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  • Enjoy five concerts
    Sit back and enjoy five concerts and a series of reminiscences from your expert music hosts, Carol Anne Wells, accompanied by Del Bearfoot. Carol Anne Wells studied piano, singing and oboe at The Royal College of Music. An accomplished pianist and entertainer in both classical and light music, she has given recitals at London's South Bank, Barbican Halls and the Royal Albert Hall.
  • Rhapsody, Rock and Ragtime
    Carol Anne Wells and Del Bearfoot take you back in time to bring you an entertaining collection of Rhapsody, Rock and Ragtime numbers.
  • Poole and Swanage
    Perhaps join an included excursion to the lovely local resorts of Poole and Swanage. A visit to the Jurassic Coast allows you to see geology unfold before your eyes, described by UNESCO as ‘representing major stages of the earth’s history, including the record of life.’
  • Queens Hotel, Bournemouth
    The privately owned, 3-star Queens Hotel is ideally situated in a quiet part of the elegant East Cliff area. However, during your free time, you may like to visit Bournemouth's bustling centre which is just a short walk away.
  • Explore Bournemouth
    Opened by the Lord Mayor of London in August 1880, the ‘new’ Bournemouth Pier was extended in both 1894 and 1909 taking its overall length to over 1000ft. It was restored in 1979-81, when the octagonal leisure complex was built.
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The Queens Hotel
Queens Hotel, Bournemouth

The privately owned, 3-star Queens Hotel is ideally situated in a quiet part of the elegant East Cliff area. However, during your free time, you may like to visit Bournemouth's bustling centre which is just a short walk away.

Rhapsody, Rock and Ragtime QQQ

  • Half board
  • One excursion
  • Five concerts
  • A series of reminiscences
  • Expert music hosts and Saga representative
  • Welcome drink
  • Porterage in your hotel
  • Cancellation cover

Host details

Carol Ann Wells 

A former student of the Royal College of Music, Carol Anne Wells studied oboe, singing and her first instrument – the piano – with Angus Morrison, winning the Ellen Marie Curtis Mozart prize and several scholarships for advanced piano study.

Carol Anne became the first official accompanist at the Opera School of the RCM. Since then, her playing as a soloist/accompanist in concerts, cabaret, opera and musical theatre has charmed the critics, eliciting the comment from eminent musicologist Dr Percy Young: “The most beautiful piano playing I have heard in years.”

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