Day 50...Student/Faculty Talent Show

Day 50/C15, August 3rd:

Today was so exciting!  I spent the entire day studying and studying and studying for both of my tests tomorrow.  Now, I had to throw in a little bit of fun, so I did study for my economics exam on the pool deck.  It was such a beautiful day…I couldn’t pass it up. 

After dinner, we had the Student/Faculty/Staff Talent Show in the Union.  The first act was both of the Deans dancing and singing to the Music Video of “I’m on a boat!”  It was soooooo hilarious.  Imagine two old guys dressed up in suits with sunglasses, throwing food, spraying champagne and singing a rap song in front of 739 college students, faculty, and staff.  What a hoot!  All of the other acts were really amazing too.  Some sang songs, played the piano and/or guitar, danced (including an Indian ritual), performed magic tricks, and even had skits performed by the kids.  Only one act was not good at all!  They were sooo bad that William Hung looked amazing.  Everyone else was fabulous!  It was a lot of fun!  I can’t wait for the crew talent show in two days. 

We also met for the Auction to determine which items were going to be in the silent auction and the live auction.  We have over 100 items donated so far from the shipboard community.  Items include trips to the Big Apple Circus in NYC with backstage passes, vacation homes in California, Ohio, Arizona, Canada, chance to attend a training event for the Pittsburg Steelers, and be apart of a sailing regatta while sailing with the world-winning team (I forget where it is).  Other items include Girl Scout cookies, jellybeans, jars of chunky peanut butter, miscellaneous souvenirs from port, etc.  The ship is giving items like first to get off the ship, blow the ship’s horn in Norfolk, steer the ship, pick the dinner menu for a day, have dinner with the Captain, have a bubble bath in the Dean’s Office, a signed navigational map of our voyage signed by all of the Bridge Crew including the Captain, and many more.  It is going to be exciting.  We have so many cool items! The proceeds benefit the SAS Scholarship Fund, general maintenance for the ship, as well as provide supplies for the service visits for upcoming voyages. 

Noon Report for August 3rd:

873 NM since Alexandria with average speed of 13.79 knots, 337 NM since last noon with average speed of 14.04 knots, 932 NM left until we reach the Straights of Gibraltar, closest land to the ship is 34 NM SSW of Licata (Sicilia-Italy), sea depth is 2034 ft, sea water temperature is 75.2 degrees, air temperature is 73.4 degrees, sea swell is slight, sunset tonight at 21:21, sunrise tomorrow at 06:32, at midnight tonight we change our clocks to +6 EST.