Our gracious host Etienne (ex school teacher and mayor)
Pot Luck Dinner and Dance
POT LUCK FOR CRUISERS NIGHT (every Saturday
night)
CRUISERS BRING THEIR HOME LAND DISHES WHILE THE LOCALS ENTERTAINED US WITH DANCE AND MUSIC
- MARQUISEN STYLE
Our gracious host Etienne (ex school teacher and mayor)
Etienne meeting some of the 20+ boats who showed up this night
Cruisers meeting each other & chatting before the festivities
begin
More cruisers waiting
Local wives waiting
Cindy from "Flying Lady" giving the kids candy
Cindy ("Flying Lady") with her candy kids
Etienne in traditional costume telling the cruisers the story of the Islands in English
and French
Joseph tells us the story of the Islands in MARQUISEN and dance
Locals dancing
Locals Dancing
Locals dancing
Locals dancing
Local dancer. Doing ???
Local dancer
Phill helping build the house
Klee Wick skipper helping to build the house
Klee Wick successfully completed the house
Joseph telling more of the story after the house has been built
Etienne translating into English and French for the cruisers
(Jerry in foreground)
Joseph and the story continues
Mike & Adriana (Southern Cross I) under the house as King and Queen
King Mike (Southern Cross I) dancing with Etienne
King Mike of Southern Cross I
Local girls dancing
Local kid fascinated by a white ball
After the dancing the locals play traditional music and songs for us
Local musicians singing and playing for us
Locals dancing with female cruisers
Lee (Flying Lady) doing our bit for the cruisers
Playing and singing for us
(we all forgot the words to Jimmy Buffett Margeretaville)
Jerry with Lloyd and Caroline of "Wind Raven"
Even the youngest can play the drums well, and want to!
Another aspiring Buddy Rich or Ginger Baker
One of "Impossible's" crew (right) playing with the local kids