The opening "Songwriters in the Round" session, where Mike Geiger showed how great a guitar player he is, and sang a few of his mega-hits as he heard them when he wrote them, (including Adalida, Hillbilly Shoes and Darlene). Jason Blume singing the smash hit that he wrote, recorded by John Berry called "Change My Mind". (Isn't it cool that the doorbell on his house plays that song!!) What about Brother D. Vincent Williams playing one of his hits: "I'm Moving On", recorded by Rascal Flats (and deemed the Academy of Country Music's Song of the Year!). The Conference attendees all agreed that D. Vincent needs an artist deal. He is an incredible vocalist.
	What about all the industry pro's showing up to hang out with us after conference hours to pass the guitar and sing songs that we've all written? That was pretty amazing!
	Jason Blume brought a stack of songs that we all know and have heard on the radio, except he didn't bring the recording artist's version of the song; he brought the demos that actually got the cuts!!
	Did Jo Ann Braheny "Goose Your Muse?" She sure did mine, providing lots of different techniques to maximize your creativity. She has to be one of the nicest ladies I've ever met.
	Her better half, John Braheny demonstrated his extensive knowledge of the music industry in all music genres, and told us all about incredible marketing techniques to get your songs heard and eventually recorded, (and many other "gotta know" info). Thank you John.
	Even though time had already long-since expired, Norm DeVasure continued to invite conference attendees to bring songs up for him to listen to during his pitch/critique session. Happy Birthday Norm, it was an honor to celebrate it with you on the cruise.
	Ted Lowe has got to be one of the coolest guys on the planet. So many attendees came up to me later to tell me how valuable his presentations were. He explained how songs are typically placed in TV and film, talked to us about how writers are paid for their works, and played many of the songs that he has placed in TV such as "Pimp My Ride", "Desperate Housewives" and many more.
	What about Perry Howard sitting down with each individual songwriter separately to hear their songs and talk to them one-on-one about what he was hearing, and offering suggestions for improving their works. BMI Rawks!
	Fellow Conference Songwriter Terry Stephenson being approached by Mike Geiger and D. Vincent Williams to co-write a song, just based on the killer title that Terry came up with. Those of us at the conference agree that that was a great title.
	Brother John Mikolasek, staying up till the wee hours to listen to the attendee's song pitches. Nice.
	What about Jason Blume's Closing Remarks. Did you get the same goose bumps that I did after his motivational and inspiring comments?

Our absentee publishers were amazing! Many of them listened to more songs than they agreed to listen to, and many of them provided individual comments and critiques about each song. Ya'll were great!

There were so many other memorable moments, lots of friendships made, co-writers found and lots of pats on the back after sharing our songwriting works with each other.