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Music Fest Time Again In BequiaIt’s just two weeks to go before the Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest kicks off its 9th annual four-day music-filled weekend in Bequia. Opening honours go to the Frangipani Hotel, where the fabulous 13-piece Elite Steel Orchestra from St. Vincent will perform on Thursday 26th January from 9pm.  Thanks to Basil Charles, on Friday 27th the Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest once again welcomes The Mustique Blues Festival to Bequia. Headliners will include Dana Gillespie and the London Blues Band Chicagoan guitarist Zach Prather, pianists Julien Brunetaud and Paddy Milner, blues ukulele player Veronica and guitarist Lewis Cohen. The Mustique Blues Festival will also be performing at the Aquatic Club in St. Vincent on February 3rd.On Saturday 28th from 12.30pm, the Bequia Beach Hotel in Friendship will be the venue for a free hot and cool Jazz ‘n’ Blues Jam by the beach. Artistes Jan and Louis on piano and sax, “Patches” on keyboards, drummer Flour Haddaway, bass player Thomas from St. Vincent, jazz saxophonist Jab Duplessis from St. Lucia, Stan & Cora from Europe (piano & sax), and New York trumpeter Jim Coleman will be among the many musicians joining in the jam session. Saturday night is the second big night of the Music Fest at De Reef. The Caribbean’s “saxiest” man, virtuoso saxophonist Arturo Tappin will be one of the show-stopping highlights of the evening. Tappin will be joined on stage this year by Bajan vocalists Betty Payne and Niki Nicole. Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest is now like a second home for award-winning NEXCYX – currently THE hottest band from Barbados - and they are back again this year, much to the delight of their thousands of loyal fans in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Prepare also to be blown away by “Bimstone” from Barbados, with Scotty Z on guitar, and guitarist Simon Pipe performing with singer/songwriter “Indrani” & percussionist/vocalist Onika Best. The evening will open with Reggae band “Versatile” from St. Vincent and Bequia’s own rising star, singer songwriter Amanda Gooding. Sunday 29th January will be a day to chill out at De Reef in Lower Bay to the sounds of country music from Bequia's “Country Relatives”, Jazz, Blues and Rock by the Denzil Bacchus Blues Band, the “Honky Tonics” with Jan and Louis, the Bequia Blues Band, and the legendary virtuoso guitarist and Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest favourite - Toby Armstrong and his band. The afternoon will close out with much, MUCH more at the Mount Gay Finale Party with surprise guests and performances to rock the crowd till the sun goes down….. on another Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest. Source of article: The Vincentian 13/01/2012 www.thevincentian.com |
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