cruzinchris Posted February 6, 2011 #1 Share Posted February 6, 2011 DH and I are currently onboard the Island Princess and participated in the Princess Pop Choir that performed in the Atrium yesterday. This new Princess activity is great fun, so I'd like to share some information about the experience. In preparation for our afternoon performance on a sea day, there were three rehearsals. Our instructor was Joe Sackenheim who is one of the lead vocalists onboard. Joe is charismatic, energetic, and very supportive of the passengers who opted to participate in the Pop Choir. We lost a few passengers after the first and second rehearsals but ended up with a group of 15, mostly women. We received "scripts" with the lyrics for six selections that included: Oh, What A Night, Waterloo, Isn't She Lovely, It's Not Unusual, We Are the Champions, and Sweet Caroline. Joe coached our singing and taught simple choreography for each song. We were asked to wear black/white attire for our performance that was attended by about 100 passengers on various levels of the Atrium. Whether you are a polished vocalist or sing in the shower, have had years of ballet training or two left feet, you will have enjoy participating in Princess Pop Choir. The program will soon be offered fleetwide, and musical selections will be rotated approximately every six months. "Glee"fully yours, Chris and Mike in Michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia1913 Posted February 6, 2011 #2 Share Posted February 6, 2011 DH and I are currently onboard the Island Princess and participated in the Princess Pop Choir that performed in the Atrium yesterday. This new Princess activity is great fun, so I'd like to share some information about the experience. In preparation for our afternoon performance on a sea day, there were three rehearsals. Our instructor was Joe Sackenheim who is one of the lead vocalists onboard. Joe is charismatic, energetic, and very supportive of the passengers who opted to participate in the Pop Choir. We lost a few passengers after the first and second rehearsals but ended up with a group of 15, mostly women. We received "scripts" with the lyrics for six selections that included: Oh, What A Night, Waterloo, Isn't She Lovely, It's Not Unusual, We Are the Champions, and Sweet Caroline. Joe coached our singing and taught simple choreography for each song. We were asked to wear black/white attire for our performance that was attended by about 100 passengers on various levels of the Atrium. Whether you are a polished vocalist or sing in the shower, have had years of ballet training or two left feet, you will have enjoy participating in Princess Pop Choir. The program will soon be offered fleetwide, and musical selections will be rotated approximately every six months. "Glee"fully yours, Chris and Mike in Michigan Thanks for the info. I hope they have it on the Star which we board on the 23rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTGirl Posted February 6, 2011 #3 Share Posted February 6, 2011 DH and I are currently onboard the Island Princess and participated in the Princess Pop Choir that performed in the Atrium yesterday. This new Princess activity is great fun, so I'd like to share some information about the experience. In preparation for our afternoon performance on a sea day, there were three rehearsals. Our instructor was Joe Sackenheim who is one of the lead vocalists onboard. Joe is charismatic, energetic, and very supportive of the passengers who opted to participate in the Pop Choir. We lost a few passengers after the first and second rehearsals but ended up with a group of 15, mostly women. We received "scripts" with the lyrics for six selections that included: Oh, What A Night, Waterloo, Isn't She Lovely, It's Not Unusual, We Are the Champions, and Sweet Caroline. Joe coached our singing and taught simple choreography for each song. We were asked to wear black/white attire for our performance that was attended by about 100 passengers on various levels of the Atrium. Whether you are a polished vocalist or sing in the shower, have had years of ballet training or two left feet, you will have enjoy participating in Princess Pop Choir. The program will soon be offered fleetwide, and musical selections will be rotated approximately every six months. "Glee"fully yours, Chris and Mike in Michigan We did this on the January 9th cruise on the Island. Unfortunately, I developed laryngitis so I could not perform but my DG did. It was a lot of fun and Joe was great. We also did this on the Royal in November. We really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiBreeze Posted February 6, 2011 #4 Share Posted February 6, 2011 DH and I are currently onboard the Island Princess and participated in the Princess Pop Choir that performed in the Atrium yesterday. This new Princess activity is great fun, so I'd like to share some information about the experience. In preparation for our afternoon performance on a sea day, there were three rehearsals. Our instructor was Joe Sackenheim who is one of the lead vocalists onboard. Joe is charismatic, energetic, and very supportive of the passengers who opted to participate in the Pop Choir. We lost a few passengers after the first and second rehearsals but ended up with a group of 15, mostly women. We received "scripts" with the lyrics for six selections that included: Oh, What A Night, Waterloo, Isn't She Lovely, It's Not Unusual, We Are the Champions, and Sweet Caroline. Joe coached our singing and taught simple choreography for each song. We were asked to wear black/white attire for our performance that was attended by about 100 passengers on various levels of the Atrium. Whether you are a polished vocalist or sing in the shower, have had years of ballet training or two left feet, you will have enjoy participating in Princess Pop Choir. The program will soon be offered fleetwide, and musical selections will be rotated approximately every six months. "Glee"fully yours, Chris and Mike in Michigan We did this on my last cruise on the Crown (Jan 15-22). We sang the same songs. We were also instructed to wear black and white. It was so much fun. I don't sing and consider myself fairly shy and I had a blast. I hope they have it on my next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynda90 Posted February 6, 2011 #5 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Sounds like a really fun activity. Hope it is offered fleet-wide. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted February 6, 2011 #6 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Joe Sackenheim is awesome! Super nice guy. Thanks for the details of the new program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcrazy Posted February 6, 2011 #7 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I was involved with the Pop Chior on the Grand in November. SOOOO much fun. We performed during the White Party on the Lido deck at night. We sang the same songs as you. I'm guessing it's the same CD throughout the line. Jimmy Lee was our 'director'. Even if you can't really sing it's still a great time for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sillyjilly Posted February 6, 2011 #8 Share Posted February 6, 2011 This was done on the Sapphire in December. It was great fun to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayevee44 Posted February 6, 2011 #9 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Our daughter-in-law and our neighbor’s daughter participated on the Jan 15-22 cruise of the Sapphire Princess, singing the same songs. The ratio of women to men was 4 to 1. Participants were asked to wear black over black which made it easier for women who could wear black dresses. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin' Chick Posted February 7, 2011 #10 Share Posted February 7, 2011 It sounds like the same songs that were used on the Golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean s Posted February 7, 2011 #11 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Oh, this sounds like something I would love to do. I'm on the Crown in two weeks. I wonder if it will take place on this cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzebird Posted February 7, 2011 #12 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Oh Wow, this is right up my alley! I sure hope they have it on our NE/Canada cruise in August. Sounds like a wonderful activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted February 7, 2011 #13 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I meant to do this on our Sapphire cruise in January but forgot to make the first rehearsal. Sounds like fun. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoardwalkBabe Posted February 7, 2011 #14 Share Posted February 7, 2011 This sounds like so much fun! I hope they are doing it next month on the Crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted February 7, 2011 #15 Share Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) Sounds great, I am a member of 'Sing Australia Choir' and am on Star for 29 days, shortly. What a way to go around South America, sing, sing, sing !, good for the heart and soul! Do you reckon all Princess ships would get a choir going? particularly on the longer cruises. Edited February 7, 2011 by NSWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school nurse Posted February 7, 2011 #16 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Have they done it on the Ruby, I will be there soon. though not the greatest voice, I had fun performing in musical theater in high school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia1913 Posted February 7, 2011 #17 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Sounds great, I am a member of 'Sing Australia Choir' and am on Star for 29 days, shortly. What a way to go around South America, sing, sing, sing !, good for the heart and soul! Do you reckon all Princess ships would get a choir going? particularly on the longer cruises. Hey Les, I do some singing too. I hope our cruise is going to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putterdude Posted February 7, 2011 #18 Share Posted February 7, 2011 The program was offered on the Sapphire in early December and then again on the Crown and the Ruby last month....everyone seemed to have fun with it.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhall85917 Posted February 7, 2011 #19 Share Posted February 7, 2011 It was also on the Coral last month, the participants performed in the Atrium one evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Times Prince Posted February 7, 2011 #20 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Program was also on the Emerald Princess in December. Same songs, but led by one of the CD staff. I liked the fact they use the rehearsal tapes for the stage shows, but was disappointed there were not more opportunities for harmonies. The reheasal was fun, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBlueCruiser Posted February 8, 2011 #21 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Just want to reiterate what cruzinchris stated in her OP. Pop Choir is great fun regardless of whether you have singing and dancing experience like she does or only sing in the shower and have two left feet like me. For those of you asking about other ships, the Choir is schedule to be on all ships by the end of the month with the Dawn likely to be the last. Our performance was featured in the Reflections video and we weren't overly embarrassed. Happy Singing, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryhill1 Posted February 8, 2011 #22 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Hi all. We just got back this morning from our trip on SeaP. and they had the pop choir on the afternoon on the 1st sea day in the atrium. It was great fun to listen to (they were very good - covered everything from Abba to the classics) and the dance routines were excellent to watch-- from funny to talented. The pax. who took part appeared to be having a great time as did everyone watching Princess gifted all the participants a professionally done photograph near the end of the cruise(heard the announcement advising them to go to the photo area to collect ) Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted February 8, 2011 #23 Share Posted February 8, 2011 How fun! I rarely get the chance to sing anymore and this would be a blast! I'll definitely look for it next time I'm onboard. Thanks for the info. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzinchris Posted February 9, 2011 Author #24 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi all. We just got back this morning from our trip on SeaP. and they had the pop choir on the afternoon on the 1st sea day in the atrium. It was great fun to listen to (they were very good - covered everything from Abba to the classics) and the dance routines were excellent to watch-- from funny to talented. The pax. who took part appeared to be having a great time as did everyone watching Princess gifted all the participants a professionally done photograph near the end of the cruise(heard the announcement advising them to go to the photo area to collect ) Elaine I have already planned to include the suggestion to offer a complimentary group photo for Pop Choir participants in my cruise survey. Our group requested a photo and made arrangements to meet with a photographer after the performance last cruise on the Island Princess. The picture was $24.95; we didn't purchase a copy, nor did we buy the DVD that featured the entire performance. Personally, I would have preferred the photo, but we had a "Champagne" reception instead. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryhill1 Posted February 9, 2011 #25 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I have already planned to include the suggestion to offer a complimentary group photo for Pop Choir participants in my cruise survey. Our group requested a photo and made arrangements to meet with a photographer after the performance last cruise on the Island Princess. The picture was $24.95; we didn't purchase a copy, nor did we buy the DVD that featured the entire performance. Personally, I would have preferred the photo, but we had a "Champagne" reception instead.Chris Hi chris. Sea p. had the "champagne reception" as well but i'm certain that the announcement said the photo was a "comp" to participating pax as I remember thinking at the time that it was a nice gesture. They showed it a few times on the princess tv channel- the performance was very well attended - the atrium/decks above etc were standing room only! The musical Dir. did say at the start of the performance that this was the first time that they had added this to the Sea P. ships activities so maybe that was the reason the photo was a "comp". (just a suggestion though!) Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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