The Rock Boat XII was music to my ears...

Scott, Sheryl, and Marie Barrios (photos compliments of Tim Barrios)

While our other teammates from the Office of the CTO were finishing up at TED, I was on The Rock Boat. The Rock Boat is a 5-day Carnival Cruise from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cozumel, Mexico where rock concerts are featured as the ship makes its journey. Though this was the 12^th time The Rock Boat had sailed, this was a first for my wife, Sheryl, and me. We saw performances by:

• Thursday

  1. Sister Hazel - hits you may know include: "All For You," "Champagne High," and "Change Your Mind."
     
     
  2. Will Hoge - whom you may know as the guy who recorded the opening theme song, "You Make Me Happy," for the TV show Still Standing .
     
     
  3. Vertical Horizon - hits you probably have heard include: "Everything You Want," "You're a God," and "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)"
     
     
  4. Marc Broussard - hits you have a slight chance of knowing include "The Wanderer," "Lucky," and "Only Everything."
     
     

   

• Friday

  1. Michael Tolcher - hits you may know include "Sooner or Later" (theme song for TV show Life As We Know It), "Bad Habits," "Mission Responsible," and "Speed Feels Better."
  2. Story Tellers - featured Will Hoge, Kristy Lee, Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon), and Tim Warren (Alternate Routes) who talked about their songs and then performed them.
     
     
  3. Freddy Jones Band - hits you have a chance of having heard before include: "In a Daydream," "Waitress," and "Mystic Buzz."
     
     

   

• Saturday

  1. Snorkel in Cozumel
     
     
  2. Beach Party in Cozumel
     
     
  3. Vertical Horizon
     
     
  4. Marc Broussard
  5. American Pride Festival with Sister Hazel
     
     
     
     There was lots of confetti.

   

• Sunday

  1. Brian Jarvis - "On and On" was the only song of his I had ever heard of before.
     
     
  2. Freddy Jones Band
  3. Kristy Lee - whom you may remember from the seventh season of the American Idol TV show with a hit "15 Minutes of Shame."
     
     
  4. Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers - hits you may have heard include: "Shady Esperanto and The Young Hearts" and "Maria."
  5. Dugas - from Canada (alternated between English and French lyrics)
  6. Vertical Horizon
     
     
  7. Michael Tolcher
     
     
  8. Sister Hazel
  9. Mardi Gras Celebration

 

You can see that that was a lot of shows. Also, there were three theme nights where travelers were encouraged to dress up:

• Pirate Night

• Americana Night

  

  
  I think I was talking when this was taken.

• Mardi Gras Night

  

  
  As you can tell from these 2 pictures, Sheryl picked our costumes.

A good time was had by all. Even with all the shows and activities, I was a reasonable adult who got a reasonable amount of sleep each night. By the way, this is what a ship's cabin looks like for those of you (like us) who have never been on a cruise before.

Scott is now back alive in the lab.