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Anacaona Plays Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival Sept. 5, 2009
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Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival - Sept. 4 - 5, 2009
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Magic FM New South Beach Location Applauded By NYC Radio Pro

On Tuesday August 11 Dan Taylor, radio host of the Dan Taylor Morning Show at W-CBS 101.1 FM from New York City, paid a visit to the brand new radio studios of Magic 96.5 FM in the South Beach mall. Local radio legend and station owner Erin Croes welcomed Dan Taylor and hosted him for a tour at the brand new studios in the heart of Palm Beach.

Dan Taylor was impressed with the studios and overall look of the new Magic FM location. “The view from the studio, overlooking the hotels and the palm trees here at Palm Beach really blows me away. And I love the fact that this radio station created a bar in their Lobby”, Taylor commented on the new Magic FM facilities. While touring the studios Taylor recorded a new promotional jingle for Magic 96.5 leaving his mark on Aruba for local listeners. Taylor was on island for a 3-day live broadcast from the Aruba Marriott Resort, promoting Aruba as a perfect vacation destination. His daily morning show from 6-10 am reaches 4.4 million listeners in the New York area as well as online on www.wcbsfm.com.

Erin Croes, who has been a radio professional for over 20 years shared experiences with Taylor on her Bon Dia Aruba morning show she’s been bringing to locals for years. Taylor, accompanied by the Marketing & Sales team of his host hotel Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, ended the tour with a few group pictures and congratulated the entire Magic FM team on their new location and facilities.

Top: Erin Croes pictured in the all star Lobby of Magic FM with Jackie Erasmus, Addonsito Croes, Magic FM DJ
Gerald Bisslik, Dan Taylor and his Marriott hosts Karin Swiers and Keirsin Tjon.

Left: Dan Taylor in the brand new Magic FM studios.

Middle: Two radio professionals in conversation.

Right: Radio pro’s Erin Croes and Dan Taylor.

The Aruba Tourism Authority is proud to announce the opening of the spectacular Archeological Museum and the renovated Arikok National Park last Sunday, July 26.

The Aruba Tourism Authority is proud to announce the opening of the spectacular Archeological Museum and the renovated Arikok National Park last Sunday.

The Aruba National Archeological Museum (MANA), was inaugurated in their new building in downtown Oranjestad by Princess Margriet and her husband, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven. This took place during a well-prepared event on the plaza in front of the museum. The evening continued with a tour of the museum and a program filled with different performances by local and international actors and artists.

The museum complex offers an authentic glimpse into 5000 years of regional history with entertaining and interactive displays; a project that took more than ten years to be realized. Visitors are initially welcomed into the historic Ecury Complex of restored classic colonial type buildings and a modern state-of-the-art section to house ancient artifacts. The complex also includes a research center for serious study and a cafeteria. The first temporary exhibition, titled “Rancho” features Aruba’s traditional fisherman’s quarters on the western skirts of Oranjestad, where the museum is located. For more information regarding their daily programs, please contact them at 297-5828979 or email: archeo@setarnet.aw

The Arikok National Park of Aruba unveiled the results of its three-year makeover by welcoming Princess Margriet and her husband, Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven to inaugurate the attractive visitor’s center constructed at the park entrance. The center contains a well-stocked souvenir shop and is now officially open to the public. The new facilities include headquarters for the nearly 40 rangers who patrol the park, as well as modernized roads and paths for visitors, which cost 7.1 million Euros to complete. The national park occupies 18% of Aruba’s land mass and is home to countless indigenous flora and fauna characteristic of Aruba’s unique tropical dessert climate; as well as families of wilds goats and donkeys. These species were brought to the island centuries ago by settlers. It was officially established in 1997 and contains Aruba’s famous caves, Fontein and Quadarikiri. Additionally located within the park are Aruba’s two highest points, Jamanota (617 ft.) and Arikok (577 ft.). For additional information about the park, please email them at: info@arubanationalpark.org or call them at 00297-585-1234.

Pictures are courtesy of Mr. Byron Boekhoudt of the Ministry of Culture & Sports.

Aruba by Land, Air and Sea
An Exhibition by Elvis Tromp
Opening Reception: July 18th, 2009
Westin Aruba Art Gallery

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Fundraising Gala Dinner
In Honor of the Radisson’s 50th Anniversary
August 1st, 2009 * 8 pm – 1 am

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Maggy’s 7th Annual Beauty Festival
“THE ESSENCE OF COLOR”
June 1st - June 6th, 2009 @ Maggy’s Main Street…
This Year “Maggy’s Beauty Festival” Will Focus Everyday on Different Color!
Call 582-2113 Ext. 1 To Book Your Spot…

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April of this year is the eighth annual celebration of JAM, Jazz Appreciation Month, initiated by the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American history. It has become a worldwide movement by Jazz educators and on Aruba, Carlos Bislip jr. noted percussionist and teacher, instigated a series of jazz concerts and lectures during JAM after attending workshops with the International Association of Jazz educators in New York in 2006.

Carlos, who teaches percussion and harmony at the Rufo Wever School of Music in Oranjestad, is a graduate of the Berkley School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and holds a Master Degree. He has long been a proponent of Jazz on Aruba, staging concerts and lectures to stimulate interest in this creative and vital musical genre among young island musicians. A number of noted island musicians join him in this campaign of appreciation for the art form, and this year the Smithsonian theme for JAM is “Jazz Music; Masters and Messages”. The official JAM 2009 poster pays homage to jazz icon Benny Goodman, popularly known as “The King of Swing”.

JAM on Aruba will begin on April 2 and 3 at the Scol di Arte in San Nicolas with lectures for schoolchildren, and on Saturday, April 4, Scol di Arte will host a free concert with guest performer Placido Hazel and trio along with the SMRW Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Johnny Croes. Throughout the month of April, Carlos Bislip, accompanied by various noted musicians will be visiting island schools for a series of demonstrations and lectures. JAM will end with a free open-air concert in front of the Oranjestad library on Saturday, April 25.

Joining Carlos and his group for the concert will be Jazz Trio Footsteps, consisting of  Franky Janga, Rob Rijnhout, and Richard Holmond. Also on the playbill is the Carlos Bislip Collective, a quintet with guest performer Ronchy Matthews of Curaçao, the SMRW Ensemble, and three extremely talented young jazz musicians, Jamaal Baptiste, Michael Bremo, Jose Croeze, who have formed their own Jazz trio. The concert starts at 7 pm and has proven extremely popular. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy this most creative of musical art forms and some of Aruba’s extremely talented musicians. All are welcome.

This is the second consecutive year that Aruba wins this title.

Miss Aruba International Miss Nuraisa Lispier won “Best National Costume” title during the Miss International Beauty Pageant in Macau, China among 63 other beauty queens from around the world.

Nuraisa’s costume is a carnival fantasy representing the joy of the Aruban people during the island’s famous month long carnival season. The wining costume was designed by local designer Hendrik Croes.

Star Promotions, organizer of the Miss Aruba pageant, is proud to announce that this is the second year in a row that the Aruba representative won this title.

Access Art Gallery presents: The Arthouse, Aruba’s first art cinema. Since its opening in 2002, Access Art Gallery has brought a new dimension to the Aruban art & culture scene by featuring international (art) movies on Thursday nights to a steadily growing loyal following. The Art house will now be able to comply with the increased demand for art films and will present documentaries and “arty footage” +presenter on Tuesday nights; Thursday nights will continue with international (art)films and Saturday nights will be music related ,from opera’s to unplugged performances and more. The curator Renwick Heronimo has many more ideas to be implemented in due time including the creation of a film association.

ARTI ET AMICITIAE presents: ArtiAruba; the new art exhibition to be held in Amsterdam, Holland. The exhibition will be held from August 30th till October 19th 2008. Aruban artists invited to Arti et Amicitiae are: Gilbert Senchi, Elvis Lopez, Glenda Heyliger.  For more info go to www.arti.nl.

In reference to the ArtiAruba, the first edition of the project will launch on September 12, 2008 in the exhibition hall of the Cas di Cultura (Cultural Centre). Titled RASTRO, the exhibition will show, through a series of 30 paintings the artists explore the connection between Aruba, the Netherland Antilles and The Netherlands through the use of colors and their vision on the Aruban & Antillean culture.

The 3rd “Paseo Monumental” ( Monument Walk) will be held on Sunday, September 14th, organized by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with Monument Bureau, the Aruba Tourism Authority and other volunteers.  On this full day walking event, 18 landmark buildings will open their doors to the public for their entertainment and education. San Nicolas has been chosen as the location for the walk this year as it has 54 buildings of architecturally historic interest. The event starts at 9:00 am and the historic 90 minutes walk will commence and end at the Bus terminal. Flyers & maps will be distributed. The history of each monument on the route will be posted on the entrance in English, Dutch & Papiamento. Along the route, visitors will pass by several plaza’s and can enjoy live music, dance performances and/ as buy refreshments & snacks. The local bus company will have 2 buses, recognizable at the Monument Walk flag on each bus, available to transfer the visitors to & from San Nicolas. Over 1500 people joined the 2nd Monument Walk in 2006. For more information please call (297) 583-5938.

The management of Paseo Herencia Shopping Mall recently unveiled “ E Muraya di Libertad” the “Freedom Wall”, in the presence of Minister of Justice Rudy Croes and Minister of Culture Ramon Lee. The “Freedom Wall” serves to tell the story of Aruba’s struggle for the “Status Aparte” (separate status from The Netherlands Antilles) to become a nation within the Kingdom of The Netherlands on January 1, 1986.  Paseo Herencia offers much more then shopping & entertainment; the visitors can learn and appreciate Aruba’s history through images and information plaques embellishing the walls.

The Netherlands Blazers Ensemble (NBE) will be performing in Aruba on September 17th at the Cas di Cultura. NBE, considered an “all star orchestra” consists of a single musician from a number of the most prestigious and important orchestras in Holland and perform together approximately 50 times per year on special occasions locally and internationally. They will spend three days performing on Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Tickets for the concert series are for sale for Afls. 20 or $12 per person beginning September 1st at the reception desk of the Aruba Bank Camacuri Branch.