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The National Sinfonia in Concert
The National Sinfonia has chalked up an impressive performance in its short life. The debut of the orchestra at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Music Festival was followed by a guest performance at the Smith College Orchestra in Concert and as accompanists of selected pieces of Bizet's Carmen at the Marionettes Chorale's celebrated Christmas Concert. In 2005 the orchestra accompanied the UWI Festival Choir in Vivaldi's Gloria at the All Saint's Church and performed at the inauguration of the President of the Caribbean Union College. On Sunday 28th August, 2005 the young orchestra will be in Concert at Queen's Hall. The Forty five talented musicians, mainly young players, will perform under the musical directorship of Jessel Murray. The highlight of the evening will undoubtedly be the presentation of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 with concert pianist Sothie Paul Durasamy. No stranger to Trinidad, Sothie Paul Duraisamy was born in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia but trained and conducted choirs in Trinidad, including the Clifton Hill Choir, and gave a solo recital at the Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. She has also given solo recitals in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, England and Holland and more recently two piano recitals with her daughter Sonali, in Australia, South Africa, Malaysia and Holland. Her repertoire as a soloist includes Beethoven's Piano Concerto No1 in C major and No 3 in C minor, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Dittersdorf's Concerto in A major. Sunday 28th August, 2005 6 p.m.
Theatre Camp 2005 a Roaring Success
The Queen's Hall Theatre Camp is an important outreach project to introduce young people to the joys of the performing arts and the work of our best artists. Last year the famed masman, Peter Minshall was honoured with Camp not Calaloo, this year it was Ben Tanker de Lion for musician, Andre Tanker. The popularity of the 17 year old camp is undeniable; the number of participants was 95 up from 60 in 2004. Its mission is to develop more confident and disciplined persons with a love and appreciation of the magic of theatre and knowledge of our country's heritage in the performing arts.
The 16th Annual Cacique Awards of the
National Drama Association (NDATT) takes place on Tuesday 23rd
August. Actors, Designers, Directors, and Writers are up for awards
from the following productions : Fools; It had to be you; Mantalk;
Moon on a Rainbow Shawl; Mou Mou; Rampanalgas Sunrise; Remember Me;
The 3 Canal show – Jab in the Box; the Catalyst; The Stranger; The
View from Belmont and Trini's Last Carnival.
Christine Johnson, executive producer and artistic director of Bagasse Company and a former manager of Queen's Hall is the new manager of the Little Carib. She told Spotlight that there will be initial repairs hopefully from September with a full upgrade planned for 2006. Felipe Noguera is the new chairman of the Board of Management.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
1,2,4,7 8-21 *23 26,27 *28 S E P T E M B E R 3,4, 7 S.A.C.O 13 – 18 22 -25 28 30 DISCOUNTS 23 August Cacique Awards, Queen’s Hall 7:30 p.m.,
28 August National Sinfonia in Concert, Queen’s
Hall, 6:00 p.m.,
The Chairman delivers
Kapok Celebrates Congratulations to Jane and Diane, the Chan daughters, who have taken their father's dreams for the Kapok Hotel to greater heights. As one of the two Benefactors of the Patrons of Queen's Hall, Kapok has been true supporters of the arts and of artists. Spotlight attended their 35th Anniversary Celebrations on July 26th, Lovely party, lovely people!!! Gala Performance On September 30, 2005, Queen's Hall will host Lilliput Theatre, NDDCI and aficionados of the performing arts in a Gala Performance. This celebration will encompass a combined fifty years of service to the local theatre arts The Gala follows on the heels of Lilliput's recent performance entitled "XXXPast, Present & Future". The evening will feature performances by two founding members of Lilliput, two recent alumni and a dance finale choreographed by Reggie Wilson of the world-renowned Fist&Heel Performance group amongst many others. Jerseys for sale Support the Patrons of Queen's Hall, Buy a Stretch Jersey $50, or a Polo Shirt $75, Call Shirley 623 - 7627
Welcome New Members DONOR: Nigel Romano
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It has been a challenging undertaking.
The traditional three week camp was shortened to two weeks, during
which time the Hall was unavailable for two days to accommodate the
launch of the World Cup 2007, and spaces were allocated to
accommodate the annual maintenance programme of the Hall. The
national scare of the bomb in a down town garbage bin and a
hurricane threat, did not help but the Manager of Queen's Hall, and
Charlene Harris, the Manager of the Theatre Camp, with the
cooperation of the parents, and the enthusiastic campers, made it
happen. And at the end of the two weeks the stage performance of
Andre Tanker's music by 95 enthusiastic thespians spoke volumes.
The Show Must Go On
Theatre in Alternative Spaces
At the Annual General Meeting of the Patrons, Chairman of the
Board, Astra da Costa invited the comments of the floor members and
they came at her, fast and furious. A principal concern was the
noisiness of the late comers on the wooden flooring. Well, Spotlight
is pleased to report that carpet has been laid down judiciously to
assuage the problem to some extent while not affecting the acoustic
to any measurable degree. Then the position of the row numbers has
also been addressed. We understand that the monitors in the lobby
will soon have sound to go with the video to keep the late comers
abreast with what's happening on stage and work will soon start on
the car park. So Thank You Madam Chairman