New Year, Who Dis?

2018 was pretty fantastic. I was fortunate enough to spend almost all of it with some of the kindest, funniest, hardworking, and genuinely caring people. Showboat peeps, love and miss ya! I was also fortunate enough to live with two of the best humans I’ve ever known. To them I say, A Merry CherryBerry to us all!

I am now sitting in my cabin on the Norwegian Dawn, just starting a six month contract as a Singer/Dancer at sea. I get to work with some pretty stellar humans and have been given the opportunity to grow as a performer, thanks to the challenging material and incredible guidance from my directors. 

There are terrible things happening all over the world, and I can’t pretend that everything is peaches. However, I can say that in this current moment, I’m pretty damn happy. Moving forward into a new year, I’m going to challenge myself to truly examine all aspects of my life and how I play a part in the lives of others. We all cast ripples from ourselves with each action we take, each thought we think, and every word we utter aloud. I’m going to try my best to make sure that my ripples help others move forward, rather than causing them to falter or sink. Light is love, and love is king (and queen), beauties. Be well today and every day! 💙 

-Joey

A Gathering of Angels Appeared Above My Head

Hello, beauties!  I hope this finds you in good spirits and having a great start to your week.

Today was the office run of the last show my cast learned!  It went really well and we moved on to a run of the show we learned last week.  After all of that fun, we started reviewing everything we have learned in our six weeks of rehearsals. It was a physically demanding day, but it was good to check in and know that I have everything that I’ve been taught tucked neatly away in my brain.  Tomorrow we will run and clean everything we didn’t do today, one production show and two bumpers, which are shorter shows or stand-alone numbers.

On Wednesday we board the plane to San Juan to meet our new home for the next six months!  I’m so incredibly excited to get onboard and see what life at sea is like with a new company.  I was fortunate enough to work for another cruise line, Holland America Line, for many years, so I’m used to things being a certain way.  However, it’s nice to mix things up and try new things, such as working with a new company!

I’m sure that I’ll have much more of an update once I’m onboard and putting all of our shows up.  For now, just know that I’m feeling incredibly grateful for this experience!  I pray that you are surrounded by love and light! Be well, beauties!

Joey

Here we are!  The Norwegian Dawn Cast 8.0

The Magic of Ezra Miller

I implore you to read the following interview with Ezra Miller for Playboy magazine. He is unabashedly queer, heartbreakingly honest, and incredibly thought provoking. What he has to say has just rocked my world. Enjoy, beauties!


“The Magic of Ezra Miller”

He’s Back, Folks!

It seems like only yesterday that I started this collection of experiences and musings, and yet it feels like a lifetime since I’ve posted.  I cannot promise a weekly post, but I will do my best to have one at least biweekly.

So much has happened in all areas of my life since I fell of the blogging train.  Please bear with me as I attempt to provide you with an abridged life update.

For the past two years, I have been working in Branson, Missouri.  People call it “The Vegas of The Midwest.”  It is actually a lot like Vegas in the fact that what happens there should definitely stay there.  I was fortunate enough to work with and become close with many incredible souls, and for that I will be forever grateful for my time there.  Perhaps I will write a more in depth post about actually living in Branson, but perhaps I will not.  You’ll just have to keep checking back!  I’m sure you’re just beside yourself with excitement!  What happened next?  Ah, yes.  I left Branson.

I have been itching to return to performing on the high seas for quite some time, and that time has finally arrived.  I’m currently in Tampa, FL, rehearsing for a contract with Norwegian Cruise Line.  I will be sailing aboard The Dawn in The Caribbean, Canada, and New England for six months.  I’m feeling very grateful for this experience with a new company!  I am a Singer/Dancer in a cast of 12 and they are just lovely people! We have learned our Welcome Aboard show, some other dances that we’ll do around the ship on various nights throughout the cruise, and our first full production show so far.  We are currently in the middle of learning our second production show.

I’m very sore from dancing for 8 hours six days a week, but I’m loving every bit of it!

More details to come, so please check back in every once in awhile!

It’s our day off, so I’m going to get a start on my laundry and catch up on my stories.  I hope that you have a wonderful day, wherever you are.  Be well, beauties!