On Labor Day Weekend in the year of the tango 2001, people in search of a unique and special tango experience, traveled to Reno, Nevada, from all over the United States, invited to spend a long weekend at a magical setting with world class teachers, international stage performers, an authentic Sexteto Tipico orchestra, and the kindest and most gracious dancers around.
They were in for a major treat, and somehow they became part of the spontaneous outburst of an unusual phenomenon known as VUJA DE, the distinct feeling that something that just happened, had never happened before.
You are about to watch it all over again.
That year's Sunday's theme menu was Mardi Gras, and the lavish buffet table featured, not coincidentally, New Orleans cuisine: red beans and rice, jambalaya, blackened red fish and pecan stuffing.
Just before the show, second line music filled the ballroom. Donning beads around their necks, dressed in festive colorful attire, the entire ballroom became an impromptu second line parade around the tables and the dance floor. This was going to be the last Labor Day Tango Getaway in Reno for us after five glorious years.