Cruise: Day 1 & Day 2

 Day 1 - Saturday, February 10

The smooth jazz party started before the ship left the

port of Ft. Lauderdale.

 It was amazing how many repeat cruisers were on this

cruise.  I met one lady who has 15 SJC's under her belt.

 The pool deck was the place to be during the day.  You never

knew who you might bump into there.    At 4:00p.m. there

was a Smooth Jazz 15th Anniversary Sailaway Celebration 

hosted by Marcus Miller and Boney James.  Next year we

will be taking our long lens to get bette photo's.

That concert lasted one hour and they had the boat rockin'.

Right after that it was time to get ready for the main show

in the Celebrity Theater at 6:30.  This was 2 hours of music

 featuring Norman Brown and Richard Elliot.  The last

scheduled event for this day started at 11:30p.m. but

we turned in early.

 Day 2:  Sunday, February 11

Every morning there was a smooth stretching class with

the Canyon Ranch Spa staff.  We didn't make one class.

Since this was Sunday starting at 11a.m. there was a 

Smooth Jazz Gospel show hosted by Kirk Whalum.

Everyone we talked to said don't miss this and we didn't.

Kirk did an awesome job playing smooth jazz while

giving a positive sermon.  When that finished it

was time for lunch.   At noon there was an autograph 

session with most of the artists which we skipped.  

 2:00p.m. started the 15th annual T-shirt party featuring

Peter White who was introduced by Gerald Albright.

It was nice to relax by the pool and listen to music.  

 Peter White

 I knew the names of all the artists scheduled to perform but 

I didn't know what most looked like or even what their voices 

sounded like - who would have guessed that Peter White is English.

 T-shirts were left in our cabins as a gift from ECP.

 Entertainment Cruise Productions {ECP} did an excellent

job in decorating the ship and not to mention all the

various stage locations for performances around the ship.

While we were allow to take photo's around the ship and

during the performances outside the main theater it was

prohibited to take photo's during the evening main stage

performances.  I can understand because who would

want flashes going off in your eyes all the times.

The main performance for this evening was 1-1/2 hours

of music by Boney James - introduced by Kirk Whalum.

What we missed was the 4:00p.m. panel discussion

called 'Instruments Identified' which was Horns.  This

was hosted by Candy Dulfer featuring Gerald Albright,

Richard Elliot, Euge Groove and Patches Stewart.

There was a lot we missed because we just couldn't be

in more than one place at a time!  There were little mini-

concerts throughout the day and into the night with all

big-name artists.