Dear Mountain Milonga guests and team members! Thank you making the 2017 Retreat a mind-blowing experience yet again!
Tango events can never stand still. It is impossible reuse the same recipe year after year. There is always a pressure to evolve and improve. And yet our favorite dance is built upon a century-old magic of connection and music, as old as the weathered walls of the historic 1929 mountain lodge which hosts us for the Retreat. There are some fundamentals which we dare not to disturb even as we innovate and cope with the new challenges and try many new things. It's just so amazing that our beloved "M2" remains as awesome as ever before even as it changes. We count on your help to make it an even better event in 2018! THANK YOU!
People exchange stories and images in so many different ways ... not everyone may get to see the best. Let us try to sum up the best of 2017 ... and please ask us to make corrections, add or delete things as necessary. And most importantly, please, share your impressions and respond to our SURVEY
FRIDAY JULY 13th. The first milonga is outdoors at Silver Lake boardwalk. Thank you Joni for leading and DJing! The amazing kitchen crew is already hard at work. After the social mixer, first class by maestros Diego & Ana, and dinner, Grisha takes DJing reigns. And we are greeted by Mountain Milonga's traditional Dance Star and by a cool black and white picture on the lodge's wall - of a group of mountaineers dancing on a mountaintop in the 1920s.
FRIDAY JULY 13th. The first milonga is outdoors at Silver Lake boardwalk. Thank you Joni for leading and DJing! The amazing kitchen crew is already hard at work. After the social mixer, first class by maestros Diego & Ana, and dinner, Grisha takes DJing reigns. And we are greeted by Mountain Milonga's traditional Dance Star and by a cool black and white picture on the lodge's wall - of a group of mountaineers dancing on a mountaintop in the 1920s.
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| The magic of the 1929 log house. Raina's photo |
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| Registration desk, complete with flashlights for inter-lodge walking. Irene's photo |
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| Silver Lake, Rebecca's photo |
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| See the old framed picture of the mountain dancers? Andre's photo |
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| Mountain Dance in the 1920s ... and now. Laura's photo |
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| Trista, Mike, and Laura in the kitchen. Irene's photo |
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| In the Wasatch Mountain Lodge. Raina's photo |
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| DJ Grisha. Credits: Irene |
SATURDAY JUL 15th. After Jamie-Lynn's Yoga and breakfast, Diego Blanco and Ana Padron continue with a series of classes, while the outdoor-minded explorers hike to the 3 mountain lakes
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| Diego & Ana teaching. Credits: Irene |
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| Tango on the Twin Lakes dam. |
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| Tangueros on the trail. Credits: Naseema |
Grand Asado JUL 15th (photo credits - Naseema, Randy, Irene, Trista, Serena)
SATURDAY JUL 15th Milongas, Performances, Live Music. Photo credits Guadalupe, Andre, Sarah, Naseema, Matt, Irene, Trista
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| Cortina fun! |
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| DJ Guadalupe |
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| DJ John |
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| Joni Roco, DJ |
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| Tommy Smith, DJ |
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| Dancing to Phonograph Blue's live music |
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| Phonograph Blue |
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| Special treat from the chefs! |
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| Grand milonga survivors |
SUNDAY JUL 16th - milongas, music jam, hikes, John's connection class, Grisha's musicality class, Jesica's couple massage workshop. Photo credits: Andre, Sarah, Guadalupe, Irene, Matt, Rebecca
And the final Mountain Milonga "survivors" picture:
... and now on to the afterparty!
MONDAY JUL 17th - Mystic hot springs and Afterparty milonga (Photos by Yuju, Irene, Rebecca)
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| Travertine flowing over supersized bath tubs |
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| Nature Bus, one of Mystic's quirky accommodations |
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| Inside one of Mystic's "school buses" |
TUESDAY JUL 18th - Tango Road Tour (Photos by Irene, Jess, Robert, Rebecca, Natasha)
TUESDAY JUL 18th - Goblin Valley Farewell Sunset Milonga with Brian's violin. Credits: Irene, David, Rebecca
