Last Friday night, Jan & I had the unique opportunity to experience the first visit to the Gulf Region of the German Youth Jazz Orchestra. The concert was entitled "Jazzing the Gulf".
They were in Abu Dhabi last week and then in Dubai last Friday. We travelled down to Dubai late Friday morning, called in to the brand new Jones the Grocer for a fantastic lunch (there's even one in Adelaide!), went to the Mall of the Emirates (where that famous ski slope is) to pick up the tickets and then checked into the Media Rotana Hotel where we had decided to spend the night instead of travelling back to RAK as we had done last week.
After a bit of a rest we got dressed and headed over to the Mall and the DUCTAC theatre for what proved to be a great concert. The band members are all aged between 17 & 24 and they had three conductors who took turns in conducting. A short video of part of the performance follows:
Slept in on Saturday morning, did a bit of shopping, and arrived home late afternoon. All in all a great weekend. The Blues Brothers are coming up next in a few weeks so stay tuned for more updates.
Oh, and I haven't finished telling you about our holidays yet.
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They were in Abu Dhabi last week and then in Dubai last Friday. We travelled down to Dubai late Friday morning, called in to the brand new Jones the Grocer for a fantastic lunch (there's even one in Adelaide!), went to the Mall of the Emirates (where that famous ski slope is) to pick up the tickets and then checked into the Media Rotana Hotel where we had decided to spend the night instead of travelling back to RAK as we had done last week.
After a bit of a rest we got dressed and headed over to the Mall and the DUCTAC theatre for what proved to be a great concert. The band members are all aged between 17 & 24 and they had three conductors who took turns in conducting. A short video of part of the performance follows:
Slept in on Saturday morning, did a bit of shopping, and arrived home late afternoon. All in all a great weekend. The Blues Brothers are coming up next in a few weeks so stay tuned for more updates.
Oh, and I haven't finished telling you about our holidays yet.
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Sounds pretty funky!
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