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Steamboat Natchez Cruise, New Orleans

Following our Super City Bus Tour this morning, we also had booked the luncheon cruise following. It is a combined ticket and really worth it. We have taken the dinner cruise twice before and opted for the day cruise where we could see everything along the shoreline and waterway traffic.

The commentator they had on the boat telling us all about the history of the waterways etc. should be taken to task. His most annoying and extremely loud voice was so affected, he sounded like a game show host. We were thankful when the 3 piece band started to play and we didn’t have to listen to him. He really is in love with his voice, trust me.

When we bought the tickets for this days adventure, we were told it was open to purchase lunch, but they don’t tell you you have to go to one end of the boat (bar) buy your ticket and then go back in line to go through the Buffet.

The food was really good, salad of your choice, fish, chicken, red beans and rice, andouille sausage, plain rice, and a wonderful bread pudding with sauce. We shared a meal and for $16.00, it was well worth it.

When you come to New Orleans be sure to take this kind of side trip, alone or in conjunction with another type of adventure. This is why you come here and it would be a shame not to take in the culture, the food and the atmosphere.

Hopefully, we will come back again. You just fall in love with it all.

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Soundwave Choir- The Port Theatre

Boy am I glad we live here in Nanaimo. A very dear friend gave Don and I tickets to go hear this choir. Believe me, it is  a choir unlike anything you would or could imagine. Let me explain…

The choir consists of 75 bodies all ages up to and including a lovely lady of 91 years old. They are lively, spirited and simply fun to watch and listen to.

The Choir Director is someone you would love to know and be called a friend with. Holly Wright never stops playing her guitar, singing and directing a band she calls the Holly Hot Band. You can feel the love they share of the music, the jokes she tells and comments whispered aside but, of course, wanting all to hear and a genuine love for each other. Everyone in the audience knows the songs and sings along as well. What? We weren’t supposed to? Couldn’t help ourselves.

Another thing I am very passionate about NOW. Holly wrote a song about dementia, after her experiences at  Eden Gardens and I hope and pray she will get it recorded for everyone to hear. She says it is on her site but I couldn’t find it. This is a song from the heart to your heart and it is beautiful. By the way…I do not believe there was a dry eye in the house when she was done.

Again, another huge win for Nanaimo. Thank  you Holly Wright, The Soundwave Choir and the Holly Hot Band members. The evening was pure fun and so uplifting. Don’t quit this job please. We all need it and you.

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