Tag Archives: Cruise ship

July 22

The Story of Motown*

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*note…not the real Motown… Motown is a mini show, what Celebrity calls an ‘interactive theme party,’ that we play weekly with 4 singers and the entire cast of dancers. Our portion of the show is one big medley of Motown tunes such as Sir Duke, Tears of a Clown, Reach Out, I Wish, and Ain’t […]

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March 07

Spring Break, Coast Guard, and Goodbye Ft Lauderdale

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Several pretty interesting things have been going on onboard lately. We did a three-day Bahamas cruise last week that was pretty much spring break, followed by a full coast guard inspection, and now we’re on our way to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal. The last cruise was quite hilarious. The normal cliental here is […]

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February 28

St. Elsewhere…

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Just a little wrap up about a few other places i’ve been lately… So there’s this little island that Royal Caribbean owns…apparently not only oil sheiks can claim their own islands. This one is in the bahamas and is actually quite lovely. Having been to Labadee, in Haiti, the other Royal Caribbean Island I would […]

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February 12

Sign on madness!

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I suppose I’ve never been the kind of guy to show up to work early. That all changed a few days ago. I was supposed to sign on the Celebrity Century for a 6-month orchestra contract February 10th but got an early start.   I arrived in Freeport, Bahamas February 9th on a tiny plane […]

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July 26

How to get a cruise ship gig.

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A lot of people ask me how to get a cruise ship gig. I thought I would post this to answer these questions and hopefully help some people get hired! There are basically 2 ways you can get hired by a cruise line. You can either contact the line directly or go through an agent/agency. […]

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