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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 definetely 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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At ICBDA #43 in Orlando, FL on Saturday, 13 Jul 2019, we were the honored recipients of the organization's Golden Torch Award.

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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	Galveston, TX;Roatan, Honduras; Puerto Coasta Maya, Mexico; Cozumel, Mexico; Galveston, TX	24 Sep - 1 Oct, 2023
51	OAT's Heart of India w/Nepal Post Trip	Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthambore, Abhaneri Camp, Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kathmandu, Pokhara	10 Dec 2023 - 1 Jan 2024
52	Zimbabwe Safari with Tinashe	Still in planning stages	April 2024

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