Argentina Tango
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Scheduled activities include a campus wide current events quiz, outreach by international students to local elementary/middle schools, an international photo contest, foreign films, tango lessons, martial arts demonstrations, French Creole cooking lessons, and a discussion of U.S. policies in the Middle East. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Remarks at White House Culture and Diplomacy Conference
Finally, I've noticed that music, like people, has always traveled. All styles of music and the many cultures I've experienced stem from transnational roots. So, for example, the Argentinean composer, Astor Piazola, his tango music grew from Italian, African, German, Spanish, American and French influences. But we know it as the Argentine composer. ... [Read More]
Daily Press Briefing for Jan. 7 -- Transcript
MR. BOUCHER: Well, you know, it takes six parties to tango. The fact is, yes, we are certainly prepared to go ahead with discussions. We have been working with them, with the Chinese; let me put that -- with the other parties, with the Chinese, on how to achieve productive talks. But we're ready to go ahead at an early date. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Chile’s folklore is rich. Examples of traditional music and dance are offered nearly every night of the year in several Santiago nightclubs and at festivals and special occasions outside the capital. Other nightspots feature urban folk music, jazz, and tango. Santiago has several discotheques. ... [Read More]
Vol 31 No 1, January - March 1993 Page 44
From the outset the students manage complicated terminology in English. They must also know a bit about the basics of radio transmission. The alphabet used in radio transmission is not the same as that used in English: A, B, C, D, E, . . . (ei, bi:, si:, di:, i:, . . .). Rather, one uses an international radio code, which is Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Eco, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whisky, Xylophone, Yankee, Zulu. The mastery of this alphabet is important because the names of the stations, the operators, addresses, etc. are transmitted through this code. The students are able to learn and master the code in their first three lessons, and they do not forget it because its use is constant. ... [Read More]
Printable version – Global IQ Quiz – International Education Week 2004
9. The tango is a dance that originated in Argentina's most populous city. Name this city. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Montevideo has some 35-radio stations including 12 FM. Radio programming consists of music, news programs, and soap operas. The tango, the music of the Rio de la Plata area, is heard on many stations, but modern rock from the U.S., Brazil, and Europe is more popular. Short-wave reception is quite good in Montevideo, outside the downtown area. Listeners can pick up VOA, BBC, and the Armed Forces Radio Service. The best reception is from 8 p.m. to midnight. Uruguay has four TV stations and five cable channels provide additional programming. [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
This site has English option. You can get general information about time differences maps, pictures, questions about Buenos Aires. Guides to Restaurants, bars and pubs, Bingo and casinos, discotheques, art galleries, places to visit, tango houses, hotels, Emergency phones, airports, embassies, schools, hospitals, museums, transportation. ... Entertainment is plentiful and varied in Buenos Aires. The Colon Theater, one of the world’s great opera houses, each year plays host to ballet troupes, opera stars, and symphony orchestras from Europe and the U.S. With over 60 legitimate theaters in the city, Buenos Aires is popular with traveling theatrical groups as well as outstanding local professional companies. Folkloric music can be heard at various restaurants around the city. In small, out-of-the-way places, couples still dance the tango to the music of small combos, and the colorful waterfront area of La Boca offers noisy nightlife. ... [Read More]
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