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continued from page 12KANSAS CITY, MOContacts:Korey Ireland;korey@kodair.com or816.931.9545;http://www.kodair.com/tangoMilongas: Wednesdays at Fedora on thePlaza; 210 W. 47 th ; Lesson w/ MitchWeiner 7:00-8:00 p; Live music byTango Lorca 8:00-11:00 p; Free.“La Ceremonia”; Sundays at WestportPresbyterian Church (201 WestportRd.); Intermediate “cool move of theweek” class 7:30-8:30 p; Milonga 8:30-10:30 p; live music by Tango Lorca;$5/person including pre-milonga class.Monthly Saturday night hosted by ToiShaw at the Swing Club, 6101 Martway,Mission; dancing 8:00-11:00 p.Practicas/Classes: contact Korey Irelandat above e-mail/phone.MT. VERNON, MOContacts:Karen Whitesell: 417.471.1001;Fax 417.471.1002;www.thelearningdepot.com/murrays-1/ST. LOUIS, MOContacts:Carter Maier: tngomn@hotmail.comEstella & Randy:tangoartists@tangorosa.comLourdes Ylagan:Lylagan@path.wustl.eduMilongas:Club Viva; second Tuesday of everymonth; contact Roxanne.Soulard Coffee Garden; 910 Geyer Ave.;call 314.241.1464Monthly Milonga; at Focal Point;Admission: $10; Call Estella & RandyPracticas/Classes: contact aboveindividuals and/or websites.TULSA, OKContact:Bob & Gretchen Manhart;OKTANGO@prodigy.netMilongas and Classes: Contactfor details.FAYETTEVILLE, ARContact:Elayne Hency at Elayne’s Dance-The Artof Social Dance;elaynesdance@aol.com: 479.521.6683or 479.263.6683Milongas, Practicas and Classes:Contact for more details.DENVER AND BOULDER, COContacts:www.danceoftheheart.com;Deb Sclar:deb@danceoftheheart.comMilongas:Boulder - 2nd and last in Boulderat Bantaba; intro. class 8:30-9:30 p.(check w/ Deb for special topic eachtime);milonga 9:30 p-??; $10 for class andmilonga; $7 for milonga.Denver - every Friday at Marilyn’sMercury Café; www.mercurycafe.comColorado Springs - everyWednesday at Rum Bay (Fat AlleyJazz upstairs room); 7:00 p-????;www.tangosprings.comPracticas and Classes: check websiteor contacts listed above.NOTE: Effective June 2003, CentralTango will list each community’scontact and milonga information only.Tango Noticias intends to feature aMidwest Argentine Tango organizationeach month. To add, change or updateinformation appearing in this sectionplease send your notices tocentral_tango@hotmail.com.continued from page 4without painfully cramping them. Nordid I have the sensation of actually‘dancing on the plates’ of those eatingaround me. On the other hand, Ido believe that appreciably addingmore than this number of coupleswould make dancing something ofa challenge, given the space. Thefood was good – my ‘Turkish-style’baklava was quite fine, and those whohad eaten more substantially assuredme that they had enjoyed what theyhad had.Two negatives: 1) it was strangelyhot in the part of the restaurant wherethe dancing took place. I thought thatwas unusual given how cool it was inthe other main room of the restaurant;I didn’t have a sense that the dancerswere generating that much heat forthe temperature to be as it was, but Icould be mistaken about this. Others,besides myself, seemed to notice thistoo. 2) I think the music could havebeen handled a little more smoothly.I really like an unbroken continuityin the progression of songs whendancing – or even when just sittingand enjoying the music. Someinterruptions were a little longer thanI would have liked. That featuremay have been something caused bythe sound system itself, but duringthose pauses the place began to feel alittle too much like ‘just a restaurant’again. However, I feel that both ofthese features were very likely justa result of this being the milonga’sopening night.Overall I liked my first experienceat Cousin’s and wish it many nightsof floor and tables full of dancingcouples.Sean ErwinTango Noticias • July 200313