Barcelona Celebration 20 and 21-09-2009
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:01 pm
Dear friends:
Here on the Spanish / Catalonian front, we are pleased to announce one of the activities we plan before the concert on Leonard's 75th birthday. It will be a tribute concert and celebration in a pub in the centre of Barcelona where I will be playing guitar and sing some tunes, and also we may be having some poetry reading and wishful drinking for the sake of the Great Event. We will be very happy to welcome all the Cohenites traveling to Barcelona for this occasion (Jarkko included), more details to follow...
Cheers, Jordi
SCHEDULE OF THE BARCELONA CELEBRATIONS: Here is the programme of all the activities with the timetable...
Sunday, September 20
16:30 Opening doors
17:00 Screening DVD "Isle of Wight" - WORLD PREMIERE !!!
18:30-22:30 Free time
22:30 Tribute-Concert “Jorcx Celebrates Cohen"
Monday, September 21
13:00 Opening doors and accreditation
13:30 Lunch "Leonard Cohen 75th birthday"
15:30 Birthday cake and Toast
16:00 Coffees Etc.
(Bar Service not included in the Menu price from now on)
16:30 Book presentation by Alberto Manzano
17:00 Poetry reading and other initiatives
19:00 Go Marching to Palau Sant Jordi
21:30 Leonard Cohen Live in Barcelona !!!
LOCATION: Sala Vivaldi (Llançà St. - next to Plaza Espanya)
IMPORTANT NOTE #1 (about the LOCATION): We are pleased to announce that the lunch will be held at the "Sala Vivaldi" (Llançà Street - next to Plaza Espanya), so you guess, it's the same place as the tribute-concert the night before. We chose this venue because of the facilities we have there (there's the stage, microphone, and a DVD projector to do some screening as well...) and also its strategic location (we can go walking to the Palau Sant Jordi, where Leonard Cohen is playing)... The "Sala Vivaldi" is a music-bar and concert-hall but also they are able to transform the configuration of the space with tables for the meal and they have their own kitchen, and besides they have experience in this kind of celebrations. So it will be our "base-camp", all for the Cohenites meet-up, from Sunday night to Monday afternoon. (Here is their website: http://www.salavivaldi.com). The lunch is scheduled on Monday at 13.30PM.
IMPORTANT NOTE #2: Dear friends, we are really happy and overwhelmed to see this list growing up and up but as Organizers we are forced to limit the number of people to attend the lunch on Monday (13.30-16.30PM) because it is very difficult to find an appropiate place for so many. It is not a problem of space, but a problem of kitchen-capacity and table-service for the meal. However, there is no problem if more people want to join us AFTER LUNCH (from 16.30PM on) as there will be a bar-service and more activities (apart from drinking and hugging, poetry reading, possibly DVD screening...) until we go together to the Leonard Cohen concert. So, the situation right now is:
NO-LIMIT FOR THE TRIBUTE-CONCERT ON SUNDAY EVENING
NO-LIMIT FOR THE MEET-UP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON
NO-LIMIT FOR THE NAME-TAGS LIST
LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR LUNCH ON MONDAY (120 people)
PRICE OF THE LUNCH: 30 euros - including the Menu, Birthday Cake, Glass of Cava (Catalan Champagne), and also the Name Tag. You can guess that the real price for the lunch should be 28 euros, but we include the 2 euros for the Name Tag for all those people attending the lunch because it will make things easier at the time of paying not having to give change in coins.
Thanks for your encouragement and comprehension!!
The Local Team (Jorcx, Toni, Chema, Luisa, Meritxell, et al...)
Here on the Spanish / Catalonian front, we are pleased to announce one of the activities we plan before the concert on Leonard's 75th birthday. It will be a tribute concert and celebration in a pub in the centre of Barcelona where I will be playing guitar and sing some tunes, and also we may be having some poetry reading and wishful drinking for the sake of the Great Event. We will be very happy to welcome all the Cohenites traveling to Barcelona for this occasion (Jarkko included), more details to follow...
Cheers, Jordi
SCHEDULE OF THE BARCELONA CELEBRATIONS: Here is the programme of all the activities with the timetable...
Sunday, September 20
16:30 Opening doors
17:00 Screening DVD "Isle of Wight" - WORLD PREMIERE !!!
18:30-22:30 Free time
22:30 Tribute-Concert “Jorcx Celebrates Cohen"
Monday, September 21
13:00 Opening doors and accreditation
13:30 Lunch "Leonard Cohen 75th birthday"
15:30 Birthday cake and Toast
16:00 Coffees Etc.
(Bar Service not included in the Menu price from now on)
16:30 Book presentation by Alberto Manzano
17:00 Poetry reading and other initiatives
19:00 Go Marching to Palau Sant Jordi
21:30 Leonard Cohen Live in Barcelona !!!
LOCATION: Sala Vivaldi (Llançà St. - next to Plaza Espanya)
IMPORTANT NOTE #1 (about the LOCATION): We are pleased to announce that the lunch will be held at the "Sala Vivaldi" (Llançà Street - next to Plaza Espanya), so you guess, it's the same place as the tribute-concert the night before. We chose this venue because of the facilities we have there (there's the stage, microphone, and a DVD projector to do some screening as well...) and also its strategic location (we can go walking to the Palau Sant Jordi, where Leonard Cohen is playing)... The "Sala Vivaldi" is a music-bar and concert-hall but also they are able to transform the configuration of the space with tables for the meal and they have their own kitchen, and besides they have experience in this kind of celebrations. So it will be our "base-camp", all for the Cohenites meet-up, from Sunday night to Monday afternoon. (Here is their website: http://www.salavivaldi.com). The lunch is scheduled on Monday at 13.30PM.
IMPORTANT NOTE #2: Dear friends, we are really happy and overwhelmed to see this list growing up and up but as Organizers we are forced to limit the number of people to attend the lunch on Monday (13.30-16.30PM) because it is very difficult to find an appropiate place for so many. It is not a problem of space, but a problem of kitchen-capacity and table-service for the meal. However, there is no problem if more people want to join us AFTER LUNCH (from 16.30PM on) as there will be a bar-service and more activities (apart from drinking and hugging, poetry reading, possibly DVD screening...) until we go together to the Leonard Cohen concert. So, the situation right now is:
NO-LIMIT FOR THE TRIBUTE-CONCERT ON SUNDAY EVENING
NO-LIMIT FOR THE MEET-UP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON
NO-LIMIT FOR THE NAME-TAGS LIST
LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR LUNCH ON MONDAY (120 people)
PRICE OF THE LUNCH: 30 euros - including the Menu, Birthday Cake, Glass of Cava (Catalan Champagne), and also the Name Tag. You can guess that the real price for the lunch should be 28 euros, but we include the 2 euros for the Name Tag for all those people attending the lunch because it will make things easier at the time of paying not having to give change in coins.
Thanks for your encouragement and comprehension!!
The Local Team (Jorcx, Toni, Chema, Luisa, Meritxell, et al...)