Saturday July 20 – At Sea

We woke to more fog this morning but the weather is starting to get warmer.  Our Captain told us that they are having a heat wave in New York and it will be 37⁰C tomorrow when we arrive.  The big thing tomorrow is immigration.  America demands a face to face with all passengers and crew.  The officials on board have sent out schedules of when we have to front for this so that 3000 people are not all lining up at one time.  They have taken into account the times of the various tours that people have booked for.  However, Hutch says that some young newbie can come on board after we land and change the whole procedure.  We just have to wait for further information.  The crew seem a bit edgy.

The choir performed in the atrium today.  They sang an Abba medley.  The acoustics in the atrium are very good and I had a birds eye view as I stood on the seventh floor and watched the singers down on the fifth floor. Bill here: Emily organised our choir this leg of the journey and did an excellent job with some pretty ordinary talent to work with. Mamma Mia, Super Trouper, Take a Chance on Me, Knowing Me Knowing You, SOS and Waterloo had the audience demanding more but alas that was the entire list of Abba songs practised by us. Always leave your audience in this state. They will remember you. As yet no reviews posted online and no contracts offered for future performances.

We are going to drinks with one of the people in the choir now, then we will have dinner and a show.  Tonight, the crew are putting on the show.  Some of the room stewards and waiters will be involved.  We often hear them singing as they go about their work and at lunch the other day our waiter kept bursting into song.  The crew come from many different countries.  Then, at 11 pm New York time we hope to watch Geelong play Hawthorn.   P.S. We lost!  

The Abba Medley

The choir with Emily conducting

Waiting for the performance to begin