motd Sat Oct 29, 2011

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THE LAST DANCE

Saturday, 29 October 2011

If I begin to cry while writing this

message, let me tell you why. This is the final

day of

our Cruise To Lose and so, the final day with all of

my Cruisers. We've spent a whole week together and

I've grown to love them all so intimately. It's

like they've become part of my family. Oh, the

fun we've had. But

we're gonna make sure we have the most fun of all on

this, our last day together.

Our cruise has been filled with so much fun

and laughter, I think I've actually laughed a few pounds

off.

In fact, our cruise has been filled with so much fun

and laughter, I think I've actually laughed a few pounds

off. LOL. (Hey, there goes another couple of

ounces!)

Like every morning this week, we'll get up early and

head to the Spectacular Lounge for our Rise &

Shine class. This morning, my featured songs will

be Keep

Going Louder and Throw

Hands Up. This will be our last Rise &

Shine together so I'd better bring my Kleenex!

Our final studio to honor is RKO.

once ran this studio and, if I may be

so blunt, made kind of a mess of things at RKO. But

still, this studio gave us lots of memorable

movies. I'm sure you'll recognize these titles. It's a

Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, and,

I think, the greatest monster movie of all time, King

Kong! (I'm talking the black & white

original version, not the recent remake with Jack

Black.) And oh yeah, RKO produced another one of my

favorite movie series starring Fred Astaire and

Ginger . (People always tell me my father

looked like Fred Astaire. Maybe that's why I liked

his movies so much.)

During our last big Sweatin' class

together, I'll be playing a selection of music hits

from some of the more recent Hollywood movies. Talk

abouthot, hot,hot!

After Rise

& Shine, we'll go to the dining room,

have breakfast and later, we'll have our last big

Sweatin' class together. This time, I'll be playing

a selection of music hits from some of the more

recent Hollywood movies. Talk about hot,

hot,hot! These are some of the songs I play

for my classes back home at Slimmons and everybody

always loves them.

All week long, I've been signing T-shirts, DVDs,

FoodMovers, towels and anything else my Cruisers

wanted me to sign. Oh, my little left hand is just

about sore. (Here, would you rub it for me a

little?)

Earlier this week, I asked everyone to keep an eye

on our group and nominate two people among our

Cruisers they found to be the most fascinating. At

1:30 this afternoon, we'll meet in the El Morocco

Lounge and I'll call up on stage some of those

fascinating people. Following a break, we'll head

back to the Gold Pearl restaurant for our own

version of "The Last Supper." (I probably won't

have much of an appetite. Hey, it's hard to eat

when you're crying the whole time.)

Tonight's Dicky Awards will gives us a

chance to honor those Cruisers who've really stood

out and inspired us all this week.

After dinner, we'll get together for The

Dicky Awards, which

will also serve as our farewell party.

(Sniff!) Everyone

has done an outstanding job this week but The Dickys

gives us a chance to honor those Cruisers who've

stood out this week and really inspired us all.

It truly makes my heart sing seeing how close

everyone has gotten this week. They've all bonded

and become the best of friends and that's one of the

most important things that happens on the Cruise To

Lose.

At the Farewell Party, we'll take those last photos

of each other together, trade phone numbers, e-mail

addresses and make sure we all stay in touch. Those

phone calls and e-mails help keep us together and...motivated!

Once we say good night, I'll head back to my cabin

to finish packing because tomorrow morning, we

disembark the ship and all head for home. Oh, when

I close my eyes tonight, I will see Hattie's face.

See, Hattie? I told you I'd be back.

Love,