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And all that Jazz.
Sultry strings, matched by musical notes that flow from his instrument into your soul. Close your eyes and be transported into bliss.
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Spoleto Festival
2010 Hotel and Ticket Packages
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elebrating 30-plus glorious years at home in the Carolinas, the Spoleto Festival features music, dance, theatre, opera and the visual arts.
Perfectly sited in Charleston, which is arguably the most European city in the United States, the glorious spring weather and blooming gardens seem a fitting foil for the assault on the senses occurring in May and June of each year.
For 17 days and
nights each
spring, Spoleto
Festival USA fills
Charleston, South
Carolina’s
historic theaters,
churches and
outdoor spaces
with over 140
performances by
world-renowned
artists as well as
emerging
performers in
disciplines
including opera,
theater, music
theater, dance,
and chamber,
symphonic, choral
and jazz music.
For more
information on
Spoleto Festival
USA 2010, please
visit
www.spoletousa.org.
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Go Spoleto! Hotel and Ticket Packages
Only Available through April 30
Spoleto Festival USA continues to offer its promotion designed for the out-of-town festival attendee: GoSpoleto!, a hotel and ticket package providing 15% savings on select Festival performances as well as discounts at exclusive hotels in Charleston, SC. The 2010 Festival takes place May 28 through June 13, and program details can be found at spoletousa.org.
Flights are available on United Airlines, the official carrier of Spoleto USA, and a host of other airlines that serve the destination.
Package buyers can experience the many delights of historic Charleston along with a wide range of Festival performances. (Additional tickets at full price may be added to any Go Spoleto! package.) Available packages, which must be booked by April 30, 2010, include:
• CHARLESTON PLACE HOTEL/ (charlestonplace.com)
Spoleto Jazz package includes:
Luxury accommodations
10% off best available rates
Two tickets to Brazilian jazz vocalist Fabiana Cozza (June 4 or 5)
High speed internet access
Daily newspaper
Rate: from $338.00 per room, per night
Spoleto Opera package includes:
Luxury accommodations
10% off best available rates
Two tickets to the Spoleto opera Proserpina (May 30, June 4, or June 9)
High speed internet access
Daily newspaper
Rate: from $374 per room, per night
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FRANCIS MARION HOTEL/ (francismarionhotel.com)
Roarin’ 20’s Jazz package includes:
Deluxe accommodations
“Roarin’ 20’s” chocolate amenity and turndown service
Two tickets to your choice of:
Nailor “Proveta” Azevedo, May 30
Fabiana Cozza, June 4 or June 5
Julian Lage, June 11 or June 12
Rate: from weekdays at $219 and weekends at $289
Cinderella Family package includes:
Deluxe accommodations
“Glass Slipper” amenity including cookies and sparkling juice and turndown service
Breakfast buffet for four
Two adult and two children tickets to Cinderella (June 3 – June 13)
Rate: pricing starting weekdays at $289 and weekends at $389
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FRENCH QUARTER INN/ (fqicharleston.com)
Spoleto Theater package includes:
Deluxe accommodation for two nights
Two tickets to This Is What Happens Next (June 1, 3, 5 or 6)
Three-course dinner including a bottle of house wine at Tristan
Two tickets for a group carriage ride through historic Charleston
Champagne and lady fingers upon check-in
Afternoon wine and cheese reception
Freshly baked cookies and milk in the evening
Turndown service
Breakfast delivered to the room each morning
Rate: from $585 for a two-night package
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HARBOURVIEW INN/ (harbourviewcharleston.com)
Spoleto Jazz package includes:
Deluxe accommodations for two nights
Two tickets to jazz guitar sensation Julian Lage (June 11 or 12)
Dinner for two at High Cotton, Slightly North of Broad (S.N.O.B.) or the Old Village Post House ($100 value)
Afternoon wine and cheese reception
Freshly baked cookies and milk in the evening
Turndown service with a sweet dream treat
Gourmet continental breakfast delivered to room each morning
Rate: from $652 for a two-night package
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TWO MEETING STREET INN/ (twomeetingstreet.com)
Spoleto Premium package includes:
Two-night stay in a luxurious Victorian Room
Two tickets to the genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider (June 8 or June 10) and Bank of America Chamber Music concert (June 7 or June 9)
Bottle of chilled champagne with 2 keepsake flutes
Full, hot Southern breakfast
Lowcountry afternoon tea
Evening sherry
Wireless internet access
Rate: from $879 for a two-night stay
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WENTWORTH MANSION (wentworthmansion.com)
Culture and Cuisine package includes:
• Mansion room at downtown Charleston’s only AAA Five Diamond property
• Two tickets to Brazilian jazz vocalist Fabiana Cozza (June 4 or 5)
• Four-course dinner paired with wines at Wentworth Mansion’s Circa 1886 prepared by executive chef Mark Collins
• A two-hour walking tour of Charleston’s Finest Art Galleries
Rate: $1,212 for two people, two nights
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 here are performances on a smaller scale as well, with Piccolo Spoleto offering a companion festival of free or low-cost events held during Spoleto. As the only American arts festival hosted by an entire city, Spoleto hosts premieres of ground-breaking work, as well as perennial favorites and updated classics.
And, it’s not all high-brow, either. Puppets cavort across stages, a taste of American blues is present, and performances reflect arts and culture on a worldwide scale.
Maestro,
if you please! The opening ceremonies at the Spoleto Festival, held in front of the Old Exchange Building in Charleston, provide a taste of what the next
17 days will bring. Music, laughter, history -- it's all good.
Photo courtesy of Spoleto USA
Every year at Spoleto reveals talented artists and performers seldom seen in such a rich tapestry of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and touch.
But be warned. Charleston fills up quickly, and many well-known performers guarantee sellouts. There’s enough remaining to soothe and stimulate, inspire and delight. Spoleto is worth the trip.
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Menotti: The Consul
composer and performer: gian carlo menotti |
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Murder at Spoleto
written by Maurice Thompson |
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Westminster Choir at
Spoleto Festival U.S.A.
PerforSmers:
Alexander
Varghese, Levi
Hernandez |
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Art and Landscape in Charleston
and the Low Country:
A Project of Spoleto
Festival USA
Written by John Beardsley, Roberta Kefalos, Theodore Rosengarten |
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Katherine O. Pettit has worked as a writer, magazine editor, printer and
public relations consultant. The Columbia resident has published
more than 250 articles in magazines and newspapers. Her writing
explores a variety of subjects including travel, lifestyles, business
and management.
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