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Looking for a unique idea for corporate entertaining this summer? Take this very special opportunity to entertain and be entertained at the first ever HM Tower of London Festival of Music from July 6-July 16, 2005. LONDON, ENGLAND (February 24, 2005)— Looking for a unique idea for corporate entertaining this summer? Take this very special opportunity to entertain and be entertained at the first ever HM Tower of London Festival of Music from July 6-July 16, 2005. Enjoy an intimate dinner within the atmospheric heart of the Tower with your guests, then move to designated VIP seating in the Tower Moat for that evening’s performance of either Grand Opera or exceptional jazz against the familiar skyline of Britain’s most famous royal palace and fortress. A special experience for all opera lovers, Donizetti’s "Anna Bolena" will be performed at the Tower of London as part of this Festival. The Tower is the very place where the second act of the opera is set and the actual place of the detention and execution in 1536 of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife. Rarely staged, the last time this opera was performed was at the Royal Opera House in 1989 with Dame Joan Sutherland. Alternating between the five nights of Grand Opera will be six nights of exceptional jazz featuring famous names from the international scene including Amy Winehouse, Katie Melua, Clare Teal, Lisa Stansfield, The James Taylor Quartet and Humphrey Lyttleton. Corporate Hospitality Packages – 600 seats Corporate hospitality packages at HM Tower of London Festival of Music 2005 will be elegant and lavish. All opera performances will be black tie for corporate guests and covered seating for approximately 600 guests will be built in the West Moat against a backdrop of the Tower. Only Corporate Guests will have access inside the Tower during the Festival. A bar, coffee and handmade chocolates will be served to all Corporate Guests during the interval in a private marquee behind the VIP Grandstand. Diamond and Ruby packages - from £275 ($525) to £550 ($1,051) plus tax per person Corporate guests having purchased either a Diamond or Ruby package will enter The Tower via the Middle Tower on Tower Hill. They will be escorted by Yeoman Warders to exclusive dining areas which include the White Tower, the Medieval Palace, the Martin Tower, The Royal Fusiliers and The New Armouries. A champagne and canapé reception will be followed by an exquisite dinner after which guests will be escorted to The Moat and their VIP seats. Picnic Entertaining - from £195 ($372) to £295 ($564)+ plus tax per person Corporate guests will also have the opportunity to purchase a limited number of Picnic Packages allowing them to picnic on the lawn outside The White Tower. Lavish picnic hampers will be provided along with specially created Tower of London Festival of Music picnic blankets. For corporate hospitality enquiries please contact Planit Hospitality on T: 01144 20 8682 1616 or E: info@planithospitality.co.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS: For general information or images on HM Tower of London Festival of Music please contact Brock Communications at: (813) 961-8388 or ncitarella@brockcomm.com The Tower of London is managed by Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), a royal charter body with charitable status. HRP also cares for Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments and Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, Kew Palace with Queen Charlotte's Cottage and the Banqueting House at Whitehall. The official Historic Royal Palaces website can be found at: www.hrp.org.uk Planit Productions Ltd are the Producers of HM Tower of London Festival of Music. Based in Wandsworth, it is an associated company of Planit Events Limited who have delivered lavish corporate Christmas parties to the City for over 14 years. For further information please contact Planit Productions on 00114420 8682 1616 or E: fiona@planitproductions.co.uk
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