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Geronimo
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 Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: Sohar's International Music Festival |
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Teachers based in Al Ain and the surrounding areas
close to Oman's Al Batinah region might be interested to learn that the
Sohar Music Festival is going to be
an international event this year. 
The headline acts this year are Saskia Laroo from Amsterdam
and the Township Connection from South Africa.
They will be performing at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel
on 29th October, 2009.
This Sohar Music Festival opens on 21st. October, at the ABIS School, Sohar; and closes on 5th. November, at the Sohar Beach Hotel.
Further details are available at:-
www.soharmusicfestival.com
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Geronimo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:48 am Post subject: |
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Here is some latest news concerning the
Sohar Music Festival 2009...
The Brazilian music quartet of Jan Dumee,
( www.jandumee.com ) -
formerly of legendary Dutch rock band Focus,
- and vocalist Magda Mendes
( www.myspace.com/magdamendes )
has been added to the bill of the International Jazz Evening
on Thursday, 29th October at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel...
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/SORCP?hotelCode=SORCP
The programme now runs from 4 p.m. to midnight.
Tickets cost only OR. 5 . 
Also, the hotel is offering a discounted "Festival" room rate
for the evening.
Part of the evening is going to be presented live on
HiFM music radio... http://website.yourhifm.com
which is available on the internet.
It's a rare opportunity to hear some fine
international recording artists performing live
in the Al Batinah region.
More details available from www.soharmusicfestival.com
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Geronimo
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: Videos of the Sohar Music Festival's Int. Jazz Evening |
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The Sohar Music Festival 2009 was very successful!
Some excellent music was enjoyed by the crowds. 
Videos of the International Jazz Evening are
now available on youtube.
Here is a link to one of Jan Dumee and Magda Mendes performing
at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uXwU9G8Hqg
and here's one of Saskia Laroo on jazz trumpet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR8rM6T_qdY
and, finally, one showing the Township Connection
from East London, South Africa, in action....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzXqyctfmik
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Geronimo
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More photos of the SMF 2009 events are now available
on flickr - along with 2 short video clips...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soharmusicfestival/
And, video clips of the Soul Survivors closing set
at the Sohar Beach Hotel are available on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tTFi7Chiqc
Plans for Sohar Music Festival 2010 are already underway.
Prospective dates are likely to be set in or around
the weekends of late October and
early November.
Venues are probably going to remain the same as for last year.
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Geronimo
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject: SMF 2010 Update |
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Here is an update on the plans
for the 5th Sohar Music Festival for those lovers of live music
living close to the border with the Sultanate....
Provisional dates for your diary are as follows:-
The opening event of this 'not-for-profit' festival
is probably going to be held on 20th October at the Al Batinah International School.
The following weekend - on 28th Oct. -there'll be a 'World Music' event at the Sohar Beach Hotel.
And, the climax of this year's festival - the International Jazz Evening -
will be held at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel on 4th Nov. 2010.
There will also be a charity event -a Gala Evening - at the same venue on the preceding evening.
No doubt details of performers will be appearing on the festival's revamped website -
www.soharmusicfestival.com in the next few months.
Currently, Jan Dumee and Magda Mendes are expected to be joined by Peter Getz, (son of Stan),
along with Wieke Garcia and Double Espresso.
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Geronimo
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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This year's Sohar Music Festival is drawing near!
The festival opens on Wednesday, 20th October at the Al Batinah International School, ( http://abisoman.com/ ).
It will feature young dancers and musicians from the school and from the Indian Music Institute.
The World Music Night will be held at the Sohar Beach Hotel ( www.soharbeach.com ) on Thursday, 28th October.
It will have Drummers from ABA School with a Cuban element,
So Sing � Sohar Ladies Choir, Sohar Salsa Group � performance by Sohar salsa dancers,
Mark Gresty and the Emotikons � multi cultural band, and returning once more,
the ABA band from the ABA school Muscat featuring rock/pop performances.
The International Jazz Evening will be hosted at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel ( http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/925/en/hpt/SORCP )
on Thursday, 4th November.
This evening's packed international line-up includes...
Double Espresso - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voC1exHckDY&feature=related -
with Wieke Garcia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDtguFk1QFE
plus percussionist Terence Samson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUdBVlxTtdQ ;
Magda Mendes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-K28K7vXzI
with Jan Dumee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJIxfKAQ2RU ;
and the Peter Getz Band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ecnUp0qjk http://
and www.getz.se/
These events will be great opportunities to meet and socialise with TEFLers based in Oman.
Enjoy!
Geronimo
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TABING
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice place, Sohar. Hometown of Sinbad the Sailor. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope that you can make one of the SMF concerts, TABING. |
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Plans for the 6th edition of the Sohar Music Festival are now in place.
This year the festival will be held during 3 Thursday evenings in March -1st., 8th and 22nd..
The first event will be held on Thursday 1 March at the Entertainment Centre in Sohar (near the hospital)
and will feature an Omani singer from Sohar � the very talented and very popular Layla Naseeb.
Layla�s backing band from Muscat will also perform. It promises to be a memorable night.
The second event will be held on Thursday 8 March at the Sohar Beach Hotel and the first half will feature
African drummers, salsa dancers, SoSing choir, dancers from the Al Batinah School and a Muscat based band 123orion.
That band's website is:- http://www.123orion.com/
Another band will perform for the second half and more details will be announced soon.
Then there is a rest week before � the third night on Thursday 22 March at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Saskia Laroo, who performed in 2009 to great acclaim,
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIoPfJ-h1bM&feature=related )
will be joined by another band from Holland,
The Stirrrs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtYmx0CKBWw&feature=related
And, it has just been announced that one of the world's best
jazz percussionists, Egypt's Yehya Khalil, will be performing with his band
on the same bill. Yehya and his band were featured on CNN's "Inside the Middle East"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usG8BlAUJBM&feature=related
So, there's plenty of live music to look forward to in Sohar!
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More details of the performers in this year's Sohar Music Festival
are provided by today's "Oman Daily Observer"....
http://omanobserver.om/node/84511
The programme kicks off with the Omani Night or
Al Laila al Omaniya next Thursday, 1st March.
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Geronimo
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As some of you may know already, the SMF 2012 programme
didn't kick off last Thursday...
The Omani Night has now been postponed until
Thursday, 29th March.
The other dates remain the same...
www.soharmusicfestival.com
Saskia Laroo returns to the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel
on 21st and 22nd March.
To sample her sound, visit the Reverbnation website...
http://www.reverbnation.com/show/6638897
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Geronimo
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Last Thursday (15th March) the SMF2012
'World Music Night' was a success
with several hundred in attendance at the Sohar Beach Hotel.
Here is a link to a video of
one of that evening's performances...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7BRa2wylU&list=FLUHHqLXMKJyNz7U4FFfOB1w&index=2&feature=plpp_video
This Wednesday evening, 21st March, there will be a 'Gala Evening'
at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel, followed by
the 'International Jazz Evening' on Thursday, 22nd March
at the same venue.
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Geronimo
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The International Jazz Evening of SMF 2012 -
at the Sohar Crowne Plaza Hotel was
an entertaining event.
The "Oman Observer" carried a report on the performances...
http://omanobserver.om/node/88191
This Thursday, 29th March, the first "Omani Night"
in this music festival's history
will take place at the Sohar Entertainment Centre.
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