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Mission
of Doble Ocho
Doble Ocho is a complete tango festival,
totally one of a kind. The festival has a unique
sociable atmosphere, where it is easy to find old friends or
make new ones. It offers an innovative programme within a traditional
tangofestival
framework.
Over
the years, Doble Ocho has maintained its unique formula with
events like the 'Caravane Tango', an attempt at a tango
dancing world record, a concert with bandoneón, double bass
and church organ in
Nijmegen's St Stephen's Church, the first tango fusion night
seen at a tango festival in the Netherlands and the introduction of the music competition. But also the tango
Fusion Music JAM is one of a kind in tangoland. Doble Ocho is
not a fusion festival, but more a festival where creativity is
stimulated in optima forma with a classical base. And where a good music programme
is becoming more and more important, resulting in not less
than 7 concerts in the 2010 edition from Caceres to Tanghetto.
So,
there's clearly much more to experience than just the
workshops and salons. In the 2011 edition we introduce
afterparties on a modest scale, we have our own exclusive
tango hotel Courage and we organise the tangomusic Contest and
the tangofusion JAM on the same day. This allows a lot of
amature and prof. tangomusicians to meet in one building, play
music together and improvise. On the Easter Sunday we have a
special musical programme with the Missa Creolla by Javier
Rodrigues and his collegues from Argentina supported by the
voices of the Nijmegen Chambre Choir. And ofcourse, like in
2009, on Easter monday you can chill out in Flor de Fango in
Arnhem.
We welcome you for a complete TANGO EXPERIENCE with music,
dance, culture and fun!!
Lucien
Lecarme
©
Kunstburo
photo
by Lucien Lecarme
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