Limerick Tango

This should have been post B in a series that went A.) On Performances, B.) Limerick does Strictly Come Dancing, C.) Press Coverage.

OK for someone not entirely enamoured with performance style tango what am I doing getting involved with something whose official title is Lords and Ladies of the Dance?

There are a number of good reasons. Firstly it’s for charity. All proceeds are in aid of Cancer Care in the mid-west. Secondly it is great exposure for argentine tango in the city and finally, and the bit I relish the most, I get to teach someone one-on-one from scratch.

Originally the organisers didn’t want me to perform preferring instead one of my students. But seeing as I haven’t taught my students to be performers they all said no. That also got me out of the possible bind of having to teach someone to lead. So in the end I will be both dancing and performing.

Twice.

Yes, I’ve been assigned not one, but two dancers. I shall be dancing a tango with one and a milonga with the other and I have until the end of October to teach them.

Wish me luck.

Very much off topic, but I am aware that this blog has a certain amount of american readership and they are going through such a difficult decision at the moment. So I thought I’d let them see what the outside world was thinking.

An ode to Sarah Palin from Joseph O’Connors radio column on RTÉ Radio One (mp3 4.5MB)