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Season 2022/2023 is now history!
It's been a fabulous season! Make
your plans for the Fall now!
Demos of all Dances Taught this season - Dance Demos
2022/2023 Season Critique is now available. I will have them at all the final dance sessions or you can get it from this link. We didn't make it on line fillable this year, that just seems to be too much trouble for the few that would use it. Sooooo.....please pick one up at a dance or download, print, & fill out from here & hand it in or snail mail it to me. Instructions are on the form. We definitely use these results to plan for next season!!! 2022/23 Season Critique
Pictorial Directory of Mesa Dancers (as of
May 2023) 
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Pam's New Travel Blog - https://traveleverywherewithpamela.blogspot.com/
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At ICBDA #43 in Orlando, FL on Saturday,
13 Jul 2019, we were the honored recipients of the organization's Golden
Torch Award.
Thank you Thank You THANK YOU!!
A Comprehensive list of Cruises & Land Trips We've Done
| # | Cruise line & Ship | Ports of Call | Date |
| 1 | Royal Caribbean Sovereign of the Seas | Miami - San Juan, Puerto Rico - St Thomas (& St John), Virgin Island - Bahamas - Labadee, Haiti (diverted & didn't dock) - Miami - 7 nights | Nov 19 1994 |
| 2 | Royal Caribbean Rhapsody of the Seas | Puerto Rico - Phillipsburg, St Maarten - Curacao - Aruba - St Thomas (& St John), Virgin Island - Puerto Rico - 7 nights | Nov 7 1998 |
| 3 | Clipper Ship | Cairns, Australia - Great Barrier Reef - Cairns, Australia - 2 nights | May 2000 |
| 4 | Renaissance R7 | Istanbul, Turkey - Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey - Athens, Greece - Malta - Naples (Pompei), Italy - Rome, Italy - Livorno (Lucca & Pisa), Italy - Barcelona (Sitges), Spain | Apr 2001 |
| 5 | Celebrity Summit | Vancouver, Canada - Juneau - Ketchican - Skagway - Valdez - Seward - 7 nights | Jun 21 2002 |
| 6 | Celebrity Infinity | San Diego - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - Acupulco, Mexico - Costa Rica - Panama Canal zone - Aruba - Ft Lauderdale - 14 nights | Dec 20 2004 |
| 7 | Viking | River Cruise - Vienna, Austria - Melk Germany - Wachau Valley, Germany - Passau, Germany - Regensburg, Germany - Nuremburg, Germany - Bamberg, Germany - Wurtzburg, Germany - Wertheim, Germany - Mainz, Germany - Rudesheim, Germany - Cologne, Germany - Romantic Rhine - Amsterdam, Holland | May 13 2006 |
| 8 | Norwegian Pride of America | Hawaii --- Honolulu, Oahu - Maui (Lanai) - Kona, Hawaii - Kauai - 7 nights (Cruise Buddies 1st Cruise together) | Jul 29 2006 |
| 9 | Celebrity Infinity | Buenos Aires, Argentina - Montevideo, Uruguay - Puerto Madryn, Chile - Cape Horn - Beagle Channel Fjords - Ushuaia, Argentina - Punta Arenas, Chile -Chilean Channel Fjords - Puerto Montt, Chile - Valpariso (Santiago), Chile -14 nights | Dec 17 2006 |
| 10 | Celebrity Constellation | Dover, England - LeHavre (Paris), France - Falmouth, England - Dublin, Ireland - Cobh (Cork), Ireland - Across Atlantic Ocean - St John, New Foundland - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Liberty Port, New Jersey - 12 nights | Sep 15-27, 2007 |
| 11 | Grand Circle Cruise Anuket | Egypt - Nile River (Aswan, Edfu, Esna, Kom Ombo, Luxor) - 7
nights Click for more info |
Dec 2007 |
| 12 | Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas | Barcelona, Spain - Livorno (Florence), Italy - Naples (Isle of Capri, Sorrento, Pompei), Italy - Venice, Italy - Dubrovnik, Croatia - Cittevechio (Rome), Italy - Villafrance, France - Barcelona, Spain - 10 nights (Cruise Buddies 2nd Cruise together) | July 16 2008 |
| 13 | Celebrity Solstice | Ft Lauderdale - Puerto Rico - St Maarten - 7 nights | Dec 14 2008 |
| 14 | Self Tour | 30 day road trip - driving around & staying in B&B's in England, Wales, & Scotland. Finished with an International Round dance in Scotland. Click here for travelogue | Apr/May 2009 |
| 15 | Star Flyer Clipper Ship | French Polynesia - Tahiti, Moorea, Raitea, Ta'haa, (Huahine), Bora Bora - 7 nights Click here for Travelogue | Sep 20 - 27, 2009 |
| 16 | Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas | Galveston, TX - Cozumel, Mexico - Georgetown, Grand Cayman - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Galveston, TX - 7 nights | Dec 20 - 27, 2009 |
| 17 | Diamond Princess | Bangkok, Thailand - Singapore - Phu Mi, Vietnam - Nha Trang,
Vietnam - Hong Kong - Okinawa, Japan - Shanghai, China - Beijing,
China - Continued with land tour of China - Bejing to Xian to Guilin to Shanghai Click for Travelogue!! |
Apr 13 - May 30, 2010 |
| 18 | Star Princess | Copenhagen, Denmark - Stockholm, Sweden - Helsinki, Finland - St
Petersburg, Russia - Tallinn, Estonia - Gydania, Poland - Olso,
Norway - Copenhagen, Denmark - 9 nights (Cruise Buddies 3rd Cruise
together) Click for Travelogue!! |
Jul 31 - Aug 8, 2010 |
| 19 | Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas | Copenhagen, Denmark - Alesund, Norway - Arctic Ocean - Honningsvag (North Cape), Norway - Tromso, Norway - Geiranger, Norway - Olden, Norway - Bergen, Norway - Copenhagen, Denmark | Aug 10 - 22, 2010 |
| 20 | Crown Princess | Ft Lauderdale - Princess Cays, Bahamas - Grand Turk - Ft Lauderdale | Dec 18 - 23, 2010 |
| 21 | Crown Princess | Ft. Lauderdale - Princess Cays, Bahamas - Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman - Roatan Island, Honduras - Cozumel, Mexico - Ft. Lauderdale | Dec 23 - 30, 2010 |
| 22 | NCL's Pearl | Seattle - Inside Passage - Juneau - Skagway - Glacier Bay -
Ketchican - Victoria - Seattle Click for Travelogue!! |
May 22 - 29, 2011 |
| 23 | GCT River Cruise | Kiev, Moscow - Uglich - Goritsy - Kizhi Island - Petrozavodsk -
Svir Stroi - St Petersburg Click for Travelogue!! |
Sep 4 - 23, 2011 |
| 24 | Island Princess | Ft. Lauderdale - Aruba - Cartegena - Panama - Limon - Ocho Rios - Ft. Lauderdale Click for Travelogue!! | Dec 19 - 29, 2011 |
| 25 | Holland America Maasdam | Boston - Bar Harbor - Halifax - Sydney - Charlottetown - Quebec City - Montreal ( Cruise Buddies 4th Cruise together) Click for Travelogue!! | Jun 30 - Jul 8, 2012 |
| 26 | Uniworld River Cruise | Lisbon - Porta - Bitetos - Pinhao - Vega de Terron - Salamanca, Spain - Regua - Porta (Stuck in port in Porta, actual: Porta - Entre os Rios - Bitetos - Entre os Rios - Porta) Click for Travelogue!! | Apr 4 - Apr 14, 2013 |
| 27 | Celebrity Equinox | Ft Lauderdale - Aruba - Curacao - Grenada - Barbados - St Lucia - Antiqua - St Maarten - Haiti - Ft Lauderdale Click for Travelogue!! | Dec 14 - 28, 2013 |
| 28 | Holland America Ms Noordam | Venice, Katakolon, Nafplion, Athens, Mykonos, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Santorini, Naples, Rome (Cruise Buddies 5th cruise together) Click for Travelogue!! | Jul 23 - Aug 4, 2014 |
| 29 | OAT's Ultimate Africa Trip | Johannesburg, SA; Chobe NP, Botswana; Okavanga Delta, Botswana; Kafue NP, Zambia; Hwange NP, Zimbabwe; Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe; Cape Town, SA; Johannesburg, SA Click for Travelogue!! | Dec 12, 2014 - Jan 2, 2015 |
| 30 | Uniworld River Princess | Budapest, Hungary; Vukovar, Croatia; Belgrade, Serbia; Donji Milanovac, Serbia; Vidin, Bulgaria; Rousse, Bulgaria; Giurgia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, Romania click for travelogue | April 8 - 20, 2015 |
| 31 | OAT's Cruise on Tip Top III & Land Tour | Lima, Cuzco, Machu Pichu, Quito, Galapagos click here to read the travelogue |
Dec 11 - 27, 2015 |
| 32 | RCL's Splendour of the Seas | Dubai, UAE; Salalah, Oman; Ashdad (Jerusalem-Bethlehem), Israel; Haifa (Sea of Galilee), Israel; Santorini, Greece; Piraeus, Greece; Venice, Italy Click here to read the travelogue | April 4 - 20, 2016 |
| 33 | HAL Zuiderdam | Copenhagen, Denmark; Bergen, Norway; Alesund, Norway;
Isafjaford, Iceland; Reykjavik, Iceland; Runavik, Faroe Island,
Denmark; Lerwick, Shetland Island, Scotland; Copenhagen, Denmark
(London afterwards!) (Cruise Buddies 6th Cruise together) Click here to read the travelogue |
Jul 16 - 28, 2016 |
| 34 | OAT's Cruise & Land Tour | Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires, Patagonia, Chilean Fjords, Santiago, Easter Islands Click here to read the travelogue | Dec 13, 2016 -
Jan 4, 2017 |
| 35 | HAL Koningsdam | Fort Lauderdale, FL; Ponta Delgada, Azores; Malaga, Spain; Alicante, Spain; Citivecchia, Italy | Apr 2 - 15, 2017 |
| 36 | Carnival Valor | Mini Cruise - Galveston; Cozumel; Progreso; Galveston | Oct 16 - 21, 2017 |
| 37 | Viking Ocean Cruise - Viking Sea | San Juan, Puerto Rico; Bridgetown, Barbados; *Iles de Salut, French Guyana; Macapa, Brazil; Santarem, Brazil; Parintins, Brazil; Manaus, Brazil; Amazon; Belem, Brazil; Scarborough, Tobago; Castries, St Lucia; St John's, Antigua; St Thomas, US Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico (* didn't get to stop - cruised on by) | Dec 16, 2017 - Jan 6, 2018 |
| 38 | OAT's South African Safari | Johannesburg, SA; Kruger NP, SA; Hwange NP, Zimbabwe; Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe; Impalila Island, Namibia; Chobe NP, Botswana - Just posted the the Trip Report! | Apr 25, 2018 - May 12, 2018 |
| 39 | OAT's Safari Serengeti & Kenyan Pre-Trip | Nairobi, Kenya; Maasai Mara, Kenya; Arusha, Tanzania; Tarangire NP, Tanzania; Ngorongoro Highlands, Tanzania; Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania; Serengeti, Tanzania; Arusha, Tanzania Trip Report | May 13 - 28, 2018 |
| 40 | OAT's Cuba Revealed | Miami, FL; Camaguey, Cuba; Santa Clara, Cuba; Remedios, Cuba; Mantanzas, Cuba; Havana, Cuba; Miami, FL Read the Travelogue! | Dec 8 - 20, 2018 |
| 41 | Celebrity Constellation | Singapore (2 nights); Phuket, Thailand; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Cochin, India; Goa, India; Mumbai, India; Muscat, Oman; Dubai, UAE; Abu Dhabi, UAE (2 nights) Here's the Trip Report!! | 29 Mar - 19 Apr, 2019 |
| 42 | Stan's Alaskan Gypsy Cruise | Marina Del Rey (1 night), Avalon (Santa Catalina - 4 nights), Marina Del Rey (2 nights) | 24 Apr - 1 May, 2019 |
| 43 | Carnival Freedom | Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico | Jun 2 - 9, 2019 |
| 44 | Carnival Freedom | Costa Maya, Mexico; Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico (yep we're crazy - but decided to join the family on this cruise!!!!) | Jun 16 - 22, 2019 |
| 45 | OAT's Antarctica's White Wildernes w/Argentina's Patagonia Pre & Iguassu Falls Post | IBuenos Aires, Argentina; Bariloche, Argentina; Ushuaia, Argentina; Cruise across the Drake Passage to the Shetland Islands & the Antarctic Pennisula; Iguassu Falls - both Brazilian & Argentinian side! Flyer Here's the link to my Blog about it! https://traveleverywherewithpamela.blogspot.com/ Here's the Trip Report!!! | Dec 12, 2019 - Jan 3, 2020 |
| OAT's Turkey's Magical Hideaways w/Azerbaijan pre & Northwest Turkey post | Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya, 4-night Turquoise Coast private gulet cruise, Ephesus Entire trip - along with surrounding plans to Madrid, Spain; Tenerife, Spain; Cham, Germany; & Azerbaijan; was canceled due to Corona Virus!!!! Awful!! | Apr 26 - May 18, 2020 | |
| HAL | Amsterdam to Venice CANX due to Corona Virus | Aug 22 - Sep 8, 2020 | |
| National Geographic Tour - East Africa Gorilla Trek & Safaris OAT | Rwanda - Kigali, Akagera NP, Volcanoes NP/Uganda/Kenya Delayed & changed to OAT due to Corona Virus | Dec 19 - Jan 3, 2021 | |
| Sea Princess | Brisbane, Australia; Kawanasausau Strait (scenic cruising); Alotau, Papua New Guinea; Conflict Islands, Papua NG; Kiriwina Island, Papua NG; Kitava, Papua NG; Rabaul, Papua NG; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Sydney, Australia CANX due to Corona Virus | 2 - 15, Apr 2021 | |
| Celebrity Eclipse | Sydney, Australia; Isle of Pines, New Caledonia; Noumea, New Caledonia; Lifou, New Caledonia; Mystery Island, Vanuatu; Sydney, Australia Delayed due to Corona Virus and we had to cancel | 6 - 17 Apr 2022 | |
| Celebrity Eclipse | Sydney, Australia; Bay of Islands, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand; Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; Moorea, French Polynesia; Bora Bora, French Polynesia; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Delayed due to Corona Virus and we had to cancel | 17 Apr - 4 May, 2022 | |
| 46 | OAT's Ultimate Galapagos Exploration & Ecuador's Amazon Wilds | Ecuador: Quito, Amazon Rain Forest, Coca, 7-night
Galapagos Cruise (Isabella, Fernandino, Santiago, Santa Cruz,
Baltra) Finished up the trip report - both as a pdf - click here or on the blog - https://traveleverywherewithpamela.blogspot.com/ |
13 Dec 2021-
30 Dec 2021 |
| 47 | Carnival Dream | 8 night Eastern Caribbean Cruise: Galveston - Key West - Freeport, Bahamas - Freeport, Bahamas - Half Moon Cay, Bahamas - Galveston | 4 - 12 Jun 2022 |
| 48 | OAT's Rwanda: Mountain Gorillas Tour w/Tanzania Safari Post Trip & a week at an all inclusive on Zanzibar | Rwanda - Kigali, Akagera NP, Volcanoes NP;
Tanzania - Serengeti, Zanzibar Finished a trip report for the Rwanda Gorilla portion read it here! |
5 - 22 Dec 2022 |
| 49 | OAT's Crossroads of the Adriatic w/Albania Pre Trip & Serbia Post Trip | Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Slovenia, Serbia, Albania Group trip planned for after Cham, Germany, Apr/May 2023 |
15 Apr - 12 May, 2023 |
| 50 | Royal Caribbean - Allure of the Seas |
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24 Sep - 1 Oct, 2023 |
| 51 | OAT's Route of the Maya & post Birding trip | El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras, Belize | 8 Dec 2023 -
1 Jan 2024 |
| 52 | Zimbabwe Private Safari with Tinashe | Privately guided tour - Still in planning stages - Zimbabwe, Botswana - only 10 participants. Already full!!! | 4 - 25 April 2024 |
| 53 | OAT's Athens & Ionian Sea Vogage from Greece to Albania | 28 day trip (including pre & post) from Crete (land tour) to Greece (land & cruise) to Albania (land tour) - not booked as group tour, but spaces are available if anyone wants to join us. Contact Pamela | 5 Dec 2024 -
1 Jan, 2025 |
| 54 | OAT's Mediterranean Navigation | Group Cruise after Cham 2025 - Malta, Sicily, Tunisia, Algieria, Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain -Contact Pamela for more info - Click for the flyer | 1 -23 May 2025 |
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