Elton John, American soul singer Al Green and Trinidad-born R&B vocalist Heather Headley are the top acts contracted to perform at the 2007 Plymouth Jazz Festival in April 2007.

Eight more top international performers are to be named as their contracts are signed in the coming days.

CL Communication CEO, Roy Maharaj, made these disclosures at a media launch of the festival at Hilton Tobago on October 31, 2006. Also attending the launch was THA Tourism and Transportation Secretary Neil Wilson.

Maharaj said local artistes as well as a steelband would be included in the festival, which is carded for the scenic Plymouth Recreation Ground in Southwest Tobago from April 27-29, 2007.

He said he expected the 2007 edition of the festival to be even bigger than the two previously held at the same venue, since the organisers would have learnt from their experiences. One of these was a revolving stage which would be installed to cut down the time it took to change performances.

He said CL Communications, which is a member of the CL Financial Group, had originally promised to finance the festival for five years, but it now seemed that it would be for ten years.

He said CL Communications was proud to be associated with the Tobago House of Assembly and the LaRoda Group of California for the event. The THA will be providing the infrastructure.

Maharaj said tickets for the festival would cost around the same as last year. These prices were US$65 (general admission), US$90 (VIP) on the Friday; US$85 (general admission) and US$110 (VIP) on the Saturday; and US$100 (general admission) and US$125 (VIP) on the Sunday.

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