Olivia's 35th Birthday Bash Caribbean Cruise

November 23 – 30, 2008
Holland America's ms Westerdam

It's here! The biggest Olivia celebration ever! Join us as we finish off this amazing year of celebrating 35 years of courage, inspiration, community, music, experience, adventure, and most importantly, 35 years of YOU! Just imagine the Biggest Lesbian Celebration - then multiply it by 100!

Your Experience

Feel like making a little history? Join us to experience the biggest lesbian celebration know to womankind. We are working to make this Caribbean trip like no other by bringing together a spectacular lineup of world-class entertainment like you have never seen. Be part of the lesbian community in a way you never have before...and you'll find out just WHO will be jumping out of our birthday cake. Join 1800 women on this monumental cruise with all the fixings as we sail through Thanksgiving week and give thanks for 35 years of YOU!

Your Activities

You'll relax into the warmth of the luscious beaches and lagoons of and coral gardens Grand Turk. Next it's the islands of St. Thomas and St. Maarten where you'll soak up and the intoxication of fabulous shopping the influence of the Dutch and French heritage! And of course, we'll kick back on our exclusive private paradise Half Moon Cay to finish off this inspiring journey. You'll bask in the warm sun, dine and dance in dazzling restaurants and nightclubs, and discover the endless supply of quiet and secluded hideaways. Explore cool emerald hills and colorful waterfronts, spend the day at the market, relax and rejuvenate with a trip to the spa, cave dive in a pristine marine sanctuary.

Your Entertainment

Happy Birthday to YOU! And we are planning the BIGGEST line-up to finish off this amazing year of celebration. You won't know what hit you, and you for sure won't want to get off the boat when it's all over! In addition to a star-studded line-up that includes Belinda Carlisle, Sick of Sarah, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Karen Williams, Vickie Shaw, Suede, and Zoe Lewis, there will be nightly parties, prizes, merchandise, and one lucky Olivia traveler will win travel for two for life!*

* For ONE PERSON + ONE GUEST ONLY, 1 cruise or resort per year, verandah level cabin/standard room, non transferable, no cash exchange?cabin/room only, airfare/nda not included.

Go-Go's
"I'm just trying to matter," was one of June Carter Cash's favorite expressions. Like that humble country music icon who pioneered a genre, The Go-Go's also matter and they also pioneered a genre. In fact, as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their second album, "Vacation," the band matters more now than ever.

The internationally-loved pop hitmakers helped cement the foundation of the early 80's pop-rock sound without the aid of outside composers, session players or, most importantly, creative compromise. For a while, the band was virtually inescapable: TV guest shots, magazine covers, high-profile concert tours and movie offers turned Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock and Kathy Valentine into certified rock stars. Their sparkling California pop appealed to an astonishingly wide cross-section of music fans.

Belinda Carlisle
While she continues to be involved with and tour with the Go-Gos, Belinda Carlisle has also reinvented herself as a polished adult pop singer. Belinda, her first solo album, produced the #3 smash "Mad About You", but it was her second solo effort, 1987's Heaven On Earth, that made her a worldwide pop star, with "Heaven is a Place on Earth" hitting the #1 spot in countries all over the planet, while "I Get Weak" and "Circle in the Sand" both went Top 10.

Belinda Carlisle's Voila, her first new album in a decade and her first sung entirely in French, is a sultry, soulful collection that delivers eleven classics from renowned French songsmiths including Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf.

Sick of Sarah
They aren't sick of Sarah ? actually, they love Sarah.

The band, Sick of Sarah, was named when lead singer Abisha Uhl, 25, was talking to her roommate, Sarah, who was complaining that she didn't like her name, that she was "sick of Sarah." Uhl was inspired to use it as the name of her band, which originally was Sparkle Motion. After learning there were hundreds of other bands with the same name, they decided to go by Sick of Sarah.

Sick of Sarah is an all-girl indie band of 20-somethings who came together in April 2005. Their sympathetic acoustics often are combined with electric rock. The four original members of Sick of Sarah met in Minneapolis through mutual friends. Brooke Svanes plays drums; Katie Murphy is on guitars and backup vocals; Abisha Uhl is the lead vocalist, guitar player and songwriter; and Jessie Farmer plays lead guitar, bass and drums. The band recently added a new member, bassist Jamie Holm.

Suzanne Westenhoefer
Fearless. Bold. Sparkly. Hilarious. That's Suzanne Westenhoefer in a nutshell. She's made a career out of telling the truth. And, the truth is, life is funny (and no one is off limits). From her sister's obsession with "Passion of the Christ" to her girlfriend's Herculean thighs, Suzanne tells stories that leave audiences in stitches. Suzanne works mostly unscripted, so when she hits the stage it's an unpredictable, original night of comedy magic. Since winning her first comedy competition on a dare in the early 1990s, Suzanne's career has taken off.

Karen Williams
Curve Magazine calls Karen Williams "...a laugh riot!" The Sydney Morning Herald proclaims that Karen Williams is "ferociously funny, with perfect pace, timing and structure."

Whether auditioning for Whoopi Goldberg's producers, pitching talk show ideas to HERE TV, or being filmed live for MTV, Karen Williams is the next rising star, with her stunning good looks, awesome personality, and sterling reputation for delivering laughs each and every time!

Vickie Shaw
Vickie Shaw returns to Olivia with her slow paced (she's southern), incredibly endearing, (she's southern), sharp, don't mess with her (she's southern!), comedy. Vickie doesn't have to go far from home for material - as a recovering SoB (Southern Baptist) and out lesbian mother, she's successfully raised two sons (one of whom is married and just gave her a "perfect baby granddaughter"), has a teenage daughter still living at home, and a "husbian" in Sgt. Patch. Yeah there's enough material there to fill a few hours. Vickie has performed in almost every State in the US, and had headlined in too many venues to list here but trust us, this girl's been around.

Suede
Pop/Jazz/Blues phenom Suede plays piano, guitar and trumpet but voice is her first instrument and entertaining is her first love, clearly. Imagine a cross between Ella Fitzgerald and Bette Midler, add a dash of Louis Armstrong, and you might get some idea of Suede's unique musical talents and abilities. She is a consummate entertainer and song stylist among the likes of Tony Bennett and co.?the classic singer's singer. One part rat pack and one part Rosie Clooney, Suede is the swinginest singer in town! Think sophisticated pop/jazz, think naughty blues with a sizzling trumpet, think love songs that will make you swoon, think funny, think wow?what a voice!

Michele Balan
Michele Balan was one of the four finalists on NBC's 2006 "Last Comic Standing," and she is "The Last Woman Comic... "

Voted one of the "Top 10 Comics" by Backstage Magazine in 2004, Michele Balan is a brash, New York Stand-up comedian who has performed on Comedy Central as well as in top comedy clubs, theatres, festivals and on cruises all over the country.

Often told she was naturally funny, the Brooklyn native left a high-paying executive position at a computer company to pursue comedy ? even though comedy has never proved as lucrative ? and she has been performing ever since.

Zoe Lewis
She's practically a one-woman band. This energetic, edgy, multi-instrumentalist has traveled the globe and picked up a vast mixture of musical influences, like a touch of Ireland in her tin whistling, a little New Orleans in her piano playing, even hints of Latin America in many of her tunes. Zoe is a troubadour, a vaudevillian, a storyteller and an inspired performer.