Month: June 2006

  • St. Petersburg, Russia – Day 2

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Friday, June 30, 2006 St. Petersburg, Russia – Day 2 Today was a much better day. We moved rehearsal up to 1030 so that we all could have time to get off the ship. After rehearsal, Elena, the pianist who is performing tonight invited Celina and I to go out…

  • St. Petersburg, Russia – Day 1

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Thursday, June 29, 2006 St. Petersburg, Russia – Day 1 Well, I am stuck on the ship today so I guess I will make the best of it. We had a raft drill this morning, and the makeup traffic director’s training pretty much right after the drill. We also had…

  • Helsinki, Finland

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Wednesday, June 28, 2006 Helsinki, Finland So today I was up, barley coherent to see the Chief Officer at 0600. Basically he said that they were not happy that people missed the meeting and that we were going to have another meeting tomorrow, and that we can’t get off the…

  • Visby, Gotland, Sweeden

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Visby, Gotland, Sweeden Well today we were only in port for the morning, and it was a tender pot as well. We also had rehearsal in the morning for Sally Jones, the evening’s performer. So, needless to say I didn’t get the chance to go ashore.…

  • Rønne, Bornholm, Denmark

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Monday, June 26, 2006 Rønne, Bornholm, Denmark Today I could have slept in, but I had plans to go out with some of the cruise staff around 1030. After we got off the ship we saw a bike rental place where we each picked up a bike to ride around…

  • Kiel Canal, Germany

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Sunday, June 25, 2006 Kiel Canal, Germany I got up this morning to see some of the scenery and watch as we went through the locks into the canal. I have to say, the locks were not quite as exciting as I was hoping. I guess the change in water…

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands – Day 2

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Sunday, June 24, 2006 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Day 2 Another day with plenty of time to sleep in. Today was debarkation in the morning and then embarkation in the afternoon. We really didn’t have anything going on, not even rehearsals as tonight’s show was the welcome aboard introductions. I didn’t…

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands – Day 1

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Friday, June 23, 2006 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Day 1 Today was a rather long day. We treated it like a port day even though we didn’t arrive in Amsterdam until 1200. The nice thing was that there was no morning lecture, so I got the chance to sleep in a…

  • At Sea

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Thursday, June 22, 2006 At Sea Today the sea was pretty rough. I don’t mind too much, in fact the rough started last night and the rocking puts me right to sleep. I believe according to the reports from the bridge that the seas were about 7-10 feet. It was…

  • At Sea

    Stage Manager’s Log M.S. Prinsendam Wednesday, June 21, 2006 At Sea Today was not such a bad sea day. In the morning instead of giving a lecture, Barbara had a slideshow and some Norwegian music for people to come and watch and listen to. The Music was the Peter Gynt suite, very beautiful. I didn’t…