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Austin Spring Tango Festival March 27th - 29th

It's that time again! Love and tango are in the air! If you haven't visited already, check out the web pages here:

Austin Spring Tango Festival: http://www.austinspringtango.com/

Austin Spring Tango Festival on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Austins-Spring-Tango-Festival/38741617400

Locations:
- Workshop and Friday Milonga at Dancer’s Workshop, 11150 Research Blvd. #205, Austin, TX 78759
- Saturday milonga with performances held at Go Dance 2525 W. Anderson Ln. in North Cross Mall
- Sunday milonga with potluck dinner at Esquina Tango, 209 Pedernales St. (@ 3rd St.), Austin, Texas

The guest teachers (and their respective websites) this year are:

* Somer Surgit (Chicago) - TangoReaction.com
* Cecilia Gonzalez (BsAs) - TangoMotion.com
* Donato Juarez (Mar del Plata)
* Florencia Taccetti (BsAs/Minneapolis) - Her bio on TejasTango.com
* Federico Naveira (BsAs) - Federico Naveira & Inés Muzzopappa Blog
* Inés Muzzopappa (BsAs) - Federico Naveira & Inés Muzzopappa Blog


Cecilia Gonzalez & Donato Juarez CITA 2007 (Malandraca)

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Anonymous said…
Hi there! Somer's website is www.somersurgit.com.
December 13, 2009 at 8:50 PM
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