After a glorious day in San Francisco the weather took a turn for the worse as the wind picked up and the rain came down. On board a ship what this means is no-one up on deck and full lounges below. This was certainly the case this morning as the Vista Lounge was packed for the morning trivia challenge. Unfortunately we made a couple of poor guesses and missed the chance of winning a magnetic clip.
Following the sessions from songwriter Allan Rich earlier in the cruise we were treated to another presentation last night, this time by composer Charles Fox. Although his name may not be immediately recognisable many of his compositions would be. For instance he wrote the themes to many TV series include the Love Boat, Wonder Woman and prehaps most famously Happy Days. He also composed the music for many movies such as Barbarella but by far his most famous composition would be “Killing Me Softly” a major hit for both Roberta Flack and The Fugees. He entertained us with showbiz tales, playing some of his compositions on the way - a great night’s entertainment.
As a follow up this morning a question and answer session was held with the cruise director where the composer finally put to the bed the myth that “Killing Me Softly” was written about Don McClean. He related that many people thought that this was the case including Don himself but the song was written by himself and a lyricist in a couple of hours as the final song on an album.
Illustrating the variety of entertainment on board, the Q&A session gave way to a game of giant Jenga.
Tonight was the last formal night of the cruise and we all gathered early in our finery in attempt to get some official photographs taken.
The children, as always were very lively………...
…..and hopefully the professional photographers have more luck than me.
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