I was fortunate to spend this last week on the Mariner of the Seas Cruise ship (Royal Caribbean Cruise Line) to the Caribbean. The pic below was taken in the Savoy Theater which holds 1600 passengers. The shows were very enjoyable. If you look closely, behind the trombone player is the bands lead trumpet, Nicholas Dyson. (a name familiar to some on both TM and TH)
http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/...e/The_Band.jpg
Just an idea of how the band broke down geographically:
Lead Trumpet - Idaho, USA
Alto Sax - California, this was her first week on board
Trombone - Wales, UK (I never saw this guy sober)
Bass Guitar - New Zealand
Guitar/Director - Canada
I never met the rest of the band so I can't tell you where they were from.
The drummer, alto Sax and 2nd trumpet were all new to the band the week I came on board. Other than the drummer the rest of the band were decent players. Nich was sh*t hot and nailed everything. Most of his stuff was above the staff so it was pretty tough. Usually there were two shows a night (and some shows during late afternoon or early evening)