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Think again. It’s not true that Benjamin Franklin is the only Philadelphian of myriad and diverse accomplishments. There’s also Lesley Mitchell, Philadelphia’s premier tanguera. We’ve got Lesley all to ourselves Thursday night. Well, OK, maybe not entirely to ourselves. We’re willing to share. You’ll have to come at 8 pm for Lesley’s tango lesson. It’s sure to be interesting and informative.

Spend the evening with Lesley, good dancers, tasty snacks, and we think you’ll walk away with a real understanding of the spirit of brotherly love.

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Please join us for an evening of Nelly’s fabulous food, Eileen’s fantastic music, good dancers and great company.

DIRECTIONS

Picture this: You. Your hot date. Some Champagne. Romantic Music. Flawless tandas. Now imagine it without the hot date and the Champagne (oh come on, you won’t miss them that much) and you’ve got our Holiday Milonga, Thursday at 8:00 pm. Think of it as a dress rehearsal for New Year’s Eve. After all, practice makes perfect.

While you’re thinking of it and planning your entrance, you can view last week’s Picasa album here (yeah, yeah, the good photographer was on hiatus.)

There will be no lesson, no announcements, no practica. We won’t even make you do that mixer dance. It’s all about you and the night and the music.

As they say in the theatre to convey good wishes for a successful performance – Break a leg, Daaahling!

Directions

You don’t have to spend tonight in the drugstore looking for those bath salt gifts. We’re going to solve all your problems so you can come to our last lesson of the year at 8:00 and the practica at 9:00 tonight at SPC. 

We have the perfect gift for you to give to your favorite dancer, to all the wannabees you know, or to yourself. It really doesn’t matter if you’ve been naughty or nice. Central Jersey Dance Society is offering a five week beginner tango series on Mondays, starting January 2nd. The first and last lessons will be taught by Judy Moore of CJDS. The middle three lessons will be taught by Robin Thomas, one of the best tango teachers around. Robin teaches at Princeton, Yale and Columbia. If you graduate from his class, you can consider that you’ve had an Ivy League education in tango. Not bad. All the particulars are here. If you want to give this as a gift, CJDS will make you a nice gift certificate. Email Judy for that or for the CJDS discount coupon she has for Viva readers who buy the beginner series.

Join us tonight at 8 to get in the holiday spirit. And mark your calendars now – our Holiday Milonga is next Thursday at 8.

Tango Savings Time starts this week, Thursday to be precise. Viva’s practica will start at 8:00 p.m. this week and every week for the duration of the winter doldrums. (If you’d like to see it begin even earlier, leave a comment above on the right.) Think of us as the antidote to dark and cold.

We’ve heard of trial in absentia but tango in absentia is entirely new. Yes, they’re really doing what it looks like they’re doing.

This isn’t necessary. We provide a nice space with heat, light, air conditioning, a smooth floor and good music. It’s much more comfortable than what’s going on in the pictures. So, please, come down off that mountain. Take off those parkas and poles. Then get on a plane and come home. All is forgiven.

We hope to see you (and your fellow skiers) at the Suzanne Patterson Center this Thursday at 8:00 p.m.  Mukluks optional.