Tango Yak

The local milongas usher in this grand festival starting with milonga Del Bario on Wednesday night then the traditional start of the festival at Tango Addicts where America will rock your world. The natives are restless but will gladly give you a lift to and from the venues. Friday afternoon will be the first milonga at the magnificent Kona Kai resort and Zeina (petite Yak) will do the music with the beautiful bay as a backdrop. You don’t have to die nor take a bus to go to heaven. The Friday night milonga is also at the resort and the DJ will be the wonderful Joe Leonardo.

Saturday afternoon will have the Happy New Yak alternative milonga then Hurricane Shorey will make landfall in the evening and welcome the New Year with her heavenly music (Yeah Baby). Sunday evening the very cool and master teacher Jay Abling will be our DJ. The all nighter will be at Patty Wells studio where the Greek Demigod, son of Zeus, Lampis the Z man will DJ.

Teachers: San Diego favorites Homer and Cristina Ladas arrive first and if it was up to us, we would never let them go. The great Shorey will teach as well as DJ, prayers have begun for a tanda with her. Am so happy to report that Brian Nguyen and Yuliana Basmajyan from LA will be teaching as well, these two have made us Californians so proud. I haven’t taken classes with Eric Lindgren and Rebecca Shulman so I read about them, asked around and watched their videos and they are just outstanding. Last but not least is Tom Stermitz with Amy Beaudet who are well respected and well liked as well.

A great team at an incredible venue in the finest city, truly you don’t have to die or take a bus to go to heaven. Get rid of the family, pack your stuff (bathing suit too) and come on down to San Diego, let us enjoy the weather but dance up a storm
Web Site: San Diego Tango Festival 2012