May 28-29:
Nicole Henry
Royal Room Debut
Nicole Henry has toured thirteen countries and released three international Top 10-selling jazz CDs. Her latest, The Very Thought of You, reached #7 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Chart. Nicole’s first two CDs climbed to #2 and #1 in Japan, earning her “Best New Jazz Artist” and “Best Vocal Jazz Album” HMV Awards. Born in Philadelphia, Nicole resides in Miami and has been singing jazz since 2002, receiving praise from publications such as NY Times, Billboard, Jazz Times, Japan Times and Jazz Hot France. She has performed with the Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway Orchestras and tour highlights include Jazz a Juan les Pins on the French Riviera, Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, Nango & Tendo Jazz Festivals in Japan, and Lincoln Center in New York.
Reviews of Nicole Henry:
+ Billboard: An artist who knows how to make a song her own… she has a potent voice and her interpretive sense is sharp and distinctive.”
+ Jazz Times: “She can sell a power ballad as well as Whitney, Diana and Patti.”
+ Jazz Hot France: She has grace, presence, a superb and sumptuous voice… a style unseen these days.”
Polo Presents Motown Friday Nights with Memory Lane
Friday nights have become Motown nights at The Colony with the soul-stirring sounds ofMemory Lane in Polo from 9 p.m. to closing. It is music from the Temptations, the Supremes, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye -- all the Motown favorites from the 60s to the 80s -- and it is bringing the house down every week. People are dancing, singing, rocking away -- right here in Palm Beach.
Polo Presents Rob Russell's Cast Parties on Saturdays
Offering a bouncy, upbeat mixture of good times and great music by long-time favorites Rich & Jill Switzer, Rob Russell, The Colony's own man-about-town, gets people movin' and groovin' every Saturday night. Even more exciting, the big name cabaret stars appearing in the Royal Room Supper Club will frequently stop by for a music-filled Cast Party.
About The Colony Hotel - Palm Beach
Host to Presidents Bush and Clinton, the Windsor's and other royalty, The Colony has been the center of Palm Beach society for more than 60 years, An intimate, friendly boutique hotel with British Colonial flair, it is just steps away from shopping on world famous Worth Avenue, and about 100 yards from a beautiful Atlantic Ocean beach. This landmark hotel recently completed an extensive $15-million renovation and offers guests the choice of charming hotel rooms, luxurious suites, spectacular penthouses and spacious two bedroom villas - plus beautiful grounds and Frette linens.
The Colony's popular restaurants include:
+ Polo, which is now Palm Beach's number one steakhouse, offering dining al fresco in the hotel's newly remodeled Palm Court by the pool
+ Royal Room, which is widely considered to be one of the nation’s premier cabarets
+ Café 155, which is a petit New York-style deli serving delicious breakfasts and lunches prepared in the hotel’s award-winning kitchen.
In 2010, The Colony Hotel once again was awarded the prestigious “4-Diamond” rating from AAA. Last November, the hotel received the Palm Beach County Convention & Visitors Bureau’sProvidencia Award, South Florida’s most prestigious annual honor recognizing excellence within the local hospitality and tourism industry. This was the first time in the 21-year history of the Providencia Award that it has gone to a smaller, boutique hotel. For more information, please visit www.thecolonypalmbeach.com .
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Gary Schweikhart
PR-BS, Inc.
561.756.4298
gary@pr-bs.net
Ruth Young
The Colony Hotel
561.655.5430
ruthyoung@thecolonypalmbeach.com
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