There are quite a few milongas in the area around the milonga I visited in Pant; at least, it’s an "area" for someone as far away as me. That is besides the milongas in and around Manchester and Liverpool.
Milongas I know of (but haven’t been to) are, going roughly north to south:
- Eccleston has El Cafetín de Tango milonga (Ali Vale’s Viva Tango). I have heard the tandas are in threes.
- Pulford, (Gresford Tango) - ?A monthly milonga in Pulford village hall run by Bob & Viv Finch.
- Gresford - I think this is a (sort of) monthly milonga in Bob & Viv’s home. They seem to run two milongas.
- Pant - Sharon Koch’s monthly milonga in Pant
- Shrewsbury - Bomboncito milonga (new), Ali Vale again.
So in the 80 odd miles between Eccleston and Shrewsbury there seem to be five milongas. I think this is how dancing tango spreads. It is getting the first milonga in an area that is probably the hardest thing. There are also milongas in:
- Stoke: (Tango Stoke) has a trad and an alternative milonga. Bizarrely, tango teachers get in free?!?
- Stafford. Occasional tango weekends and tea dances by Geoff and Pauline. Geoff shares the music. I hear that the refreshments at the tea dances are good.
