2008 U.S. Tango Stage Champs

Here it is - Our WINNING choreography!

Gayle Madeira y Lexa Roséan dancing El Choclo by Piazzolla
Lafayette Grill NYC July 17, 2008
2008 U.S. Tango Championship

We are the CHAMPIONS!

WINNERS OF 2008 U.S.A. TANGO CHAMPIONSHIP

STAGE CATEGORY
1ST PRIZE Gayle Madeira y Lexa Roséan USA/USA
2ND PRIZE Mayumi Fujio & David Chiu USA/USA
3RD PRIZE Natalia Atepaeva Vladimir Khorev RUSSIA/RUSSIA





SALON CATEGORY
1ST PRIZE Mariana Parma & Omar Lagos USA/USA
2ND PRIZE Mayumi Fujio & David Chiu
3RD PRIZE Gayle Madeira y Lexa Roséan USA/USA

Kai Cheung has some great pics on his website.

Gayle and Lexa made it to the FINALS!

Hola Milongueros
Gayle Madeira and Lexa Roséan made it to the U.S. Tango Championship Finals in both the Salon and Stage Categories. Please come and cheer us on to win the US Tango Championship! Here's all the info:

Thursday, July 17th 9:00 – 10:00pm
Lafayette Grill, 54 Franklin St (Broadway & Lafayette St), NYC 212
732 5600

Salon Finalists will dance in one or two rounds together, and Judges
will pick 3 couples who may be required to dance again. The three
winning couples will receive 1st 2nd and 3rd place medals and the winning couple receives a trophy and $1000. Champions will perform at the milonga Thursday night and at the Friday Ball.

Stage Finals. Each couple will do their choreography and Judges will pick 3 couples who may be required to dance again. The three winning couples will receive 1st 2nd and 3rd place medals and the the winning couple receive a trophy and if the minimum of 5 entries is reached
$1000 for the 1st place couple.
Champions will perform at the milonga Thursday night and at the Sunday Soiree Finale

Wish us MERDE!!!

nos vemos y abrazos
Lexa

2ND U.S. TANGO CHAMPIONSHIP

Hola Amigos

As you recall, last year Kumi and I placed third (I was dancing the
lead) in the U.S. tango salon competition. This year I will be dancing
with a new partner, Gayle Madeira and we will be competing in both
SALON and STAGE categories. We would love to have you share these
evenings with us. Here is all the info:




2008 Official Judges:
Nelson Avila, Fernanda Ghi, Junior Cervila
MC: Sid Grant

Wed Jul 16th
101 Lafayette St. (1 block south of canal) 212 431 7134
8:00 -9:00 pm Intermediate Class:
Mario Consiglieri & Anabella Diaz-Hojman

9:00-10:00pm Championship: Salon & Stage Qualifying
10:00-1:00 am Corazon Milonga
Exhibition:
Cyrena Drusine & Eduardo Goytia-1st USA Tango Salon Champions 2007
DJ Yesim 'La Turca'
Advance $17 Door $22 Milonga Only $12


Thursday July 17th
Lafayette Grill 54 Franklin St. (B'way & Lafayette) 212 732 5600
8:00 -9:00 pm Intermediate Class:
Nelson Avila & Madalyn
9:00-10:00pm Championship: Salon & Stage Finals
10:00-2:00 am Championship Celebration Milonga
Exhibition:
Christine Lopez & Jerry Perez-1st USA Tango Stage Champions 2007
DJ Hernan Brizuela
Advance $17 Door $22 Milonga Only $12
Championship Coordinator: Evelyn Meier

nos vemos y abrazos
Lexa

Rubyfruit is undergoing renovations or maybe closing? Tango Tuesdays will not be happening in July and hopefully by August we will sort this all out or find a new local. Stay tuned for details on our fabulous reopening!!!

LAST DAYS FOR LESBIAN LOUNGE

July 1, 2008 --

RUBYFRUIT, the beloved West Village lesbian bar and restaurant, is closing after 15 years - a victim of rising rents and smaller crowds. "It was the first of its kind as a meeting place for local lesbians and those visiting New York from all over the world," owner Debra Fierro told Page Six. "But there have been great strides, and I think lesbians are comfortable anywhere now." The bar, named after Rita Mae Brown's best seller "Rubyfruit Jungle," was written about in Patricia Cornwell's thrillers and hosted Martina Navratilova's retirement party. It once employed as a bartender Tammy Lynn Michaels, who later "wed" Melissa Etheridge. Straights like Liza Minnelli and Ashford and Simpson also dropped in. Fierro is talking with Socialista owner Armin Amiri and others about taking over the space. But her last few weeks at Rubyfruit have her "totally heartbroken. I love this place. When I told some of the women at the bar the other night, they were crying."