Name: PONY Branch Luncheon on the CARNIVAL SUNSHINE
Start: 2016-06-25T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2016-06-25T23:59:59-04:00
Location: Manhattan Cruise Terminal

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PONY Branch Luncheon on the CARNIVAL SUNSHINE

June 25, 2016

On Saturday June 25, 2016, 81 PONY Branch members and guests toured Carnival Cruise Line’s CARNIVAL SUNSHINE during the ship’s layover at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, and enjoyed a five course luncheon in the Sunrise Restaurant. At the conclusion of the luncheon, Niksa Pelic, CARNIVAL SUNSHINE’s Hotel Director, presented PONY Branch Chairman Marjorieann Matuszek with a plaque commemorating the occasion.

(Photo Credits: Stuart A. Gewirtzman and Marjorieann Matuszek)

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