Normally I try to space out my tango DJ gigs, so I don't get bored of my music, but more importantly so the dancers don't get bored of my music. Try as had as I might, this was not to be that case. Between gigs being rescheduled and last minute phone calls from organizors I ended up DJing 5 of 7 nights January 4 -10.
Dubbed "DJ Eli Fest" here was the schedule:
- Tue: Triangulo
- Wed: Tango Cafe, Traditional Room
- Fri: DanceTango Milonga @ The Ukrainian Restaurant
- Sat: Practilonga-939
- Mon: Luna @ Dance Manhatten
I had a lot of fun. I had challenged myself to not play the same song more than once with the exception of vals and milongas. I pretty much stuck to it and it really got me going, creating tandas on the fly, playing things I might not normally. Also, in honor of Carlos Di Sarli's birthday (Jan 7) I played 11 tandas of his music at Practilonga-939.
Overall it went well. I'm looking forward to the Houston Tango Marathon (Jan 21-23) where I've been invited as a "sponsored instructor" and teaching in Lawrence and Kansas City (Jan 24 - 30).
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