Modern Tango World N° 7 (Havana, Caribbean) | Page 6

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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