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For twenty years<\/strong>, Dora Live Band, our international cover band<\/strong>, has been the resident live band for New Year\u2019s Eve at the Gstaad Palace<\/strong>, one of Switzerland\u2019s most storied five-star hotels in the Swiss Alps<\/strong>. What started with a single phone call has grown into a real friendship, and today the relationship reaches far beyond one night a year.<\/p>

How It All Began<\/h2>

Twenty years ago, Dora sent a demo to the Palace in a pink envelope, heavily perfumed. Andrea Scherz<\/strong>, the Palace\u2019s director and someone the band still calls its godfather, almost never opens his own mail. That day he did, because the scent filled his office. He called Dora directly: there was an important evening that Saturday, was she available? She said yes, then hung up the phone with no musicians booked. She called J\u00e9r\u00e9my<\/strong>, who called S\u00e9bastien<\/strong>, and the founding trio was born within the hour.<\/p>

The Trio That Started It All<\/h2>

That first show ran on youthful energy and a certain fearlessness, and it was enough. In the years since, the band has grown around Dora, with J\u00e9r\u00e9my<\/strong> on piano and S\u00e9bastien<\/strong> on guitar, alongside musicians met on tours around the world. The show and the remixes have reached a level rarely seen among cover bands, something the Palace\u2019s own guests notice year after year.<\/p>

More Than One Night a Year<\/h2>

The relationship isn\u2019t limited to New Year\u2019s Eve. Winter concerts in the Palace\u2019s Lobby<\/strong> routinely draw record crowds, guests dancing on the bar, the room impossible to cross. Every summer, the VIP Polo evening<\/strong> has become another fixture guests look forward to. Gstaad has become a recurring chapter in the band\u2019s calendar, not a single date.<\/p>

Twenty Years On<\/h2>

The band\u2019s story has even been featured in the Palace\u2019s own in-house magazine, The Journal<\/strong>, which followed Dora backstage for its 105th-anniversary issue. As she put it herself: \u201cGood things come to you eventually, you just have to believe in them.\u201d<\/strong> Two decades on, that first phone call has become one of the band\u2019s longest-standing residencies, and one of its favorites.<\/p>

Part of the Family<\/h2>

To the band, the Palace and its staff<\/strong> feel like family. Dora and the musicians always attend the staff party, and know most employees by their first names. The director remains a close, personal friend of the band, and today the band oversees the full artistic direction<\/strong> of the Palace\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve show, not just the performance itself.<\/p>

NYE Highlights<\/h2>

Want to see the Palace go wild? Here\u2019s a taste.<\/p>

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