Tango Stories Episode 15 -- Aired October 24, 2018

Tango and the Parkway Dances of the 1920’s

Guest: Association for Public Art

Episode 15 aired on October 24, 2018 and featured an interview with Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director of the Association for Public Art in Philadelphia and Caitlin Martin, Media and Communications Director for the same organization. As part of the Parkway 100 celebration of the 100th birthday of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, we talked about the huge parkway dances that took place throughout the 1920s, including a tango dance with about 10,000 attendees on July 24, 1924. After the interview, we listened to a selection of music featuring pianists Pablo Estigarribia & Emiliano Messiez.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

• https://www.museumwithoutwallsaudio.org

Links to the Musical Examples in this episode:

1. "La Vuelta de Rocha" - Francisco Canaro