So it's been about a month now on my new ship. Things are a lot different here on the Pearl than they were on the Epic. Some things better, some things not as nice, but all new things to get used to, and I pretty much have by now.
I work mostly in the main theatre, but occasionally will have other duties around the ship. A fun thing about this ship is that there is a different show every night, so I don't get sick of the same show every night. There are two shows with the production cast made up of singers and dancers and they perform two different variety shows, one a medley of Broadway hits like Wicked, Mamma Mia, In The Heights..., and the other a tribute to show business throughout time consisting of Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna... etc. The other shows we have are Oh What A Night which is a concert tribute of Frankie Valley songs, Shark Bait which is a juggling variety show, and an improv show by the Second City.
Speaking of shows, a couple weeks ago we had a large group of about 400 people on board that performed a lot of concerts throughout the week that we assisted with. The unique thing about this group though was that they were all Orthodox Jewish and there concerts were as such. I think we worked somewhere near 15 concerts throughout the week and they were all traditional Hebrew and Yiddish chanting, with the exception being the final concert, and this one I actually paid attention to. Just imagine this, a Jewish guy, orthodox, meaning he has the long side curls by his ears, the prayer rope belt, I mean the whole works. Ok, so now that you have a good image of this guy just imagine this, the time is 11am on a Saturday, the song is I got a feeling by Black Eyed Peas, and language is Hebrew. I was just doing my usual for the week during these concerts, playing angry birds, then I hear the bump bump bump for the beginning of I got a feeling, and my interest starts to perk up a little bit. I look up from my phone and I see this guy is bouncing and jumping around the stage, he thinks he is a rock god or something, oh my god it was so amazing, sooo bad, but so so good. I don't remember any more specifics about his set list other than one, My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion, ALSO in Hebrew. This one concert made the whole week of sitting through all the others worth it.
We have another special cruise coming up next week, a charter, meaning that the group bought out the entire ship for the week and they are in charge of everything. This charter is called Cayamo, and it is a group of semi famous singer song writers that will be on board and performing all week long everywhere around the ship. Some of the artists include Brandi Carlile, The Indigo Girls, Steve Earl, Dar Williams, and a ton more, check it out at Cayamo.com to see the full line up. I am going to be working right in the middle of this in the main theatre so I am pretty excited. I will let you know how it goes after next week.
