Wednesday, July 18, 2007

We Made it to the Semi Finals!!!


We are #104 in the second round of competition.
Video posted by YesimLaTurca.
Wow!!
Over 200 people watching and 16 brave couples who danced so beautifully and elegantly in the Salon Category of the 1st USA Tango Championship, "a fun competition for the serious dancer."
To quote Master of Ceremonies NELSON AVILA:
"IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE TO PUT ONESELF OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR TO BE EVALUATED AND JUDGED AGAINST ONES PEERS AND POSSIBLY COMPETE WITH PROFESSIONAL DANCERS TOO... YOU ARE ALL WINNERS BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE!"


Tonight at La Boca Milonga the Official Judges:
Jorge Torres
Alejandra Arrue
Sergio Natario

Selected the following six couples as Semi-Finalists
in alphabetical order they are
Carolina Jaurena & Stephan Zawistowskei
Cyrena Drusine & Eduardo Goytia
Erika Rullman & Jorge Nel Giraldo
Kumi Clara Ueki & Lexa Rosean
Linda & James Gucciardo
Ryoko Takari & Omar Lagos

And Wednesday July 18th at
Corazon Milonga
101 Lafayette St
8:00pm ? 9:00pm

It will be decided which one of these couples will be the winners of 1st Place and qualify for the Grand 1st Prize of travel to and from and accommodation in Buenos Aires representing the USA in the V Mundial Campeonato.

Come and be part of this NYC historical night
For more information
http://www.celebratetango.com/festival/mainchamp.html

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