First Carnival Costume Ball at the Grand Ballroom Royal Cliff Beach Resort

Monika Fassbind, a drummr in the Ämeruugger Mauters band, enjoys herself while playing to the Pattaya crowd and was also a great opportunity to visit her famous uncle “Mr. Pattaya”.

Pattaya Beach has come alive this past week with Pattaya Carnival 1997. The festivities include music and dancing, stage shows, fun and games booths, food and beverages and a jovial crowd revelling in the carnival atmosphere.
The carnival is expected to reach a feverish pitch with the final activities staged for this weekend. The grand finalé, and for many the highlight of the carnival, will be the parade on Saturday the 11th featuring more than thirty floats. The parade will begin at 5 p.m. at the curve near th.e Dusit Resort and will extend to the pier in South Pattaya. The parade will be followed with a fireworks display. A schedule of events planned for this weekend

Carnival would not be as much fun without these lovely musicians to liven up the party.

Alois X. Fassbind presenting prizes to the three winners of
the costume contest.

The Ämmeruugger Mauters band from Switzerland playing up a storm.

Pattaya Carnival 1997

Music Avenue rocks the crowd.

Don’t miss the exciting final weekend of Pattaya Carnival 1997. There are still plenty of fun-filled activities left for this weekend on the beach between Sois 2 and 6.
Stages have been set up for music and entertainment and will feature everything from Thai bands, Swiss and German bands totalling about 120 people, ancient Thai cultural performances, ancient boxing, traditional drum and dance performances, and much more.
The grand finale of the week of festivities will feature a parade with more than thirty floats which will begin at 5:00 p.m. near the Dusit Resort and proceed all the way to the pier in South Pattaya. This will be followed by a grand fireworks display to honour His Majesty the King’s Golden Jubilee.

Spears and swords demonstration, one of the many exciting stage performances.

PARADE
January 11th, 17:00:
Float from the Million Years Stone Park and Crocodile Farm
Elephants and Long Drums
Brass Band
Big Bike Harley-Davidson
The North-eastern Society of Pattaya
Tiffany Float
Ancient Boxing
Long Drum Procession
Bavarian Float
Windsurfers
The Carnival Band from Switzerland
The Housewives Club
The Ramkhamhaeng Club
The YWCA
The JC Club of Pattaya (Simon Transvestite Show)
Big C
The Sound Equipment Float.

STAGE
PERFORMANCES
January 10th:
7-8:00 PM Ankaloong
8-8:30 PM Performance
by the Phothisamphanphitayakarn School
8:30-9:00 PM Performance by the Tantararak School
9-9:45 PM Swords, Spears and Club Combat
January 11:
7-8:00 PM Ankaloong
8-8:45 PM Cultural performances from the four regions
9-9:30 PM Ancient boxing
9:30-10:00 PM Traditional Drum and Dance Performance
10-10:30 PM Thai Dancing
10:30-12:00 AM Isarn Traditional Singing

MUSICAL
PERFORMANCES
January 10th:
7-8.00 PM The Bavarian Band
8-9:00 PM Navy Musical Performance
9-9:45 PM The Dr. Sukri Charoensukh Quartet
9:45-10:30 PM The Carnival Band from Switzerland
10:30-11:15 PM The Chestha Band and Wantana Band
11:15-12:00 AM The Salad Band and the Paradox Band
12:00 AM-12:30 AM Simon Transvestite Show
January 11th:
7-8.00 PM The Bavarian Band
8-8:45 PM The Dr. Sukri Charoensukh Quartet
9-10.00 PM The Carnival Band from Switzerland
10-10:45 PM The M Band, the Visakha Band and Gott
10:45-11 PM The Note Band
11-11:30 PM The U-Gen Band
11:30-12:00 AM The I’m Fine, Thank You Band
12:00-12:30 AM Alcazar Transvestite Show
12:30-1:30 AM The Smile Buffalo Band.

New Year celebrations around Pattaya

Michel Vivier, GM Novotel Rayong Resort, with the Thai Olympic Water ballet team, one of the New Year’s Eve attractions at the resort.

Michael Vogt, GM Thai Garden Resort, and his wife Marion with guests during the New Year’s Eve party. Khun Ohn (left) was also celebrating her birthday.

Marion Gardner, wife of the GM John Gardner of the Mercure Hotel, Pattaya, presents a door prize to one of the lucky winners. Translations were assisted by a Russian, a Filipina and a Korean boy.

Pierre-Andre Pelletier, GM Amari Orchid Resort, presents the first prize to a Russion tourist during the New Year’s Eve gala dinner.

Members of the Pattaya International Ladies Club joined in the New Year’s party at the Montien Hotel, Pattaya.

New Year’s Eve Gala dinner at Siam Bayshore Resort. Mr. Horst Pokorsky won the first prize in the raffle, a round trip with Swiss Air from Bangkok to Singapore.

David Holden (centre) Director of Marketing Royal Cliff Beach Resort, and Jonathan Wilson, RM Royal Cliff Grand with some of the guests during the New Year’s Eve Gala dinner.

First Carnival Costume Ball at the Grand Ballroom Royal Cliff Beach Resort

Pattaya Carnival 1997

New Year celebrations around Pattaya