The New Year's Eve Jazz Gala will take place on Friday, December 31, 2010 at 8 p.m. at the JW Marriott® Starr Pass Resort & Spa. Tickets for this exciting event, including the dinner and events listed above, are just $189.00 per person.
For those who choose to stay the night at the resort, Starr Pass has partnered with the Tucson Jazz Society to offer a special rate of $119 per night for this unforgettable event. To take advantage of this special rate, please purchase jazz tickets and a resort room for the night at www.tucsonjazz.org. Interested guests should book early, as this event will sell out. Transportation packages are also available for local residents.
The New Year's Eve Jazz Gala in sunny Tucson will be the ultimate gathering place for the finest names in the international jazz community to help ring in the New Year and fill the two Starr Pass dance floors. The names include trumpeter/composer Rick Braun, jazz guitarist Peter White, “sax man" Gerald Albright, keyboardist/composer Jeff Lorber, and jazz vocalist Selina Albright.
Guests will enjoy the impressive stylings of these acclaimed jazz musicians, paired with a delectable gourmet dinner specially crafted by the Starr Pass award-winning culinary team. The four-course dinner will include mesquite-smoked duck breast, seared filet mignon and jumbo adobo shrimp, Red Bird Farms mole chicken enchilada, and a St. Domingue chocolate and peanut butter cream torte for dessert.
In addition to delightful entertainment and a delectable dinner, festivities and party favors sponsored by Bank of the West will add to the party atmosphere. The incredible evening will hit a high note with a champagne toast and balloon drop at midnight.
Cradled in the Tucson Mountains, the AAA Four Diamond-award winning JW Marriott® Starr Pass Resort & Spa is rich with distinctive culture, history and beauty. It features an award-winning 27-hole Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course, the 20,000 sq. ft. Hashani Spa and Southern Arizona's first and only lazy river and winding waterslide. Ring in 2011 with fun for the whole family!
To learn more about JW Marriott® Starr Pass Resort & Spa, book a holiday stay and more, please visit www.jwmarriottstarrpass.com. To learn more about featured New Year's Eve jazz artists, please visit www.tucsonjazz.org or call (520) 903-1265.
About JW Marriott® Starr Pass Resort & Spa
Named to Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels Top 500 List two years in a row (2008, 2009), Starr Pass draws on the beauty of its mountainous location. The resort incorporates the natural desert as its landscape design theme. With 575 spacious guestrooms, 88,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, five restaurants, a 20,000 sq. ft. spa, four separate pools, a lazy river and water slide, the Audubon Certified Arnold Palmer Signature golf facility consisting of 27 holes and practice facilities, and 888 underground and covered parking spaces, the resort boasts of being not only the largest resort in southern Arizona but also the only true eco-resort in Tucson. This eco theme extends to its Primo restaurant that serves only organic and jet fresh fish, its Hashani Spa, which uses natural desert plant oils and its direct access to the Tucson Mountain Park for fabulous hiking and mountain biking trails. To quote Bill Marriott, “you can build all types of amenities but it would be impossible to duplicate what Starr Pass has, the Tucson Mountain Park." The JW Marriott® Starr Pass Resort & Spa is located at 3800 W. Starr Pass and can be reached directly by calling (520) 792-3500. Please visit www.jwmarriottstarrpass.com.
