If you’re reading this, we guess the Mayans didn’t get you either. Hmmm. We’re all alive and kicking.  We’re all in a holiday mood.  We’re all in party mode. Clearly, there’s only one thing to do – keep on partying with the kickin’ program we have planned for this Thursday December 27th.  Kelly Ray will be demonstrating his technique for capping your tangos with those big, dramatic, picture perfect endings.

If you can’t parlay that into romance by New Year’s Eve, you might want to double check that alive and kicking function.

The yoga class which preceded us at the Suzanne Patterson Center has gone on hiatus for a year.  Our start time moves back to 8 o’clock and will stay there.

Thanks to all of you who came out for our Holiday Milonga.  We had a really fabulous time.  Join us at 8 on Thursday to continue partying while the holidays are still upon us.  We promise it will be a kick.

All of us at Viva wish you and yours the very merriest, holliest, jolliest, kickin’ Christmas ever.

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The end is near for many things – the year, the mad shopping marathon, your mother-in-law’s annual visit, possibly even the world, and our sequence of lessons on turns.

Join us at 9:15 tonight when Marcelo ‘ChuLo’ Manfredi and Michelle Dougherty wrap up with the most critical turns of all – when you have no space on a crowded dance floor. That’s at SPC. Admission $12 or $10 for students with ID.

We can’t do anything about the end of the year or your mother in law, but we can certainly help with the shopping.  Viva has gift certificates available for our Tango Boot Camp; Beyond the Basics. 

As for that end of the world thing, we have plans for that. Next Thursday, December 20th, is our Holiday Party Milonga. It’s going to be the (possibly) last, (definitely) best party evah. You really can’t sit home watching reruns of the Grinch while that’s going on.

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Hang on, we’ve got something for every verse because Fast away the old year passes.

Follow me in merry measure: That’s what you’ll do when you join us Thursday at 9:15 for ChuLo and Michelle’s wrap up of tango turns.

Don we now our gay apparel: That’s for our Holiday Party Milonga on December 20th when we’ll be photographing your best tango poses for your scrapbook and ours.

Hail the new, ye lads and lasses: Our Boot Camp-Beyond the Basics, on January 5th and 6th is for those (relatively) new to tango or those who want to be new again.

While I tell of Yuletide treasure: Did you know we have gift certificates available for our Holiday Milonga, our Tango Boot Camp or pretty much anything else to ease your holiday shopping and thrill the tangueros on your list?

Tis the season to be jolly, so please Deck the halls with boughs of holly and Troll the ancient Yuletide carol – Fa la la la la la, la la la la. 

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Join us at SPC tonight at 9:15 when Marcelo ‘ChuLo’ Manfredi and Michelle Dougherty present Turns-Part Deux. You’ll learn how to enter, exit and combine turns in nice flowing combinations. Admission is $12 or $10 for students with ID. (Note the price change for students.)

While we’re working our way down the to-deux list, here are a couple of others for you: Viva Tango’s second annual Holiday Party Milonga is December 20th. We promise the sequel, part deux, will be even better than the original.

Our second Tango Boot Camp – Beyond the Basics takes place the weekend of January 5th and 6th. If you’ve taken basic lessons and you’re ready to tackle giros, molinetes and ocho cortados while making yourself fun to dance with, this is for you. If you need a review of the basics and some polishing of your leading/following technique, this is for you. If you’re a woman who wants to lead or a man who wants to follow, then Boot Camp Part Deux is definitely for you.

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Doesn’t it seem like just a few months ago that we had Papa Hemingway’s birthday  with the flamenco ukulele and the horse song? Well, hard to believe, but here we are again. It’s been a whole year. If our photographer was more diligent we could show you the large line-up of ladies for the birthday dance, but he only managed to capture this one.

Speaking about time flying, we’re almost up to Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year. Mark your calendars now for our Holiday Party Milonga on December 20th, before all your dates are taken.  Then mark them again for our Tango Boot Camp – Beyond the Basics  with Lesley Mitchell on January 5th and 6th.

Most importantly, mark them for this Thursday at 9:15 when ChuLo and Michelle will join us for a lesson and a night of great music.  Admission $12 or $10 for students with ID.

If you’re already stressed out and shopped out, we can help. Viva now has gift certificates available for our Boot Camp and our Holiday Milonga.

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Join us tonight at 9:15 when Marcelo ‘ChuLo’ Manfredi and Michelle Dougherty lead a lesson in dynamic turns and how to get into and out of them. You never know. It might just turn into something like an evening of good fun, good food, good friends.

Don’t turn away yet. We’ve got two more items for you to put on your calendar; Our Holiday Party Milonga on December 20th and our Tango Boot Camp – Beyond the Basics on the weekend of January 5th and 6th.

Now it’s your turn to clear your schedule so you can join us tonight at the Suzanne Patterson Center.

If you’ve had that room emptying argument with your brother-in-law and suffered in line at the Black Friday sales, you’re cleared for takeoff. It’s time to have some holiday fun. And we’ve got tango fun planned for you.

First up we have ChuLo and Michelle at 9:15 on Thursday.  Their topic this week is powerful, dynamic turns–how to get into them, get out of them and make it all look effortless.

Next, we have a Holiday Party Milonga on December 20. What if the Mayans were right? What if the world is coming to an end on December 21? There’s only one thing to do: party like there’s no tomorrow! You really can’t miss this one.

And finally, to hedge our bets in case we all make it to the New Year, we’ve got a Tango Boot Camp on the weekend of January 5th and 6th–Beyond The Basics.

See? We’ve thought of everything.

It all takes place at the Suzanne Patterson Center.

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