We’re running down time at sea returning to Sydney. The question is are you continuing, I think to Hobart then NZ then on further. A production show was sadly cancelled given problems with lifts. There’s been another singer show from NZ-resident Scottish singer ex-Australian Voice Nyree Huyser and I enjoyed the varied songs, from Celine Dion and Barbara Streisand to Guns N Roses. Nicely backed by the House band with her charts and a 90-min rehearsal. I remain in awe of Gio, the Italian drummer who holds grooves and holds the band together to my ears. There has been a chat from stage about how the entertainment is brought together. Princess Cruises (read Love Boat) prides itself on its entertainment and it is impressive, LA trained, costumed and more harking to Broadway ad the West End. There was a repeat of a show I’ve seen before, all opera and musical theatre, Encore. Entertaining and pretty and well done if not too artistically challenging. That’s what this is and it’s fabulously well done. There will be a few wind-up concerts and our Pop choir will do a short gig on the last full day at sea. Not many rehearsals and limited harmonies but fun none-the-less. Then back to the run down to Christmas. It’s been a strange period, too, with three major events, Halloween with dress-ups in an increasingly US-influenced Aussie world, the Melbourne cup from our older Aussie English-influenced past, and the US election with its foreboding for all. So perhaps a more memorable cruise than normal. And the chance to test my Talking cure. This morning’s opportunity was with the writer on deck: Writing your novel? Just recording for Jesus… It felt like more Americana.
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