In Grenada, Tango Grenada holds regular latin dancing classes at the Dodgy Dock bar and restaurant, Classes include salsa, bachata and tango at the True Blue Bay Resort. Thursday is tango night.
The Casa del Tango, which developed spontaneously and has no link to any Cuban state institution, has for decades preserved recordings, posters, documents, photographs, sheet music, and other memorabilia, all related to this music genre. Every Monday evening, from 5 to 7 pm, tango devotees attired in scarves and fedora hats in pure Buenos Aires style of the 1940s, defy the torrid Cuban climate to attend this legendary music venue.
Jamaica is the home of raggae and reggaeton. It is also home of Tango Jamaica. Currently, there are no tango instructors living in Jamaica. But, on occasion, some instructors do visit. Cruise ships make port in Ocho Rios, bringing with them tangueros and instructors. When that happens, this small tango community organizes milongas and classes with their visitors. These events are often held at the New Kingston Conference Center.
In Curaçao, Gilles Vicrobeck & Rafael Oliana hold bi-weekly open air milongas on Sundays in the Brionplein Otrabanda in Willemstad. Also in Curaçao, Mundo Bizarro Restaurant in Willemstad hosts irregularly scheduled milongas called Tango Bizarro. The Teatro Luna Blou is a venue that hosts tango performances. TuTu Tango is a bar restaurant that hosts latin music dancing, mostly salsa, but one = ce in a while tango. The Curuçao tango community may be small. But, it is dedicated and growing.
In the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Milkeya Melo hosts an irregularly scheduled Monday evening milonga. She is the only tango teacher in their small community, and do not have regular milongas. But, they do hold practicas after their dance sessions. The classes and practice is every Thursday at the Syrian-Lebanese-Palestinian Club from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in Santo Domingo. They are a tango community of about thirty persons. Milongas are held every two or three months. They also organize special milongas when a maestro or maestra comes to visit.
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