Megita

What I hear is not always what my leader is hearing… or dancing to. Eeek! In my early tango years this drove me crazy. I would get frustrated and annoyed. Can’t they hear the music? Why aren’t they doing this or that? Then one day I had a little light-bulb moment. Maybe they can hear…

I had zero idea what to expect. How many people would be there? Would anyone talk to me? Was what I planned to wear okay? Was it far too early in my tango journey to have the cheek to go? Let’s be honest — I didn’t even know the different styles of tango music. And…

I was so excited to buy my first pair of tango shoes. I was out to lunch with a lovely crew of tango people. Yummy food, great conversation, the wine flowing… and I mentioned I needed proper tango shoes. Long story short — Margarita (Margaret Hill) had her Retro shop just around the corner from…

This one feels a little raw. What has been the most difficult part of my tango journey? For a while, I thought I was doing okay. I’ve never been a super confident person. I take things to heart. I worry if I think I’ve unknowingly let someone down. I was going to classes. I had…

Sometimes I think back to that first class. I remember walking into the room and feeling something unexpected — as though I had found my real home. At the beginning, I understood my teachers’ words in a literal way. I couldn’t repeat the concepts very well, though. I think I worried too much and needed…

 I’d never really danced… well, except for some serious bopping to Doug Parkinson, Zoot, Town Criers, Russell Morris… you get the picture if you’re from my era 🤪  Could I actually dance? Heck no!  Life got in the way — no lessons as a kid, working from 15, single mum at 18, corporate life… and…