Category Archives: Grand Balls

Step and Glide – At Sea – [10/14/2012]

And the only thing that matters, is climbing up that social ladder…. Still care about your hair and the car you drive Doesn’t matter if you’re sixteen or thirty-five It’s strange how you realize well after the fact how much … Continue reading

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Paper Faces On Parade – Transatlantic Day 6 – [04/26/2012]

It’s the crème de la crème watching us watching them Faces! And what a masquerade.. The idea for the Grand Black & Gold Masked Ball started last year actually, when it was discovered that as part of the decorations for … Continue reading

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Rose Red Afterglow – At Sea – [02/15/2012]

My mother was joking yesterday that I should go to the Valentine’s Day ball dressed in purple, or black or bright yellow, as a silent rebellion against the sea of red and pink.  I will admit it was a tempting … Continue reading

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Of Silver and Black Extremes – At Sea – [01/14/2012]

Welcome to the first ball of the season. Well of this cruise anyway. The show lounge glittered in its coating of black and silver and so did we. As I’ve said before, balls are a job of work. This time … Continue reading

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Black, Gold & Breathless – At Sea – [10/29/2011]

“Well then women in London must have learned not to breathe!” – Pirates of the Caribbean. They say that beauty is pain. ‘Tis true. Never was it more true than when one has a black & gold formal Captain’s Ball, … Continue reading

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Silver Glimmer and Black Confetti – Bering Sea/Trans-Pacific Crossing Day 5 – [10/03/2011]

As I’ve said before, Balls are a job of work… Decorating for the Balls has always been an interesting experience. It’s one of the few times that the entertainment staff sees each other ‘out of context’, because we troupe to … Continue reading

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All Wrapped up – Saris 101

My current ship hosted an India/Bollywood formal night the night after we departed Bombay – thus began my adventures in learning how to wear a sari…. When you look at a sari, it’s hard to comprehend that its’ really one … Continue reading

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On Being Cinderella…

It occurs to me that I’ve talked of shipboard balls and never really gone into any detail about how they’re set up, or what they’re really about. Cinderella had it easy, all she had to do was show up, in … Continue reading

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