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I met Frances working a special charter aboard FantaSeas’ flagship yacht, the Dandeana, early last year. It was a burial at sea, but a beautiful and festive one I can say for certain. Frances decided that day that the Dandeana would be a perfect venue to surprise her partner for her 70th Birthday. Frances is a busy attorney here in Los Angeles and wanted to pretty much make the decision and not worry about it after that.

We met a week later and planned what was to become the first surprise in Arlene’s 70 years. Clearly, as time ticked away, we were on task, but the Host (Frances) was becoming very nervous. Could it be, we could actually surprise Arlene?

Well if you take a look at the attached pictures you can note that Arlene was onboard and upstairs on the party deck before she had any idea! An then, just as they do it in the movies…SURPRISE!

Everyone was smartly dressed in Black and White, Arlene’s favorite flowers adorned the tables and folks came as far away as Israel to greet Arlene for her fabulous affair. Frances and I worked out the skit in which we put in to action at EXACTLY 6:52pm as they arrived to have dinner ‘next door’. Everyone was in place and in the end the party was a grand success.

Arlene was treated to an unexpected surprise and I gained an unexpected new friend in Frances…Thank you doll!