The 5th Tango Dance World Championship in Asia
Here we are the 5th TANGO DANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN ASIA. This year, the championship will be held in Meguro Persimmon Hall in July 19, 20, 2008. As a pre-event, Gran Milonga 2008 was held on Mar 15, 2008. With the five past champions were in one milonga. It would even hard to be happen in Buenos Aires. Many tango dance fans came to the milonga. The Asian Championship las year, more than 120people joined and 2000 people came to see them.
■DATE：July 19th (Sat), 20th (Sun) 2008
■THEATER：Meguro Persimmon Hall
■Participants：Salon Tango 49 Couples／Stage tango 21 Couples
■AUDIENCE：19th●900 people／20th●1500 people
■RESULT
STAGE TANGO
Champion★Eiichiro & Tomoko 優勝曲 "TRIUNFAL"
2nd Place★Mikage & Arisa "RECUERDO"
3rd Place★Genta Nakazawa & Maky "PA QUE TE OIGA UN BANDONEON"
4th Place★Aco & Mariko "OBERTURA"
4th Place★Lam y Sandoro "RECUERDO"
6th Place★GYu & Mai "QUEJAS DE BANDONEON"
Special Prize
Toray Prize★Lunch & Sachi "CHIQUE"
Gloria & Eduardo Prize★Hiroshi & Hisako "ENCANTO ROJO"
Gisela & Gaspar Prize★Aco & Mariko "OBERTURA"
SALON TANGO
Champion★Hiroshi & Kyoko
2nd Place★Eiichiro & Tomok
3rd Place★Tzu-Han y Rui
4th Place★Hiromi & Natsu
5th Place★Jino y Yuni
6th Place★Masa & Chieko
Special Prize
Toray Prize★Ryoko y Tomohisa
Gloria & Eduardo Prize★Tzu-Han y Rui
Gisela & Gaspar Prize★Jino y Yuni
■JURY：
JURY FROM ASIA (JURY IN QUARIFY ROUNDS AND SEMI-FINAL)
1．YUKO SUZANA HARADA
2．LUNA JOSE MARIA
3．ALVARO SALAS
4．HUGO PAEZ
5．RYO IKEMOTO
JURY FROM ARGENTINE (JURY IN ALL ROUNDS)
6．EDUARDO ARQUIMBAU
7．GLORIA DE ARQUIMBA
8．GASPAR GODOY
9．GISELA GALEASSI
■LIVE CONCERT MILONGA：
Orquesta AA
Orquesta de Tango Waseda
■DANCE DEMONSTRATION：
Gloria & Eduardo, Gisela & Gaspar, Ryo & Hazuki, Lucia & Alvaro, Laura, Matias & Diego
【PRE-EVENT】
●GRAN MILONGA IN TOKYO
MUSICIANS：Orquesta Requena & Suarez Paz
DANCER：Paula & Christian, Yesica & Ariel, Melody & Jose, Ryo & Hazuki, Rika & Diego, Hiroshi & Kyoko, Eiichiro & Tomoko
SINGER：Veronica Marchetti
This is the Offcial Granmilonga of the 6th Tango Dance World Championship. Many tango dancers around the asia came to see the demonstrations of the top professional perfomance in the world.
