Tango as a community. Notes on hosting a milonga and community organization

Tango is not only a dance. It is a community of people much like a church community.
In this program I read my own old and new observations on tango dancers as a community and added quite a few very deep insights on community organizing from Rick Warren, a founder of Saddleback Church in California, the fastest growing church in US.
All Rick Warren's comments came from his book Purpose Driven Church, which is a practical manual on community building of any kind, not only faith-based.
This program is dedicated to the wonderful tango community in Philly, where I was dancing my feet raw three days in a row in early March, 2007 and to my kids who generously support me with my tango endeavors.

Sources

Malcolm Gladwell - The Cellular Church How Rick Warren’s congregation grew.
The initial inspiration beyond this show came from this article in The New Yorker magazine.
Gladwell's writing is brilliant as usual.

If you want to read only two books on psychology/marketing/sociology, it should be Tipping Point and Blink by Gladwell:

Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Church

The best hands-on manual on community organizing.

Rick Warren has his fair share of fans and detractors, but a lot of the down-to-earth strategies and tactics from his church-building is worth a look for community organizers of all stripes, not only tango.
 

Links

For the tango joints mentioned in the program go to:
Blue Milonga and Hsueh-tze Lee (Boston, MA)
Collegeville Milonga (Collegeville, PA)
Tango Hop (Media, PA)
Milonga at University Arts League with  Kelly Ray and Lesley Mitchell (Philadelphia, PA)
other tango events in Philadelphia,PA
other tango events in Boston, MA
tango events in New Hampshire