JAZZ MUSIC

Discover Amelia Island – Florida’s Best Kept Secret for a Fabulous Vacation Paradise

Amelia Island, Florida is one of America’s few remaining unspoiled island paradises. If you haven’t discovered Amelia Island yet, you’re in for a wonderful surprise. Just a thirty-minute drive north of the Jacksonville airport, Amelia Island is situated in the southernmost part of the Atlantic coast barrier islands that stretch from North Carolina down to Florida. Amelia Island offers miles of pristine sandy beaches, world-class golfing and tennis, magnificent and luxurious resorts, charming bed and breakfast spots, and a rich and fascinating history that make this a truly unique and thoroughly enjoyable vacation destination.

A Fascinating History
Amelia Island brings a rich and cherished history to life in a present day charming seaport village setting. This is the only area in North America to experience sovereign rule under eight different flags, bringing together a variety of cultural influences that make Amelia Island so unique. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recognizes Amelia Island as one of the top distinctive vacation destinations.

Amelia Island is for Nature Lovers
For nature lovers, the island is abundant with stunning flora and fauna that embraces nature’s tranquility in every way. Experience the beautiful wetland marshes, the maritime forest, the cool shade under the canopy of the centuries-old live oaks, and the serenity of the wide stretches of beach and coastline. From May through October each year, you can observe the loggerhead and green turtles that nest on the shores of Amelia Island. Amelia Island State Park protects over 200 acres of unspoiled wilderness to enjoy and explore. This is one of the few areas along the Atlantic coast that permits horseback riding on the beach.

World Class Resorts
There are several world-class Amelia Island resorts where you can experience the ultimate in luxury and royal treatment.

The Amelia Island Plantation is an acclaimed AAA-Four Diamond, 1350 acre property located on Amelia Island. It was meticulously built in 1971 with the philosophy that every entity on the Amelia Island Plantation should preserve the beautiful sanctuary for native wildlife and tropical flora. This remains the mission today and is the primary reason that this Amelia Island resort retains its natural pristine beauty and tranquility.

Amelia Island Plantation offers three championship golf courses, a magnificent tennis facility with 23 tennis courts, the luxurious four star Amelia Inn & Beach Club featuring all ocean view rooms, fine dining, a world-class spa to pamper and indulge your senses, and a variety of fine shops and boutiques.

The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island is a magnificent resort renowned for their superb five-diamond service. Poised on a bluff of sand dunes overlooking the ocean, the panoramic views, feeling of tranquility, and seaside elegance will delight you in every way. The Ritz has a special way of making you feel like royalty from the moment you arrive.

The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island offers championship golf, a beautiful outdoor pool, massage and fitness center, and nine ocean-side tennis courts including five lit for night play. Accommodations at this fabulous resort include private ocean-view balconies, 24-hour in-room dining, marble baths and provide the ultimate in comfort and luxury. And the award winning cuisine and fine dining will delight and please the epicurean in every way.

If you’re looking for a way to enjoy a romantic getaway and still bring the kids along, the Ritz-Carlton Amelia island has a wonderful supervised program for kids, ages 5 through 12 and a kids night out program on the weekends.

Fun and Activities
When you visit Amelia Island, there are so many activities to satisfy everyone. Outdoor activities include great fishing, hiking, biking, sailing, river cruises, golfing, tennis, nature watching and nature tours. Of course, nothing beats simply spending a day relaxing on one of the beautiful pristine beaches.

Spend a day wandering through the 55 square block Fernandina Beach historic district. The Victorian style architecture will transport you back in time. Enjoy a narrated horse drawn carriage ride through the historic district as a perfect way to experience the charm of this Victorian seaport village.

Amelia Island is home to a variety of annual events. In February, visit the Restoration Foundation Annual Antique Show. In March, you won’t want to miss the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance – Antique Car Show, held every year at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island. For tennis enthusiasts, the Bausch & Lomb Women’s Tennis Tour event is a favorite every year at the Amelia Island Plantation. In May, the annual “Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival” is going on its 43rd year. This festival celebrates Fernandina Beach as the birthplace of the modern shrimping industry. Also in May, music lovers can enjoy the annual Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. June brings the Nassau Sportfishing Kingfish Tournament of Champions, held at the downtown marina in Fernandina Beach. October brings the Amelia Island Jazz Festival, featuring world-class jazz artists, produced and directed by Les DeMerle in recent years.

About the Author

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Seaside Jazz Festival Part One – Seaside, Florida 2008

Viersen Jazz Festival $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Viersen Jazz Festival is a music festival held every autumn in Viersen, North RhineWestphalia, Germany. It was established in 1969 as 1. Internationales Niederrheinisches Jazz Festival. After the first year it took almost 18 years till the festival continued in 1987 with Ali Haurand as artist director. The festival is held on the fourth weekend in September in the city hall of Viersen and enjoyed nationwide a good reputation. The festival offers a high quality set of well known jazz musicians from overseas, Europe and Germany. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: 2010/12/15 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.22 inches

Montreux Jazz Festival by Adriaan, Germain [Paperback] $156.13 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Montreux Jazz Festival is the bestknown music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva. It is the second largest annual music festival in the world after Canadas Montreal International Jazz Festival. The Montreux Jazz Festival was founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, G o Voumard and Ren Langel with considerable help from Ahmet Erteg n and Nesuhi Erteg n of Atlantic Records. The festival was first held at Montreux Casino. It lasted for three days and featured almost exclusively jazz artists. The highlights of this era were Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Soft Machine, Weather Report, Nina Simone, Jan Garbarek, and Ella Fitzgerald. Author: Adriaan, Germain Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 2011/05/17 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.61 inches

Seaside Postcard Book $16.86 Probably the most influential resort community since Versailles. Newsweek Seaside is an experiment not just in planning and design, but in living. Smithsonian Perhaps the most important new piece of architecture in the country. It] teaches us that there is another kind of growthgrowth that occurs in concentrated, walkable settlements instead of an endlessly dispersed sprawl. The Boston GlobeTourists from every continent travel to Seaside, Florida, to enjoy its beautiful beaches, its awardwinning architecture, its diverse restaurants, and its wide program of cultural and sports events. Designed by smalltownplanning pioneers Andres Duany and Elizabeth PlaterZyberk, Seaside boasts work from renowned architects such as Leon Krier and Walter Chatham. Even the Prince of Wales, Englands and perhaps the worlds harshest architectural critic, has called Seaside a model of humane urban planning.Now the serene twilight cityscapes, intimate interiors, and even the Yellow House (the first home in Seaside) are presented to you in this dazzling collection of thirty postcards. By flipping through this artistically photographed assortment, it is easy to see all of the elements that make Seaside the small town that has influenced architecture throughout the world. Author: Brooke, Steven/ Brooke, Steven Binding Type: Novelty Number of Pages: 30 Publication Date: 1999/03/31 Language: English Dimensions: 4.02 x 6.03 x 0.46 inches

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow $74.88 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) is a subspecies of Seaside Sparrow endemic to southern Florida. The largest populations are found in Taylor Slough in Everglade National Park and in the Big Cypress Swamp. The species is considered endangered due to habitat loss from vegetation changes, fire, development, alteration of water flow, and hurricanes. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: 2010/10/13 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.22 inches

Inet Video N01099636 Woodstock Jazz Festival Musical Genre $29.37 Original Title: Woodstock Jazz Festival. Actors: Chick Corea Lee Konitz Pat Metheny. Director: Matt Friedman. Format: DVD. Runtime: 60 Mins. Language: English. Region code: Region 1 (United States Canada Bermuda U.S. territories). Discs: 1. Rating: Unrated. Genre: Musical. Release Year: 1981.

Park City International Music Festival $84.44 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Park City International Music Festival is Utahs oldest classical music festival. Founded as the Deer Valley Music Festival in 1983, the Festival is centered around bringing renowned classical solo artists together to perform chamber music. In addition, the Park City Music Festival sometimes includes chamber orchestra performances by the Sonolumina Chamber Orchestra, live performances with silent film, and jazz concerts. For twelve years the Festival also included the Park City Young Artist Institute, a training ground for aspiring young artists from around the world. Young Artist Institute alumni have gone on to perform in professional chamber groups and orchestras and teach, as well as forming other chamber music festivals and series. For a number of years the Festival also included the BRAVO Program for beginning and intermediate young musicians. The Park City International Music Festival has also been know as the Park City SLC Music Festival in recent years since it expanded to perform in the Salt Lake City area as well. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 120 Publication Date: 2010/10/01 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.28 inches

Orlando Film Festival $74.88 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Orlando Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Orlando in the U.S. state of Florida. It has become one of the premier film festivals for independent filmmakers to showcase their work. Heading into its 5th year, the Orlando Film Festival attracts over 2,000 entries from filmmakers in more than 30 countries. The 2008 festival ran November 59, and opened with the an advance screening of the feature film Courting Condi. That film won the award for Best Performance. First prize for the Best Director category went to Jennifer Lynch, for her film Surveillance; second prize went to Sebastian Doggart for Courting Condi. The Best Documentary award went to Dear Zachary. First prize for Best Picture went to Contract Killers; second prize went to Courting Condi. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 88 Publication Date: 2011/03/16 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.21 inches

Sacramento Jazz Jubilee $82.85 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee is held every May during Memorial Day weekend in Sacramento, California, United States. It is organized and put on by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, usually sponsored by Raleys and BelAir supermarkets, and features some of the most noted jazz musicians in the world. The 35th annual Jazz Jubilee was held in 2008. The jubilee is touted as the worlds second largest jazz festival and the largest in the US. The diversity of this festival regularly brings thousands of people from all over the world. It presents a lot of traditional jazz, but also swing, blues, zydeco, barbershop, ragtime and mainstream jazz, along with a number of specialty acts. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 126 Publication Date: 2010/08/09 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.30 inches

LIVE AT THE MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL BY PIAZZOLLA,ASTOR (DVD) $25.44 Artist: PIAZZOLLA,ASTOR Genre: Music Video: Concerts Rating: NR Release Date: 25MAR2008

Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival $74.88 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival is an annual twoday charitable event held in November in Tallahassee, Florida, USA which began in 1995. The TWFF benefits The March of Dimes to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2011/03/11 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.20 inches

Yamaha Music Festival $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Yamaha Music Festival, officially known as World Popular Song Festival and unofficially as the Oriental Eurovision, used to be the worlds biggest song contest, until it ended in 1989; that honour has now passed to the Eurovision Song Contest, in terms of viewership and participation. It was organised by the Yamaha Music Foundation in Tokyo, Japan from 1970 until 1989. The first edition of the World Popular Song Festival (WPSF) took place on 20, 21 and 22 November 1970 with 37 participating countries from all continents. Belgium was represented at the 1970 edition by Daliah Lavi, famous for her role in Casino Royale (1967), the James Bond parody featuring Woody Allen. Lavi performed the chanson Prends LAmour and ended up 13th in the Grand Final (the contest had two semifinals and one final). The Netherlands delegated worldknown jazz singer Rita Reys with the song Just Be You, a composition by her husband Pim Jacobs. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 110 Publication Date: 2010/08/06 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.26 inches

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