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Our friends from London in for their 2nd Cruise.Good to
see you again!
Joe and the boys before the Pepper show.
Joe Johnson with "Revolution"
before departure.
Joe and Revolution with
Jim Hurley, Cheri and Gordon Thompson.
Judy Cuervo and Jill Finan watching a
FAB
Revolution show.
Joe interviews Eva, a loyal fan at the
pool deck.
Revolution
in the Pepper / Abbey Road show
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The Beatle Brunch
Cruise
Was Awesome!
Well Beatle Fans! It’s back to the real
world after spending an entire week on the high seas, high
on Beatles music and great friends! We just returned from
our 5th Beatle Brunch Cruise, on the Radisson
Seven Seas Navigator, sailing from Ft. Lauderdale to
the western Caribbean for 7 rockin’ days, and what
a time we had!
The Beatle tribute band, “Revolution”,
played four concerts on board for our Beatlemaniac group!
Tim Piper, Jim Neil, Greg Piper and Carmine Grippo
gave us searing renditions of The Beatles, all the way from
the Cavern days, right through Beatlemania, to the Sgt.
Pepper period and up on the roof for “Get Back”.
They even performed a show on deck 10 by the pool. What
could be better than listening to The Beatles, watching
the sun set, and pulling into Key West? Nothing is real,
or so it seemed. Then, they blew us away with their “Unplugged”
show late one night, where all the Beatle fans got to “sing
along” to their favorite Beatles songs.
During the week, I hosted several lectures (though it sounds
so scholarly to say “lecture”, it was really a
fun-fact-filled hour of videos and prizes). We watched The
Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, complete
with the old corny commercials, then gave away tons of Beatle
Brunch prizes to our great group of fans. On Thursday, the
boys from Revolution joined me on stage for our “Evolution
of The Beatles” show, where we talked about how the
songs came together, complete with Fab examples by John
and Paul (Tim and Jim). We even had our Beatly-talented
artist, Rob Korhonen, show us how he sketches by
drawing Tim “Lennon” Piper for us in Galileo’s
lounge.
Our grand prize Beatle Brunch winner was Susan Krankowski
from Sarasota, Florida, who listens to Beatle Brunch every
Sunday on Oldies 108. Susan partied all week with her friend
Tracy and has made friends for life! We’re glad you
came along. Also congrats and welcome to Sandi from
Coral Springs, who won the cruise from Majic 102.7
in South Florida.
Of course we had all the fun and luxury you’d expect
on a top of the line Radisson cruise. Boy, I really
miss my room service about now!
Needless to say, the entire Navigator was rocking (sometimes
literally) with “Beatles, Beatles, Beatles”, said
Judy from New York City. We also met a great gang
of fans, including Susan and Bob from Weston, Florida;
Johnny B. and his wife Renee from Asheville,
NC; Rick from Ft. Lauderdale; Jill from Rochester;
Scott and Alicia from San Francisco; Bob from Ft.
Lauderdale, and many others who traveled with us from as
far away as South Hampton, England to sing with the boys
on the Yellow Submarine!
Check out all the cool pics our graphic artist Rob
has put up. You might see yourself, or maybe you can see
yourself coming with us next time. All I can say is this
trip was sold out thanks to our Beatle Brunch fans! So next
time, make your reservations early so you don’t miss
this Magical Mystery Cruise! Stay tuned and listen the weekend
of April 3-4 to hear a wrapup on the radio.
Revolution
tunes up for the performance by the pool with dancing and
appetizers. Many people said this was their favorite performace,
with the sunset in the background.
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