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| October 28 - 30, 2005, you came to Boston for Tango de los Muertos... | ||||||||||||
| Visit the post-Tango de los Muertos page to see photos, videos of the Monster Orchestra, read people's comments about the festival and send in your own. Read on for Thank-yous to all the fantastic volunteers. Check back for info on the next Tango de los Muertos, in November 2006. Join the festival mailing list to receive updates.
Thank you to all who came to participate in this event from near and far! Thank you to the teachers, performers, and DJs whose talent made this festival great. Thank you to everyone who gave time, tips, and tableclothes - your generous donations were crucial to making the festival a success! Thank you to Marty Katz, who took all the bewitching photos on this page (see more here).
Thank you
to all the volunteers: Sue Zeilinski and
Eric Eisack for their guidance finding and distilling the essence of this festival;
Michael Silverman and Dianne Haas for providing valuable insight and
assistance at crucial times; Evita for laying the groundwork for this website; my
husband, Carlos, who has been my right-hand man ever since he decided that if he couldn't
stop this ball from rolling he'd better jump on, too; Michael Silverman for meeting with
me many times and finally taking several days off work to
oil the gears of this festival!; Ben Bogart for helping with sound (and for sound
advice) on the music events and for leading the Tango Jams; Murat Erdemsel,
Mariana Galassi, Maria and Pasi Lauren, Mylene Pelletier, Isaac Oboka, and Somer Surgit and Agape
Pappas for their beautiful, musical dance performances during the Tango Brunch; Panayiotis
Lemonidis for creating unerring maps and directions; Leah Mercanti for designing
the festival information brochure; Wendy Coleman for her superlative publicity coordination;
the MIT Argentine Tango Club, the Brandeis Argentine Tango Club, the Tango
Society of Boston, and many individuals in cities across the continent
for their help with publicity; Vicky
Magaletta, Joan
Paterson, Dianne Haas, and the Tango Society of Boston for
beautifully hosting two of the festival's milongas; Pamela and Steve Slavsky for so
much generosity, including hosting the Friday night milonga; Eray and Martina Yuksek
for working so well with us to create a harmonious Bailatango/Tango de los Muertos shared milonga;
Panos Lemonidis and Vineet Sinha for being available at all times throughout
the weekend for anything I needed (and I needed a lot!); Vlad Spivak, Fred Crane, Eric Eisack,
Joseph Groden, Adriana Pinto, Carl Potvin, Julia and Dave Simard, Lisa Griffith, Adora LaRoche, Simonida
Cekovic-Vuletic and Vladan Vuletic, Heather Adams, Boris and Anna Hayete, Keki Burjorjee, Shu-yee Chen,
Hsueh-tze Lee, Jacob Eggers, Claudyne Wilder, Bright Small, Pamela and Steve Slavsky, and
Anna Custo for hosting and/or transporting teachers, performers, and guests; Natalia
Kalita, Lucy Chen, Kveta Vojkovska, Julian Wong, Bright Small, David Simard, Marina Simun, Miriam
Sorrell, Laura Pellegrino, Jane Patrick, Stephen Fish, Elin Noble, Lisa
Griffith, Ugo Giambarella, Rosalie Graffeo, Allen Swartz, Clifton Chow, Sam Mane, Panos Lemonidis, Vineet Sinha, Vlad Spivak, Keki Burjorjee, Anna
Custo, and Shu-yee Chen for helping at the workshops, music events and
milongas; Lucy Chen, Jacob Eggers, Julia Simard, Leah Mercanti, Pamela Slavsky, Bright Small, and Ellen
Mayer for yummy cooking; Marina Simun, Fred Crane, Michael Silverman,
Julia Simard, Panos Lemonidis, and
Nikole for babysitting overwhelmed little Benicio; and the Tango Society of Boston,
Dan Marshall, David Liu, Vlad Spivak, and everyone else who loaned me tableclothes, speakers,
tables, and other odds and ends!
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