| The Grapevine Issue 172 2014
Lovers of classic New Orleans jazz
will be pleased to know that, courtesy
of Concerts Costa Blanca, the
enormously popular Bourbon Street
Stompers will be back in October
for what promises to be their most
exciting visit to date.
Stompers
Back in
Town
Unfortunately, Joshua Stewart’s
Munich Opera House commitments
mean that he is unable to perform
in Alicante on the Sunday but Betty
Berent will sing at all three concerts.
The
internationally
renowned
Stompers, from Essen in Germany,
are now in their 21st year, and this will
be their fifth visit to the Costa since
2009. They will be accompanied
again by New Orleans jazz and opera
vocalist Joshua Stewart, who made
his debut with the group here on the
Costa last year, as well as female
vocalist Betty Berent from Hamburg,
who accompanied the band on their
2012 tour. Josh and Betty have
never sung together before, or even
met. Similarly, last year Josh and
the band met for the first time just an
hour before their first performance
but such is their professionalism that
you would have thought they had
been together for years.
Altea:
The tour opens on Friday 17 October
at the wonderful Palau in Altea, where
the group made its first Spanish
appearance before almost 1,000
people in 2009.
On Saturday 18 October they play
once again at the magnificent Auditori
de Teulada-Moraira, having filled it to
capacity on three previous occasions;
and on Sunday 19 October they bow
out at the huge Auditori de Diputacion
de Alicante (ADDA), where they
played for the first time last October.
Box office details are as follows:
Ring 96 688 1924 on Thursdays
between 1630 and 1930; or buy at the
door from 2 hrs before performance,
or on-line at www.palaualtea.
reservaentradas.com.***
Teulada:
At the Auditori box office on Wed to
Sat between 1100 and 1300, and
1800 to 2000; or at the ayuntamiento
in Teulada and the Espai La Senieta in
Moraira on Mon to Fri between 0900
and 1500; or on-line at Instanticket on
902 444 300 or at www.instanticket.
es***.
Alicante:
Through Instanticket on 902 444
300 or at www.instanticket.es***;
or at the door from 2 hours before
performance.
***On-line booking may not be possible
until closer to the performance dates.
For further information contact Willee
Hardee on 96 574 9028 or Norman
Dunnington on 660 732 707.