[Dixielandjazz] 11th International Dixieland Festival in Tarragona

[Robert S. Ringwald]

I received this. Thought it might be of interest to the list.

--BR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordi Bertran" <jbertran at tinet.org>
 Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 1:55 AM
Subject: 11th International Dixieland Festival in Tarragona


> 11th International Dixieland Festival of Tarragona
> The most traditional jazz
>
> www.dixielandtarragona.com
> The 11th International Dixieland festival of Tarragona has just been
> presented
> >From 29th March to 4th April
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> The 11th International Dixieland festival of Tarragona - the great event
> of
> traditional jazz in Spain and the only specialized festival devoted to
> this
> variety of modern music- , celebrated every year during the week before
> Easter, has two main focal points this year.
> On the one hand, it commemorates the centenary of the birth of the
> mythical
> conductor and pianist Count Basie with several activities that will
> cover
> his career from the beginning to his most successful years. Both the
> opening
> and the closing performances will be dedicated to Count Basie. Also,
> they
> will be the absolute premiere of the Big Band from the Aula Music's from
>
> Tarragona, and the premiere in Spain of the new performance offered by
> the
> Michel Pastre Big Band (France), precisely dedicated to this centenary.
> On
> the other hand, the Festival will foster the relationship between brass
> bands and the world of circus. In this sense, the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
>
> from India will be the main group, although other Spanish bands like the
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> Dixie Rue del Percebe or the Tandarica Orkestar from Tarragona will also
>
> participate.
> There will be 20 different settings -theatres, cafés, restaurants and
> other
> locations-, 6 itineraries for the musical walks, 20 bands, 160 musicians
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> from scheduled bands, apart from a growing number of musicians who join
> Dixie jams, 80 activities from 9:30 am to 3 am and over 20.000
> spectators
> and 3.000 children will discover Dixieland.
> This edition also includes Barrelhouse Jazz Band (Germany), Jazz Band
> Ball
> (Poland), Sedajazz Swing Band, The Dixielanders, Sitjazz, The Fu-Manchu
> Jazz
> Servants,  Pixi Dixi Band, The Small River Dixie, Almost Quartet Trio,
> Tarragona Dixie Festival All Stars, Tgn 6tet, .
> A number of proposals and a festival that has always been a meeting
> point
> based on freedom, on curiosity, and especially on the intention of
> sharing
> with the others.
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> Organized by: City Council of Tarragona
> Main sponsor: Cerveza Ambar
> Public co-sponsor: Generalitat of Catalonia (autonomous government)
> Private co-sponsor: Repsol YPF
>
> Formative activities: La Caixa Foundations
>                             Aula Music's from Tarragona
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> Artistic co-organisers:
> Aula Music's from Tarragona
> El Magatzem Theatre
> La Vaqueria Music Café
> Pla de la Seu Café-Ice-cream shop
> Caixa Tarragona Foundation
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> Official Hotel: Hotel Ciutat de Tarragona
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> Official vehicles: Mercedes Benz
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> Sponsoring media:
> Official radio stations: Catalunya Ràdio/Catalunya Cultura/Catalunya
> Música
> Official portal: www.ritmes.net
> Official newspaper: Diari de Tarragona
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> Recommended by:
> Ràdio 4 / Radio 3 /Radio Clásica
> www.jazzreview.com
> Jaç
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> School sessions: Imaginautes. Culrural services
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> Main exhibition sponsored by RENFE
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