Archive for November 2009
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A sort of homecoming – Jimmy Choo
I received a telephone call today on my personal mobile and it was a rather harried tour guide who pleaded with me that I prepare a guide for him as he was arriving in 10 mins. I almost didn’t catch who he was bringing through his breathy demand and at that point I too was quite prepared [...]
Jazz Workshop – Brazilian acoustic guitarists
Workshop Title: Acoustic Guitars in Harmony (Paulo Bellinati & Cristina Azuma) Blending the Combination of Jazz, Classical and Baroque acoustic guitar techniques in Brazilian rhythmic musical flavours and styles. Time : 10.00 am Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009 Venue : Tropical Spice Garden, Teluk Bahang, Penang Entrance Requirement: By festival ticket (Tickets on sale [...]
Contemporary Opera – Conference of the Birds
Conference of the Birds is with us this weekend Don’t miss this fabulous one hour drama of how a group of birds reached enlightenment told through highly original sound and movement wonderful music composed by USM’s Johan Othman, words by William Radice presented by Five Arts Centre, directed by Chee Sek Thim Don’t miss it [...]
R.I.P Eddy
Today Tropical Spice Garden mourns the loss of a great mover and shaker of Penang’s tourism – Eddy Low Lean Sing. Having walked hand in hand with tourism for more than 20 years and rode the waves of multiple booms and slumps, Eddy was no stranger to the idiosyncracies and difficulties of the tourism trade. Eddy [...]