Marcie - I am so sorry to hear about the cars getting crashed by the pine tree. Suzanne, I'm glad you are hanging in there but what a mess. We are also all keeping our fingers crossed for those poor miners trapped in West Virginia. Yikes!

We started off the evening with the Seven Seas cocktail party. Jim, Jan, Carol and Bing were in fine form. As one of our members succinctly put it, “What did the six people who WEREN’T invited do before dinner?” The constellation was packed. Compass rose had the best menu with the famous Dover sole – lamb chop combination dinner. We started strategizing about song selections for the evening sing-along. Ngaire started the idea of rewriting the lyrics to Yellow Submarine. Gary grabbed that idea and ran with it.

We adjourned to the theater to see Beni Mason, comedian. I’ve managed to miss Kenny Smiles so can’t compare, but it was just the kind of entertainment to get everyone warmed up for scareoke. This group figured out scareoke meant safety in numbers.

The Voyager Lounge was overflowing. When they called for Ken and the Kennettes to do “She Loves You”, our beloved Master Princess Ngaire got entangled in one of the other ladies’ beaded dress. In the words of our K-Jay, we were on the verge of our very own Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction moment. Debbie deftly decoupled their dresses.

Next up were Gary and the Annettes, bravely singing back-up without the benefit of the rewritten lyrics or mouseketeer ears, singing “Yellow Submarine”. It went something like this:
“We all live on the Radisson Voyager, Radisson Voyager, Radisson Voyager;
Capt. Dag is our choreographer, choreographer, choreographer;
We danced last night with the Radisson Mariner; Radisson Mariner; Radisson Mariner;
Arnold is our Drinks Connoisseur; Drinks Connoisseur; Drinks Connoisseur”

Following this performance in the broadest sense of the word, Ngaire once again was caught in a soon-to-be wardrobe malfunction. Again, careful workmanship was needed to separate them and save the dresses. I decided it was time to sit between them for, quite literally, damage control. Our collective capability to disentangle without damage was dropping with every sip of cocktails at our table. Thank god the lens lads were not quick enough on the draw to add those photos to the blackmail folder. Russ was assisted by Ken, Gary and Bing as the Rough Riders while he belted out “Green Green Grass of Home”. He has a marvelous voice, indeed.

There were a lot of solo singers who turned in marvelous performances. Simon should be stalking the Voyager Lounge for American Idol contestants. The highlight was the kids who chose “YMCA”. Everyone I could see was dancing with them. It was great! We stayed on for a little disco and then either scattered to our cabins or to the casino.

Today we’ve got tea time trivia moved up to 12:15 and Huatulco at 1 pm. Chetaun, Gary & I are together on the Robinson Crusoe excursion. Satellite permitting, it's the Rose Bowl in its entirety in Voyager Lounge tonight.

Cheers, Anne