Last ‘Patrick Victor Special’ tonight at Beau Vallon Bay |31 August 2013

If you have not bought your ticket for the last edition of the ‘Patrick Victor Special’, to be held tonight, please hurry or be present as from 7.30pm at the Beau Vallon Bay Berjaya Hotel.

Tonight’s show is in fact the last of the ‘Patrick Victor Special’ series, “the closing curtain” as Patrick calls it, after four performances in two years on Mahé, the ‘Retourn Praslin’ and the culmination of it all with ‘Bonzour La Digue’ during the recent August 15 festival.

For this evening, Patrick promises something even different with the participation of her niece Bergitta, who, at the end of an international tour which has taken her to France, Germany and Japan, has a new album in her suit case.

So what does Patrick himself think of the ‘specials’?
“It has been a personal discovery for me as sometimes in life we feel that we are incapable of doing certain things until after we have done it and others like it. You then discover that it is the way people like to see you. It is then that you realise that those same people were always there for you but you had just not bothered.”

And after tonight’s show, Patrick Victor what next?
“I want to work on something even more special for my public. For a long time I have been working on a blend of tradition and modern effects, a sort of musical as theatre is also one of my passions. So I want to integrate traditions into modern culture, and at the same time move indoors compared to the last series of outdoor shows.”

As the ‘Patrick Victor Specials’ have touched all sections of society with many people participating and appreciating in their own ways, as the romantic à la créole evenings have shown that there is still a demand for this type of entertainment, as the musical encounters have permitted us to discover fresh talents with young artists; Sandra, Elijah, Begita, Fatima – eh their names rhyme and could inspire a song for tonight - singing Patrick in their own styles, we know that the new Patrick Victor, no matter the way in which he returns, will not disappoint us.

M.S.