Day four at sea of our five crossing the Atlantic Ocean, Barbados to Madeira. The weather is amazing Force 3 to 4 and 25c, wish you were here!
I have just counted up all the directly related entertainment events and activities we have planned today and it’s fifty-eight, there is plenty going on if you wish to attend or even take part.
Today I am going to talk about our Music Festivals at Sea, they have been at P&O Cruises for 25 years, and they have been, and continue to be very popular with our passengers. The really great thing is they enhance the entertainment product for the cruise; we still have our Headliners Theatre Company doing their nine shows and 7 cabaret acts performing, along with our Guest Speakers and full complement of entertainment team. The Music Festival at Sea cruises enhance the entertainment of that cruise but we do not drop any production shows or day time or evening entertainment we usually have. There are seven Music Festivals at Sea this year spread throughout the fleet and seven scheduled in 2010, details of the 2010 cruises can be found on page 167 of the P&O Cruises 2010 brochure.
The Music Festival at Sea this cruise consists of its Host John Brunning, (from Classic FM), Stephannie Williams Director, John Wilson, Piano Accompanist, Flautist Peter O’Connor, Guest Viola Gwyn Williams, the Irish Soprano Virginia Kerr, the Mezzo-Soprano Marie Jagusz, the young Scottish Tenor Nicky Spence, Baritone Eric Roberts, Choral Director Robert Dean and the Medlam String Quartet. In all there will be 43 related Music Festival as Sea events, activities musical performances and rehearsals throughout this cruise.
Ninety six of our passengers have been very busy rehearsing each and every day at sea for their involvement in the Passenger /Music Festival at Sea production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, this takes place tomorrow night in our Theatre Royal at 8.30pm & 103.0pm, I have also been asked to participate as the Narrator and the Master of Oriana Captain Julian Burgess also has a cameo role! I am sure The Mikado will be really appreciated by our two audiences tomorrow and all the passengers taking part will have an enjoyable evening and find it a great experience performing on the stage of our superb Theatre Royal.
These cruises are of particular interest to me now that my Son Bradley is training to be an opera singer. I know this may come as a surprise to those of you who know my level of musical talent!!!
John Brunning, Stephannie Williams and myself in Barbados on 13th October, me getting into my The Mikado role!
Best Wishes, be back tomorrow!
Nigel
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1 comments:
Good Morning.
The weather you are having is lovely 25 degrees is nice and warm for this time of the year, in Perth yesterday we had just under 37 degrees.A bit hot for my liking.
Hope the performance tonight goes well for the Mikado, it is 06.40 as i write this.
Can you please find out which ship has the golden cockerel.
Regards Geoff Witts Perth
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