after the 7AM completion of my walk but could barely be seen through the
cloud cover as a busy sea day opened.
There was a crew talent show at 10 with several singing, dancing, and
instrumental acts. The 11AM hour was particularly busy with a Cooking
Competition in the Solstice Theater at 11 and an 11:30 3-point shooting
clinic with Steve Javie on the sports deck. I opted instead for the
11:15 nautical not demonstration in Celebrity Central with Staff Captain
Panagiotis. While knots were discussed he also covered line throwing
and other seamanship activities. He also passed around a number of items
including a section of mooring line which looked quite large next to my
leg. This is a program he devised and I hope Panagiotis will be one the
rising stars at Celebrity; I think he's really earned it.
The Hot Glass auction at 12:15 raised $2,400 for the Corning Glass
Museum scholarship fund and $1,000 for breast cancer research.
Brooks Aehron performed a classical music concert at 3 which became
something of a comedy of errors. A string broke on the piano (one of
the keys which uses 2 strings so all was not lost) and he did a piano
concerto where the orchestra parts were on CD, and the CD broke down
midway through ending the piece. The concert was still enjoyable.
After the final diner in Blu there was a closing variety show including
the Stars of Solstice, Nicola Loud, and Nik Page, ending with Nicola and
Nik combining for "Time to Say Goodbye", and then packing for me.
Today's parting shot is Captain Berdos' final life lesson for this
voyage: If you think you're too small to have an impact consider being
in a dark room with a mosquito.
Roy
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