Here are just some of the many highlighted events and happenings that you can join in to help celebrate the festive season this month; partake in the Christmas joy and welcome in the New Year. Check out the revelry in your own hotel and environs.

MAYA’S MERRIMENT
Maya Ubud Resort & Spa presents a Christmas Eve at Full Moon Stage featuring royal court dancers and a gamelan orchestra performing the classic epic, The Ramayana Ballet. A festive candlelight dinner buffet with oriental specialities and continental highlights is prepared.

Christmas Day at Maya Sari Asiatique serves an Ubud Suckling Pig Dinner; festive village cuisine includes a selection of crackers and chili dip, spicy ubud sausage, succulent roast pork, vegetables and clear soup, fruit mosaic and bali coffee.

Join in on an Ebony & Ivory Orchid Gala on New Year’s Eve with Ubud’s Kecak troupe and drums at Full Moon Amphitheatre. Cocktails and tapas are served during the ballet, which commences 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm. As an interlude, enchanting hostesses escort you to the adjacent Maya Sari Mas Restaurant for champagne teasers and gala dinner. The Gala Dinner is a fabulous served five course, crafted by the Maya Chefs. A sumptuous patisserie and flamed coffee bar is set for you to crown your dinner. Seatings are at 8.30 pm.

As an encore, Komang and his melodic guitar presents listening pleasures during dinner and guide you musically into 2009. The after glow at Bar Bedulu serves you until morning hours, house grooves and disco beats are mixed by Bar Manager Yande until 2 am. The Gala is at U$ 110 for adults and U$ 60 for children aged 6 – 12 years.

The Christmas Eve at Full Moon Stage is U$ 55 for adults, U$ 30 for children aged 6 – 12 years. The Ubud Suckling Pig Dinner at Maya Sari Asiatique is U$ 45 for adults and U$ 25 for children. All prices are subject to tax and service charge.

Maya Ubud Resort & Spa
Jl. Gunung Sari Peliatan, Ubud, (0361) 977-888; www.mayaubud.com

UP IN UBUD….
Kamandalu Resort & Spa celebrates this year’s festive season and invites you to join in to listen to the echoing Children’s Choir’s voice of talented orphans breaking the silent night, followed by a Balinese folk story of the Frog Dance by children from the Batuan village accompanied by a gamelan orchestra, plus an acoustic performance with a child singer.

Candle-lit dining ambiance, live background music and a Chef’s premium Asian and Continental menu is just perfect for a Christmas dining experience at Kamandalu. The Christmas Eve events take place at the resort’s lobby and Petulu Restaurant, December 24, 7pm onwards, admission at only US$ 80 for adults and US$ 40 for children aged 6-12 years.

The Christmas Eve menu comprises Peppered Yabbies with flying Fish Roe, soft herbs and parsnip puree, Grilled Asparagus, Marinated Fresh Salmon Fillet, Young Pigeon Steamed Fillet Marinated in Traditional Herbs and Ginseng, Marinated Grilled Assiette of New Zealand Lamb with Broad Beans, Grilled Coral Lobster, and White Chocolate Horn Mousse and Layered Chocolate Cake for desserts.

On New Year’s Eve, a cocktail party is set for the Pool Stage to start the celebrations with a Bajava Quartet, a four piece acoustic group who will infuse good vibes into the evening. Cocktails and canapes will be served during the cocktail party, from 7.30 - 8.30pm. Petulut Restaurant serves a Champagne Toast and prepares for dinner - a six-course specially prepared by the Chef and the team, along with distinguished live ethnic music in collaboration with a Balinese Classic Dance, Salsa, and sing-along with the quartet and a DJ. Seating is at 8.30pm, and the Bajava Quartet is back with latin sounds, R&B, pop and jazz from 10.30pm.

The Decked-out Bale Ketemu with open bar serves customized drinks with interactive Salsas and DJ Evan in the house until 2am.

The dinner menu, at US$ 115 for adults and US$ 60 for children aged 6-12 years, consist of Smoked Magret Duck Breast, Sumac dusted Bay Shell Pacific Scallops, Togarashi fillet of Wagyu Beef with Foie Gras, Shechuan Pepper Barramundi Fillet, Macadamia crusted Rack of New Zealand Lamb, and Layered Cheese Cake and Turkish Delights for dessert.

All prices are subject to tax and service charge; dinner menu excludes after-dinner food and beverages.

Kamandalu Resort & Spa
Jl. Tegallalang, Banjar Nagi, (0361) 975-825; www.kamandaluresort.com

SANUR SPIRIT
Bali Hyatt has also prepared its array of year-end festivities. On December 24, Christmas Carols are echoed in the lobby, with eggnog and cookies served. A Christmas Eve dinner at Wantilan Cafe is at US$ 48 per adult and US$ 22 for children 6-12 years old.

On December 25, enjoy a Christmas Lunch at Wantilan Cafe from noon to 3pm. Children will have fun with all the supervised activities in Rinjani Hall, next to Wantilan Cafe while parents can enjoy a quiet lunch. Games, prizes, Balinese Dances, a puppet show, Santa Claus and lots of gifts will ensure a day of fun for all, at US$ 38 for adults and US$ 15 for children 6-12 years.

Wantialn also serves a Christmas Dinner at US$ 42 per adult and US$ 19 per child.

A Gold Party brings the New Year in golden style at the main lobby. The golden evening begins at the Cupak Bistro with cocktails and canapes before moving into the lobby for the main event. Circle Band and DJ Ary will entertain with classic hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s while you enjoy a sumptuous international buffet with food stations offering live Indonesian and Western dishes including an extensive dessert buffet. The Gold Party is at US$ 165 per adult and US$ 85 per child.

Reservations are required for all year end programs, which can be done at the Festive Desk, located in the main lobby. The desk is open from December 22-30, from 10am-8pm and on December 31, from 8am-5pm. All prices are subject to tax and service charge.

Bali Hyatt
Sanur (0361) 281-234; bali.resort.hyatt.com

REVEL ‘N RAISE
R.O.L.E. Foundation has prepared a fundraiser this month. The first major fundraising is set for Saturday, December 13 at O–CE–N Bali by Outrigger’s new fine dining restaurant, the Water Grill and Fish Market on Jalan Double Six in Seminyak.

The event will feature live cabaret and a seafood buffet, affordable drinks, charity auction and raffle prizes. Tickets are available at the R.O.L.E. Foundation head office in Nusa Dua, O-CE-N Apartments at Outrigger in Seminyak, Bali Tropical Villas in Seminyak and at Spirit Cafe on Segara Beach in Sanur.

Doors open at 6pm for Sunset Drinks and seafood buffet and entertainment from 7.30pm. Tickets are at Rp 350,000, and proceeds go towards the foundation’s Women’s School and Marine Resource Programs.

R.O.L.E. Foundation
Jl. Siligita 55D, Nusa Dua, (0361) 778-149; www.rolefoundation.org

CHRISTMAS & CARE
InterContinental Bali Resort has created yet another exciting program of events to celebrate the festive season. To complement the resort’s ongoing social and environmental initiatives, the 2008 festive season will be a culmination of twelve months of community care. There are several worthy projects that are currently being supported including Yayasan Bumi Sehat, a non-profit organisation providing services such as prenatal care, midwifery and paediatric care to low-income women in rural Balinese villages.

Another undertaking is the ‘Drip Trickle Irrigation’ Clean Water Project that aims to bring sanitised water supplies to a remote mountain hamlet. Visible measures will be taken this year at the resort to avoid the excessiveness that is commonly associated with the holiday season. Most importantly, surplus food supplies will be donated on a daily basis to the Panti Salam Orphanage in the regency of Tabanan.

In traditional InterContinental Bali Resort style, in-house guests will be treated to an array of dining and entertainment options. Festivities will commence on Christmas Eve with an Egg Nog Cocktail Reception at Saraswati Lounge to gather socially and hear a repertoire of carols by the childrenís choir from Panti Salam Orphanage.

Celebrations continue through until New Year’s Day with a replenishing buffet breakfast served until 1pm and a relaxed Sunset Beach BBQ.

InterContinental Bali Resort
Jalan Uluwatu 45, Jimbaran, (0361) 701-888; www.bali.intercontinental.com

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