Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
MANAMA: The Indian Club in Manama is set to host a show by a group of South Indian artists on August 2.
‘Summer Vibes 2007’ will consist of music, dance and comedy acts by renowned artistes including Sanal Kumar, Alex Kayalakkakam, Pramila, Biju, Dency Xavier, Sreeja, Shaiju Kavanakudy, Kanakalatha, Subi Suresh, Chaya and Tini Tom. The show starts at 7.30pm and tickets are priced at BD3. For more information, contact Rajan Varghese on 36778842 or MG Anil Kumar on 39837936.
MANAMA: The 15th anniversary of the July Rose Beauty contest will be held on July 26 at the at the Baen Saeng Thai Auditorium in Adliya. Eighteen women from various cultures and countries will walk down the catwalk on July 26 for the July Rose Beauty Contest that will be held. All contestants will be trained by choreographer, Albert Gayo. He will discuss the mechanics of proper grooming that includes ramp modelling, hair and make-up, fashion sense, video and photo shoot, public speaking and other things related to personality development. For further details, contact Mr Gayo on 39277920 or Karo on 17 715775.
DUBAI: The Hard Rock International’s ‘Ambassadors of Rock Tour’ to the Middle East is getting its first star P!nk to the region on September 5 at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre on Shaikh Zayed Road. P!NK’s successful album M!ssundaztood, was a hard-edged album, which featured several tracks written and produced by former 4 Non Blondes leader Linda Perry. The album repeated the commercial success of her debut, and featured the singles, ‘Get The Party Started’ and ‘Just Like A Pill’, which reached Top 5 on US music charts. With the 2006 release of ‘I’m Not Dead’ and the hit ‘Stupid Girls’, P!NK climbed higher up music charts worldwide. Doors open by 6pm and the show starts at 10pm. Tickets are priced at Dh170 for regular standing, Dh290 for pit standing and Dh600 for cage standing. For more information, call on 00971 43914555, 00971 043662323 or log on to www.miragepromotionsonline.com.
MANAMA: A Latin and standard ballroom dancing competition is being organised at the Sampaguita Club in Moon Plaza Hotel in Umm Al Hassan. The grand finale is planned for September. Daily training classes by professional instructors will be held at the club from 7pm onwards. The contest will have three styles of dancing namely – samba, rumba and the cha cha cha. For more information, call on 39753048 or 17 728001 after 5pm.
MANAMA: Diamond Jubilee Celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence Day will take place at the Indian Club in Gudaibiya. The event will be held on August 17. Doors open at 7pm. For more information on the event, contact Malim on 39666354 or Ulhas Karnavar on 39861266.
MANAMA: Montreal-based singer, songwriter, producer, and musician Karl Wolf is expected to perform at the Gulf Hotel this October. His debut solo album ‘Face Behind the Face’ made the Canadian Top 100 sales chart and spawned two hit singles, Butterflies and Desensitise, featuring hip hop star Choclair. Karl has written and produced for artists such as Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Mitsou, Quebec's Star Académie and Emily Bégin and was a member of both Dubmatique and Sky. He has participated as a songwriter, composer and producer on many multi-platinum albums in Canada. For more on Karl, visit www.karlwolf.com.
MANAMA: Leading Pakistani rock band Roxen are set to perform in Bahrain this October at the Al Ahli Club in Zinj. Roxen features Mustafa, Jawad and Omar. The group came out with their first hit single Yaadein. Roxen's unplugged track Tau phir aao was released over the Internet and registered over 65,000 downloads in one month. After the addition of Haider, from Lahore's underground music scene, the band started working on their debut album at Xth Harmonic studio in October 2005. Their debut album RED (Rozen-E-Dewar) was released last year and has been successful worldwide. Roxen stepped into Bollywood by contributing two tracks from the album to the big-budget film ‘Awarapan’. Ticket details and dates will soon be announced.
DUBAI: As part of the 60th Indian Independence celebration, a musical event – ‘Tiranga’ will be performed by India’s classical music maestros on August 15 at the Shaikh Rashid Hall, Dubai World Trade Centre. ‘Tiranga’, or three colours, is a celebration of the Indian flag through the music and poetry of India’s world-renowned art legends.
It has been performed only in select venues including the Parliament House of India and the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Renowned poet Padma Bhushan Javed Akhtar will pay a tribute to the orange, white and green colors as well as the ‘Ashoka Chakra’ (the wheel) in the Indian flag. The ‘Tiranga’ musical ensemble will feature esteemed vocalist Pandit Jasraj, flutist Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, mandolin player Vidhwan Srinivas, Pakhawaj (two headed hand drum) virtuoso Pandit Bhawani Shankar Kathak, tabla master Vijay Ghate and Ghatam (clay pot) prodigy S V Ramani.
The event will be opened by an audio-visual presentation tracing the evolution of India’s national symbol beginning in 1906 and will be followed by the country’s national anthem.
The event is part of a six-month long celebration starting on August 15 until January 26, 2008 in observance of the Indian Republic Day. The festivities will also include cultural performances by famous Indian artists, talks by prominent Indians, media campaigns, debates and quiz competitions for schoolchildren. For more information, contact CommuniGate on 00971 43988134, email info@communigateme.com or log on to www.communigateme.com.
MANAMA: Ray Lewis, a former member of the legendary soul band ‘The Drifters’ makes his first visit to the Middle East on August 8 at the JJ’s Irish Pub in the Al Bustan Hotel in Adliya.
Ray fronted the group during 1970s and 80s and during that time performed a string of their hit songs such as ‘Under The Boardwalk’, ‘Saturday Night at the Movies’, ‘Up on the Roof’, ‘There Goes my First Love’, and ‘More than a number in my Little Red Book’. He has also performed several times at the Royal Variety Performance in front of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. Ray will hit the stage at 9pm. For more information or table reservations call 36470314.
