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| small island of niue |
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| larry on sax, dan on guitar and craig on drums; don't know guy in green shirt... |
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| hanging out on the ship today... |
alofi is the only town on the very small pacific island nation of niue. less than 700 people make it home, and there is not much here. a lot of it was destroyed by a tsunami several years ago, and two people were lost as well as many buildings, their hospital, homes, etc… i had in-port manning today, so it was not an option to go over, and with only half a day there and not much to do, i didn’t think it was a big loss that i couldn’t go…
judy and i went over her show of the night before and i was able to tell her the stuff i really admired about her playing… after tonga tomorrow is a sea day and then i am going to have a session with her – very much looking forward to that! i was also excited to be invited to dinner on tonga night (tomorrow) with a nice couple at the pinnacle grill (the fanciest restaurant on board) with judy and myself as their guests… cool! i think that will be a nice way to visit... the last couple of times she has visited the piano bar, i have been a little nervous, but threw a few piano solos into the middle… i don’t usually do much of that on my typical night as they are not asking me to do jazz, they want me to sing songs of every stripe all night… anyway, judy said today, “that was for me, wasn’t it! you were flirting with me!” hee hee… yes the improv was for miss judy… anyway, glad she has popped by each night for a bit!
my theme tonight was “never say never” and featured songs indicating a time stamp or reference, like yesterday, or today… speaking of time and days, it is also interesting to note that as we cross the international dateline tonite, feb 2nd ceases to exist for us, and we go from the 1st to the 3rd… how will we know if spring is coming? no groundhog day! that bends my mind a little bit… we are truly time traveling now! ciao for now, df
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