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Digest from 23 Jun 2000 to 24 Jun 2000

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Topics of the day:

  1. Tango and immigration
  2. Practice, practice





Date:    Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:19:34 +0000
From:    Joan Yarfitz <joanyarfitz  @JUNO.COM>
Subject: Tango and immigration

Another characteristic of immigrants, which no one has mentioned so far,
is
that they have great courage. Sometimes it is born of desperation, but
even that
is still true courage. Many (if not most) people will give up & die in
the familiar
hell than chance the unlikely (but possible) unfamiliar heaven.

      Larry de Los Angeles
      http://home.att.net/~larrydla

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Date:    Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:12:59 -0700
From:    Melanie Archer <melanie  @METRIUS.COM>
Subject: Re: Practice, practice

Good day, all,

As a not-quite-beginner, not-quite-intermediate follower, I was of course
interested in the list's
discussion of an apparent gender gap in commitment to learning tango.  It
puzzled me that
I didn't see mention of another reason for followers' hesitation to indulge
in practicas: the
unsolicited critiques we receive from leaders.  I know that leaders also
receive such verbalized
performance judgements from followers, but I suspect these are less
frequent.  Unhappily, even the
social atmosphere of a milonga will not deter the (self-)righteous from
their tutoring.  Given
the choice of hazarding a tanda with partners who nag, or standing in the
dark enjoying the
music, who can blame us followers for lurking?


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Melanie Archer
melanie  @metrius.com





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