Fans of music on Holland America Line‘s ships will wish to brace themselves for this information. The line is revamping a few of its musical choices, transferring them to totally different venues and eliminating some utterly on choose ships.
First, the road’s partnership with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will morph into one thing new. It will change from a quartet on ships with a devoted efficiency venue (Lincoln Center Stage) to a touring ensemble. The group will transfer between all ships within the fleet and placed on exhibits on the World Stage, the principle theater discovered on all vessels.
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“While the imaginative and prescient for the brand new program remains to be being developed, starting this summer time it is going to be featured on a rotating foundation on the World Stage, just like Holland America Line’s touring troupes together with Step One Dance Company, Cantare and Island Magic,” Michael Smith, Holland America’s SVP of visitor expertise and product growth, instructed The Points Guy in an electronic mail.
Following the change, Holland America plans to repurpose the devoted Lincoln Center Stage venue. A consultant from the road mentioned it’s nonetheless too quickly to launch particulars about what the areas will grow to be.
Additionally, on Vista-class ships — Noordam, Westerdam, Oosterdam and Zuiderdam — the road will substitute B.B. King’s Blues Club with the Rolling Stone Lounge, a brand new membership powered by the favored journal’s “better of” lists.
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“Our Vista-class ships usually cruise our longest voyages, and the expanded repertoire of the Rolling Stone Lounge permits for extra number of music, together with R&B, rock and pop,” Smith mentioned. “The band on the Rolling Stone Lounge will play dwell six nights per week, and exhibits will range nightly.”
Smith additionally famous that B.B. King’s will stay in place on 5 of the road’s Signature- and Pinnacle-class ships: Eurodam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Statendam and Rotterdam.
The addition of Lincoln Center Stage, B.B. King’s Blues Club, the Rolling Stone Rock Room (totally different from the brand new Rolling Stone Lounge) and Billboard Onboard modified the sport for Holland America when the venues — which collectively kind the Music Walk on Pinnacle-class vessels — debuted on Koningsdam in 2016.
Music Walk’s choices supplied a much-needed replace to HAL’s leisure lineup and created a nightlife expertise that was a welcome change from early bedtimes and extra subdued onboard actions.
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