Category Archives: This fine social scene

..once in Buenos Aires

“I saw a tango show once in Buenos Aires”, he said. The tone of his voice indicated that, while he consider it to be amazing, what he had been shown was show tango and therefore believed that he’d never be … Continue reading

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Eleanor Roosevelt

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt

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Two places at once

One of the problems of being a man of many parts is that every so often one part collides and gets in the way of another. In this case it is my camera and 3 tonnes of fireworks colliding with … Continue reading

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First tango fix of the New Year

Dear God I needed that.

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Codigos

How can a society that created The Rules have a problem with Codigos?

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The good, the bad and the ugly

This comes from a recent conversation I had with someone on the topic of ‘there are no bad teachers’. The thrust of his arguement was that there are no bad teachers just wrong teachers. Many of the ‘bad’ teachers out … Continue reading

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Ageless tango

One of the nice aspects of tango and tango events is that it can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of age. I’ve been at events where I’ve danced with a legend of tango1 and where fathers dance with their young … Continue reading

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Unusual comments at milongas

“Your bunny ears are interfering with my devils horns.” But then again it was a fancy dress milonga.

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Slaughter House 9: Part 2

I have written before about Dr. Temple Grandin in relation to the embrace. The other connection I make between Dr. Grandin and tango is with regard to venue selection and layout. Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities … Continue reading

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Line of sight

Sunday morning radio is great. A strange mix of farming reports, international stories, what the papers say and discussions about nothing in particular. The discussion that drew my attention was one about the laws of attraction. At that point they … Continue reading

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