On the Grand River Princess. It started with coffee and muffins in the auditorium that was followed by the emcee passing along a few corny BUT great jokes, before we all were led to the boats for our cruise. The 1/2 hour musical performance was by the ‘Blazing Fiddles’ who got the entire crowd singing and foot stomping. There were 4 musicians - pianist, bass and 2 violinists. The emcee was kind enough to detail their musical accomplishments and they were significant but most importantly they were just plain awesome. The scenic cruise was 2 1/2 hrs and I heard at least one in our group wish ‘it would continue’. The captain was really informative as to the river history, river erosion issues and how it has impacted home owners who live along the river, and wildlife etc - eagles, egrets (?), turtles and fish. In fact we passed one fisherman who held up his catch for us to see, and Peter Charles - our BDC expert on angling and fish kept us well informed. The roast beef dinner (it could hardly be defined as lunch) was excellent and of course the BDC ‘company’ was beyond compare: Peter and Debi Shannon, who I might add were celebrating their 35th anniversary on the day of the cruise!