MUSIC OF THE RIVER VACATIONS

Under the direction of Dr. John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, these cruises offer the opportunity to experience our rich musical heritage in the ports where the different styles emerged and developed. Two-step down the river to Cajan, ragtime, Dixyland jazz, the blues, gospel, rackabilly, country and western, folk and more.

MARK TWAIN VACATIONS

Celebrate Tom Sawyer Days in Mark Twain's home town of Hannibal, Missouri with tours of Twain's boyhood home and the Mark Twain Museum, the National Fence Painting Contest, the Hannibal Frog Jump-Off, the Tom and Beckey Contest and a slew of other exciting events. Join us on our raft as we pay tribute to the most quoted man in America - Mark Twain!

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME VACATIONS

School's out and fun is in...on an old fashioned In The Good Old Summertime Vacation! Relive the heyday of ice cream socials, boardwalk carnivals and band concerts. Enjoy juicy butter-slathered corn on the cob. Take in an old-time radio broadcast. Journey back to a time when a turn of an ankle could capture a young man's heart and parasols provided the privacy for a stolen kiss in the moonlight.

BIG BAND VACATIONS

During these unabashedly nostalgic cruises, you'll foxtrot, lindy hop, boogie and jitterbug to the unique sounds of the late thirties and forties. On Board, you'll enjoy the great orchestras and singers of the era including the Sammy Kaye Orchestra directed by Roger Thorpe, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra directed by Buddy Morrow, The Ink Spots and Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians with Al Pierson.

WORLD WAR II VACATIONS

One of the Big Band Vacations described above is also a World War II Vacation. Along with famous big bands, we'll be joined by several illustrious veterans including Ronald Drez, assistant director of the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans and Gerry McCavera, who will share flag myths and little known stories about our flag. So bring your scrapbook, polish up your dancing shoes and join us state-side!

GREAT AMERICAN PERFORMERS VACATIONS

"The Greatest Steamboat The World Has Ever Known"^SM presents the greatest names in American entertainment. Swoon to the tunes of Pat Boone in the elegant Grand Saloon on the American Queen, with its box seats reminiscent of the old Ford Theater. Sixty of Pat's songs have been on the charts - 18 of them in the top ten including "Love Letters In The Sand" and "Ain't That A Shame". It doesn't have to be April to fall in love with star of April Love, State Fair, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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