Hello, All!

Ok, this will be very short. I completely forgot to bring my hard drive up here to the top deck of the ship, so this will be a pictureless newsletter:( POO! It's been so long since I have sent you all anything, I figured I had better just say hello at least...HELLO:)

Things are going well out here on the Zuiderdam. My contract is nearly over and the food is still...well...ok it's not as fabulous as it was my first week, but it's still in passenger areas. I will say about the food, my compatriats and I find ourselves complaining about the food every once and a while. Then I take a moment to bring it all into perspective for us, "Guys, we are complaining about eating Duck A L'Orange and SALMON everyday!" Clearly! LOL! Then we remember that we could be down in the cew mess eating fried fish heads and rice EVERYDAY!

Alright everyone, it's time for me to get ready for boat drill! HOORAY FOR BOAT DRILL!!!!

Love you all!

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Sailing...Sailing Away! Wo Wo Wo Wo!

Hello, All! I hope that is finds everyone doing quite well:) Currently, I am sitting in Arrruba where I can get free internet at a small cafe on a pier:) This is my 4th cruise, I think, with the Zuiderdam and it's the first week that it has not been sunny EVERYDAY:( It's a bit overcast now, but I definitely cannot complain because I am still in ARRRUBBBA!!!

Oh, some of you asked about my itenerary. I am on a 10 day cruise that leaves from Ft. Lauderdale until April 18 and then we go on a 21 day repositioning cruise through the Panama Canal where I will leave the ship on May 6th in LA.

So here are my current points of call:
Orenjestad, Aruba
Willemstad, Curacao
Cristobal, Panama
Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

I am so glad to be in a different part of the caribbean...I know some of you may hate to hear me say it, but I was TRULY tired of Nassau! LOL!


So I got a few pictures, over the past couple of weeks, of my travels so far. Let's go in order:)



That is my ship the Zuiderdam. It was the very first day I got on the boat (February 17)...which was pretty hectic. I should have taken a picture of all the stuff I had with me. It was absolutely hilarious! Unlike with Royal Caribbean, there were no stagehands to help me take my luggage on board. If only I had known that BEFORE I packed;) Also, this is the FIRST time I am out to sea and don't have my parents to mail things back and forth to:( Sadness:( Truth be told I always had 4 suitcases worth of stuff on board, I just never had it all there at one time since I mailed everything back to my parents all the time...COME BACK TO AMERICA MOM AND DAD!


This beautiful lady was one of the first people I met on the ship. She was one of the guest that came to EVERY SINGLE performance I had. She and her husband (who I unfortunately do not have a picture of) were celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary!!!! They were absolute dolls!














Next up, yes, there are young people that sail on 10 day cruises;) I found them:)















ARRRUBAA!!! I still can't NOT pose without posing Disney!
















And the final pic is Curacoa. It's a beautiful island.




Well...that's all folks:) Until next time:)

Out to Sea

HI, Everyone! I promise the next letter I will add pictures of my travels. My 'puter is almost dead, but I wanted to try and get something out before the end of my 3rd cruise aboard the Zuiderdam. I am currently sailing with Holland America as a singer for the HAL Cats. I am the lead singer for this INCREDIBLE band...and the ONLY singer;) I have my own cabin and I get to eat guest food ALL THE TIME...which means I ACTUALLY have to work out now;) LOL! I miss you all. Please do keep in touch and I will have more to write about this amazing experience next time.

Until then...

Christmastime Is Here...

Hello, All! I am sure you have all been wondering where in the world I have gone. It's been quite some time since I sent my last newsletter. I know it may be hard to believe, folks, but I have not had much going on lately.

However, I did forget to mention that I was in Ragtime at Belmont University a couple of weeks ago. Let me tell you, that was a most FABULOUS experience. Many of you know that I suffered some MAJOR vocal troubles from my Cirque gig, but I am happy to say that the voce is FINALLY back and in FULL FORCE! WOOHOO! I was just a bit scared, let me tell ya. I wasn't sure if it was truly going to come back since it's been over a year now since that all happened. Thank you, LORD! Check out my facebook for some videos of the performance:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/?of=688402062

Of course, that means you will have to be friends with me on facebook to view them. Don't you hate how they get you sucked into all this technology:( Blast! There's no way around it!

Also, on December 1, a little group of girls that were once a showchoir turned ensemble performed their Christmas show on December 2. For those of you who have seen what I have done with children before, it will come as no surprise that I pushed them vocally past their comfort zones and they came out shining like stars in the end;) Hee hee:) I never take "I don't think I can" as an excuse from any student I am teaching and in the end, they realize they can do that and much more! Hopefully soon, I will have some video to put up here so you can all get the same goose pimples I got when they hit the last chord of their A Capella number.

Well, now that I have been writing for some time, I see there is much more going on in my life than I realized. Guess I am not as boring as I was beginning to think.

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Until Next time!

Ella Glasgow