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      Now home from Europe, Charlie is performing at private functions and concentrating on recording projects. He has finished work on another  album for Jerry Tiffe, an excellent and popular singer in Las Vegas. Check out their earlier collaboration, "Let Him Into Your Life", a collection of inspirational songs. It's available at gladmusicco.com, amazon.com, and other websites. Jerry's other albums are to be found at jerrytiffe.com. Charlie is co-writing and arranging music with Richard Addrisi ("Never My Love" and other hits) for a New York producer, who is creating a new show for Broadway. This is an ongoing project. The working title is "South Street" and it is currently being staged. Upcoming recording projects in Charlie's studio (Charmar) include new albums of beautiful piano music. The album he arranged and produced for Willie Nelson and Don Cherry, "It's Magic", is now available at Don's web site. After the vocals and orchestrations were recorded at Charlie's, Boots Randolph and Charlie McCoy added some outstanding sax and harmonica, under the supervision of legendary Nashville producer Fred Foster. One track from it ("It's Magic") can be heard on the album "Joy" by Willie Nelson & Friends. The earlier album "Augusta" (featuring Willie and Don, and produced-arranged by Charlie) is still available. Check Amazon.com for it.

Charlie's music is now available as MP3 downloads (complete albums or solo tracks) at iTunes.com and Amazon.com.

Be sure to tune in to internet radio station KSAV.org for fine entertainment and music. Charlie has been a guest on Susan McCray's informative and entertaining program "Getting to Know You". His episode aired on Tuesday, May 20th at 6:30 PM Pacific Time. If you missed it live, catch it in the archives at www.susanmccray.com. The archives are a treasure trove of great interviews Susan has done in the past, well worth a visit.

                              CRUISE NEWS for 2004 and 2005

Charlie had a wonderful summer 2004 cruise in the Baltic and British Isles area aboard the beautiful Crystal Symphony. His next cruise was November 20, and was a seven day round trip from Fort Lauderdale on board the magnificent Crystal Serenity. The itinerary included The Bahamas, Key West, and Cozumel. Everyone had a fantastic time.

                                  HOME FROM JAPAN AND CHINA
Charlie has returned to Las Vegas from his terrific cruise to China and Japan on the beautiful Crystal Harmony . Charlie performed nightly in the Avenue Saloon for cruises 5107, 5108, and 5109. These three cruises ran from March 15 through April 19, and visited Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Nagasaki, Dalian, Osaka, and Taipei. The shopping was great, and the experiences of visiting the Forbidden City and walking on the Great Wall, among many others, are unforgettable. Charlie is a bit more dapper now in his tailor made suits from Hong Kong.


                                      HOME FROM ALASKA
Between August 22 and Sept. 15, Charlie played on board Crystal Harmony as she made two consecutive San Francisco round trips. Ports included Vancouver, Victoria, Sitka, Ketchikan, Skagway, and Juneau.

                                            2006 CRUISES

Charlie is home from 3 cruises scheduled for 2006 on the 6 star Crystal Symphony. From February 18 through March 30, he played nightly on three cruises, beginning in Miami and ending in Chile. Ports included:Miami, Antigua/St. Johns, Barbados/Bridgetown, Devil's Island, French Guiana, Alter do Chão, Brazil, Parintins, Brazil, Manaus, Brazil (overnight), Boca de Valeria, Brazil, Santarém, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (overnight), Montevideo, Uruguay, Buenos Aires, Argentina (overnight), Puerto Madryn, Argentina, Punta Arenas, Chile, Cruising Cape Horn, Ushuaia, Argentina, Cruising the Chilean Fjords, Puerto Montt, Chile, and Valparaíso,Chile.

From July 26 through August 31, Charlie played for three more unbeatable itineraries, once again on Crystal Symphony. This time ports included: Athens/Piraeus, Greece (overnight), Istanbul,Turkey (overnight), Kusadasi,Turkey, Rhodes/Lindos, Greece, Santorini/Thíra, Greece, Split, Croatia, Venice, Italy (overnight), Dubrovnik, Croatia, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Sorrento, Italy, Cannes, France (overnight), Florence/Livorno, Italy, Portofino, Italy, Rome/Civitavecchia, Italy, Monte Carlo, Monaco, St-Tropez, France, Barcelona, Spain, Lisbon, Portugal, Bordeaux, France (overnight), Guernsey/St. Peter Port, England, London/Dover, England.  Click on www.crystalcruises.com. to get the details on future cruises. Then see your travel agent or click on Eagle Travel and email or phone Mary Jean Thompson (800 326 7172, ext. 232) to make your arrangements.

                                                  2007

 Charlie is home from three cruises in Asia,including Southeast Asia (Singapore, Bangkok, Rangoon, Phuket, Bombay, Ho Chi Min City, and others) all the way to Dubai (some call it the Las Vegas of the mideast).This series of three cruises began April 6th, concluding May 17. 

Now also home from three 11 day cruises which visited all the Scandinavian Capitals, plus Northern European favorites Amsterdam, Warnemunde, Gdansk, Talinn, St. Petersburg, Bordeaux, London, and more. As always, the trips were great, and we were blessed with fine weather.

 Charlie, Mary Jean, and extra special guest, Paul Berlin, hall of fame Houston radio legend, brought in the new year with a holiday party cruise. We began in Galveston for a seven day holiday cruise on Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas. It was a Galveston round trip, including Cozumel, Roatan (Honduras), and Progresso (Mexico), gateway to Chichen Itza. Charlie played for private cocktail parties, for this group only.  About 80 of Charlie's fan club members and Mary Jean's preferred Eagle Cruises customers joined us for an unforgettable New Years Eve cruise.

                                                            2008

Charlie will be playing nightly on the Crystal Symphony as we rediscover the beauty of New England and Canada in the Fall. Beginning Sept. 16 in New York, we will cruise to Montreal in 11 days, followed by a second 11 day cruise back to New York. Ports include Boston, Bar Harbor, Halifax, Quebec City, and others.

Cruise Director Gary Hunter, Mary Jean Thompson, and Charlie at piano on board Crystal Serenity

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