Recent Cruises
Celebrity Constellation – Rome Mediterranean B2B – July 2023
Celebrity Solstice – Australia and New Zealand February March 2020 (back to back)
Celebrity Constellation – India, Dubai, Abu Dhabi 2019
Celebrity Solstice – Australia and New Zealand (back to back) 2019
Celebrity Edge – Mediterranean August 2019
Royal Caribbean – Majesty – Caribbean – Fall 2018
Royal Princess – Caribbean – December 2018
Royal Caribbean – Empress – Cuba – October 2018
Royal Caribbean – Empress – Cuba – March 2019
Regal Princess – Caribbean – December 2019 (submitted)
Presentations – both Destination and Enrichment
Destinations
Presenting current information on upcoming Ports, Cities, Countries, and Areas (Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Australia). Includes historical and tourist high lights that will enhance the visit to the area, with practical “do’s and don’ts,” tourist tips, and interesting trivia…as 40 minutes allow.
Enrichment
- Special Subjects
- Music “Anthology”
- Frank Sinatra Songbook…. From Hoboken to Hollywood…. a look at how Frank got there, and what he did when he got there.
- Tony Bennett Sings…. Is his heart still in San Francisco? His life, his loves, and his “thing” with Lady Gaga.
- Beethoven to the Beatles…. What were the changes and why? Who were the Beatles before Ed Sullivan?
- History of Jazz…. did Louie Armstrong start the movement? Is Jazz still around?
- Music in Europe…. How did it begin? Bach, Mozart, or the piano guys?
- It’s a Small World…. when it comes to music. The worldwide language.
European History Overview
- The Greeks and Persia
- The Beginning of Western Civilization
- The Roman Empire
- The Christian World
- Turkey (Ottoman), and Middle East
- The Hapsburg Dynasty Impact
- National Monarchies
- Russia and Eastern Europe
- The British Empire
- Europe Today
- Goal: “Be Brilliant on the Platform”
My Presentations Follow These Ten Objectives: **
- Be your best. Every presentation should be better than the last.
- Continually improve both presentation and subject information.
- Research continually the subject to be current and accurate.
- Establish credibility with experience and honesty.
- Present a multi-sensory experience (stories, humor, videos, photos).
- Be confident … the expert on the subject.
- Be professional, spontaneous, “of service”, and helpful to the audience.
- Sense of humor, appreciate the audience, engage and praise the audience.
- Do not divide the audience, be audience-centric, questions will be answered.
- End the presentation with a challenge and enjoy the Cruise.
