Formal Night 1.
A tossing and turning night – mostly due to the bed
layout. In our normal configuration, I
wouldn’t be able to get out because the bed is against the wall. So we tried to sleep at the other end. With no headboard, the pillows wouldn’t stay
put. We’ll figure this out.
Got up early this morning because my talk is scheduled for
9:30 AM in the Princess Theater. I was
up in the Horizon Court at 6:15 AM (crazy, I know) just a little after they opened. I am so glad that Grand Princess is open early for breakfast, in general.
The Princess
Theater holds about 900 people and about 250-300 showed up for the talk – “Forensics and History: The Search for the
Unknown Titanic Child”. Considering
the early hour and the actual number of English speakers, I considered this to be
a good turnout. Gary Shahan came on
right after me so I made sure I finished right on time.
Still too chilly to take advantage of the couches on Deck 15 Aft. I did venture out and took some pictures of the sea and deck. We could see the coast of Baja Mexico in the distance.
I also spotted an NCL cruiser.
Some folks got really dressed up for formal night and some
didn’t – I went with dress slacks, dress shirt, and tie. Enforcing dress codes on the ship is a inexact process.
Showtime tonight featured the first production show – “Stardust”. We’ve seen the show many times but, with each
different set of singers and dancers, the presentations can be different. This troupe has four singers (two and two) and
nine dancers (three boys) (we heard there were some injured dancers on the
mend). The show, which features songs
from the 50s was different – two of my favorite songs were cut – “Mr. Sandman”
and “Johnny Angel”, and the two extra “singers” who do their background stuff
at Stage Left were gone (also one of my favorite parts of the show). The show was short – only 30 minutes – but
still enjoyable because the Princess Singers and Dancers were very good.
Clocks go forward tonight
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