I loved how dancers arrived Friday, one by one, with delight in their eyes, and suddenly a grey sidewalk became a place of music and interaction. The smiles of passersby, the transient man who noticed us and turned off his boombox, the office workers watching from high above across the street, janitor pausing inside the library with his rubbergloved hands against the window.

The pleasure of dancing
and then we were gone.

Thank you everyone!
Antoinette

Here is just a taste of Richmond in low res. video. We will post more tommorow!!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/ndn519lang/TangoAtLandmark?authkey=Gv1sRgCLyT-pzljLKQMA&feat=email#

What a FABULOUS Hit & Run MILONGA we had tonight for the

HISTORIC Tango Panopticon 2009 which coordinated with Richmond’s

First Friday Artswalk!!!

Richmond was represented by over 30 tango dancers who danced five

venues in about 3+ hours and we all had an absolutely WONDERFUL time!

We had people all along our route taking our picture, videotaping our

dancing, and we even had one reporter for Richmond Magazine ask what

the evening was all about! We handed out LOTS of flyers to interested people!

A BIG thanks to EVERYONE that made the night such a SUCCESS!

We should have plenty of video being shared as Ponte, Nathan, V and

myself all taped parts of the evening. Everyone got LOTS of dancing time!

YOU were ALL FABULOUS! Thanks to Jude for helping set up our route and

to Niky who even went the extra mile and coordinated seating for dinner for all of us!!!

Thanks to Joe Ring for DJing the entire evening! The music selection was awesome!

Give yourselves a HUGE round of APPLAUSE!!!!

You ALL deserve it!!!

Salute!

Marge Burkell

Pics and video to come soon- Niky

Here is the schedule!!!!!
We are very happy to say our numbers are growing and we even have some visitors from DC coming down to join us!!!

We will meet up and warm up at VCU’s Shafer Court where we will dance on the star medallion
at 6:30 until approximately 7pm… from there we will proceed to dance the route listed below….
COME JOIN US ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE ALONG OUR ROUTE!!!
Be SURE to WEAR BLACK!!!

Tango Location #1
SHAFER COURT/VCU CAMPUS

http://www.vcu.edu/ramcam/cabell.html for a REAL TIME view of Shafer Court!
YOU will be on the Ramcam LIVE Friday Night!
Shafer Court is located in the Dining Center Commons/ 810 Cathedral Place
surrounded by Shafer and Franklin Streets and Cathedral Place in the heart of the campus.
Park on street or at Parking Garage located across from Landmark Theater at 801 West Main Street.

Tango Location #2
LANDMARK THEATER located at 6 NORTH LAUREL STREET

Following dancing outside the Landmark Theater we will MOVE our CARS to the
PARKING LOT AT FOUSHEE AND GRACE or on street parking in that area.
This will move us into the heart of the First Fridays Artwalk.

Tango Location #3
DOWNTOWN YMCA located at FRANKLIN & S.FOUSHEE STREETS

Tango Location #4
MAIN LIBRARY located at FRANKLIN ST AND 1ST STREET

Tango Location #5
TARRANT’S located at 1 WEST BROAD & FOUSHEE
where we will DANCE and then CELEBRATE with drinks & dinner!!!

The TANGO PANOPTICON event is a FABULOUS way to introduce Richmond art lovers to OUR medium of choice!
There will be THOUSANDS of gallery hoppers out on the streets to witness our
CELEBRATION OF TANGO AROUND THE WORLD!!!

COME DANCE WITH US!!!