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Eddy Hernandez “Argentine Tango School” (ArTS) of Greater Washington has been a place for our Tango Family to come together here locally, learn, embrace and share our Tango-Love with guests and masters visiting from all around the world. As we collectively get a handle on COVID-19, I would love to be able to continue to come back to our school, our space, our DC area home for Tango...
Friday’s El Yeite Milonga before COVID...
Video of Beginner Student Performance
Eddy & Tamara Performance
Eddy & Zoe teach Tango Fundamentals
To create this amazing space for us, Eddy has invested his Life, Energy, Time and Money: He turned a former warehouse into the warm inviting place that we all know and cherish. And he’s been keeping the doors open through these past months - keeping a safe and healthy space for us to gather in accordance with local restrictions. But it’s been tough: Imagine:
- a Milonga that used to fill the space with over 100 people every Friday, went down to 12 couples over the summer, and now to only 4 couples. Eddy and Jin show up anyhow - EVERY Friday, and have not adjusted the Milonga fees...
- Classes that used to teach xx students, are now limited to 8... (even though the room could safely hold 12... we’ve proven that, as everyone has continued to stay healthy...)
- showing up at your school every day, keeping it warm, clean and ready, paying the rent from your life savings...
- this is Eddy’s full-time profession, not a hobby or “side hustle”... It’s art. It’s education. It’s service. And it’s also a business.
Where the money is going:
Eddy has paid full rent throughout this year to keep the school open - largely from his savings. I calculated this first fundraiser based on an estimate what it might take to help replenish that, so he can plan to keep the school going in 2021...
Ideally I’d LOVE for us to surpass the goal amount so we give Eddy a headstart for next year...
I believe in our school. I believe in our community - local and global.
Why this matters:
- LOCALLY: It keeps our home base for all the “regular students” and our greater Tango Family. It’s a matter of art, life - and for many of us, our sanity...
- IT’S PERSONAL: Those of you who know Eddy and Jin well, you know that Tango, the school and all of it’s students are personal to them. So let’s make this personal and show our love in practical ways right now.
- GUEST TEACHERS: It maintains a space for guest teachers to come and share their knowledge, art and beauty with us (and thus it’s also an investment in the future of Tango on a larger, even global scale)
- GLOBAL TANGO COMMUNITY: It matters to all of Eddy’s students around the world as well: as soon as travel is possible again, you will want him to be able to travel to you and teach you, right?
- AN AMERICAN DREAM: as a fellow immigrant-US-Citizen, I appreciate what it takes to build a home, a life, a business in a “foreign” country... and the dedication and commitment that it requires of you to build a dream that also serves others - and for which you do “whatever it takes”. For example: when the school had to close completely back in spring, Eddy decided to work for Lyft and Uber, to take first responders, nurses, doctors to their place of work and back... and he stayed healthy, and when it was time to open the school again, he put in place everything needed to stay healthy, and keep students healthy...
How much to give?
Anything helps. Consider your support as an investment in your tango future, and in our collective tango future.
Here are some thoughts for comparison & consideration:
- a pair of decent tango shoes is about $200... how many of these do you own?
- How much do you usually invest during a “normal year” in your tango? What percentage would you be able to donate - so that you can invest fully in your skills again when we move beyond COVID-19?
- a group class is about $25-30; a 10-class pass is about $200...
- a private lesson pass for 10 is $900
Let’s pull together, Tangueros and Tangueras.
I look forward to our next possible Tango embrace.
Until then, feel a virtual Tango hug!!! ❤️
Typical class...
Another class...
Friday’s El Yeite Milonga before COVID...Video of Beginner Student Performance
Eddy & Tamara Performance
Eddy & Zoe teach Tango Fundamentals
To create this amazing space for us, Eddy has invested his Life, Energy, Time and Money: He turned a former warehouse into the warm inviting place that we all know and cherish. And he’s been keeping the doors open through these past months - keeping a safe and healthy space for us to gather in accordance with local restrictions. But it’s been tough: Imagine:
- a Milonga that used to fill the space with over 100 people every Friday, went down to 12 couples over the summer, and now to only 4 couples. Eddy and Jin show up anyhow - EVERY Friday, and have not adjusted the Milonga fees...
- Classes that used to teach xx students, are now limited to 8... (even though the room could safely hold 12... we’ve proven that, as everyone has continued to stay healthy...)
- showing up at your school every day, keeping it warm, clean and ready, paying the rent from your life savings...
- this is Eddy’s full-time profession, not a hobby or “side hustle”... It’s art. It’s education. It’s service. And it’s also a business.
Where the money is going:
Eddy has paid full rent throughout this year to keep the school open - largely from his savings. I calculated this first fundraiser based on an estimate what it might take to help replenish that, so he can plan to keep the school going in 2021...
Ideally I’d LOVE for us to surpass the goal amount so we give Eddy a headstart for next year...
I believe in our school. I believe in our community - local and global.
Why this matters:
- LOCALLY: It keeps our home base for all the “regular students” and our greater Tango Family. It’s a matter of art, life - and for many of us, our sanity...
- IT’S PERSONAL: Those of you who know Eddy and Jin well, you know that Tango, the school and all of it’s students are personal to them. So let’s make this personal and show our love in practical ways right now.
- GUEST TEACHERS: It maintains a space for guest teachers to come and share their knowledge, art and beauty with us (and thus it’s also an investment in the future of Tango on a larger, even global scale)
- GLOBAL TANGO COMMUNITY: It matters to all of Eddy’s students around the world as well: as soon as travel is possible again, you will want him to be able to travel to you and teach you, right?
- AN AMERICAN DREAM: as a fellow immigrant-US-Citizen, I appreciate what it takes to build a home, a life, a business in a “foreign” country... and the dedication and commitment that it requires of you to build a dream that also serves others - and for which you do “whatever it takes”. For example: when the school had to close completely back in spring, Eddy decided to work for Lyft and Uber, to take first responders, nurses, doctors to their place of work and back... and he stayed healthy, and when it was time to open the school again, he put in place everything needed to stay healthy, and keep students healthy...
How much to give?
Anything helps. Consider your support as an investment in your tango future, and in our collective tango future.
Here are some thoughts for comparison & consideration:
- a pair of decent tango shoes is about $200... how many of these do you own?
- How much do you usually invest during a “normal year” in your tango? What percentage would you be able to donate - so that you can invest fully in your skills again when we move beyond COVID-19?
- a group class is about $25-30; a 10-class pass is about $200...
- a private lesson pass for 10 is $900
Let’s pull together, Tangueros and Tangueras.
I look forward to our next possible Tango embrace.
Until then, feel a virtual Tango hug!!! ❤️
Typical class...Another class...Organizer and beneficiary
Eddy Hernandez
Beneficiary