This is the Queen Mary’s first official blog! Yesterday marked the Queen’s 73rd anniversary of her maiden voyage from Southampton at 4:33 p.m. arriving at Cherbourg, France at 8:47 p.m. and departing again at 12:39 a.m. the following morning. We marked the anniversary with 36 cent bloody mary cocktail’s in the Observation Bar.
Today we set sail on a new online adventure…the Queen Mary blog.
Preparations have begun for this weekend’s 4th of July celebration hosted by Gridlock Group and the Queen Mary. The musical line-up includes Ya Boy, Leah Turner, Iglu and Hartly, Dr. Hollywood, Far East Movement, Non-P, Wicker, and Prophet. Additional entertainment includes Street Performers roaming the Promenade level of the ship, Dancers, Singers, and Magicians. There will be Karaoke and Comedians in the historic art-deco styled Observation Bar. Of course the main event is fireworks, which will be set off close to the stern of the ship.
We’ve put together lots of different hotel packages which include event tickets, breakfasts’, brunches and tours. Rooms are also available a-la-carte and there are still a few packages available.
Event details are on http://queenmary.com/index.php?page=fourthofjuly.
Here’s a video about 4th of July events on CNN local edition
We look forward to welcoming you aboard!
The Event
On Monday June 29th, the Queen Mary hosted a press conference for the book “Colors of Love and Peace.” The book is a collection of artwork and messages by students from the 186th Street School in Gardena. The foreword of the book was written by the Dalai Lama and the goal is to distribute the book to children across the nation. U.S. Representative Maxine Waters spoke at the event and plans to take a box of the books back to Washington and deliver the books to President and First Lady Obama. Michelle and Barack Obama are expected to give copies of “Colors of Love and Peace” to a Washington, D.C., children’s hospital.
The Art Contest
At the end of the press conference we announced a Queen Mary art contest for children in grades K-8. Here’s a link with details about the contest http://queenmary.com/index.php?page=artcontest which runs through October 31, 2009.
