Gospel river cruise

I had signed us up for this dinner cruise about 2 weeks before we left for our trip.  Evelyn tried to make this out as a birthday trip for me even though I had ordered it back in March.  I guess we did use it on the 29th-July 1.. That was only 1 day after the actual date.  Here are some pictures.

When we boarded, many of the choir were awaiting us.  I talked with some of them, telling them we had heard them before.  They looked like they could have been the same ones we had seen years before.  Many of them were.

The leader was the same man who had me sing, Welcome to My World seven years ago.  When I told him that after the performance, he said he remembered me.  I remember that it was somewhat out of sinc with the rhythms of a black Gospel group. I seriously doubt that, but so what?  As he went around some of the crowd asking them to sing a verse of When the Saints Go Marching In, he came to me first.  I got several compliments as we were leaving.  I guess this group has been doing this for 34 years and still love it.

This lady had a powerful voice and rocked the place with her songs.

This was a moving prayer to close the singing.  They had 2 portions and ate the buffet lunch between them.  The paying customers had eaten during the first half.  We really enjoyed the evening.  We walked home afterward.  Evelyn’s feet were rebelling.  Thankfully she got to sit in our car all the next day.  On the way we stopped at the Tuskegee monument.

These were black pilots who served our country in WWII.  The movie, Red Tails was based on their story.  They trained here –segregated, of course.  We met a married army couple from St. Thomas and exchanged taking pictures with them.