Fes Festival Fes Festival

Fes Festival

Fes Festival Fes Festival

Fes Festival

Fes Festival Fes Festival

Friday, June 6 Saturday, June 7 Sunday, June 8

9 p.m Bab Makina
Goran Bregovic - Oratorio, " …and my heart will be tolerant…
"Yougoslavia - Morocco - Poland - France 4 30 p.m. Batha Museum
Madhavi Mudgal and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (India)
Odissi Sacred Dances ( Dances and chanting of India - Orissa)
9 p.m Bab Makina
Gilberto Gil (Brazil) 4 30 p.m Batha Museum
Farida and the Maqam Ensemble- Irak
9 p.m Bab Makina
Abdelhadi Belkhayat/Omar Sarmini and National Orchestra of Morocco

Monday, June 9 Tuesday, June 10 Wednesday, June 11

4 30 p.m Batha Museum
Illyas Mallaev " Jewish tradition of Central Aria "
9 p.m Bab Makina
Mohamed Reza Shadjarian (Iran) "
Sufi Songs and Music " 5 p.m Volubilis
- Yungchhen Lhamo - Sacred Chants A Capella - Tibet
- Hadra of Taroudant Women with the Roudaniyat Ensemble - Morocco. 4 30 p.m Batha Museum
No Theater (Japan)
9 p.m Bab Makina
Doudou N'Diaye Rose (Senegal)

Thursday, June 12 Friday, June 13 Saturday, June 14

9 p.m Bab Makina
Sheikh Habbouch and the Al Kindi Ensemble with the wirling dervishes - Syria 4 30 Batha Museum
The Masters of Armenia (Armenia) Religious Chanting and Music of Armenia (5th to 17th . c.)
9 p.m Bab Makina
- Ihsane R'Miki - Morocco Mystic songs from Andalusia
- Julia Migenes - Sacred Chants with piano and luth (USA) 4 30 p.m Batha Museum
Ulali Tradition of North American Indians (USA)
9 p.m Bab Makina
The Boys Choir of Harlem - Gospel

June 3: New York / Casablanca:
Depart at 8: 30 pm on an overnight Royal Air Maroc, non-stop flight, New York (JFK) to Casablanca Mohamed V airport. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

June 4: Casablanca / Rabat:
Upon our arrival at Casablanca airport at 7:10 am local time and after formalities, we will find Casablanca Travel and Tours professional hosts waiting to greet escort us for a brief visit to the gem city of Casablanca: "now the largest port of the Maghreb, busier even than Marseille. the city on which it was modeled by the French." Our visit will include the ancient central market, the Habous district, the fabulous Royal Palace, Mohamed V square, a residential area of Anfa and the unequalled Hassan II Mosque on the ocean. We'll dine on fresh seafood for lunch at the Corniche in An Diab on the coast. After lunch we will depart to the capital city of Rabat. There our visit begins in the Medina with the Kasbah of the Oudayas continues to the venerated Mohamed V Mausoleum, the Hassan Tower Mosque, and the ramparts, and walls of the Mechouar surrounding the Royal Palace. Dinner and overnight.

June 5: Rabat/ Meknes / Volubilis / Fes:
After a relaxing breakfast, we'll depart to Meknes via Volubilis and Moulay Idris. This excursion embodies and educates to much of Morocco's early history. Volubilis was the Roman provincial capital, Moulay Idris played an important role in the creation of the country's first Arab dynasty. Then we continue on to Fez. Dinner and overnight at our scheduled hotel.

June 6 : Fes :

After breakfast, the morning will be devoted to an adventurous and historical visit to the Medina of Fes, the most ancient marketplace of the imperial capitals, and the most complete medieval city of the Arab world. We'll view the spice quarter, the dyers quarter, and travel through the unique cobbled streets past shops from centuries passed. It's an experience to stimulate the senses- with haunting and beautiful sounds, infinite visual details, and unfiltered odors - and it seems to exist suspended in time somewhere between the Middle Ages and the modern times. Besides its electricity it owes absolutely nothing to western modernity. Optional lunch at the Medina and shopping in the afternoon. Dinner at the hotel. In the evening we'll attend the Festival Grand opening event at the Bab

June 7: Fes :
Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. dinner and over night at your hotel.

June 8: Fez:

In the morning we'll host an optional excursion to the venerated hot springs of Moulay Yacob, a 1-hour drive to a small, Berber village at the Rif mountains. (Use of Spa is optional). Return to Fez for an afternoon   and an evening concert. Dinner and over night at the hotel.

June 9: Fes:
Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Afternoon, and evening concert. Dinner and over night at the hotel.

June 10: Fes: /Volubilis/Fes :
Morning at leisure and special requests afternoon excursion to Volubilis via Moulay Idris in Meknes. Lunch in a the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Then an afternoon concert at the Roman town and back to Fes. Dinner and over night at you hotel in Fes.

June 11, Fes :
Day at leisure and special requests. Dinner, and Evening Festival event.

June 12: Fez/Sefrou /B'Halil/ Fez:
Morning of leisure or custom itinerary, and we'll make an optional afternoon excursion to the ancient Jewish city of Sefrou. (This city predates even Fes by a thousand years!) Mausoleums and synagogues will be highlighted in this journey to amazing and authentic historical antiquity. We'll enjoy another interesting visit to the ancient Christian village of Bhallil, known for its fascinating troglodyte dwellings, then return to Fes for dinner then evening concert. Over night at your hotel in Fes.

June 13: Fes:
All morning at leisure, afternoon concert, Dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at the hotel

June 14: Fes:
After breakfast, a final morning visit to the Andalusian (Spanish) part of the Medina, and the last day for shopping. After noon concert, dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at your hotel.

June 15 to 17, 2003 special excursion to Marrakech

Sunday, June 15: Fes/Beni Mellal/Marrakech (485 Km) :
Traveling to Marrakech, we will witness the breathtaking beauty of the Moroccan countryside that passes into the majestic backdrop of Marrakech: the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. En route to Marrakech, we will see the lake of Dait Aoua and Ifrane, a famous ski resort, as well as Azrou, a Berber village known for its handicraft cooperative filled with woodcarving and carpet weaving. Several stops are included. Lunch will be in Beni Mellal at around 1:30 PM. Arrival in Marrakech, check in at the Hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

Monday, June 16: Marrakech :
One of the most famous Imperial Cities in Morocco, Marrakech is known as the "Pearl of the South", situated at the edge of the Sahara. Marrakech was historically a beautiful oasis and trading center. Founded in the 11^th century during the reign of the Almoravids, it was the capital of a vast empire covering most of the Maghreb and a large part of Europe. More recently it was the favorite vacation spot of Winston Churchill and the Beatles. Around 8:00 AM breakfast at 9:00 AM, sightseeing. We will visit the famous Saadian Tombs, the Koutoubia, the Bahia, Djemaa el Fna Square, and souks for shopping. In the evening a special Moroccan dinner party followed by folkloric dancing and a colorful Fantasia show before we return to our hotel overnight.

Tuesday, June 17 Marrakech/ Airport : After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our return flight to JFK with memories to last a lifetime

June 17 to 19, 2002 special excursion to Essaouira and Casablanca:

June 17: MARRAKECH/ ESSAOUIRA:
Depart to Essaouira (Mogador). Apart from the immediate impact of sea air and the friendly animation of the town, the predominant images of Essaouira are of the Atlantic -of the rugged coast and offshore islands, the vast expense of empty sands trailing back along the promontory to the south, and the almost gothic scenery of the 18th century forts. Lunch at Chalet de la Mer. Free afternoon for walking on the beach or relaxing in town. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.

June 18, ESSAOUIRA/EL JADIDA/CASABLANCA: After breakfast we'll departure to Casablanca via El Jadida and stop at El Oualidia to enjoy a fabulous seafood lunch. We'll travel along the

coastline to El Jadida and visit the citadel there, a vestige of the Portuguese occupation during the 11th century. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Casablanca.

June 19: CASABLANCA/AIRPORT MOHAMMED V: Morning departure to Mohammed V Airport with a memories to last a lifetime.

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What is included in our packages:

Round Trip air line ticket in coach class: JFK/ Casablanca- Marrakech / Casablanca/ JFK.
Land transportation as indicated in the program in deluxe motor coach.
Baggage handling
Our full assistance.

In 4 ****     breakfast, lunch & dinner).
In 5*****(breakfast & lunch or dinner).
In deluxe 5 ****         (breakfast only).

      Other services:

Monuments, museums and the Festival activities fees.
All taxes

Cost per person based on double occupancy in :

Accommodations in 4 ****star hotel:         $2,485.00
Fes: Manzah Zallagh ****
Single Supplement:                                      $345.00

Accommodations in 5**** star deluxe hotel:$2,795.00
Fes: Zallagh Park Palace *****
Single Supplement:                                   $455.00

Accommodations in 5 star deluxe hotel:        $3,935.00
Fes: Palais Jamai *****
Single Supplement                                   $620.00
Upgrade for Business Class ticket:               $1,360.00

Cost per person based on double occupancy in :

Accommodations in 4 ****star hotel:         $2,785.00
Fes: Manzah Zallagh ****
Marrakech: Amine hotel
Single Supplement:                                      $445.00

Accommodations in 5**** star deluxe hotel:$3,295.00
Fes: Zallagh Park Palace *****
Marrakech: Sheraton hotel
Single Supplement:                                   $855.00

Accommodations in 5 star deluxe hotel:        $4,435.00
Fes: Palais Jamai *****
La Mamounia hotel
Single Supplement                                    $920.00
Upgrade for Business Class ticket:               $1,395.00

Cost per person based on double occupancy in :

Accommodations in 4 ****star hotel:         $3,185.00
Single Supplement in 5 star deluxe hotel::         $495.00
Fes: Manzah Zallagh ****
Marrakech: Amine hotel****
Hotel Mogador****
Les Almohades****

Accommodations in 5**** star deluxe hotel :        $3,395.00
Single Supplement in 5**** star deluxe hotel:       $855.00
Fes: Zallagh Park Palace *****
Marrakech: Sheraton hotel*****
Essaouira: SOFITEL hotel*****
Casablanca: Holiday INN*****

Accommodations in 5 star deluxe hotel:        $4,935.00
Single Supplement  in 5 star deluxe hotel:       $1110.00
Fes: Palais Jamai *****
La Mamounia hotel*****
Essaouira: SOFITEL hotel*****
Casablanca: Hyatt Regency*****

Upgrade for Business Class JFK/Casablanca /JFK/: $1,395.00

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2002 Fes festival press clippings:

You have to take your hat off to the Fez festival
Fes Festival 2002

The medieval city offered ritual chants, brass bands from Harlem and an astrophysicist from Vietnam. Allah be praised, says Peter Culshaw

With a stunning setting in the largest extant medieval city in the world, the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, now in its eighth year, has become one of the world's great musical events.

Diva of the Desert: the passionate Arabic melodies of Mauritania's Dimi Mint Abba were one of the high points of the nine-day event

The adventurous programming policy of the Moroccan organisers means it often showcases extraordinary artists who are little known in the West. In previous years, I became so fascinated with singers such as Alim Qasimov and Abida Parveen that I ended up seeking them out in their native Azerbaijan and Pakistan - even though Islamabad was not the most sensible place to be, last September 11. But the Fez festival can take you on all sorts of cultural adventures.

Under the patronage of the King of Morocco, the festival was founded in response to the Gulf War, as a place for dialogue between different faiths. It remains startling to see a generally Muslim crowd singing along to gospel groups or a Jewish singer like Françoise Atlan, whose sweet and liquid singing at this year's event was backed by a Arab-Andalucian orchestra of Islamic musicians.

There are numerous echoes in Fez of the great Islamic flowering of science and arts in medieval Andalucia. When the Muslims and Jews were expelled in 1492, many came to Fez. Indeed, Fez is a kind of Moroccan Florence - a centre of learning since the Qaraouine University was founded by two women in the ninth century and it remains one of the great holy cities of the Islamic world.

An important element historically of the city's culture has been the different esoteric Sufi Brotherhoods, and during the festival they could be seen performing their music at midnight in the heart stopping beautiful Moqri Palace in the heart of the Medina, next to the Fez Hadara, the centre of an intriguing off-festival programme of music, plays and workshops. There was also one performance in the ancient Roman ruins of Volubilis of French medieval chants and powerful ritualistic music of the Fraja Group of Meknes, only spoilt by the circle of cameramen, desperate to capture this photogenic moment on film.

Several of the groups at the festival put in cultural context places sadly better known for their newsworthiness, such as the wonderful singing of the Aznach Ensemble, a traditional women's group from Chechnya who played under the massive Barbary Oak tree in the tranquil setting of the courtyard of the Batha Museum.

A group of exiled Afghans, the Kabul Ensemble, played a rapturously received concert at Bab Maqina, whose castellated walls at one of the gates of the old city made an impressive venue for the main evening concerts. Their classical music, which illustrated the historic musical connection between India, Persia and Afghanistan, was of settings of Sufi poets such as Hafiz and Rumi. Anraud Desjardins film The Sufis of Afghanistan was shown - a record of a decimated culture, destroyed by the Communists and then the Taliban.

Desjardins was one of the more interesting contributors to the morning colloquiums which discussed the dangers and opportunities of globalisation. Some impressive speakers were flown in, from academics and religious leaders to a representative of the World Bank. The sight of a Vietnamese Buddhist astrophysicist discussing the roots of terrorism with an Islamic academic was remarkable, even if many other delegates bunked off to watch World Cup matches. Perhaps the most telling example of globalisation and a cultural clash came during the England-Argentina game, where the TV transmission of the second half was delayed for an hour of live Friday prayers.

In previous years the organisers had been criticised because the performances were too expensive for ordinary Moroccans. They responded to this by putting on free concerts in the square of Bab Boujloud, where thousands of locals gathered to watch daily concerts by visiting artists.

As festival highlights, two superb performances stood out. The first came from the "Diva of the Desert", Mauritanian singer Dimi Mint Abba, who mixed Arabic melodies and African percussion to extraordinarily passionate, soulful effect. But pick of the bunch, and my new favourite band, were the extraordinary McCullough Sons of Thunder from Harlem, a "brass shout band" who mix call-and-response with brass and percussion.

Their leader and trombonist, Elder Babb, is in his sixties, and walks around the audience playing unbelievably energetic solos while the band summon up infectious gospel grooves. He told us with conviction that if we were sick we would be healed, and that God was with us. The audience were totally won over. As he asked us to worship the Lord, the Moroccan next to me, who had been dancing and clapping, fervently responded "Hamdulillah!" - Allah be praised.

Fes Festival 2002

May 31 - June 8, 2002

This year's theme :

The world is in search of Wisdom

From May 31 to June 8 of this year, the World Sacred Music Festival will be underway in Fes, Morocco. In its 8^th year, this festival will again formally assemble sixteen international performers from Ireland, U.S.A., Sweden, Portugal, France, Lebanon, Syria, Bulgaria and Morocco for a week’s festivities of entertainment and cultural exchange. There’s no way to enumerate the off-site and impromptu gatherings that inevitably characterize the ambiance of the festival. It’s an unequalled opportunity for travel to a beautiful, historic and lesser-known destination featuring amazingly preserved medieval scenic culture and scenery in a context of modern accommodations and extremely reasonable prices.

Although individual events vary, the festival itself is attended by 20,000-30,000 people each year, largely European tourists traveling south for a relaxing venue of great music and culture with an irresistible multitude of peripheral day-trip destinations as well as the sights and scenes of Fes itself, venerable capital of education and culture in North Africa for centuries.

This year’s American performers include America’s Barbara Hendricks’ soulful renditions and gospel’s McCullough Sons of Thunder. Anuna, the beautiful a capella Irish ensemble as well as a Tchechenian women’s ensemble, Syrian Orchestra will join acts representing spiritual traditions from South Africa, Afghanistan, Baghdad and Jewish Morocco. Fes Saiss, the festival organizers, consider it their mission to assemble and recognize diverse cultures and traditions in the context of interfaith dialogue and spiritual tolerance as a pathway to balance economic and technological globalization.

The World Sacred Music Festival is an annual event that continues to open doors of opportunity in music and culture in a world of hope and cooperation.

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Itinerary:

Tuesday, May 28: New York / Casablanca: Depart at 8: 30 pm on an overnight Royal Air Maroc, non-stop flight, New York (JFK) to Casablanca Mohamed V airport. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

Wednesday, May 29: Casablanca / Rabat: Upon our arrival at Casablanca airport at 7:10 am local time and after formalities, we will find Casablanca Travel and Tours professional hosts waiting to greet escort us for a brief visit to the gem city of Casablanca: "now the largest port of the Maghreb, busier even than Marseille. the city on which it was modeled by the French." Our visit will include the ancient central market, the Habous district, the fabulous Royal Palace, Mohamed V square, a residential area of Anfa and the unequalled Hassan II Mosque on the ocean. We'll dine on fresh seafood for lunch at the Corniche in An Diab on the coast. After lunch we will depart to the capital city of Rabat. There our visit begins in the Medina with the Kasbah of the Oudayas continues to the venerated Mohamed V Mausoleum, the Hassan Tower Mosque, and the ramparts, and walls of the Mechouar surrounding the Royal Palace. Dinner and overnight.

Thursday, May 30: Rabat/ Meknes / Volubilis / Fes: After a relaxing breakfast, we'll depart to Meknes via Volubilis and Moulay Idris. This excursion embodies and educates to much of Morocco's early history. Volubilis was the Roman provincial capital, Moulay Idris played an important role in the creation of the country's first Arab dynasty. Then we continue on to Fez. Dinner and overnight at our scheduled hotel.

Friday, May 31: Fez : After breakfast, the morning will be devoted to an adventurous and historical visit to the Medina of Fes, the most ancient marketplace of the imperial capitals, and the most complete medieval city of the Arab world. We'll view the spice quarter, the dyers quarter, and travel through the unique cobbled streets past shops from centuries passed. It's an experience to stimulate the senses- with haunting and beautiful sounds, infinite visual details, and unfiltered odors - and it seems to exist suspended in time somewhere between the Middle Ages and the modern times. Besides its electricity it owes absolutely nothing to western modernity. Optional lunch at the Medina and shopping in the afternoon. Dinner at the hotel. In the evening we'll attend the Festival Grand opening event at the Bab Makina arena: Kudsi Erguner performs "The Night Journey": sacred music and songs of 17th century Turkey.

Saturday, June 1: Fez : Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Festival events begin at 4:00 with Portugal's Cristina Branco at the Batha Museum and continue after dinner with Barbara Hendricks' Chants of Spiritual Negroes.

Sunday, June 2: Fez: In the morning we'll host an optional excursion to the venerated hot springs of Moulay Yacob, a 1-hour drive to a small, Berber village at the Rif mountains. (Use of Spa is optional). Return to Fez for an afternoon concert of Irish chants a capella with Anuna and an evening concert of ritual chants of the Kettania Soufi's of Tangier at Bab Makina.

Monday, June 3: Fez: Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Attend Wisdom circle events and Films. Afternoon concert features Farida and the Maqam Ensemble performing spiritual songs from Baghdad. In the evening we'll enjoy a huge gathering and explore sacred music from Afghanistan at the main arena.

Tuesday, June 4: Fez/Volubilis/Fez : Morning excursion to Volubilis via Moulay Idris in Meknes. Lunch in a the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Then an afternoon concert at the Roman town and back to Fes for some rest, dinner and an evening of French songs of Divine Love with Venance Fortunate.

Wednesday, June 5: Fez: Day at leisure and special requests. Dinner, and Evening Festival event.

Thursday, June 6: Fez/Sefrou /B'Halil/ Fez: Morning of leisure or custom itinerary, and we'll make an optional afternoon excursion to the ancient Jewish city of Sefrou. (This city predates even Fez by a thousand years!) Mausoleums and synagogues will be highlighted in this journey to amazing and authentic historical antiquity. We'll enjoy another interesting visit to the ancient Christian village of Bhallil, known for its fascinating troglodyte dwellings, then return to Fez for dinner and Fadia El Haj and the Mesopotamia Ensemble performing Chants of the Syriac Mesopotamian Churches from Lebanon.

Friday, June 7: Fez: Morning lecture via Colloquium events, and The Bulgarian Orthodox Choir with Ivan Rilsky from Bulgaria in the afternoon, plus Sabah Fakhri and his Orchestra from Syria at Bab Makina in the evening.

Saturday, June 8: Fez: After breakfast, a final morning visit to the Andalusian (Spanish) part of the Medina, and the last day for shopping. The Chechnian women's group, Aznach Ensemble performs the afternoon concerts at Dar Batha and the Festival closes with McCullough Sons of Thunder Gospel performance.

June 9 to 11, 2002 special excursion to Marrakech

Sunday, June 9: Fez/Beni Mellal/Marrakech (485 Km) : Traveling to Marrakech, we will witness the breathtaking beauty of the Moroccan countryside that passes into the majestic backdrop of Marrakech: the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. En route to Marrakech, we will see the lake of Dait Aoua and Ifrane, a famous ski resort, as well as Azrou, a Berber village known for its handicraft cooperative filled with woodcarving and carpet weaving. Several stops are included. Lunch will be in Beni Mellal at around 1:30 PM. Arrival in Marrakech, check in at the Hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

Monday, June 10: Marrakech : One of the most famous Imperial Cities in Morocco, Marrakech is known as the "Pearl of the South", situated at the edge of the Sahara. Marrakech was historically a beautiful oasis and trading center. Founded in the 11^th century during the reign of the Almoravids, it was the capital of a vast empire covering most of the Maghreb and a large part of Europe. More recently it was the favorite vacation spot of Winston Churchill and the Beatles. Around 8:00 AM breakfast at 9:00 AM, sightseeing. We will visit the famous Saadian Tombs, the Koutoubia, the Bahia, Djemaa el Fna Square, and souks for shopping. In the evening a special Moroccan dinner party followed by folkloric dancing and a colorful Fantasia show before we return to our hotel overnight.

Tuesday, June 11 Marrakech/ Airport : After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our return flight to JFK with memories to last a lifetime

June 11 to 13, 2002 special excursion to Essaouira and Casablanca:

June 11: MARRAKECH/ESSAOUIRA: Depart to Essaouira (Mogador). Apart from the immediate impact of sea air and the friendly animation of the town, the predominant images of Essaouira are of the Atlantic -of the rugged coast and offshore islands, the vast expense of empty sands trailing back along the promontory to the south, and the almost gothic scenery of the 18th century forts. Lunch at Chalet de la Mer. Free afternoon for walking on the beach or relaxing in town. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.

June 12, ESSAOUIRA/EL JADIDA/CASABLANCA: After breakfast we'll departure to Casablanca via El Jadida and stop at El Oualidia to enjoy a fabulous seafood lunch. We'll travel along the

coastline to El Jadida and visit the citadel there, a vestige of the Portuguese occupation during the 11th century. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Casablanca.

June 13: CASABLANCA/AIRPORT MOHAMMED V: Morning departure to Mohammed V Airport with a memories to last a lifetime.

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Concerts program:

Friday, May 31st
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Kudsi Erguner : "The Night Journey" (Turkey) - Sacred Music
and Songs of Ottoman Turkey (17thc.)

Saturday, June 1st
4 p.m. - Batha Museum
Katia Guerreiro - Traditional and Sacred Songs of Fado (Portugal)
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Barbara Hendricks - with the Gustaf Sjokvists Kammarkör >
African - American Spirituals (U.S.A -Sweden)

Sunday, June 2nd
4 p.m. - Batha Museum
Anuna - A Capella Sacred Music (Ireland) Songs of Innisfree
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Wadi Al Safi > Music and Sacred Songs of the Arab World (Lebanon)

Monday, June 3rd
4 p.m. - Batha Museum
Saâd Temsamani - Ritual Chants of the Kettania Sufi Order
of Tangier (Morocco)
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Kabul Ensemble > Traditional and Sacred Songs (Afghanistan)

Tuesday, June 4th
4:30 p.m. - Volubilis
Fraja Company - Gharbawa Sufis from the Meknes Region (Morocco).
Chant for the Absent and Praise of Brotherhood
5:30 p.m - Volubilis
Venance Fortunat with the Sacqueboutes of F. Poitrineau
Songs of Divine Love Sacred Songs of the Middle Ages (France)

Wednesday, June 5th
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Françoise Atlan with the Mohamed Briouel Orchestra
Sephardic Songs from Fes: Jewish Tradition (France - Morocco)

Thursday, June 6th
4 p.m. - Batha Museum
Dimi Mint Abba : Sufi Songs of the Desert (Mauritania)
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Fadia El Hagge and the Mesopotamia Ensemble
Chants of the Syriac Mesopotamian Churches (Lebanon)

Friday, June 7th
4 p.m. - Batha Museum
Sveti Ivan Rilsky Choir : The Bulgarian Orthodox Choir (Bulgaria)
Direction: Koïtcho Atanassov
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Sabah Fakhri : Sacred and Traditional Music (Syria)

Saturday, June 8th
4 p.m. - Batha Museum
Aznach Ensemble : Sacred and Traditional Women's Songs (Chechnya)
8:30 p.m. - Bab Makina
Mc Collough Sons of Thunder - Gospel The Sacred Brass Tradition (U.S.A.)

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What is included in our package?

Ø Round Trip airfare from New York to Casablanca-Marrakech/ JFK.
Ø Accommodation in hotels, with half-Board (breakfast, lunch or dinner)
Ø From May 28 to June 8. Daily Breakfast from June 9 to 13, 2002.
Ø Land transportation throughout the trip in deluxe motor coach.
Ø All fees for entry to monuments, museums, and all Festival activities.
Ø Baggage handling,
Ø All taxes.

Our packages cost per person all inclusive

from $1995.00

Accommodations in 4**** star hotel:

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $2,195.00

Fez: Hotel Tghat **** or similar
Marrakech: hotel Meryem**** or similar
Single Supplement: $365.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $2,495.00

Fez: Hotel Tghat **** or similar
Marrakech: hotel Meryem**** or similar
Essaouira: Hotel Des Isles or similar
Single Supplement: $ 425.00

Accommodations in 5***** star hotel:

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $2,785.00

Fez: Hotel Sheraton 5* or similar
Marrakech: Sheraton 5* or similar
Single Supplement: $ 535.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $2995.00

Fez: Hotel Sheraton of Fez 5* or similar
Marrakech: Hotel Sheraton 5* or similar
Essaouira: Hotel Sofitel 5*or similar
Casablanca :Hyatt Regency
Single Supplement: $625.00

Accommodations in 5* deluxe hotel:

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $3990.00

Fez: Palais Jamai 5*Deluxe hotel.
Marrakech La Mamounia 5*Deluxe hotel.
Single Supplement: $950.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $4595.00

Fez: Palais Jamai 5*Deluxe hotel.
Marrakech La Mamounia 5*Deluxe hotel.
Essaouira: Hotel Sofitel 5*Deluxe hotel.
Casablanca: Royal Mansour 5* Deluxe
Single Supplement: $1150.00

Upgrades:

From coach to Business class:
Ø JFK/Casablanca-Marrakech/JFK: $1,325.00
Upgrade to a private tour 2 people:
Ø May 28 to June 11, 2002: $900.00
Upgrade to a private tour 2 people:
Ø May 28 to June 13, 2002: $1195.00
Upgrade to private tour 3 to 5 people:
Ø May 28 to June 11, 2002: $720.00
Upgrade to private tour 3 to 5 people:
Ø May 28 to June 13, 2002: $910.00

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June 3: New York / Casablanca:
Depart at 8: 30 pm on an overnight Royal Air Maroc, non-stop flight, New York (JFK) to Casablanca Mohamed V airport. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

June 6 : Fes :

June 7: Fes :
Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. dinner and over night at your hotel.

June 8: Fez:

In the morning we'll host an optional excursion to the venerated hot springs of Moulay Yacob, a 1-hour drive to a small, Berber village at the Rif mountains. (Use of Spa is optional). Return to Fez for an afternoon and an evening concert. Dinner and over night at the hotel.

June 9: Fes:
Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Afternoon, and evening concert. Dinner and over night at the hotel.

June 10: Fes: /Volubilis/Fes :
Morning at leisure and special requests afternoon excursion to Volubilis via Moulay Idris in Meknes. Lunch in a the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Then an afternoon concert at the Roman town and back to Fes. Dinner and over night at you hotel in Fes.

June 11, Fes :
Day at leisure and special requests. Dinner, and Evening Festival event.

June 13: Fes:
All morning at leisure, afternoon concert, Dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at the hotel

June 14: Fes:
After breakfast, a final morning visit to the Andalusian (Spanish) part of the Medina, and the last day for shopping. After noon concert, dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at your hotel.

Tuesday, June 17 Marrakech/ Airport : After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our return flight to JFK with memories to last a lifetime

June 17 to 19, 2002 special excursion to Essaouira and Casablanca:

June 18, ESSAOUIRA/EL JADIDA/CASABLANCA: After breakfast we'll departure to Casablanca via El Jadida and stop at El Oualidia to enjoy a fabulous seafood lunch. We'll travel along the

coastline to El Jadida and visit the citadel there, a vestige of the Portuguese occupation during the 11th century. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Casablanca.

June 19: CASABLANCA/AIRPORT MOHAMMED V: Morning departure to Mohammed V Airport with a memories to last a lifetime.

Tuesday, May 28: New York / Casablanca: Depart at 8: 30 pm on an overnight Royal Air Maroc, non-stop flight, New York (JFK) to Casablanca Mohamed V airport. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

Saturday, June 1: Fez : Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Festival events begin at 4:00 with Portugal's Cristina Branco at the Batha Museum and continue after dinner with Barbara Hendricks' Chants of Spiritual Negroes.

Tuesday, June 4: Fez/Volubilis/Fez : Morning excursion to Volubilis via Moulay Idris in Meknes. Lunch in a the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Then an afternoon concert at the Roman town and back to Fes for some rest, dinner and an evening of French songs of Divine Love with Venance Fortunate.

Wednesday, June 5: Fez: Day at leisure and special requests. Dinner, and Evening Festival event.

Friday, June 7: Fez: Morning lecture via Colloquium events, and The Bulgarian Orthodox Choir with Ivan Rilsky from Bulgaria in the afternoon, plus Sabah Fakhri and his Orchestra from Syria at Bab Makina in the evening.

Tuesday, June 11 Marrakech/ Airport : After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our return flight to JFK with memories to last a lifetime

June 11 to 13, 2002 special excursion to Essaouira and Casablanca:

June 12, ESSAOUIRA/EL JADIDA/CASABLANCA: After breakfast we'll departure to Casablanca via El Jadida and stop at El Oualidia to enjoy a fabulous seafood lunch. We'll travel along the

coastline to El Jadida and visit the citadel there, a vestige of the Portuguese occupation during the 11th century. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Casablanca.

June 13: CASABLANCA/AIRPORT MOHAMMED V: Morning departure to Mohammed V Airport with a memories to last a lifetime.

Fes Festival

What is included in our package?

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $2,195.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $2,495.00

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $2,785.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $2995.00

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $3990.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $4595.00

June 3: New York / Casablanca: Depart at 8: 30 pm on an overnight Royal Air Maroc, non-stop flight, New York (JFK) to Casablanca Mohamed V airport. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

June 6 : Fes :

June 7: Fes : Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. dinner and over night at your hotel.

June 8: Fez:

In the morning we'll host an optional excursion to the venerated hot springs of Moulay Yacob, a 1-hour drive to a small, Berber village at the Rif mountains. (Use of Spa is optional). Return to Fez for an afternoon and an evening concert. Dinner and over night at the hotel.

June 9: Fes: Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Afternoon, and evening concert. Dinner and over night at the hotel.

June 10: Fes: /Volubilis/Fes : Morning at leisure and special requests afternoon excursion to Volubilis via Moulay Idris in Meknes. Lunch in a the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Then an afternoon concert at the Roman town and back to Fes. Dinner and over night at you hotel in Fes.

June 11, Fes : Day at leisure and special requests. Dinner, and Evening Festival event.

June 13: Fes: All morning at leisure, afternoon concert, Dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at the hotel

June 14: Fes: After breakfast, a final morning visit to the Andalusian (Spanish) part of the Medina, and the last day for shopping. After noon concert, dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at your hotel.

Tuesday, June 17 Marrakech/ Airport : After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our return flight to JFK with memories to last a lifetime

June 17 to 19, 2002 special excursion to Essaouira and Casablanca:

June 18, ESSAOUIRA/EL JADIDA/CASABLANCA: After breakfast we'll departure to Casablanca via El Jadida and stop at El Oualidia to enjoy a fabulous seafood lunch. We'll travel along the

coastline to El Jadida and visit the citadel there, a vestige of the Portuguese occupation during the 11th century. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Casablanca.

June 19: CASABLANCA/AIRPORT MOHAMMED V: Morning departure to Mohammed V Airport with a memories to last a lifetime.

Tuesday, May 28: New York / Casablanca: Depart at 8: 30 pm on an overnight Royal Air Maroc, non-stop flight, New York (JFK) to Casablanca Mohamed V airport. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

Saturday, June 1: Fez : Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Festival events begin at 4:00 with Portugal's Cristina Branco at the Batha Museum and continue after dinner with Barbara Hendricks' Chants of Spiritual Negroes.

Tuesday, June 4: Fez/Volubilis/Fez : Morning excursion to Volubilis via Moulay Idris in Meknes. Lunch in a the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Then an afternoon concert at the Roman town and back to Fes for some rest, dinner and an evening of French songs of Divine Love with Venance Fortunate.

Wednesday, June 5: Fez: Day at leisure and special requests. Dinner, and Evening Festival event.

Friday, June 7: Fez: Morning lecture via Colloquium events, and The Bulgarian Orthodox Choir with Ivan Rilsky from Bulgaria in the afternoon, plus Sabah Fakhri and his Orchestra from Syria at Bab Makina in the evening.

Tuesday, June 11 Marrakech/ Airport : After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport for our return flight to JFK with memories to last a lifetime

June 11 to 13, 2002 special excursion to Essaouira and Casablanca:

June 12, ESSAOUIRA/EL JADIDA/CASABLANCA: After breakfast we'll departure to Casablanca via El Jadida and stop at El Oualidia to enjoy a fabulous seafood lunch. We'll travel along the

coastline to El Jadida and visit the citadel there, a vestige of the Portuguese occupation during the 11th century. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Casablanca.

June 13: CASABLANCA/AIRPORT MOHAMMED V: Morning departure to Mohammed V Airport with a memories to last a lifetime.

Fes Festival

What is included in our package?

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $2,195.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $2,495.00

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $2,785.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $2995.00

Ø From May 28 to June 11, 2002: $3990.00

Ø From May 28 to June 13, 2002: $4595.00

June 3: New York / Casablanca:
Depart at 8: 30 pm on an overnight Royal Air Maroc, non-stop flight, New York (JFK) to Casablanca Mohamed V airport. Dinner & breakfast will be served on board.

June 7: Fes :
Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. dinner and over night at your hotel.

June 9: Fes:
Day at leisure and special requests for custom itinerary. Afternoon, and evening concert. Dinner and over night at the hotel.

June 10: Fes: /Volubilis/Fes :
Morning at leisure and special requests afternoon excursion to Volubilis via Moulay Idris in Meknes. Lunch in a the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Then an afternoon concert at the Roman town and back to Fes. Dinner and over night at you hotel in Fes.

June 11, Fes :
Day at leisure and special requests. Dinner, and Evening Festival event.

June 13: Fes:
All morning at leisure, afternoon concert, Dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at the hotel

June 14: Fes:
After breakfast, a final morning visit to the Andalusian (Spanish) part of the Medina, and the last day for shopping. After noon concert, dinner at the hotel, then evening concert. Over night at your hotel.