Benny & Black Velvet

 

Memories of our Cruising Days on P&O's Luxury Liners Canberra & Oria.                                              Click here -->--> What's New

New Updates will be alerted on the above link 'What's New
Saturday 18th February 2012.
New photos and video clips to follow early next week.
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Monday 30th January 2012

Canberra photo kindly posted by Alan Gebbie - Scotland.






Dear Musicians, Entertainers and Cruising Passengers

Only last week after establishing contact with Paul Outen on email, seeking his advice on a new website I am planning, picking Paul's professional IT skills using Dreamweaver s/w, I released a couple of photographs of Paul's famous 'CHECKMATE' band which attracted good comments from friends who cruised with us on P&O's Canberra and Oriana, and as such has triggered the idea of putting together photos, videos and interesting cruising stories of all Entertainers and passengers released on this blogspot titled:- 

'GOOD TIMES CRUISING'   web address:-

CANBERRA REUNION - JILL BARROWS


It will be wonderful to re-establish contact with all the Musicians, Entertainers and Friendly Passengers after all these years and look forward to the Canberra Reunion - see details from organiser Jill Barrows.


Jill Barrows

Hi folks - attached is the information for the upcoming Canberra reunion on 18th August this year in Bournemouth.

If you wish to attend, please complete the form and return to me, along with sending the money for the event to Carly at JML Events too.
Maximum capacity at the venue is around 250 people and registration to attend the event will end on 1st August.

If you wish to stay at the Heathlands Hotel, please let me know as I need to send you a booking form to complete to get the special rate.

The price will include music/disco, a buffet and some drinks.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Looking forward to seeing some of you in August.

Many thanks

Jill Barrows

I now have the registration form ready to send out so you can register for the reunion. The Heathlands Hotel is doing a special deal for us - if you want to stay there, please let me know as I have to send you a booking form. Closing date to register for the reunion is 1st August 2012. Any questions, just let me know - looking forward to seeing you! Capacity for the reunion is around 250 people. 

Thanks Jill Barrows
jilly_bean_sa@yahoo.com

I will add photographs and videos from my personal collection and look forward to you all sending in your pics which I will be delighted to add to this blogspot. 

As a start I attach some pics picked at random and have hundreds more. So good friends here is a start. 
P.S. My first lot of photos are from prints as at the time I did not have a digital camera. I have over the past few years archived many more photos which will be released in due course covering bands like Cool Blue and other entertainers.

Please send me your photos on my personal email address:-
bennydesouza@btinternet.com

Thanks to Alan Gebbie from Scotland who has released a couple of photos which I have copied to my collection enclosed. Hope others follow. 

Regards
Benny (Black Velvet & Velvet Touch)

UPDATE INFORMATION
25th January 2012.

Dear Folks, this blogspot has just 5% started. Much more action to come to soon include Video Clips etc. Thanks for some of the photographs just received from friends which will be added soon. Watch out for more updates soon. Regards Benny







CLICK ON ANY PHOTOGRAPH TO VIEW FULL SIZE.






P & O CRUISING ENTERTINMENT TEAM
and
OTHER MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS.



ABOVE POSTING FROM ALAN GEBBIE.



























































Dear All folks - look forward to your photographs. This is only a first draft release and if support is forthcoming from others, I will provide a better blogspot. Your comments most welcome.

Look forward to the big Canberra Reunion Saturday 18th August 2012.


LET'S ADD PHOTOS TO NAMES

(Inviting all to provide photographs of all mentioned below and any other entertainers you can remember) - If support is forthcoming, I will redesign the blogspot more professionaly making it easy to ID anyone.

P&O CAPTAINS
CRUISE DIRECTORS & ENTERTAINMENTS TEAM

ORCHESTRAS - E.G. ROGER CARR - COLIN HACKNEY

SPECIAL BIG BANDS AND CELEBRITY MUSICIANS

Late Brian Smith Orchestra and Colin Hindmarch.

HOUSE BANDS - CHECKMATE & OTHERS

TRIOS - ALAN WARNER - ALAN BROOKES - GARY PARKS

COOL BLUE 

GUEST BANDS - BLACK VELVET & OTHERS

CABARET ENTERTAINERS - VINCE EARL - BONNY & JAY

PROFESSIONAL DANCING TEACHERS

CHILDRENS ENTERTAINERS



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