From this to this: 9-2-2009 Tango story

FROM THIS:

Can you help this please??? We need to put our “spin” on it!

Jennifer Carnes
San Manuel Miner
Copper Basin News
Superior Sun
Nugget
“Things will go as they will and there’s no need to hurry to meet them.”
~J.R.R. Tolkien

The folks at the Community Center have scheduled several upcoming
events, including two 12-week tango classes.
The tango classes will be taught by Argentine tango dancers Hector
and Lidia LeGrand, who have taught tango dancing for several years. Classes
begin Sunday, Sept. 13, with instruction for beginners from 3 to 5 p.m. and
for intermediates from 6 to 8 p.m. The charge for 12 classes is $48 per
person ($4 per class). To cover use of the Center, students are asked to
purchase a ½-year membership, which membership provides other benefits as
well. Memberships and class registrations will be available directly after
the first class, so that students may try the class out before committing.
For further information, call 520-896-9326.
This month, the Center also kicks off a new program – “Third
Thursday Speaker Series.” This is designed to provide a time and place to
gather, eat dinner, and then learn from the many experts among us. The 6:30
talks will follow a dinner hour during which by-donation, home-cooked meals
will be served, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Quentin Branch (www.RammedEarthHomes.com) kicks the series off
Thursday, Sept. 17 with his discussion of “Retrofitting Your Home for
Passive Solar Function.” The talk will detail the steps to take now to
reduce your home’s need this winter for mechanically produced heat.
Next month, on Oct. 15, medical doctor Philip Maffetone
(www.phillmaffetone.com), who moved to Oracle last December, will read from
and discuss his 12th book, “In Fitness and Health.” The book includes a
promising chapter on fat titled, “The Big Fat Lie,” and another
optimistically titled, “Eat, Drink and Be Merry.”
Former Biospherian Linda Leigh will speak Nov. 19, perhaps on how to
cultivate worms for your garden, perhaps on the power of community.
Longtime Oraclean Darrell Kletch will speak Dec. 17 on “Oracle
Referenda,” or, “How We Got Where We Are Today.” 
If you have an idea for a speaker, even if it’s yourself, call Julie
Szekely at 896-3393.
Holiday events
There also are these holiday events at the center to put on your
calendar:
Gamma Episilon’s Crafts Fair will be held Nov. 7.
Later that month, on Nov. 21, the center holds its Christmas Crafts
Bazaar and Mexican Lunch. Doors open at 8 a.m., with the $5 Mexican lunch
set for 11 a.m. Both end at 2 p.m. Craftspeople may fill out the attached
coupon to reserve a table.
The center’s second annual Deck the Hall fine arts wine and hors
d’oeuvres soiree is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Dress up or come
as you are. Artists, reserve your spaces by Dec. 3 by sending in the
attached coupon.

Michael Carnes
PR Chair
Oracle Community Center

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Story Tango 9 – 2 -2009

Two to Tango? Nonsense. There’s room for all!

Say the word Tango, just think it, I dare you! What comes to mind? A gorgeous dark haired beauty with a rose between her teeth? Passionate lovers striding, and twirling across a moodily lit scene? Or, do you envision yourself embroiled in the creation of those moments, as you perform this sensuous, breathtaking dance that has wooed generations of music lovers, movie goers, voyeurs, and, of course, dancers, for ages?

Those imaginative neighbors of yours, down at the Oracle Community Center, said the word Tango, and thought of you. That’s why, among their several upcoming events, they have scheduled not one, but two, 12-week Tango classes. For those of you who are not familiar, yet, with this dance, and are unsure of it’s allure, or whether you wish to be a part of it’s execution, there is plenty of information online, from essays to videos, to help you decide if Tango lessons are right for you.

When looking up the word Tango online, you’ll probably come across a link to the Wikipedia definition fairly near the top of the list of relevant sites. Upon opening it, you will be informed that “Tango is a musical genre and its associated dance forms that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay, and spread to the rest of the world soon after that.” There are many interesting facts related to when and how and why, and what, the tango came from, grew into, and is danced. All in all, it is a great place to learn how to discuss the tango in a coffee house, especially as it relates to the political infrastructure of the Hipólito Yrigoyen government.

If you want to read more about the Tango, including stories and interviews, a great site to visit is ToDo Tango athttp://www.todotango.com/english/Home.aspx , which suggests that you start your day with tango, and includes links to many other fine sites.

If you want to do more than read, if you want to move and live the Tango, then you need to travel to the República Argentina, and immerse yourself in the culture, living with the same passion expressed in its steps. You need to swath yourself in silks and satins, change your name to something like Hector or Bonita, start smoking tiny cigars, and staying out until the cocks crow, then limping home on your poor, tired feet; only to do it all again, the next night, and every night. Or, if you aren’t quite ready for that, you might want to get down to the Oracle Community Center, where the aforementioned classes will be taught by Argentine tango dancers Hector and Lidia LeGrand, who have instructed others in the art of tango dancing for several years.

Here is the stuff you need to know, to sign up for the classes: Read it, memorize it, take notes in case someone silly throws your paper away before you’re done with it, and make plans to join in on the fun.

Classes begin Sunday, Sept. 13, with instruction for beginners from 3 to 5 p.m. and for intermediates from 6 to 8 p.m. The charge for 12 classes is $48 per person ($4 per class). To cover use of the Center, students are asked to purchase a ½-year membership, which membership provides other benefits as well. Memberships and class registrations will be available directly after the first class, so that students may try the class out before committing. For further information, call 520-896-9326.

Got all that? It’s going to be so great to see your new dance moves at the next festival! Read on for more fun from the Oracle Community Center, which wants to do more than get you moving: it wants to get you fit, growing, saving, and ever so much more, as well.
This month, the Center will kick off a new program – “Third Thursday Speaker Series.” This is designed to provide a time and place to gather, eat dinner, and then learn from the many experts among us. The 6:30 talks will follow a dinner hour during which by-donation, home-cooked meals
will be served, starting at 5:30 p.m. Quentin Branch (www.RammedEarthHomes.com) kicks the series off Thursday, Sept. 17 with his discussion of “Retrofitting Your Home for Passive Solar Function.” The talk will detail the steps to take now to reduce your home’s need this winter for mechanically produced heat.

Next month, on Oct. 15, medical doctor Philip Maffetone (www.phillmaffetone.com), who moved to Oracle last December, will read from and discuss his 12th book, “In Fitness and Health.” The book includes a promising chapter on fat titled, “The Big Fat Lie,” and another optimistically titled, “Eat, Drink and Be Merry.”

Former Biospherian Linda Leigh will speak Nov. 19, perhaps on how to cultivate worms for your garden, perhaps on the power of community.

Longtime Oraclean Darrell Kletch will speak Dec. 17 on “Oracle Referenda,” or, “How We Got Where We Are Today.”

If you have an idea for a speaker, even if it’s yourself, call Julie Szekely at 896-3393. Holiday events There also are these holiday events at the center to put on your calendar: Gamma Episilon’s Crafts Fair will be held Nov. 7. Later that month, on Nov. 21, the center holds its Christmas Crafts Bazaar and Mexican Lunch. Doors open at 8 a.m., with the $5 Mexican lunch set for 11 a.m. Both end at 2 p.m. Craftspeople may fill out the attached coupon to reserve a table.

The center’s second annual Deck the Hall fine arts wine and hors d’oeuvres soiree is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Dress up or come as you are. Artists, reserve your spaces by Dec. 3 by sending in the
attached coupon.

Michael Carnes
PR Chair
Oracle Community Center

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ARLETTA › PORTFOLIO ›From this to this: 9-2-2009 Tango story by ArlettaThis piece, as are all pieces that say “From this to this” , or some facsimile thereof, is an example of my work for the San Manuel Miner newspaper.
First is what they sent me to work with; then, I show how I altered it.
For most of these sort of stories, I do not have a byline, and that’s precisely why I save both parts as proof of my work.
The ones where I do get a byline, I generally will just post the article, at some date AFTER the newspaper it’s in has come and gone, so as not to affect sales.