Austin Texas, officially known as the live music capital of the world is famous for the eclectic and progressive lifestyle of Austin residents. So it comes as no suprise that Austin hosts not one but two tango festivals. This coming June, Austin will be holding its second Fiesta de Tango from June 4-7, 2009.

The festival boasts 75 hours of tango dancing fun with three levels of tango classes, and 6 milongas, one of them an all night one. This year’s tango instructors are going to be Diego Di Falco and Carolina Zokalski , Guillermo Merlo and Fernanda Ghi, and George Furlong and Jairelbhi Furlong all of whom are very prominent names in the tango world.

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They are also very good at selecting the best tango music for every milonga and every lesson. So be ready to show of your tango shoes, the comme il fauts and the neotangos and whatever else you’ve got, as you learn to do the embelishments and the boleos and the fancy turns and 4 great nights of heavy duty tango dancing.

There are full festival passes ($385), three day passes ($295-$320) and day passes ($90 - $150) and separate milonga pasees available online. For more information, schedule of classes/milongas and for more detailed rates and other information check out their website.

Also, there are really cheap airfares available for austin right now (e.g. $205 for a round trip from New york to Austin), on various online air ticket booking sites. Check them out!

The Diva Tango Boutique, which has branches in Chicago, Buenos Aires and Clearwater, is participating in the 13th Miami Tango Festival with a big promise: They  will be bringing the largest collection of Comme il Faut shoese outside Buenos Aires (over 500 pair), their entire collection of Tara Shoes, men’s tango shoes, dancing sneakers, practice shoes and also clothing.

This might be the perfect opportunity to buy that illusive perfect pair of dancing shoes that you’ve been waiting for all these years. Comme Il Faut (means “As it should be”), which is my personal favorite, is one of the most reputed companies in the Tango Shoes business. The main selling point of Comme Il Faut shoes is that they are all Unique - No Comme Il Faut shoe is the same as any other.

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So, if you own a pair of these dancing shoes, you can rest assured that you will be the only one flaunting them on any dance floor anywhere in the world. Now, that’s something!

Tara tango shoes is a company with its own tango story to tell. It was started by a flat footed tango dancer in search of a elegant but equally comfortable pair of shoes. Their moto is “You shouldn’t have to suffer to feel beautiful!”.

The Women’s collection of tango shoes that will be available at the Miami Tango Fantasy can be checked out at www.diva-boutique.com. Men - you will have to just visit the store or the festival

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