the old location.
July 11, 2009 - This venue continues to be the largest regularly scheduled Tango event in San Diego, at least 110 showed up.

1st Sunday (2nd Sunday if the first Sunday falls on the first day of the month) - 8:30pm-midnite - Tango Milonga Loca de Amor, hosted by Linda Garwood, Argentine Tango instructor. "Beginner friendly"
Admission $8

3rd Sunday (4th Sunday if the first Sunday falls on the first day of the month) - Milonga Loca de Amor - 8pm-12am. Argentine Tango, hosted by Linda Garwood, Argentine Tango instructor.
Admission $8


El Mundo del Tango
Tango del Rey Building
3567 Del Rey St., San Diego, CA 92109 (map) (Calendar) (858) 581-1114

Milongas / Practicas -

Friday evening - 9-10:30pm Supervised Practica

1st & 3rd Saturday evenings - 8-8:40pm free intro class; 8-8:50 PreMilonga class; 9pm-2am - Milonga La Reina, $10 cover - various DJ's ($15 for the PreMilonga class and the Milonga)

Sunday Afternoon - 3-6pm. Milonga. $5.00 cover. Restaurant and Bar are open.

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Argentine Tango Masters Association Syllabus


Pattie Wells' Dancetime Center
1255 West Morena Blvd., San Diego, CA 92110 (map) (Calendar)
(619) 275-3533

Studio. Nice ballroom dance floor on the second floor, 1300 square feet; large classroom dance floor on the first floor. Tango instruction held on either the first or second floors.

Milonga - Hosted by Milonga Sin Nombre.

Friday evening
Admission $8 ($5 full time students with ID)
Argentine Tango. The music is played in the traditional tanda format (music of the same variety [Salon Tango, Milonga or Vals] played in groups of three, sometimes four separated by a Cortina). The average skill level is intermediate to advanced in the early going and advances during the course of evening. Beverages and snacks served. This venue has a loyal following and is doing quite well.


Dancing Unlimited (Folk Dance Center) / Tango Addicts
4569 30th St., San Diego, CA 92116
Twitter

Starting January 2010 this venue is monthly instead of 2nd & 4th Sunday evening.
4th Sunday - 8-11:30pm - Milonga - Classic, Vals, Milongas



Tango with Colette
Dance Place San Diego
2650 Truxtun Rd., San Diego, CA 92106 (map) (Calendar)

Practica

Wednesday Evening - 8:15-9:15PM - Room 106

Nuevolonga

Friday Evening - 9-10:30PM - Room 106 - Tango Nuevo -$15 includes a Tango Nuevo class from 8-9pm, class may run to 9:30pm


Whirl Ballroom
New Entry as of December 7, 2009
2670 Via de la Valle, Suite A-215, Del Mar, CA 92104
Flower Hill Shopping Center (map) (Calendar)
(858) 350-9447

I have not yet visited this studio

Milongas

1st & 3rd Saturdays - 9pm-1am - Milonga Toca Tango - Florentino Guizar & Isabelle Kay - Tango, Milonga, Vals with some Swing and Salsa
Cover $15. Includes a food spread.


Other:

Asian Tango Club (no website)
Banny Hom's house in Del Cerro, San Diego, CA
619-277-8899 for directions
- Thursday evenings - 7:30pm til ? - "Beginner Friendly" Argentine Tango Practica


Tango Instructors / Studios with Tango Group Classes
Based in San Diego County
If you wish to be included here or excluded from here, contact me. You must have your own website or be affiliated with a studio, if not then a Facebook link is OK.

Instructor Website Notes
J. Abling Argentine Tango with J. Abling
Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Tango
"My classes emphasize self-expression and technique through learning fundamental tango movements, musicality and creative floor craft"
Yvonne Belo Pattie Wells Dancetime Center / Yvonne Belo
Beginning & Intermediate Tango
Mostly Salon with some Milonga & Vals
Linda Garwood Tango Essence
Group classes at Dance For 2, Ciao Bella; Privates
Dance for 2 Calendar: Calendar
Social Tango Instruction
Classic Argentine Tango Salon Style and Milonguero style
Colette Hebert Tango with Colette
Dance Place San Diego
Salon, Nuevo
Beginner to advanced instruction for all ages including Tango for Children
Florentino Guizar & Isabelle Kay Tango Concepts
Whirl Ballroom & Synergy Dance Zone
Salon, Nuevo / Neo, Club, Show, Weddings
"Basic to advanced instruction. No Partner Required. Glowing references!"
John Linares Tango Del Rey "Salon, Nuevo and Improvisation"
Michael Kiehm & Dawne Haight Starlight Dance Studio
Basic and Intermediate Patterns
Salon
America Mauhar Pattie Wells Dancetime Center / America Mauhar
Basics
Social / Basics
Elena & Dr. Vic Pankey Tango CAMINITO School / Lessons "We are teaching an elegant, social Authentic Tango Argentine"
Barbara & Lee Sobo Tango del Sol "Authentic Argentine Tango Instruction"



Resources

San Diego Tango for latest on Milongas, Classes, Workshops (Yahoo Group)

Tango San Diego - Nice list of Argentine Tango locations.

Tango San Diego Calendar for a Tango Calendar maintained by America Mauhar

Tango San Diego Twitter for more news about Tango events

Tango Music
- Tango Music resource for Tango DJ's: http://www.tangodj.org/
- Advice on building a collection: Tango Argentina de Tejas

Tango-L and Tango-A discussion group mailing list


Beyond San Diego
This section under construction

Los Angeles: The Tango Room - El Encuentro


Festivals
This section under construction

2010 - March 4-8 Tucson

2010 - July 23-25 Phoenix Close Embrace

Ann Arbor festivals

World: Tango Festivals around the world



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