Aruba to Host Savoy Soul Beach Music Festival; Festival Celebrates Third Year of Concerts by Internationally Acclaimed Soul Musicians May 21 to 26.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/Travel Writers ORANJESTAD, Aruba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003 Savoy Soul Beach Music Festival: -- Two Nights of Concerts at the Exclusive Club Havana Beach May 24-25 -- ConFunkShun, Donnie, Doug E Fresh, Floetry, The Gap Band, India.Arie, Kindred, and Kem For the third consecutive year, Savoy Soul Beach Music Festival will once again gather together a diverse mosaic of acclaimed musicians. This entertainment extravaganza debuts on the Caribbean Island of Aruba May 21-26. Continuing the tradition of the last three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time finest talent from the soul music era, comedy, beach parties, and nightlife entertainment will be the centerpiece for the Savoy Soul Beach Music Festival. Music lovers will converge at Club Havana Beach, an exclusively designed venue bordering the Aruba coastline. The star studded sky will light up the stage for two nights of concerts beginning Saturday, May 24 and ending Sunday, May 25. This eclectic and sultry soul lineup features the notable rhythms of ConFunkShun, Donnie, Doug E Fresh, Floetry, The Gap Band, India.Arie, Kindred, and Kem. Tickets are available for $60 per concert or $165 for a three day pass (plus applicable service charges), beginning May 18, and can be purchased at the following ticket outlets. For more information, visit http://www.soulbeachmusicfestival.com. -- Zapp Music Seaport Mall -- Non Stop CD Shop Main Street, Oranjestad -- Non Stop CD Shop San Nicolas San Nicolas or San Nicolás ("Saint Nicholas") may refer to:
-- Curacao Worldwide Travel A-1 Travel Mensings Caminada Book Store Opening the weekend festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. on the main concert stage for Saturday night are Donnie, Kindred and The Gap Band. Donnie, Motown Records
Kindred, husband and wife duo, bring audiences heartfelt lyrics and rich, soulful soul·ful adj. Full of or expressing deep feeling; profoundly emotional. soul  ful·ly adv. melodies. Whether discoursing on the joy, pain or uplifting inspiration of a loving relationship or lessons learned through life's daily struggles, Kindred takes a frank, upfront approach to its music. The Gap Band, known for their high energy, groove thumpin', party like set, they are dubbed in many circles as "the black Aerosmith." From the late 70's to the early 80's, the band dominated the R&B charts with their hard driving funk grooves. Four of the band's nine albums went platinum. Their latest single "Without You" was listed as one of the Top 20 songs of the Year in Billboard Magazine 2001. Closing out the weekend of solid main stage concert performances on Sunday are Kem, Floetry, ConFunkShun and India.Arie. KEM, also one of Motown's rising stars, blends soothing lyrics with bass, drums, guitar and percussion. His hit single "Brotha Man" from his album, Kemistry, is a testament of faith that combines melodic vocals, a soulful spoken testimonial with a style that is distinct and timeless. Floetry, meaning "poetry that flows," is a duo from the U.K. that provides smooth R&B vocals, soulful jazz, hip-hop, and spoken word. Their debut album, Floetic, offers honest material with sensual, joyful and mellow vocals. ConFunkShun, bringing its high-energy "funk music" show to fans all over the world, is a star attraction star attraction n → atracción f principal star attraction n → grande attraction star attraction star n → . With strong melodies, a big bad back beat, inventive horn arrangements, and beautiful ballads, the group plays easily understandable music, which crosses cultural barriers. ConFunkShun earned four consecutive Gold and one Platinum album and eight Top Ten R&B hits in 10 years with Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the US, its name and logo were now only used on back catalogue, country releases, and re-issues until recently. . Two compilation albums have been released, Best of ConFunkShun in 1993 and Best of Vol. II in 1996, along with a live LP, Live For Ya A**, also in 1996. India.Arie often explains that she put a dot in her name to make it recognizable, like a trademark. But, since the release of her Motown debut, Acoustic Soul, this artist's true signature has emerged unmistakably: honest, unpretentious and deeply affecting music. Combining rich melody, warmly enveloping en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" vocals, natural instrumental textures, India.Arie is truly a unique artist. Named Best New Artist by Vibe Magazine, MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. 2 and Billboard's Video Awards of 2001, India.Arie also drew nominations in seven categories for the 2002 Grammy Awards Grammy Awards Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958. , including Best New Album of the Year. Host sponsors of the Savoy Soul Beach Music Festival are Savoy Magazine, Aruba Tourism Authority, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Motown Records, Akademiks, Enceye and Frito Lay. Primary Host Hotels for the Savoy Soul Beach Music Festival are Renaissance Aruba Beach Resort & Casino, Wyndham Aruba Beach Resort & Casino, Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, and Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino. Secondary Host Hotels are Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, Divi Aruba & Tamarijn Aruba Beach Resorts Mega All Inclusive, Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort & Casino, Tierra del Sol Aruba Resort & Country Club, The Mill Resort & Suites. Aruba, where happiness lives. The island is a vacationer's paradise located in the heart of the Caribbean and only two and a half hours by air from Miami. Ideally located outside the hurricane belt The hurricane belt is an area in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, which is prone to hurricanes during the Atlantic hurricane season. The only places in the Caribbean that are not in the hurricane belt are the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Bonaire, , Aruba boasts perfect weather, cooling trade winds and people who are warm and accommodating. For more information on planning a trip to Aruba, contact the Aruba Tourism Authority at 1-800-TO-ARUBA or visit http://www.aruba.com. |
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