Meet Our Pro Dancers

Cruise 1 Curtis Collins, Dancer


Cruise 1 Junior Cervila, champion Argintine Tango dancer


Cruise 1 Junior Cervila and Beverly Durand


Cruise 1 Beautiful and talented Beverly Durand


Cruise 7 Beverly Durand


Cruise 7 Beverly Durand


Cruise 10 Beverly Durand


Cruise 11 Curtis Collins & Beverly Durand


Cruise 1 Natalie Mavor Miles


Cruise 1 Beverly, Junior, guest, Curtis, Natalie


Cruise 10 Natalie Mavor Miles and Youri


Cruise 3 Aleksandr and Elena Belousov


Cruise 3 Patricia and Adam Kent, siblings


Cruise 3 Patricia Kent


Cruise 4 Instructor Rudy with Vallerie & Joan


George & Petra


Cruise 9 Leighton & Jo


Cruise 9 Dmitri & Andrea


Cruise 9 Andrea


Cruise 9 Charlie and Andrea


Cruise 9 Dora (left), Christopher, Katalin & Andras


Cruise 12 Luca and Georgina of the Crystal Latin Dance Quartet


Cruise 4 Ambassador Host Ron


Cruise 4 The Ambassador Hosts

Formal Night Dances

Junior Cervila dances as a host



Joan dances with Ambassador Host Norman


Joan dances with host Norman


Ambassador Hosts Jim, Wayne, and Rob on the dance floor

Cruise 3

Joan dances with Aleksandr


Charlie dances with Patricia Kent

Cruise 4

Cruise 4 Mike & Mary. Mary is from Scottsdale, AZ

Cruise 5

Cruise 5 A formal night


Cruise 5 Dancing in Palm Court


Cruise 5 Betty and dance host Ernesto


Cruise 5 Betty and Tom


Cruise 5 Liane and Dance Host Joe


Cruise 5 Liane and Dance Host Emery


Cruise 5 Liane and Dance Host Constantino


Cruise 5 Elizabeth and Tom


Cruise 5 Cynthia and Dance Host Joe


Cruise 5 Cynthia and Dance Host Emery


Cruise 5 Nelson and his wife


Cruise 5 Joan and Dance Host Joe


Cruise 5 Joan and Dance Host Sam

Cruise 6

Cruise 6 Joan and dance host Jeff Morris


Cruise 6 Joan with dance host Steve Ong

Cruise 7

Jen & William, Joan & Charlie


Cruise 7 Beverly & William


Cruise 7 Cynthia & Ambassador Host Ping


Cruise 7 Cynthia & Curtis (left), Mamma Lee & Ambassador Host Rick


Cruise 7 Hisako & Host Constatino, Jen & William


Cruise 7 Hisako & Host Constatino


Cruise 7 Jen & William Foo


Cruise 7 Palm Court


Cruise 7 Palm Court

Cruise 9

Cruise 9 in the Starlight Lounge


Cruise 9 in the Starlight Lounge


Cruise 9 David & Cynthia, Pat & Jim


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Cruise 10

Cruise 10

Dance Showcase

Cruise 1

Tango with Junior Cervila


Waltz with Natalie Mavor


Jive with Curtis Collins


Samba, Bob with Beverly Durand


American Tango with Curtis Collins


Hustle with Joan and Charlie


Joan & I were the only guests who did not perform with a pro!


The Showcase Finale
The four professional dancers perform


You've probably seen this stunt on Dancing with the Stars


Joan and Junior ham it up


Beverly Durand (left), Junior Cervila, Curtis Collins & Natalie Mavor.
A photoshop trick put me in the middle!

Cruise 4

Waltz by Mike and Mary


Cha-Cha-Cha by Andy & Shelly


Merengue by Gilberto & Phyllis


Bolero by Dennis & Yoko


Swing by Charlie & Joan


Argentine Tango by Trudy-Joy with instructor Curtis Collins


Quick Step by guest Claudette with instructor Curtis Collins


Waltz by guest Valerie with instructor Curtis


Rumba by guest Bob with instructor Natalie Mavor


American Tango by guest Bob with instructor Beverly Durand


The Hustle by guest Bryan with instructor Beverly Durand


Waltz by guest Mama with instructor Rudy Hernandez


Foxtrot by sisters Sherry & Marcie with instructors Curtis Collins & Rudy Hernandez


Rudy, Vallerie, Joan & Charlie


Trudi-Joy, Bob & Beverly


Beverly strikes a Tango pose with Bob

Cruise 7

Jen and instructor Curtis Collins

Friends

Leonard & Charles with Joan.
This is our 2nd cruise meeting Leonard & Charles


Charlie, Betty, Ernesto, Joan and Bryan


Cocktails with a couple from France


Vallerie, Betty, Will and Joan


Charlie & Joan with Maria, her friend, Bryan and Betty


Joan and Vallerie


Maria and Joan


Maria and Joan in Palm Court


Joan and Liane with Dance Hosts John and Rick


Betty and Will


Mark and Deborah


Tom and Brenda


Jim and Pat


Joan and Charlie


Dopplegangers Stephen Dolye (Crystal Singers and Dancers) and Will Nestler (Tommy Dorsey Band)


Joan and Entertainer after the iLuminare show


Cruise 6 We first met Eric and Andrea on Cruise #3


Cruise 4 with Cynthia W. and her mom.


Cruise 7 Jen & William


Cruise 7 A photo-op with professional dancers Curtis (left), Beverly, Yourie and Natalie (right)


Cruise 7 Happy Birthday Jen


Cruise 7 Amigos


Cruise 7 Friends Gale and Betty


Cruise 7 Friends Betty, Vallerie and Gale


Cruise 7 Friend Betty


Cruise 7 Our shy UK friend Vallerie


Cruise 7 Our shy UK friend Vallerie


Cruise 7 Vallerie and Jen


Cruise 7 Our dance partners at 1:00 A.M.


Cruise 7 The 'gang' that closed Crystal Cove each night. Hey! Where's Jen and William?


Cruise 9 Tommy Dorsey Band leader Terry and wife Linda


Cruise 9 Just Engaged! Our friends Will & Michelle, trombonist and singer respectively, for the Tommy Dorsey Band


Cruise 9 Our new friend Mary from London with dance instructor Leighton


Cruise 9 Mary "hams" it up with dance host Allen


Cruise 9 Allen and one of many lovely dancers on this cruise


Cruise 9 Kim, friend and host at happy hour in Crystal Cove


Cruise 10 Gi Gi with Singer Michelle Amato and Trombonist Will Nester


Cruise 10 Jim and Rob join us at happy hour in Crystal Cove


Cruise 10 Joan and Linda


Cruise 10 Valerie and Host


Cruise 10 Nancy and Hubby


Cruise 10 Donna and Mike


Cruise 10 Linda and Mike


Cruise 10 Dr & Mrs Robinson from Honolulu


Cruise 10 Tommy Dorsey Singers Michelle Amato and Brian Anthony


Joan, Kim and Vallerie in the Avenue Saloon for a Night Cap


Cruise 10 The Liar's Club Starring Rabbi Hershman, Golf Pro Shannon Kneisler and Ventriloquist Mark Merchant


Cruise 10 I won This Hat


Cruise 11 With Beverly Durand, Dance Instructor


Cruise 11 "White Night" on the Symphony



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Cruise 11 Our friends from Mexico City (forground) in the Avenue


Cruise 11 The "regular crowd" at the Avenue


Cruise 11


Cruise 11


Cruise 11 The "regular crowd" at the Avenue


Captain's Welcome Aboard formal night


Friends Charles and Leonard

Ballroom Dancing

Palm Court

Couples dancing in Palm Court


Palm Court has two dance floors





Palm Court


Palm Court

Starlight & Stardust

Starlight Ballroom
You could find us dancing here every night


Everyone always had a great time.
Check out our videos!


It was fun to practice the steps/moves we learned in the dance classes


This night we were joined by Andre and Nancy


Honeymooners Troy and Barbaraare professional dancers. Troy runs a dance studio


Bob and Smooch. Yes, that's her real name and Bob has been on 3 of our Crystal Cruises


Erik and Andreas (right) compete professionally in the waltz. Here they are joined by friends and ballroom dancer Patricia (gold dress)


Stardust Club, Nikki Parrott and her Atlantic Big Band


Stardust Club, Nikki Parrott and her Atlantic Big Band


Stardust Club


Stardust Club, Crystal Sextet


Stardust Club, Crystal Sextet


Dancing in the Starlight Club


Dancing in the Starlight Club

Crystal Plaza

Dancing to Artie Shaw at Happy Hour in Crystal Plaza


There was always an audience on the balcony


Bruce Johnson plays the Crystal Piano


Magician, Jason England, provides some impromptu magic in Crystal Plaza


Crystal Plaza with Nikki Parrott


Crystal Cove with Nikki Parrott


Joan & Ricky - Ambassador Host


Gigi (left) and Kim (right) dance with ambassadore hosts in Crystal Cove


The Crystal Singers and Dancers join the Sock-Hop in Crystal Cove

Dance Lessons

Junior and Beverly demonstrate a step during our private Argentine Tango lessons.


Mark Sasnovski and Lisl Jooste, Latin Dance Champions, were our instructors for the daily dance classes


Elena and Aleksandr appeared on Dancing with the Stars in the Ukraine. They became a dance couple nine years ago and married in 2009.


Patricia Kent and Adam Kent taught the afternoon dance class. They have appeared on Broadway and in Las Vegas


There were 125 people attending the first days of the dance classes


Joan parctices her dance steps with the two Margarets


Charlie reviews the tango routine with Margaret


Charlie reviews the tango routine with the other Margaret


Dance lessons every morning and afternoon by our talented ballroom professionals


Dance class was a great social event


Lessons with Leighton & Jo



Dance lessons with Beverly Durand


Dance lessons with Natalie Miles (mic in hand) and Youri

Dinning

Cruise 1

Dinning Room
We had a fun group at our table


Meet Joan and Charlie from Arizona


Meet Andre and Nancy from California


Meet Jerry and Marcia from Tennessee

Cruise 2

Our table mates for this cruise are (from lrft) Tom, Ann, Joan, Me, Arty and Julie


Comedian, Tom Sutton, joins us for dinner


Happy Birthday Charlie!
A special desert for my 70th birthday


My Birthday Breakfast, the 1st course (CCW from center)
Doughnut, Bagel with lox and cream cheese, strawberries and whipped cream in a cone, blueberries with sugared flakes


My Birthday Breakfast, the 2nd course
Caviar, sour cream and chives paired with cream spinach (top), Monte Cristo sandwich, steak and truffle omlet

Cruise 3

The first formal night


The second formal nigh


At our table (standing) Tom & Nancy, (seated) Yona, David & Joan

Cruise 4

Hi from Joan & Charlie


Here we are with our dinning companions Fay & Norman and Ann & Don (seated)


Hi from Fay & Norman


Hi from Ann & Don


Ann celebrates a birthday.
Best wishes from the Head Waiter (left), Wait Staff and Sommelier (right side)


A birthday kiss!


Happy Birthday Ann


Maya, Our Head Waiter, and the best by a wide margin


Oscar, Assistant Waiter


Dinner at Prego with Derek & Janet, from England


Meet Betty. Betty sat next to Joan on the plane from Newark to Barcelona

Cruise 5

Joan and Charlie


Dining with Judy and Larry


Dinning with Caroline and Dick


Joan and Charlie


Joan and Charlie


Joan and Charlie

Cruise 6

Charlie and Joan, First Formal Night
The bow tie is adorned with martinis


Table Mates Neville and Maggie, First Formal Night


Table Mates Wayne and Lee, First Formal Night


Neville and Maggie, Second Formal Night


Wayne and Lee, Second Formal Night


Charlie and Joan, Second Formal Night


Selecting a fine wine


A pre-dinner cocktail in Palm Court

Cruise 7

Charlie and Joan, Formal Night
The bow tie print is martinis


Joanne and Doug - Canada








Barry and Hope's friends, the Greenbergs, from Dubai


Friends Jen and William from Singapore


Dinner at 'Tastes' with Jen and William

Cruise 9

Charlie & Joan


Gerry & Janet - Tallahassee, FL


This lovely couple joined us on formal night since we had two extra seats


Teo is the bartender at the Avenue Saloon and author of Cruising Through Life. Joan has known Teo since her days sailing with Silver Seas. And NO, she wasn't mentioned in the book!

Dinning Cruise 10

Our table

Dinning Cruise 12

First night's dinner on the Symphony

Lounges

Crystal Cove

Cruise 6 Happy Hour


Cruise 10 Happy Hour


Cruise 12 Happy Hour


Cruise 12 Martini time!


Cruise 12 Steak Tartar appetizers


Nicola Ward and the Crystal Orchestra play Crystal Cove


Michele Amato late night entertainment at Crystal Cove


Crystal Cove Happy Hour with Richard Pucci at the Crystal Piano and Irina Guskova on violin

Pulse Disco

Luxe is a beautiful nightclub


Dancing after hours at the Disco, Luxe


Partying at the Disco, Luxe


Dr. Craig Suiter, opthomologist from Scottsdale


Charles and Leonard saved us seats every night at the Galaxy shows. This formal night they wore matching bow ties


Charles and Leonard join us for an evening of fun at the disco, Luxe


Galaxy entertainer





Galaxy entertainer


After hours we headed for the disco, Luxe


The disco dance floor was tiny


Everyone could party at the disco


Some nights Luxe was quite crowded


Karaoke night at Luxe was popular. Catherine and Marty sing a duet


Another singer joins in


Our friend Catherine, a terrific singer and dancer


No singing for Charlie but he is joined on the dance floor by the Glen Miller Orchestra singer, Carol


Not bad for age 72


Catholic priest Father Mike Jones and Jewish girl Joan


Say Good Night Chuck. It's 3 AM and the clock goes ahead another hour tonight


After hours in the disco, Pulse


After hours in the disco, Pulse


After hours in the disco, Pulse

Avenue Saloon

Lecturer Kevin Carlisle (white glasses) and friends


Danny Kootz and Jazz Dagon


Jazz Dagon


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Dan Hodge at the Piano

Marcie Castro Cruise 6

Marcie Castro Entertains In The Avenue Saloon


Marcie Castro





Marcie Castro's Purple Hat


Marcie Castro and Joan





Marcie Castro Fans


Our Third Cruise Meeting Charles and Leonard





The Marcie Castro Show Invited "Singing" Guests

The Marcie Castro Show Got Everyone Dancing


The Marcie Castro Show Got Everyone Dancing


The Marcie Castro Show Got Everyone Dancing


The Marcie Castro Show Got Everyone Dancing








Joan and Joette


Eric and Andre at the Marcie Castro Show (Avenue Saloon)


The Marcie Castro Show Got Everyone Dancing


Marcie Castro's Show "packed" the Avenue Saloon Every Night


Marcie Castro's Show "packed" the Avenue Saloon Every Night


The Marcie Castro Show Attracted Every Entertainer On Board


The Marcie Castro Show Attracted Every Entertainer On Board


The Marcie Castro Show Attracted Every Entertainer On Board


The Marcie Castro Show Attracted Every Entertainer On Board


Marcie Castro's Show "packed" the Avenue Saloon Every Night

Bands & Entertainment

Glenn Miller

Cruise 3 - Glen Miller Orchestra


Cruise 3 - Vocalist Carol of the Glaen Miller Orchestra


Cruise 3 - There was a lot of dancing on this cruise

Artie Shaw

Cruise 4 - The Artie Shaw Orchestra in Crystal Cove


Cruise 4 - The Artie Shaw Orchestra jazz night in Crystal Cove


Cruise 4 - The Artie Shaw Orchestra performed nightly in Palm Court or here in Crystal Cove

Tommy Dorsey

Cruise 5 - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
The best of the four Big Bands we've had


Cruise 5 - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under the direction of Terry Myers


Cruise 5 - Vocalist Bryan Anthony of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra


Cruise 5 - Will Nestler Bass trombone


Cruise 5 - Will Nestler Bass trombone


Cruise 5 - Tommy Dorsey rythem section back stage


Cruise 9 - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra


Cruise 10 - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in Palm Court


Cruise 10 - Michele Amato (singer), Terry (white jacket) leader of the Tommy Dorsey Band

Crystal Sexttet

Cruise 1 - Crystal Quintet


Cruise 1 - Crystal Quintet


Cruise 2 - Crystal Sextet


Cruise 3 - Crystal Sextet


Cruise 4 - Crystal Sextet


Cruise 10 - Crystal Quartet plays Crystal Cove


Cruise 10 - Crystal Quartet plays Palm Court


Cruise 10 - Crystal Quartet plays poolside


Cruise 12 - Voccalist Alice of the Crystal Quartet

Crystal Galaxy Orchestra

The Galaxy Orchestra in Crystal Cove


The Galaxy Orchestra in Crystal Cove
and Melissa Maugran


The Galaxy Orchestra in Crystal Cove
and Melissa Maugran

Entertainment

Entertainer Umi Garrett
This 13 year old celebrity pianist has spellbound audiences throughout the World since the age of 8


Umi Garrett with Cruise Director Gary Hunter


Crystal Singers & Dancers


Mama Mia - Crystal Singers & Dancers


Cruise 10 - Irina Guskova


Cruise 11 - Helen Kovalenko


Cruise 12 - The lovely Helen Kovalenko


Cruise 2 The Bellisimo Strings in Palm Court


Cruise 4 The lovely Bellisimo Strings afternoon and evening chamber music


Nicola Ward in the Starlight Club


Vocalist Melissa Maugran


Jump & Swing-A-Mania
Crystal Show Band with Crystal Singers & Dancers

On Tour

Our new friend Sherrie from Isreal


Joan and the two Margarets


Meet Smooch (left), as nice as she is pretty. And that's her real name, too


Smooch (red dress) organized a get-together dinner at Kauis for this group
We were all staying in Lisbon after the cruise



Charles and Joan in St. Martin

Special Events

The show That's Ballroom featured Charlie, Sherrie, Nancy & Mike dancing with professionals Elena, Adam, Aleksandr and Patricia respectively


The Cruise Critic Meet & Greet in Palm Court


Joan meets Cruise Critic friend John


Having fun on Halloween night


Halloween decorations


Halloween Dance Party


Beverly and Superwoman (the Pilates Instructor)


The Crystal Singers & Dancers in costume


Joan with Curtis Collins, Dance Instructor


Curtis and Guest


Patricia





DJ Dayna


DJ Dayna


Beverly and Guest


Patricia and Cruise Director


Gemma of The Crystal Singers & Dancers











Great way to start our Holiday Cruise
Dinner the night before with our good friends Charles and Leonard
at Symphony Tower in San Diego


Club Corp's Symphony Towers

White Night

Helen Kovalenko on "White Night"


Celebrating Crystal's "White Night"


Dance floor on "White Night"


Mike and Rhoda dance during "White Night"


"White Night"


"White Night"


"White Night"

Christmas & New Year's

Celebrating formal night on Christmas


Charles and Joan


New Year's Countdown


Decorated for New Year's Celebration


Decorated for New Year's Celebration


New Year's Eve


Happy New Year


Happy New Year


New friends David and Lilly at the Captain's Farewell formal night

Your Hosts Joan & Charlie

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