Tasmanian Club de Tango

The 11th December, the second Friday of this December, marks the 130th birthday of Carlos Gardel and the 121st of Julio De Caro. It is the International Day of Tango because of their birthday.

One week ahead of it, our First Friday Milonga will celebrate their birthday with a selection of music, many of which will be somehow related to Gardel and De Caro. Thanks to the two tango great for their creation and innovation that contributed to the development of tango music, to which we love dancing.

Venue: St Francis Xavier’s Church Hall, South Hobart

Time: 8:00 pm till late.

Cost: Members $10 per person, non-members $12 per person. Cash or EFT payment at the door.

Please note our COVID Safe Plan applies. All participants will be required to complete COVID screening and registration details. To view COVID Plan click here.

Our First Friday Milonga will return this Friday, November 6. The event will commence at 8:00 pm at our familiar venue – St Francis Xavier’s Church Hall. Join us to enjoy dancing and socialising.

Time: 8:00 pm till late.

Cost: $10 per person. EFT payment option is available at the door.

Please note our COVID Safe Plan applies. All participants will be required to complete COVID screening and registration details. To view COVID Plan click here.

New committee has agreed to a new membership structure.  The membership year aligns with the financial year, 1st July to 30th June.  Following feedback from members and through the survey we recently conducted, the committee has decided to set a new membership fee of $20 for the full financial year.

This year, due to COVID-19, the committee decided to extend last years memberships until the end of October.  The new committee has also decided to offer a reduced membership for the balance of this financial year of $10.  This fee is for the period 1st November 2020 to the 30th June 2021.

TCDT 2020-21 Membership Form

The milonga held on October 2, following the AGM, was the first to be held since the closure of all activities due to COVID-19 in March this year.  After much discussion and research a COVID safe plan was constructed and implemented.  This involved ensuring contact details of all participants was collected, a screening tool was completed and space restrictions adhered to.

The overall response was very positive from those that attended.  It seemed that the opportunity to dance again even with these restrictions in place was enthusiastically embraced.  Thank you Peter for a great playlist.

Feedback received following the night was all positive including a request to hold a further Milonga before the border reopens.  We may not achieve this but hope to hold another before the flow of visitors reaches our events.

Tasmanian Club de Tango’s 2020 AGM was held on Friday, October 2 as previously announced.  15 members attended the AGM. The agenda for the AGM included the usual business items.  The Presidents report offered by Interim President John Rallings outlined the ups and downs of what has been a very unusual year.  The treasurer report showed that the clubs accounts remain healthy with a modest increase in funds over the 2019/20 financial year.

The office bearer and committee positions were all declared vacant and the election to these position took place.  Only two pre-meeting nominations had been received for the positions of president and treasurer.  Other nominations were taken from the floor.  The end result is the 2020/21 committee comprises the following: John Rallings (President), Cat Walker (Treasurer), Michael Bonny, Carol Atkinson and Tomoko Chida.

The committee had its first meeting on Saturday, October 10.  Among the items discussed and agreed was a nomination for Rosemary Abel to join the committee and an offer by Carol Atkinson to take the role of secretary.

Among other topics were the holding of further Milongas, the resumption of Tuesday evening activities and 2020/21 memberships.  Further details of these will be published on this site soon.