Tuesday, January 10, 2023 – Photo of the Day – Cruising the Caribbean Sea
Where Are We In The World?
Terry Bishop | Featured Lecturer
The Panama Transit Part One
Terry Bishop was raised and educated in the west of England. For 35 years he was a psychiatric nurse, a child protection social worker, and a senior manager in Youth Justice and Child Care.
Terry has led groups of walkers/explorers across many of the battlefields of Europe and has explored historic sites in the USA, Africa, and beyond. He has trekked the foothills of the Himalayas, ventured across the Namib Desert, and driven relief supplies from England to Belarus post-Chornobyl.
A real-life Troubadour, he seeks to inform and entertain, incorporating humor, music, and song. Terry is also an accomplished folk musician and has produced two films on social issues.
He and his wife Julie share their time when not cruising between homes in Rochester, England, and Andalusia, Southern Spain.
Terry told us the story of the the Building of the Panam Railway.
It’s histroy begins with the discovery of Panama and its isthmus to the Pacific Ocean and the centuries of progress to build the railway.
Steven Rivellino l Enrichment Speaker
The Man and His Stage – Bob Fosse
Steven Rivellino is an accomplished writer, lecturer, and producer of theatrical entertainment.
He has worked successfully on both sides of the Atlantic—with credits spanning Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and the corporate arena. From 1982 to 1990 he was Vice President and General Manager of Radio City Music Hall in New York—a time during which he produced The Grammy Awards, The MTV Video Music Awards, numerous concerts, and special events, and of course the celebrated Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
A member of the Circumnavigators Club, he has traveled the world extensively—far north of the Arctic Circle, south to Antarctica; from the Greenwich Meridian, and east to the International Date Line.
Steven’s presentation was on the life and works of Robert Fosse.
He was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director.
He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), Sweet Charity (1966), Pippin (1972), and Chicago (1975). He directed the films Sweet Charity (1969), Cabaret (1972), Lenny (1975), All That Jazz (1979), and Star 80 (1983).
Fosse’s distinctive style of choreography included turned-in knees and “jazz hands”. He is the only person ever to have won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year (1973). He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Best Director for Cabaret, and won the Palme D’Or in 1980 for All That Jazz. He won a record eight Tonys for his choreography, as well as one for direction for Pippin.
Dining tonight at the French Chartreuse Restaurant
Monday, January 9, 2023 – Photo of the Day – Day at Sea
Where in the World Are We?
Terry Bishop | Featured Lecturer
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN
From Settlement to Exploration and Independence
Terry Bishop was raised and educated in the west of England. For 35 years he was a psychiatric nurse, a child protection social worker, and a senior manager in Youth Justice and Child Care.
Terry has led groups of walkers/explorers across many of the battlefields of Europe and has explored historic sites in the USA, Africa, and beyond. He has trekked the foothills of the Himalayas, ventured across the Namib Desert, and driven relief supplies from England to Belarus post-Chornobyl.
A real-life Troubadour, he seeks to inform and entertain, incorporating humor, music, and song. Terry is also an accomplished folk musician and has produced two films on social issues.
He and his wife Julie share their time when not cruising between homes in Rochester, England, and Andalusia, Southern Spain.
Steven Rivellino l Enrichment Speaker
Discover how Broadway Shows are produced, financed, and marketed
Steven Rivellino is an accomplished writer, lecturer, and producer of theatrical entertainment.
He has worked successfully on both sides of the Atlantic—with credits spanning Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and the corporate arena. From 1982 to 1990 he was Vice President and General Manager of Radio City Music Hall in New York—a time during which he produced The Grammy Awards, The MTV Video Music Awards, numerous concerts, and special events, and of course the celebrated Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
A member of the Circumnavigators Club, he has traveled the world extensively—far north of the Arctic Circle, south to Antarctica; from the Greenwich Meridian, and east to the International Date Line.
Sunday, January 8, 2023 – Photo of the Day – Miami, Florida, USA
Speaker Series – James Grant Peterkin
Christopher Colombus’ Discovery of the Americas
James Grant Peterkin has lived in Polynesia for over 20 years and has been the Honorary British Consul on Easter Island since 2009.
He is a graduate of Cambridge University, where he specialized in the languages of the Pacific islands, and is a fluent Rapa Nui speaker, one of about half a dozen outsiders to speak the language.
Headline Entertainer – Jeff Nease
Jeff Nease is one of the nation’s leading stand-up comedians.
You may recognize Jeff from his TV appearances on Comedy Central, Showtime, A&E, and PBS as well as a finalist in ‘National Lampoon’s Laugh Off’ and ‘The World Series of Comedy’. Jeff has also opened for Motown legends The Temptations as well as Jim Carrey, Tim Allen, and Ellen DeGeneres.
Dinner at Compass Rose Restaurant
Saturday, January 7, 2023 – Photo of the Day, Miami, FL
Where in the World Are We?
Jane Krakowski is an actress and singer.
She is best known for her performance as Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her role as “Jenna Maroney” on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she was been nominated for three Emmy Awards.
She also regularly performs on the stage and won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway revival of Nine and an Olivier Award for Guys and Dolls in London’s West End.
Tituss Burgess is an American actor and singer.
He has appeared in numerous Broadway musicals and is known for his high-tenor voice.
He is best known for starring as Titus Andromedon on the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020), for which he has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Tituss currently stars in the animated musical comedy series Central Park for Apple TV+, for which he was nominated for his sixth Emmy Award.
Friday, May 20, 2022 DENMARK – PHOTO OF THE DAY
Thursday, May 19, 2022 OSLO, NORWAY
