Caribbean Cruise - Drum Band

Another day in paradise...

Here we are in Antigua 10 days into our 14 day Caribbean Cruise!

I wasn't planning to post until we got home (ie, back to Our V) but we are standing here waiting for our jeep tour to start and we have wifi. So, I'll try doing this post on my phone. (I edited this post on my laptop when we got back)

One of my hopes for this trip was to hear a steel drum band.

This morning when we docked in Antigua, the giant Celebrity Millenium was parked one dock over from us. They had set up a steel drum band on their dock to greet their passengers as they streamed out of the ship. (Had our ship set one up also, we could have had a battle of the bands...)

Celebrity Ship Band

We sat and watched and listened to them for a while from our balcony. (So glad we got the balcony.) They were not very good.

Some background on me here. When I was a kid, I commuted daily to high school from Washington Heights to Columbus Circle, Manhattan, by subway.

On occasion, there was this big black guy who would go from car to car playing a big steel drum and passing his cup. (I have loved steel drum music ever since.)

He would start with the schpiel, "You have nothing to worry about when I am here; I will keep you safe."

One day he showed up without his drum.  It had been stolen

Anyway, he was much better than those Celebrity guys.

Back to Aruba. Later, we wandered into the downtown area and heard a really good steel drum band. So I am happy.

Town Band

This guy was dancing to Town Band, or to music which was only playing in his head; It wasn't clear.

Fun Fact #1 - The Cerebral Palsy Lady would also come collecting car to car on the #1 train

Fun Fact #2 - Freshman year I commuted with Esther E. because my mother thought I would be safer than by myself but how she thought 14 year old Ester E. would protect me or vice versa, I have no clue.