The UK Festival & Championship 2014

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uk festival championship 2014
29 May
2014
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June will bring some exiting news to the London tango scene.  

The UK Championship will be runing the 6th, 7th and 8th of June 2014 

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UK FESTIVAL PROGRAMME - JUNE 2014

 

​JUNE 6th The UK Festival & Championship starts

- Doors Open at 6pm. @ The CONWAY HALL. Competing couple’s registration.
- 7:30pm Doors open to the general public.
- 8pm Championship starts.
- 9:30pm Performance by Fabian Salas and Lola Dias.
- 10pm – 2am. Social Dancing (Milonga). DJ: VICTOR ARIEL YURYEVIC

 

JUNE 7th Festival & Semi-final
- : (Capacity = 600 for dancing)
- Workshops will take place during the afternoon at a location TBC
- 8:00pm Doors open to the general public for social dancing (Milonga)
@ HAMMERSMITH ASSEMBLY HALL
- 9:30pm Semi final (40 minutes) & performance by Fernando Carrasco and Jimena Hoeffner.
- Milonga continues until 2am. DJ: Marcelo ROJAS

 

​JUNE 8th Festival and The Final
- Workshops will take place during the afternoon at a location TBC
- Doors open at 6:30pm. for the last Milonga of the festival @
CECIL SHARP HOUSE (TANGO ETNIA)
- 6:30pm General public welcome.
- 8pm Championship final
- The Milonga will continue until 11pm. DJ: NAOKO KOIKE

 

COMPETITION STAGES

The Salon Tango and Stage Tango categories of the competition will consist of three stages:

1) The Qualifying Round: All registered couples must participate. Couples will dance first and second qualifying rounds on one or two separate days - First Qualifying round will be held on Friday 06 June and the Second Qualifying round will be held on the same day or on Saturday 07 June (Salon Tango: There will be three tangos per round / Stage Tango: There will be one tango per round).

2) The Semi-Finals: Couples who have been selected in the Qualifying round will dance one round in the Semi-finals on Saturday June 7 (Salon Tango: three tangos per round / Stage Tango: one tango per round).

3) The Finals: Couples selected in the Semi-final round will dance one round in the Finals on Sunday June 8 (Salon Tango: three pieces of music x 1 round / Stage Tango: 1 piece of music x 1 round).

PRIZES

The first place winning couple, one for each category, will be awarded trophies and special prizes; the second places will be awarded trophies and honorable mentions. All contestants will receive participation certificates. See COMPETITION PRIZES for full details.

More info at: http://www.uktangofestival.com/

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