Music

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Well, here I am again in the middle of a school week, and I think that my spanish is coming along fairly well. I have a fairly good grasp of the slang here now as well, which definitely helps things. During this fin de semana I went to a concert with all of the other kids from the program, and it was amazing! The music was fantastic, se llama Bersuit, they are a fusion group that plays a mix of rock and indigenous music. It was nice to see a local band,since so much of the music that they play here is from the US. Interestingly, a lot of the really popular music (both from here and from the US) is taken straight out of the 80's. Bands like U2 hold precedence over all of the other music, as can be seen from the fact that my host family's dog is named Bono after the lead singer of U2.
The popular dancing here is different as well, with most people dancing much more casually than would be seen in the US. By casually, I mean that it takes a lot of it's influence from styles similar to salsa, with lots of spins. The boliches (dance clubs) here are very popular, packed almost every night of the week. Next weekend is Semana Santa, and the group is planning to take a trip to Mendoza together. We'll see what happens though.

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and yet
Are you going to go to a milonga?