Music and Cultural Tour in Turkey
DANCE, PERCUSSION AND MUSIC HOLIDAY.
SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF TURKEY.
22nd of September to 29th of September 2012.
With Chas Whitaker, Raheesha, Maren Lueg and Turkish Dancers and Musicians.
Situated in a stunning ecological run Boutique Hotel with a wide range of accommodation from camping to luxury suites, in one of the most beautiful parts of the southern Mediterranean coast line.
AT THE LAZY LIZARD BOUTIQUE-HOTEL,
Uzunyurt (Faralya) near Ölüdeniz.
SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF TURKEY
Workshops: Turkish & Middle Eastern Percussion, Folkloric and Gypsy Dance, Egyptian Belly Dance, Turkish Ney Flute, Introduction to Turkish & Middle Eastern Music and Music Seminars.
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The Lazy Lizard is an outstandingly beautiful Boutique Hotel located in one of the most beautiful parts of the southern Mediterranean coast line. The hotel is run on ecological principles, using local products and organic gardening. www.lazylizardfaralya.com
Please have a look at our Youtube Clip about the Lazy Lizard.
The Lazy Lizard offers a wide range of accommodation from luxury apartments suites, log cabins to camping. Special rates for family members or friends who don’t take part in the workshops are also available see price list below. There is plenty to do for partners, family members or friends that might like to join you on your holiday.
The Lazy Lizard offers Turkish cooking courses, guided walks into the mountains, and a wide range of tours. You can also book additional days at the Lazy Lizard before or after the workshops.
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Dates:
22nd of September to 29th of September 2012
The Lazy Lizard offers a wide range of accommodation from luxury apartments
suites, Canadian style wooden log cabin, to camping. Special rates for family
members or friends who don’t take part in the workshops are also available.
Price List for Workshops and Accommodation:
We offer a 5 % discount for early bookings.
Camping:
Workshops & Accommodation – in a Tent provided or your own tent, including
a large breakfast: £280 each.
Small wooden Bloke Houses (Canadian Style) Shared:
Workshops & Accommodation –log cabins /shared (not en-suite) shared
bathroom. Including a large breakfast: £320 each
Small wooden Bloke Houses (Canadian Style) Single:
Workshops & Accommodation – log cabins, single (not en-suite) shared
bathroom. Including a large breakfast: £380 each.
Luxury Boutique Hotel Apartment Double Room, Living room:
Workshops & Accommodation – Apartment shared between 2 people (en-suite
apartment), including a large breakfast: £430 each.
Luxury Boutique Hotel Double Room:
Workshops & Accommodation – Boutique hotel double room/shared (en-suite),
including a large breakfast: £380 each
Luxury Boutique Hotel Single Room:
Workshops & Accommodation – Boutique hotel room/single (en-suite), including
a large breakfast: £480 each.
Luxury Boutique Hotel Suite with large balcony and living room:
Workshops & Accommodation- Luxury Suite /shared (en-suite) including a large
breakfast: £500 each.
We also offer group discounts please contact Maren for more information.
The nearest airport is Dalaman Airport.
We can book the Airport transfer for you.
Please click here to select your flight to Dalaman Airport in Turkey from any UK Airport: www.skyscanner.net
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For flights to Dalaman Airport from all other destinations please click here: www.skyscanner.net
For bookings and more information please contact Maren
Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7727604212
Email: info@arabicmusicband.com
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DANCE WORKSHOPS:
(Dance classes are open for men and women.)
Turkish Karislama 9/8 Dance.
Turkish Chiftetelli Dance.
Turkish Circle Dance.
Egyptian Belly Dance.
PERCUSSION WORKSHOPS:
Introduction to Middle Eastern Percussion.
Introduction to Turkish Rhythms.
Tuition for intermediate to advanced Darabuka players: Turkish Darabuka – playing style and technique.
Middle Eastern & Turkish Darabuka – Master Classes available.
MUSIC WORKSHOPS:
Introduction to Turkish Music for Melody Players. (All instruments are welcome.)
This course gives Western musicians the opportunity to study Turkish music from a Western perspective and to gain a good understanding about the Maqams system and theory and practice of Turkish Music.
Introduction to Turkish Ney.
Tuition for intermediate Ney students: Ney Taqasim – Improvisation and Modulation on the Turkish Ney.
Seminar about the History of Turkish & Middle Eastern Music.
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The Lazy Lizard Hotel has got its own Turkish Bath (Hamam):
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Workshop Teachers:
Raheesha, teaches and performances Middle Eastern Dance across the UK and internationally. Several highlights include dancing at the newly-opened Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, performing at a party at the Houses of Parliament, winning first place in the UK Eastern Promise dance competition in February 2002. The American-born dancer has proved not only to be an entertaining dancer but popular instructor. She has taught and performed at many Bellydance festivals in the UK including Glastonbury International Dance Festival, Majma, JOY, Bellydance Congress, Brighton Orient, Celebrating Dance, Bellydance Mania and Raqs Britannia. Raheesha is the director of MAJMA Dance Festival.
For more info about Raheesha: www.raheesha.co.uk
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Turkish Folkloric Dance Workshops: Turkish Folkloric dance teachers more info will follow soon.
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Chas Whitaker: Darabuka / Duff / Riq / Segat.
Chas has been studying Middle Eastern Percussion in the UK and across the Middle East. Over the last 15 years Chas has been performing and teaching at summer schools and festivals national and internationally. He performs regularly in Middle Eastern Ensembles such as The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band, Souk Bab-El-Louk, The Mazaj Band and Hossam Ramzy’s Egyptian Orchestra. Over the last 15 years Chas has been performing and teaching at summer schools and festivals national and internationally. He performs regularly in Middle Eastern Ensembles such as The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band, Souk Bab-El-Louk, The Mazaj Band and Hossam Ramzy’s Egyptian Orchestra.
For more information about Chas: www.arabicdrum.co.uk
Percussion Workshops:
Workshop for beginners: Introduction to Middle Eastern Percussion – Focusing on Turkish Rhythms.
Tuition for intermediate to advanced Darabuka players: Turkish Darabuka – playing style and technique.
Master Classes available.
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Maren Lueg: Arabic & Turkish Ney Flute, Saxophone and Transfers Flute.
Maren started her musical education from an early age in Germany. Initially trained in western music, she focused her studies on jazz and Middle Eastern music. Maren past her Masters in Near and Middle Eastern Music Performance in 2010 with Merit at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Over the last 7 years Maren has studied Turkish and Arabic Ney flute with international recognised Masters of Ney such as Wadie Nossier (Cairo/London), Mohammed Antar (Cairo), Dr.Kadry Sorour (Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt), Ömer Erdoğdular (Istanbul), Murat Ferhat Yeguel (Konya State Conservatuary), Çağin Aydin (Istanbul), Mutlu Yilmazer (Turkey).
She performs regularly with western and Middle Eastern Music Ensembles national and internationally. Maren has worked as a theatre musician specialised in Arabic Wind Instruments for the Arabian Nights Show at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon and she teachers regularly Ney and Middle Eastern Music at Summer Schools and Universities in the UK.
Turkish Music Workshops:
Introduction to Turkish Music for Western trained Musicians, all instruments are welcome.
This course gives Western musicians the opportunity to study Turkish music from a Western perspective and to gain a good understanding about the Maqams system and theory and practice of Turkish Music.
Workshops for beginners: Introduction to Turkish Ney.
Tuition for intermediate Ney students: Ney Taqasim – Improvisation and Modulation on the Turkish Ney.
Seminar about the History of Turkish Music from the Ottoman Empire to the 21st century.
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Photo Gallery of the Lazy Lizard Boutique Hotel:
To see more photos of the Lazy Lizard Boutique Hotel and surroundings please click here.
For bookings and more information please contact Maren
Mobile Phone: 0044 (0)7727604212
Email: info@arabicmusicband.com
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Terms and Condition
Maren Lueg, Charles Whitaker and Carla Gale are offering Turkish and Middle Eastern Music and Dance workshops and seminars.
1) Subject matter
a) The workshops and seminars are conducted at the LAZY LIZARD BOUTIQUE HOTEL, Uzunyurt (Faralya) near Ölüdeniz in Turkey.
The content of each respective workshop may vary from year to year.
b) Maren Lueg acts in connection with this offering as an intermediary or consultant
for services on behalf of third party service providers (e.g. camp operators, hotel
suppliers and others). The corresponding rental or accommodation contract is
concluded directly between the customer and the service provider. The terms and
conditions of the service providers apply for each rental or accommodation contract.
These will be made known to the customer prior to booking. In this way, any
agreement concluded between the customer and Maren Lueg is merely a business
facilitation measure. Maren Lueg provides only the service of conscientious
management in the arrangement of an agreement between the customer and the
service provider. The provision of the service itself is not part of the contract between the customer and Maren Lueg.
2) Payments
Payment of the amount agreed between the participant and the Maren Lueg falls due within one week of receipt of written confirmation. The workshop fee is to be paid to the account of Maren Lueg at Bank HSBC Sort Code: 40-33-29 Account No. 6l432761, stating the invoice number. Maren Lueg reserves the right to withdraw, if the payment is overdue. If Maren Lueg has been authorized for collection of customer payments by the service provider, Maren Lueg will keep such amounts secure and separate from her own assets, or will transfer the payment immediately to the service provider. It is not possible to change the booking after the booking has been confirmed; in the case of cancellation, the payment is not refundable.
3) Liability
a) Maren Lueg, Charles Whitaker and Carla Gale are responsible for the design
and artistic execution of the workshops. No liability can be assumed by them, should
execution of the Workshops become impossible due to circumstances outside their
control (e.g. climatic conditions. outbreak of hostilities).
b) Maren Lueg is only liable for the careful selection of information and advice in the
consultation and proper disclosure to the customer. No liability for the accuracy of
information or instructions is accepted, except where a special information contract
has been agreed. Maren Lueg is responsible for ensuring that the negotiation, the
booking process, fee collection and submission of travel documents is carried out with due care and attention to recognized business practice. In her capacity as
consultant only, Maren Lueg is not responsible for the reservation request itself or the execution of the corresponding agreement between the participant and the tour
operator and service provider. As intermediary, she can give no guarantee of a
successful outcome of the consultancy work itself. Maren Lueg is liable only for her
own area of responsibility in the activity of consultancy, that is any mistakes she may have made, either personally or by her employees or persons acting on her behalf, such as bad advice or bookings with third parties not made in accordance with agreed terms.
c) Maren Lueg’s, liability is generally limited to willful intent and gross neglect insofar as any breach of obligation on the consultant’s part does not affect the consultant’s main contractual obligations or any claims for physical injury lodged by the customer.
4) Requested services
a) At the customer’s request, Maren Lueg may also coordinate individual transport
(e.g. flights, ferry crossings) and other individual tourist services (e.g. rental cars, hotel accommodation. excursions) based on the programs of different tour operators. The basis of these services is the current catalogue of the respective organizer. For these services Maren Lueg also acts exclusively as consultant. For liability, see Section 3 above. ln particular, participation in excursions is at customers own risk.
b) Maren Lueg is entitled to request the provision of a separate fee for her service as a mediator, as long as this is agreed. For the arrangement of air or rail travel tickets
Maren Lueg will charge a placement fee (service fee). This service fee remains
unaffected by any change or transfer of the booking, cancellation or non-use of
transport services. In these cases, the service provider may incur additional costs and /or Maren Lueg may apply additional designated service charges. The amount and settlement dates for the respective charges apply as listed on Maren Lueg website: www.arabicmusicband.com unless otherwise agreed.
5) General Business conditions; cancellation
a) Execution of the workshops is governed by the general terms and conditions of
Maren Lueg as published. In the case of withdrawal from any Workshop agreement,
reimbursement of amounts already paid will be adjusted by any deposits/expenditures incurred.
b) Provision of arranged services is governed by the general terms and conditions of
the particular service provider. ln the case of cancellation of a travel or transport
contract, Maren Lueg may request reimbursement from the customer of any
cancellation fees, whether already incurred by her or for which she will be liable.
6) Travel documents
The relevant workshop materials and travel documents of the selected service will be sent immediately to the customer. The submission by post is at the exclusive risk of the customer. Maren Lueg is not required to replace lost documents free of charge. This does not apply if Maren Lueg is responsible for the loss. The customer is obliged to immediately examine the content of the documents sent and inform Maren Lueg right away of deviations and missing documents or other discrepancies.
7) Insurance cover; Entry requirements
a) The Customer is obliged to inform themselves carefully about adequate insurance
coverage. Maren Lueg recommends taking out travel insurance that includes full
medical cover and cancellation insurance and repatriation in case of accident or
illness.
b) The customer is fully responsible for compliance with all implementation of the
travel arrangements (such as passport – visa and health requirements). Any losses that may arise as a result of failure to follow these rules, in particular the payment of
cancellation costs, have to be borne by the customer. lf the customer has asked Maren Lueg for the procurement of a visa, Maren Lueg is not liable for the timely issue or access through the respective diplomatic representation, unless Maren Lueg is responsible for the delay.
8) Asserting claims
Customer claims against Maren Lueg. Charles Whitaker or Carla Gale for
improper fulfilment of the advisory and/ or mediation services and/ or execution of
the workshops must be made in writing within a month. The period begins with the
contractual end of the workshops or the mediated travel service, but not earlier than the date on which the fact constituting the claim has come to the attention of the customer. The deadline is not deemed to be observed by asserting claims against the service providers (travel companies) which rendered or should have rendered the service in question. The assertion of claims is not excluded in cases where they could not be lodged in time for reasons which are no-one’s fault.
9) Limitation
Customer claims against Maren Lueg, for whatever legal reason, but not including the client’s claims in tort, shall lapse after one year. The period begins with the end of the circumstances that gave rise to the claim against Maren Lueg, or without gross negligence ought to have claimed.
Should negotiations with Maren Lueg be under way concerning claims asserted or the circumstances on which the claim is based, the expiry thereof shall be postponed until the customer or Maren Lueg refuses to continue the negotiations.
10) Choice of Law; Jurisdiction
The parties agree that all services provided by Maren Lueg and their implementation shall be governed by German law. For all disputes that may arise from the contract between Maren Lueg and the customer, arbitration shall be by the court at the registered office of Maren Lueg.
11) Severability clause
Should one or more provisions of this contract in whole or in part, be void, the
validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.
Should one or more provisions of this contract in whole or in part, be void, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.
