Once again I’ve fallen behind with my blogging and I have a couple of things to talk about now, so I’ll start with the most recent, which was last night.

Last week at my tango lesson, Ale told me he was doing an exhibition for the public at the Buenos Aires City Legislature building and that he was very nervous because he’d never done anything like this before. So Lina and I said we would go along to support him.

I’ve been in the Legislatura before, and while the room they use is beautiful, it’s quite small and we wanted to get good seats, so I arrived almost an hour in advance. But my patience was rewarded as we had seats in the front row.

The music was anchored by a well known tango singer called Mirta Godoy. She sang one by herself first, and then was part of the accompaniment for the dancing.

As a side note, some tango dancers from Scotland were there. I had actually met them at the milonga on Wednesday night. The main couple run a tango school in Paisley, just a little outside Glasgow, and they had a party of 15 with them from all over Scotland for a tango-based holiday in Buenos Aires. They had been invited as guests to this performance.

There were two other couples who danced. One was Ale and his partner, Sara, who is a performance tango dancer. I had thought that she and Ale had danced together for years, but it turned out this was their first time! They danced beautifully together though, and at this morning’s lesson Ale was teaching me some of Sara’s moves!

There was another couple, but honestly I wasn’t impressed by them. Without meaning to be immodest, I think I dance better than the woman, and Ale told me the same thing this morning.

Finally, a live orchestra played for a general milonga. Lina and I didn’t stay for that, preferring to go for a bite to eat after. It was a new experience and a lovely evening, and we were both proud to tell the people around us that Ale was our teacher! When you watch the video, I think you’ll agree they were the best!