Wow! What a day! I just had an amazing breathtaking moment in The Crow's Nest. It is like the night lounge on my ship. We were leaving Juneau and traveling through a passage surrounded by mountains. There was a full moon over the water reflecting a beautiful glow towards our ship. The mountains were just dusted with snow. I sat and sipped on a Raspberry Champagne Dream, a signature drink on the Holland America line, which only cost me 3 dollars with my discount. It was a priceless moment with two of my cast mates Brittney and Liz. Right before sitting down we mingled with a few passengers. We got some great feedback from our opening show, Southern Nights, The guests really seemed to enjoy our show. They were pleased at how wholesome our shows were compared to some other cruise shows they had seen. I guess we like to keep it classy here on our fleet.
Since I last wrote we opened our first show and have begun blocking our next production number "On the Air"! It is a 50's, 60's, and 70's variety show. Some of my moments include: Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, All Shook Up, Twist and Shout, You're just To Good To be True, Sometimes When We Touch, and Rubberband Man...one of my favorties=) The show flies by because it is full of energy. Overall the show vocally shows me off because of the amount of ballads I get to sing. I enjoy On The Air a lot, our dancers are drenched by the end because it is nonstop marathon dancing for them.
Things have begun to slow down a little which is wonderful. I have been able to get some more sleep and hopefully will be able to get back to the gym soon. I am hoping to sit down and post some pictures soon. Today in Juneau I got to go to Wal Mart with Liz. We took a shuttle from the port to the store and it only cost us 7 bucks a person. I wanted to pick up some bedding to make my room feel a little more like home. Mission Accomplished!!!! I also was able to pick up some almond milk, which is wonderful for my lactose intolerant self, and a few other snacky items when I am too lazy to put on passenger friendly clothes to eat in the Lido. Liz and I had to catch the bus back to the port and boy was it an experience. We met some of the craziest locals at the bus stop and drove around some pretty sad areas of Juneau. I never realized how simply the people around here lived. Most houses I saw were on level ranchers or mobile housing units, They looked run down and all i could think was, " how do these people live like this when it is winter?". Liz and I had a good laugh about this one man we met who seemed to be on some top secret mission (wink, wink). He was convinced he was going to uncover somthing big I believe, I think he was personally just a nut case. He asked if I was Liz's man and she answered with a resounding yes...haha. She was getting a little nervous about his behavior, but I could tell he was just a harmless coo coo!
We had the night off from rehearsals and our ship set sail at 10pm, we are headed for Skagway!!!! Back on board the cast got all dressed up and went out for drinks at the Officer bar and then some of us proceeded up to The Crow's Nest to mingle a bit. The Hal Cats (our band on board) were playing a set. We danced a little and just enjoyed the evening together with friends. It was perfect!
I think the hardest thing so far about being new to a ship is learning everyone's name that you meet. I work with over 600 crew members and trying to learn names is crazy. Just like anywhere else it is important to make connections with people through out your ship because it makes your contract so much easier. I am so thankful to be traveling and singing. Tonight while I was dancing with my friend Ashley, she is fabulous, I realized that the next 8 months were going to be a journey unlike any other, Im READY!!!!!!
love and miss you all!
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