Don’t stop the Music!
Rihanna and Jamie Cullum sang those lyrics—and we’re listening!
The Music Festival has come and gone, but we’ve no intention of stopping the music just yet.
We’re now just four weeks away from our second annual ball, the Gala Ball, following on from our successful Summer Ball last year. We’ve re-named it because this year it is taking place on Saturday September 28th…one week into Autumn!
As before it will be held in the Marquee at the Vale da Telha Hotel on the Pines roundabout, and we think you’re going to have a great time.
Singer Ana Messias, such a big hit at the Music Festival last Saturday with her fantastic voice, will be back with us again, this time performing slightly different material, more swing and big band standards.
And last year’s headliners the New Orleans Band will be back, this time performing less jazz and much more “dancing” music.
Hotel owner Bruno has met with the Amovate committee and he assures us he has addressed the teething problems at last year’s inaugural ball, and says the issues with toilet facilities etc have been sorted out. He assures us everything is working fine.
There will be two bars, one at the entrance, one inside the new Marquee which is slightly bigger than before, a corner having been squared off and the kitchen area having been opened up. Prices will be the same as last year, and Bruno promises that clearly-marked price lists will be on display.
Bars will open at 7:00 pm, with the music beginning at 8:00 pm. Dress code will the same as last year—smart casual.
The 2012 Summer Ball ticket prices were set at €10, which included a buffet.
This year the tickets are priced at €7.50 which will include tapas on the tables. You can buy your tickets from any of the Amovate Committee members you will find listed by clicking on “Committee 2012-2013” on the top strapline of this website, or reserve them by e-mailing us at:
But be quick—numbers are limited to 150.
Don’t forget the date and don’t forget to get in early as tickets could very quickly be in short supply. (At least we hope so!)
And most of us—as Rihanna and Jamie Cullum sang (with a few tweaks by us)—will be asking:
“Don’t Stop The Music” Please don’t stop the music Please don’t stop the music Do you know what you started? I came here to the Gala Ball And now we’re gliding on the dance floor, Your hands around my waist Just let the music play We’re hand in hand, cheek to cheek and now we’re face to face Keep on dancin’ to it Please don’t stop the, please don’t stop the music Let’s escape into the music, bandleader let it play I just can’t refuse it Like the way you do this Keep on dancin’ to it Please don’t stop the, please don’t stop the Please don’t stop the music===
THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND
The band was formed in 1998 by a group of international jazz musicians, all now living in the Algarve.
With musicians from England, Scotland, Holland, and Portugal, they quickly became established as the premiere group playing Dixieland and New Orleans style jazz music from the 1920’s in the area.
In 1999 the band was first featured at the Loule International Jazz Festival followed by a concert tour taking in all the major cities of Portugal, culminating at the prestigious Lisboa concert hall “Cultergest”.
Since then the band has quickly become the busiest band on the Algarve playing music for listening and dancing throughout the region. The band is regularly featured at Festivals, whether parading around the streets as part of the Lagos Jazz Festival or at Vilamoura Marina to promote the “Boat Show”.
International jazz musicians visiting the Algarve, are regularly featured with the band and in 2004 Mr. Acker Bilk, whose hit tune “Stranger on the Shore” can be heard as canned music in hotel lounges worldwide, toured with the band on his first visit to Portugal.
The current line-up is Dave Lawson (clarinet/saxophones), John Ballinger (trombone/vocals), Heike Brockmann (guitar/banjo), Luis Hilario (contra bass), and Tony Scriven (drums/leader/vocals).