Pacific Pearl Auckland's Naming Ceremony

On the 21st December 2010 Pacific Pearl had her naming ceremony right here in Auckland :D

Here is a section of photos I did that night, I also did a few videos that night, below are 3 videos I have created so far, I have another one or two to do, which I will post soon!

Sorry it has taken me this long to get the photos on-line, but I took around 300 photos that day (including photo from Pacific Pearl Lunch and Tour I went on.), so it has taken me a bit of time to go thought them all and create the videos (First time editing HD Videos)

In the morning: Getting ready for the naming ceremony that night:

Everyone waiting to enter the Party:

Everyone entering:

They had people from the Spa on the Wharf as well: (The guy dressed up as a angel (in the background) was doing free massages!!)

They had a Sandpit for the Children:

A Sand (Snow) man:

They had a lot of food on offer:

This is just a sample of what was on offer from one of the restaurants:

The stage area:

The First entertainment of the night we had Pacific Island dancers:

Some of the crew where watching:

In the background you can see where they had all the food stalls:

More Pacific Island dancers:

Pacific Santa came to visit:

Captain Charlie Carr came on and said a few things about the Pacific Pearl:

They had stilt walkers:

There was a Clown for the Kids:

Sun Princess leaving:

Sun Princess sailing past the Pacific Pearl:

Barbara Kendall Came on and said a few things about been the godmother of the Pacific Pearl:

Barbara Kendall, Captain Charlie Carr & Carnival Australia CEO Ann Sherry, walking to the ship:

More entertainment for the kids: ( I think this may have been the jump jam people)

The Mayor of Greymouth Tony Kokshoorn came on and Thanked the people of Auckland & P&O for their support & for the money raised for the Pike River miners family's.

Pacific Pearl Pacific Cirque performers:

The MC for the night:

Pacific Island fire dancers:

The moment we where waiting for: The Pacific Pearl Naming Ceremony:

This video is 11 mins long, so you might want to get a drink and sit back and enjoy!:

Part 2: (The official naming):

The Fireworks:

At the end they had Stan Walker and Dane Rumble

Photo of Stan Walker:

Here are some videos I found on youtube of Stan Walker and Dane Rumble playing at Pacific Pearl Naming Ceremony:

The audio on these other videos is not the best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgtGvMcnhyM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCpCi6v0xzc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgyrjJZOUn0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upyrAUSitUU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7F9iFFVbSY

WOW..

Thank you Stu for all the time and effort you have put into posting these pics.

Going through them , it was just as if we were there ourselves.

Your shots captured the atmosphere of the event.

Well done.

THanks for the pics also found a video of youtube from yours looked like a great day/night.