For listeners, "you can play with the tempo, and add to the emotional conflict with dramatic pauses. "For dancers you need to keep a steady beat," says Barnes. Just as there are different types of tangos, the music the group plays for seated listeners is different than what they play for dancers. Barnes calls it a "two-step" and compares it to polka. It is the soul of the tango." As well as tangos, Mandragora also plays related waltzes and milongas, which is a type of music as well as a dance party. But he adds, "It gives an authentic sound. There are things you can't do on a bandoneón that you can on an accordion," he says. Barnes, a recovering accordionist, says the bandoneón is a completely different instrument, producing different notes depending on whether you push or pull. The bandoneón, a type of concertina, is a squeezebox with buttons on each side. Barnes calls it " classical music you can dance to." He describes Mandragora Tango as "new American tango" and says the group works to be "authentic, old school, but we add a little bit of our own flavor and take it to slightly new places." Mandragora is Laura Harada, a Bethlehem native, on violin Scott Mateo Davies on classical guitar Rahn Yanes on standup bass, and Barnes on bandoneón. It has elements of classical and folk, with a sound that creates images of a romantic past.
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Bob Barnes, bandleader of Mandragora Tango, estimates that there are only a few professional tango groups in the United States, and it is safe to say that his is the only one in Minnesota. That's when the Lehigh Valley Tango Society re-creates an Argentine Milonga - dance event - on the stage of Symphony Hall with music by Mandragora Tango.
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An exotic, sensual and romantic evening awaits in Allentown Thursday night.