Aruba will host
the Johnnie Walker Pro-Am Golf Tournament once more
From
the 26th until the 30th of August, the “Johnnie Walker
label Pro-Am Golf Tournament” will be held for the sixth consecutive year at the
prestigious Tierra del Sol Golf Course.
The players will have the opportunity to enjoy a very attractive and complete sports and
social program to get to know Aruba’s great atmosphere. The Johnnie Walker tournament
of this year will include the presence of teams from various countries, such as Colombia,
Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, the Netherlands, USA, Argentina, Brazil and
Aruba. The Brazilian team will be the main attraction of this tournament with the presence
of Phillipe Rizzi, the 12 year old golf prodigy of Brazil.
Each country will be accompanied by their own international press, which will definitely
afford this tournament considerable international coverage. This year's tournament has a
special touch since it is the last time that the Johnnie Walker Black Label company will
be the principal sponsor of the tournament.
During
the award ceremony which shall take place on Tuesday the 29th of August the Aruba Tourism Authority will present the new logo
and name of the tournament which will be: Aruba International Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
For more information, contact ATA Special
Events Director Chido Henriquez at c.henriquez@toaruba.com
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Aruban tennis
players are preparing themselves for the Soleo 2000 Cup
Oranjestad- This year
about 43 tennis players will be doing their best to qualify as participants for
Aruba’s team during the Aruba Cup 2000 , which will take place in September 2000,
with participants from 5 other countries.
The first
tournament named “Copa Soleo 2000” sponsored by Aruba Trading
started yesterday, August 21st
and is taking place at the prestigious Aruba Racquet Club. This tournament serves to
select the top Aruban players and form the team that will represent Aruba in September. By
the end of this week Aruba will know its team, consisting of 13 tennis players who will
represent Aruba during the Aruba Gatorade Cup.
The participants of team A are:
Franz Sidow, Alex Otterspeer, Frans Ponson, Kenneth Ponson, Janine Robbe, Ivonne Escalona,
and Claudia Sanchez. They will be participants in the round-robins, while a total of 16
players of team B chose to play in the singles, with single elimination.
There are 7 team B mixes and 6 team C’s of Ladies doubles that are already registered
and will be playing in groups. The finals are scheduled for this Friday and Saturday night
and its expected to be a very exciting tournament.
The Aruba Gatorade Cup 2000 which is sponsored by the well known thirst
quencher Gatorade, is surely an event where the best of different
categories will compete in a friendly tournament. Those who witnessed the previous games
will never forget the exciting final between Venezuela and Argentina, where in the last
minutes of the game it was hard to tell who was going to win and take the cup home. In the
end Argentina won and the Argentinean team visibly expressed their delight by running
about the court.
Participating countries in the Aruba Gatorade Cup 2000 are: Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil,
Argentina, Peru and Aruba.The international teams will start arriving the 17th
of September and the 18th of September will be the official opening of the
event. The tournament will continue with 4 days of competitions and the final ceremony
will take place on Saturday the 23rd of September at the Holiday Inn Beach
Resort. The prestigious sponsors of this event are : Gatorade, Romar Trading, Frasa International Trading and
Aruba Trading Company.
For more information, contact ATA Special Events Director Chido Henriquez
at c.henriquez@toaruba.com
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United Airlines to
offer Seasonal weekend Chicago-Aruba flights
United Airlines' new service to Aruba
opens additional travel options for the Midwest. The new seasonal weekend service between Chicago
and Aruba will start on November 11, 2000.
The nonstop flights will run between Nov 11 and Dec 9, 2000 every
Saturday.
Flight 1995:
will depart Chicago at 8:00 am and arrive in Aruba at 3:03pm.
Flight 1994:
will depart Aruba at 4:08pm and arrive in Chicago at 7:43pm.
Flights will be on a Boeing 757 aircraft seating 24 pax in United First Class and 158 pax
in United Economy Class. The aircraft will also feature 50 seats in United's new Economy
Plus section. Economy Plus offers up to 5 additional inches of legroom
and is available to customers who have achieved premier status in United's Mileage
Plus program, Star Alliance Gold and Silver members and all customers
traveling on full-fare Economy Class tickets. United Airlines is the largest
carrier in the world, offering over 2,400 flights a day to 135 destinations in 2 countries
and two U.S. territories. Visit United Airlines website for more information: www.united.com
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Jewel Box Revue
returns to continue its successful Aruba run
The Jewel Box Revue, the island’s
longest running show, returns after its summer hiatus to delight audiences with its “La
Cage 2000” show of female celebrity impersonators. Ron Raymond,
returns as the sharp tongued emcee as well as with presentations of his own versions of Connie
Francis, Carol Channing and Judy Garland. Other popular entertainers who have
returned this year include Gary Dee as Joan Rivers, Bobby
Aden as Diana Ross, Whoopie Goldberg and Tina
Turner, Bob Ollar as Bette Midler and Tommy Ross
as an outrageous Cher, Mae West and Disco Dolly.
Belly laughs and no-holds barred jokes are the standard for each show, offered Mon,
Tues, Thurs, and Saturday at 9 p.m., and on Wed. and Fri. at 10 p.m.
Tickets are US$35. A dinner package at the Baccarat restaurant for US$119 per couple is
also available.
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Festival de Las
Americas Schedule
The second annual "Festival de Las Americas,"
bringing the best of Latin music to Aruba, will take place this year
October 4 -7 with an exciting line-up of artists.
October 4
"Rumba Pre-Festival"
Arawak Gardens
(Home of Paparazzi-Tango -Salt & Pepper restaurants)
Starting at 7:30 p.m.
FREE admission
October 5
"Noche Romantico"
Show of International and Local Bolero Singers
Ballroom of the Allegro Beach Resort
Starting at 8:30-10:00 p.m.
Presentations from :
Aruba: Tirzo Steba - Trio Huasteca - Ro Agumbero
Puerto Rico: Danny Rivera
Curacao: Dennis Cicilia
Cuba: Fernando Alvarez
Venezuela: Vladimir Lozano
Admission : $40.00 p/p
From 10:00-12:00 p.m. opportunity for dancing.
(This line up is subject to changes)
October 6
Featuring:
Local Warm up Band
EQO Excitante
Olga Taņon from Puerto Rico
Gilberto Santa Rosa from Puerto Rico
Admission: $40.00 p/p
Don Elias Mansur Ballpark
Starting at 8:00 p.m. sharp
October 7
Featuring:
Local Band
Tito Rojas from Puerto Rico
Son by Four from Miami/Puerto Rico
Carlos Vives from Colombia
Admission : $40.00 p/p
Don Elias Mansur Ballpark
Starting at 8:00 p.m. sharp
For more information, contact ATA Special Events Director Chido Henriquez
at c.henriquez@toaruba.com
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Chiva Arubanita
adds additional spice to Aruba nightlife tour
Chiva Arubanita adds additional spice to Aruba
nightlife tour
A new party bus, the Chiva Arubanita, recently made its debut, offering a
colorfully painted 1970 Dodge bus in which to cruise Aruba’s
nightlife scene. The six-hour tour offers a sunset salute toast,
traditional Aruban meal at Joey’s restaurant and a selection of
nightspots in which to try out some Latin dance moves. The party, however, does not slow
down when party-goers re-board the bus, a live band, the Papayera trio
--- accordion, percussionist and guitar – plays from its roost in the back of the
bus, delighting the passengers along the route of their true Aruban
“paranda” bar tour.
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Water, Sound and
Light Spectacle at Sonesta Resort
The first and one-of-a-kind watershow in Aruba, "The
Water Spectacle", another innovative project introduced at the Seaport Village
on Aug 8th. The magnificent show, "Water Spectacle" was designed by world
renowned Bob Harvey and involves many special effects of lights and mist
attuned to the rhythms of music by "Arturo Fuerte 'Hijos de Sanches' ",
and by "Mystere En Ville Frisco". The Show will be presented on a daily
basis at 11:00am, 3:00pm and 8:00pm and is open to the public.
The Water Spectacle took six months of construction, one
hundred tons of concrete, 2.5 km of water pipes, 370 water nozzles, 12
large water pumps with a total capacity of pumping 3000 gallons of water per
minute, waterspouts shooting over 50 feet into the sky, all tied together by
fabulous music, fantastic light effects, foggers, waterfalls and so much
more. Composed by the world renown Bob Harvey, known for his master piece
"The Bellagio Resort" in Las Vegas, it took him over 75 hours
to program 10 minutes of showtime!
The show is located at Sonesta's
Boat Dock area, adjacent to the Umbrellas Cafe & Espresso.
While watching the show you can also savor one of Umbrellas Cafe & Espresso
famous coffees from 6:00am to 9:00pm or during their Daily Happy Hour from 6-8pm
with live entertainment.
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