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Spend the night at a Los Angeles cheap hotel and enjoy a delightful evening of musical entertainment under the stars at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens: Music in the L.A. Zoo . There will be three nights of different types of music performed at different locations throughout the Zoo. July 9, 2010 is World Music Night; July 23, 2010 is Classic Rock Night; and August 6, 2010 is the Local Scene. Each event begins at 6pm and ends at 9pm. Tickets for this very popular annual event go fast, so don’t delay.

July 9th – World Music Night, features Middle Eastern music by John Bilezikjian, French music by the Marieve Harrington Band, Japanese by Marisa Kosugi, Mexican by ‘Cui Cui’ Rangel, Salsa by Incendio, Irish by Paddy’s Pig, Latin by Espino and Zimbabwean by Masanga Marimba. Zoo exhibits will focus on international animals.

July 23rd – Classic Rock Night, features a Grateful Dead Tribute band, the Cubensis; The Heist will play music from The Doors, Led Zepplin, The Who and Creedence Clearwater Revival; There will be a Beatles Tribute band – We Are The Eggmen; a Heart Tribute band – Bad Animals; an Eagles Tribute Band – Heartache Tonight; On the Rocks will perform music by the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Bad Company; and David Vito Gregoli will perform music from James Taylor, America, Dan Fogelberg and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Zoo exhibits will focus on native and international animals.

August 6th – The Local Scene, features an all-Los Angeles band roster: the Happy Hollows, Voxhaul Broadcast, Useless Keys, The Lonely Wild, Walking Sleep and the Slang Chickens. The Zoo exhibits native to California animals.

All three nights will also include interactive animal education and conversation stations that will be located throughout the Zoo; each one will be staffed by Zoo Docents and Zoo volunteers. Picnics are encouraged and there will also be an eclectic array of food and beverage selections, varying on the three nights. A wine bar, fresh fruit skewers, gourmet cheese skewers, caprese skewers, Washington martinis and mashed potatoes served in a martini glass, L.A. Street Tacos, wild Alaskan salmon, soba noodle salad, Thai beef salad, Angus beef, Cajun chicken sliders, barbecued pulled pork and chicken sandwiches, corn on the cob, and well over hundred more delicious food items will be available to purchase throughout the Zoo.

Admission to ‘Music in the Zoo’ is $16.50 for adults and $10.50 for children under 16 years of age. Children 5 and under are free.

There’s a world of possibilities in New York City.  It’s still the most exciting place in the world, where anything can happen.  And everything does happen here, twice every day, so they say.  It’s a great place to get in touch with the best of new global culture, and also a great place to be completely retro.  You can find a stunning number of choices for fantastic restaurants, nightclubs, and discos, and it’s very easy to get in on an exciting evening.  Lodgings are fairly exquisite, too, with places like www.bestmanhattanhotel.com to help you find your perfect accommodation in great hospitality.  Style and design are very highly regarded here, but that should never make you cautious about taking fashion risks.  Nature rewards the courageous, and that’s as true here as it is anywhere.  But please, be careful if you decide to shake it like Shakira.

One of the local cantina’s recently sponsored a dance competition, where a patron fell off the bar trying to shake it like Shakira, and this lead to a bit of legal trouble.  The trouble has since resolved, but it helps bring Shakira back into the spotlight, at least for a little while.  She deserves it, too.

The Columbian singer has successfully crossed over into a global pop realm that makes her recognizable all over the world.  She even got to teach some of her moves to Beckham, and there are few people in the world who wouldn’t enjoy meeting her.  This in no way takes away from the remarkably brilliant lyrics of her first albums.  On Pies Descalzos, the singer, then under 20, came at the world with a fierce poetry and a very humble affect.  It made us listen, and she still has the capacity to make us take notice.  Her words are still powerful and poignant, and now she’s got the moves to keep the more easily distracted music fans also paying attention.

Austin is found of acknowledging, honoring and remembering their social and cultural icons. Among them are Lady Bird Johnson Stevie Ray Vaughn. The former First Lady had been a resident for a significant amount of time in Austin and the city’s population greatly adored and appreciated her. Lady Bird Park was established shortly after her death in honor of her. Stevie Ray Vaughn was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer. Most of the tourists who visit the city and stay in one of the luxury Austin hotels should be aware of both of these famous personalities.

The reason these two personalities are mentioned together is technically due to the fact that a statue of Vaughn is located in Lady Bird Park. However, in the broader sense, they both can be seen as symbolic representation of this city. Austin is a beautiful city with a unique geographic makeup. There is a strong focus on environmental beauty and was something that was greatly supported by Johnson. She was a major conservationist and also contributed to the spring planting of bluebonnet flowers. Her ideals can be found throughout the city in various municipal landscape designs and parks and recreation areas.

Stevie Ray Vaughn was a legendary Texan guitarist and Austin is known for its legendary music scene. He died at the young age of 35 though he produced a prolific amount of music in his short life. He released a total of 18 albums and primarily played a blues and jazz based Texan rock. He was listed by Rolling Stone as number 7 in the magazine’s 2003 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. In addition he was listed at number 3 of the top 100 wildest guitar heroes in 2007 by Classic Rock. He has inspired and amazed both musicians and fans and is widely recognized as one of the most influential blues guitarists in history.

In under a month’s time, Chennai, India, will be hosting the Madras Music Season, an annual event held in December and January, so it may be best to start making calls now if you want to go in style and book a five star hotels Chennai, for the popular event.  In recent years, the Music Season has been called one of the largest cultural events on Earth, featuring over a thousand performances by hundreds of artists (ranging from vocal, instrumental, dance, and other arts).

Originally, the season began in 1928 to mark the start of the Madras Music Academy; it was a month-long festival of traditional music, with Carnatic music concerts (Carnatic music arises from two main subgenres of Indian classical music, one developing from Hindu traditions; the other coming from Hindustani music, emerging as its own form because of Islamic and Persian influence in Northern India) and harikathas (which literally means “stories of the Lord”), also known as Katha Kalakshepa, a kind of Hindu discussion on religion in which a religious theme is told about an Indian epic, although any Hindu religious theme can be the subject).  The season also includes lec-dems (i.e., lecture demonstrations), and titles and award ceremonies.  The idea of the Music Season was to act as a popular entertainment, and transmit religious, educational and cultural values to the people — in other words, to preserve the cultural heritage of the music of Southerm India.

Today, the Music Season has become more than just a way to allow those who appreciate Carnatic music to hear renowned artists.  It’s expanded to include drama and dance and other non-Carnatic art forms.

This year, artists, both new and well established, will give over a thousand performances in December and January, and dancers, singers, critics, and art lovers from across the world will be traveling to Chennai just for this event.  Overall, Chennai will host over 25 month-long festivals, with smaller festivals up to seven to ten days in length, as well as holding seminars and lectures and discussion groups.

Most of these performances will be run by Carnatic Sabhas, an organization that produces the concerts and gives out awards to the artists in recognition of their talent.  Most large sabhas own one or more halls, while the smaller sabhas will rent a hall for the season.  The main halls will usually seat up to 300 people while the mini halls (most performances are held here), seat about 75 people.

Stephanie was anxious about her upcoming audition for Opera Queensland. The company performs in the Lyric Theatre, which is housed in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Stephanie has been a fan of the company since she was a child and can remember wanting to play for the opera from a very young age. She was given a clarinet when she was six and played the saxophone for two years in high school though she went back to the clarinet and studied it in college where she graduated with a degree in music performance.

Stephanie has worked in Sydney and for a brief time in England and now she is back sitting in one of the hotels Brisbane waiting for her chance to audition for the Opera Queensland. She thought it was rather funny that her dream was to return here all these years and perform for this company rather than staying in London and pursuing a career there. It’s not that Queensland isn’t a quality and respected company, it absolutely is, but many of Stephanie’s peers were trying to carve out professional careers at the international level.

One of the aspects of the Opera Queensland that attracts Stephanie now on the professional level is its partnership with The Opera Conference. Due to this relationship with the national partnership of professional opera companies Opera Queensland is involved with commissioning and presenting new works. Stephanie loves some of the opera classics and is a huge fan of Mozart, she has always strongly supported the development of new work and has herself even worked with composers before. Stephanie firmly believes that she will love working with Opera Queensland and hopes they will feel the same way about her.