Three milongueros

“Lolo” Garaban – April 19, 1932—June 2, 2003

I had the pleasure of dancing with Lolo whose favorite orchestra was Francisco Canaro. This milonguero never married but was “engaged” in December 2001, when he and Aura exchanged rings at a private party in her house with all his milonguero friends. They were the couple everyone watched when they danced milonga con traspie. Here is a photo of them dancing salsa in Club Gricel (July 2001).

 

Nestor Ray (Salvador Pedro Raiano) April 19, 1945—May 22, 2003

He was born in Villa Ballester, province of Buenos Aires. His tango school was the milonga and the street. Nestor was a jockey. He accompanied Robert Duvall around the United States when he was filming movies. I met Nestor for the first time at a swing dance convention in Atlanta in May 1996, where he and Duvall danced a tango. I danced with Nestor in San Francisco and Buenos Aires. He traveled to teach tango in Europe and the USA during the last 12 years of his life with his partner Patricia.

 

Clodomiro “Tito” Ortega (April 19, 1935–)

I don’t know much about Tito other than his dancing. I haven’t seen him in the milongas for a long time. I remember dancing with him in El Arranque, the day I snapped this photo of him–June 26, 2003.

 

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