Saturday, September 8 — BARBECUE

Don’t miss the first-ever ATANH Summer Barbecue which will be hosted at Dan & Judit’s home in Bow, NH. This event will be from 5pm to 7:30pm just prior to the 2nd Saturday of the Month Milonga on September 8.

Food will be BYOB&B (bring your own beef and beverages). We will have a grill available for cooking whatever meats you choose to bring, including veggie burgers if that is what you prefer, and if you’d like to bring something else to share, like a salad or desert, please email me asap to markatuson@aol.com, so we can keep track of what is coming our way.

Tango music will be playing in Dan & Judit’s dance hall just in case you want to dance there, too. If you could let us know in advance if you plan to attend, this would be very helpful, and please RSVP to Judit at jnoyes333@comcast.net as soon as possible.

Directions:
Take Exit 2 on Route 89. Turn LEFT onto Route 13 (Clinton Street). After the lower speed limit and the sharp right curve, you’ll pass Page Road on your left. Take the next right, onto Belaview Drive. Take the next (and only) right, onto Fernwood Place. Then take the next (and only) left turn, onto Essex Drive. Dan and Judit’s studio is about 500 feet ahead on the left. There’s a long-ish driveway with a three-car garage.

Saturday, September 8
– ATANH MILONGA at the MILL-a-ROUND in MANCHESTER

There will NOT be a lesson prior to the milonga this month, but the dance will still start at 8:30pm at the usual spot, the Mill-A-Round Dance Center in Manchester and goes to midnight. This time, after a two-month hiatus, DJ Dan will be back playing the music. Cost is $15 for nonmembers, $10 for ATANH/BrAATS members, and $5 for I.D. card-carrying students.

Friday, September 21
– MILONGA de Mis Amores
at the Women’s City Club, Portsmouth

Milonga de Mis Amores is back in September, in Portsmouth, NH at the Women’s City Club! Join us in this beautiful location on every third Friday of the month.

8:15 to 9:00pm - Beginner / Intermediate Tango lesson
9:00 to midnight - Social dance (milonga)

Refreshments served
DJ: Adriana Pinto

Where:
Women’s City Club
175 Middle Street
Portsmouth, NH

For directions, please call:
Adriana Pinto at (617) 816-1967
or visit our Venues page.

Adriana Pinto’s website: havetotango.com

Saturday, September 22
– a MILONGA at the PAPER MOON DANCE CENTER in MERRIMACK

The original location of ATANH milongas is hosting its own Argentine milonga on Saturday, September 22, and hopes to host it every 4th Saturday. Paper Moon Dance Center is located at 515 Daniel Webster Highway in the Merrimack Commons Shopping Plaza, across from the Dunkin’ Donuts, in Merrimack, NH. Cost is $10 per person, and $5 each for Paper Moon students.

Check back here for more updates, such as start time, etc., or e-mail info@papermoondance.com.

Saturday, September 29 — 5th Saturday
– ATANH MILONGA at the PORTSMOUTH BALLROOM!

Our 2nd Annual 5th Saturday of the Month Milonga will once again be in Portsmouth, and this time it is set for September 29th at the Portsmouth Ballroom.

Adriana Pinto will be teaching the complementary lesson at 7:30pm. The milonga goes from 8:30pm to midnight.

Cost is $15 for non-ATANH members, $10 for ATANH members, and $5 for students with their I.D.

Portsmouth Ballroom is at 48 Route 1 Bypass, just north of the Portsmouth traffic circle (off of Exit 6 of I-95) in Portsmouth, NH. Their phone number is 603) 433-2009.

Related info:

- Practicas are held at the Ballroom on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, 6-8pm, $5 per person. No partner required.

- Ron Gursky teaches Argentine tango at the Portsmouth Ballroom on Fridays.

- Ron Gursky and Nancy Murphy taught and gave a demo at ATANH’s first milonga at the Queen City Ballroom in Manchester, back in April 2005.

That is it for this ATANH Update. Hope to see all of you at these events this September!

– Mark Tuson
– ATANH President

Tango Buenos Aires

Thursday, October 18, 7:30pm
The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, NH
Map and directions

The Music Hall Presents - Born in an Argentine cabaret, this international smash hit, with an ensemble of 25 dancers and musicians, weaves a story of a young couple from the slums whose tango takes them to neighborhood dance halls, cut-throat competitions, and theatrical triumph. These seasoned dancers whirl through tango’s infinite variations with movements as smooth as their slicked-back hair and as sharp as their stiletto heels. It’s “the dance of love!”

“Seasoned and authentic tango company… laced with proud postures and sensual couplings.” - The Washington Post

Tickets:
- $52-$20
- Order online
- Order group tickets

More info:
http://www.themusichall.org/calendar/Event_Detail.asp?EventID=360
The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, NH

But wait, there’s more!

A mini-milonga will be organized by Portsmouth Community Radio, the official sponsor of Tango Buenos Aires Show.

WHERE: New location!
Portsmouth Women’s City Club
375 Middle Street
Portsmouth, NH

WHEN:
OCT 18th, 9:30sh pm, right after show (the Tango Buenos Aires artists are invited, but no guarantee that they will stop by. Could be nice!)

ADMISSION:
$10 general public, $5 students; $8 with a show ticket stub to benefit WSCA radio station.

DJ:
Adriana Pinto

Music Hall performance sponsored by:

Secure Plannning, Inc.
New Hampshire Magazine
Portsmouth Community Radio, home of the Tango Tales radio show
Pierce Atwood
Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation, Inc.

This month’s ATANH 2nd Saturday of the Month Milonga is this weekend with the lessons at 7:30pm, and dancing from 8:30 to midnight. Venue again is the Mill-a-Round Dance Center, 250 Commercial St., Manchester, NH.

This months event is ATANH Beginners Night.

If you are familiar with AT, but haven’t tried close embrace previously, Zandy Clark will be teaching Beginner Close-Embrace, and for those of you who are already familiar, he’ll also include a sacada towards the end of the lesson that can be used with Close-Embrace.

Meanwhile, out back, Mark Tuson will be leading a lesson for anyone that is new to AT, and teaching the basic pattern for such beginners.

So … if you are new to AT and haven’t tried close embrace … or … if you are an experienced AT dancer and have a friend that you have been wanting to introduce to AT, then bring them down for the beginner AT lesson, and while they learn the basic pattern step into Zandy’s class for the secada at the back half of Zandy’s lesson.

Oh, and by the way, if you bring a friend that has never done AT previously, then we’ll enter you into a second drawing in addition to the usual drawing that we provide during the milonga.

Hope to see all of you, and a few new faces, too!

Sincerely,
Mark Tuson
ATANH President