Drinks on the High Cs

The Santa Barbara Channel, better known for its population of Great White sharks, made way for the Great White Way when Hiroko Benko, bubbly owner of the popular whale watching vessel, Condor Express, hosted her 8th annual Broadway Cruise, a two-hour delight featuring music from New York and London’s finest musicals.

KEYT-TV chief meteorologist and soprano Anikka Abbott, direct from starring in Guys and Dolls at City College’s Garvin Theatre, joined baritone Nicholas Ehlen, accompanied by pianist Renee Hamaty, on the deck of the 75-foot vessel singing firm favorites like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Music of the Night,” “People,” “Almost Like Being in Love” from the 1947 production Brigadoon, “On The Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady, and Cabaret.

Truly high Cs on the high seas…