gmerick Posted January 13, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Dining highlight was when a string ensemble or quartet stroll through the dining room while playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassycruiser Posted February 7, 2023 #2 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Loved that. Made dinner feel “special”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdcatc12 Posted February 8, 2023 #3 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Heck, I remember that even the Dolphin IV had a piano in the dining room!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTNORMANDIE Posted February 12, 2023 #4 Share Posted February 12, 2023 It was very common for the transatlantic liners to have musical interludes during dinner. Some ships even had orchestra balconies overlooking the dining room and printed programs listing the musical numbers to be played at each dinner. The Italians had a strolling minstrel with two violins to back him up while he sang romantic ballads. The Germans had violins at tea time and the Germans and the Brits had a giant organ in one of the lounges in the late afternoon and at night. The Germans also had a ship’s brass band made up of the crew and officers that would play ump-pa-pa music on deck in the mornings. The French had a music room dedicated to playing recorded classics during the daytime. Bands and orchestras traveling on the Queens would routinely play special concerts in the main lounges. I, myself, performed with a drum and bugle corps in the Queen’s Lounge onboard the old Queen Elizabeth when I was 16 years old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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