2017 Southern California Tango Championship + Festival

SAVE THE DATE!!! The third edition of the Southern California Tango Championship & Festival is a private event organized by Yuli B with collaboration of Elaine Chiu and is going to take place in Los Angeles during the President's Day weekend (February 17-19, 2017). After many years of traveling to amazing festivals worldwide and competing numerous times in the World Tango Championship, Yuliana was eager to recreate these experiences in Los Angeles, combinging both festival & championship into a single quality event. The idea behind this event, is to create an environment for growth & inspiration! We want to make this event truly memorable! The FESTIVAL includes: 3 days of workshops, milongas, live music, fabulous DJs and performances by renowned champions and maestros. The CHAMPIONSHIP features the following 6 categories: • Salon Tango • Stage Tango • Senior Tango • Milonga • Vals • Stage Group ~ Maestros & Judges are ~ FERNANDO GRACIA & SOL CERQUIDES (World Stage Tango Champions) DANIEL NACCUCHIO & CRISTINA SOSA (World Salon Tango Champions) DANILO MADDALENA (The organizer of the Italian & the European Official Tango Championship) ~ Guest Performers are ~ ADAM CORNETT & TILIA KIMM (2016 USA Tango Salon Champions) DANIEL MORENO & AMANDA ORA ACCICA (2016 USA Tango Stage Champions) ~ Live Performance by ~ SEXTETO MILONGUERO (they will be celebrating their 10th year anniversary of their orhcestra) ~ DJs of the Festival are ~ Friday night - YAK BABA from San Diego Saturday night - JONAS AQUINO from San Francisco Sunday night - VARO BOYAJYAN from Los Angeles Online registration ends on February 10th. Fernando & Sol will be in LA February 15-22 and are available for private lessons. During the weekend of the competition, Contact Yuli. They have only 1.5 hour time slot open for a private lesson: Friday, February 17 12:00PM-1:30PM. $150/hr w/ Sol & Fernando for choreography $135/hr w/ Sol & fernando for a regular lesson $115/hr w/ Sol or Fernando Daniel & Cristina will be in LA February 16-22 and are available for private lessons. During the weekend of the competition, contact Yuli. They have 1.5 hour available on Saturday: 12:00PM-1:30PM and Sunday: 12:00PM-1:30M. $135/hr w/ Daniel & Cristina $115/hr w/ Daniel or Cristina Danilo will be available for private lessons from Feb 10 - 20. If you take between 1-3 privates, it's $105/hr If you take between 3-6 privates, it's $95/hr If you take between 6-10 privates, it's $85/hr Note: These rates include studio fee For any inquiries, please email us at [email protected] & [email protected] Looking forward to this exciting weekend in Los Angeles :-) Best regards, SoCal Tango Championship Team Yuliana Basmajyan & Elaine Chiu