Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:12 PM Subject: Hello! Dear Mr. Coussins, Having just returned home from Montreal, after N.Y. - Quebec cruise of 10-24 Sept., I'd like to thank you again for the most amazing experience of listening to you almost every night! (I am the piano teacher from Central California who kept shouting "Bravo!" so loudly that your brother could hear me, I'm sure, in your house on Mallorca!). You made this cruise absolutely unforgettable for me!!! I visited your websites, and I will continue exploring them. I couldn't find your performance schedule, but I'd like to, because I hope to see you and to listen to you again - on a "Princess" ship or anywhere else! YOU ARE PHENOMENAL, RAY!!! If you have a moment, please drop me a line. Let me know your schedule. Also, where can I purchase your CDs and/or DVDs? With your awesome talent, wonderful personality and a great sense of humor, you are absolutely ONE-OF-A-KIND, and you make people very, very happy! Hope to hear from you soon! All the best! Irina Kogan.
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 To: raycoussins@yahoo.com Subject: Thank you Dear Mr. Coussins I apologize if this is an intrusion but I needed to write... Margaret, my friend of many years, and I were on the Crown Princess, October 4th - 14th. We had the most wonderful holiday and it was made even more special by the privilege of hearing you play. We were spellbound. I know Margaret would want me to say that she was especially moved by listening to you playing from Les Miserables. I can only say to you that your music touched my soul. It was such an honour to be with you. I could never thank you enough - forgive me because this note certainly doesn't do it. You have blessed myriads and myriads of people through the years, I know. So this is thank you from just one more. I have found your website - again, thank you, and I look forward to enjoying that also. That is an incredibly generous gift. With immeasurable gratitude and love - and wishing you all the continuing happiness and success in the world. Judith Allford

Dear Mr. Coussins, Just coming off the Crown Princess this past weekend, I finally have the chance to sit down and write you a letter. I want to thank you for making this cruise for my friends and I so utterly memorable. I consider myself to have a pretty well-rounded knowledge of music. Though I am about 10 years younger than the friends I was with, when they brought to my attention that a piano player who had worked with Frank Sinatra was performing in the lounge, I thought it would be worthwhile to check it out. I don't know if it was fate that brought us to the Crooners Bar to see you or not, but I have to tell you that we were forever changed by the performances we witnessed night after night throughout the week. I have never been so mesmerized by a musical performance than I was those nights I spent listening to you play. And, you know, being from another generation I never really gave much thought to piano masters such as Liberace or Victor Borge'. That being said, listening to you play lent to the most enjoyable moments I had on the cruise all week. I am in complete awe of your God-given talent. I must tell you, I was very much taken back by the fact that you are a highly warm and personable individual. We spent a few days with you in The Sanctuary during our week and you could not have been any nicer. There were so many times that I wanted to walk up to you and tell you how much your music affected me, but I abstained from doing so because I was afraid I would not sound sincere -- thus, the reason for wanting to write you this letter. I did tell you that my friends and I wanted to book our next cruise around your appearance because of our desire to see you perform again. Unfortunately, I could not find a schedule of dates on your website. I want to finally thank you for allowing me to videotape your performance. I taped two hours of material that I must say, looks very professional. I took great care in trying to photograph it with long shots and close-ups so that the viewer is further enveloped in the performance. Though I am certain you have a lot of footage that other people have sent to you, I would happy to send you a copy on DVD if you wish. I am just so proud to have captured your lounge performance on video so I can watch it over and over again. I have also downloaded your music from your website and been playing it for the past few days in my car. Please continue to upload more material. I don't know how sincere you were about contacting us when you come to New York City, but we would love nothing more than to meet and take you out to lunch when you come to town. Once again, thank you for your music, the kindness you showed to us, and making our cruise memorable. You have true fans here and we hope to see you play again soon. Warmest Regards Ronald Epstein
10th of May 2011 Hello Ray, just a quick note of thanks for the fabulous entertainment you provided on Crown Princess last week. Charlotte and I have amassed 17 total cruises (15 of them on Princess) and enjoyed you and your music the most by far on all our adventures at sea. Your style is engaging, warm and genuinely friendly...rarely seen these days. We were truly honored when you accepted our invitation to attend our wedding on May 5 officiated by Captain Proctor. We'll monitor your web site in hopes of meeting up with you again on a future cruise...perhaps our anniversary cruise next May. All our best...Tom and Charlotte Andrews, Tempe AZ
Tue, April 5, 2011 Dear Ray, We were on the Crown Princess last week (March 26 thru April 2^nd) and watched your perform twice in the lounge and once in the theater. We were the four ladies that sat up front. I was mesmerized by your performances and I do believe you are the best pianist I have ever heard. Just wanted to tell you how delightful it was to hear you and thank you for being so kind and gracious to all of your guests. Your talent is God given and amazing! God bless you, Debbie Crawford Georgia - USA
Wednesday 18th August 2010 I DID IT MY WAY"!!! Hi Ray: Great to hear from you!!. A person's life is can be measured, in part, by the quality of people, one has met, during "the journey". Having enjoyed your "presence" during that cruise still remains one of my treasured times. Hope all is well with you, and I should know , within the next two weeks, our availability for the October sailings. To an entertainer (and person) of extraordinary talent, and true sincerity, we look forward to an October rendezvous. A cruise can be "just a cruise", but with Mr Raymond Coussins onboard, it can become as priceless as the Hope Diamond. Your friends, Jerry and Millie Kline Photo by "Katie Mogell"©	Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 3:06:58 PM Subject: Hi Ray, I've just returned home from a cruise on the Grand Princess. To put it simply, You're fantastic! The draw to watching you was initially the Sinatra songs that you were playing as I walked past the piano bar every evening and so when we saw you had an evening showcase in the Vista lounge I made sure I was there early! It became clear early on that seats when you were sat at that piano were hard to come by! As a 23 year old girl who enjoys going out with her friends too many nights a week, it tends to be unusual that I have a CD shelf in my room purely for the Rat Pack... If only other performers did them the justice you did. And it wasn't just the Sinatra songs... You're a perfect performer in your own right. Of course you know that... But it can't hurt to hear it eh? Rhapsody and blue? Swoon... haha. Highlight of the cruise was that night. And maybe the sun that we see too little of in England! Thank you, Take care. Jamie Jowett
Sunday May 9th 2010 Well, I couldn't wait to get home and write to you to thank you for giving us the highlight of our trip - YOU AND YOUR MUSIC! Here I thought that I was going to be unique and tell you in the most moving and elaborate way possible how AMAZING you are, and how INCREDIBLY TALENTED you are, and how YOU made our cruise more special than any other we've ever been on before, and how YOU and YOUR MUSIC were what I looked forward to more than anything else, including anything I would experience in Hawaii - All so very true! But then I started to read all of your other emails and realized that every single thing that I wanted to tell you had already been said MANY, MANY times by many others who you touched as you touched me - So is there anything left for me to say that may be my own special offering of gratitude that can even come close to letting you know how much more beautiful this cruise was for me because of you? Maybe not...but from the bottom of my heart I thank you for sharing your musical brilliance with me; a totally unexpected treat that touched my heart, and my soul, and filled me with your magic! I wish you many more happy, healthy travels as you continue to share your great gift with those lucky enough to receive it - I hope to be one of those lucky people again one day - and although mere words simply can not express just how much pleasure you bring to everyone, I absolutely had to try to let you know what it meant to me! You told me that I can download your music from your website and I can't wait to do that so that I can listen to you all the time!! With my heartfelt Thanks, Shelley (&Mario) Soulema (Golden Princess- Los Angeles to Hawaii- 4/25/10 - 5/9/10)	We were just on the Sapphire Princess Cruise 1/16 to 1/23….and our best time was hearing you perform in the lounge. You are so REAL With such God given Talent that you share at your age .. YES I am 69 and I only wish I had a thumb nail of your Talent. I sat just next to your Piano and you told me “ It’s very loud”. I said I was Deaf (not so)… After your 1 hour performance, I said to you “ You are Just OK” !! You said ..”Not bad for someone Deaf”!! I like to tease, BUT you are a MAESTRO that no one can compare. May you enjoy your MELLO YEARS as I am. Stay well, Happy and ENJOY YOURSELF, JERRY/ROSEMARIE O’CONNELL Ca

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Sat, 06 Feb 2010 Hello Ray, My husband recently sailed on the Princess Sapphire; I must say that you were a highlight of that cruise. We have travelled all over the world and have listened to many piano players, none have had the talent or charisma that you have. We thoroughly enjoyed your wonderful talent for playing the piano, your special style of singing, and of course, your wonderful stories. It was truly a pleasure to sail with you. Look forward to sailing with you again. Barbara and Gene Scanlon Smithtown, New York	Thu, April 8, 2010 Hi Ray: this goes back a year or more: was it the Caribbean Princess or the Crown? I can’t remember. it’s Mike-you may remember me as the guy, in a tux, who requested “Rachmaninoff” when you asked for suggestions. Little did I know just how good you were and how many classics you did play. Well, I felt like a clown for that, but you, the consummate PRO, never wavered in your amazing performances. And you played all the other tunes we all like to hear-those with meaning and stories. More importantly we realized just how nice you were, how very good you were and how much you loved to play. My nightly visits to the piano lounge every night thereafter had my girlfriend worn out so she didn’t always attend. I couldn’t avoid the attraction to relive the impressions you provided because I too love piano and the standards. Next time I’ll look for you and then I’ll book the cruise. Michael Rende
Ray, We are e-mailing you to thank you for making our cruise on the Crown Princess a most enjoyable and memorable experience. Your gift and love of music has given joy to the thousands who have benefited from listening to a true master of the keys. We are looking forward to hearing you once again. Best wishes in all you do and wherever you go. Sincerely. Ms. Donna Carr and Richard King	Ray We recently had the pleasure of listening to you play on the Crown Princess. What a treat!!!!!!!!! You have a God given talent and your playing transported us back to a time of love and romance. Your music made the cruise for us. So having discovered you, do you have CD's that we can purchase? We would love to remember you, your stories and music. Thank you and may every day be a good day. Best wishes Tim and Sue Stearn Florida and originally UK You are a 'Real Diamond'
Dear Ray, I would like to let you know that Sofya and I are very grateful for you sharing your talent and spirit with us during the Alaska cruise on Princess on May 26 – 30. We both were astonished and could not believe our luck to be able to enjoy a company of a professional of such calibre. You with your passion, talent and kindness made for us two vacations instead of one. You see, because of you we talk about two events that happened to us in May 2008: we went on a cruise and we met Ray Coussins who with all his greatness allowed us in his world and shared the gift of his music with us. You are the best piano player we have ever listened to. This is not only because of you incredible technique or beautiful and passionate voice or undeniable taste and selection of music you play. All this with your personality and character made our experience unique. Thank you so much! We are listening to your MP3s and watching your videos from your web site very often. I remember you were mentioning that there is an opportunity to get your DVD as well. If it is possible, we would like to have it, hence we could spend more time sitting by the fireplace and enjoying your company, although you may be far away cruising somewhere out there. Please send our complements to your brother Craig, who created such a great web site for you. God bless you! Your Russian friends, Sofya and Alexei Turmilov Texas	Dear Ray, Just a note to tell you THANK YOU! You will never know how much it meant to me to hear you play "When I fall in Love" each evening on the Crown Princess. I will forever remember your kindness. I needed to get through a very important step in my life, and being able to hear this special song played so beautifully helped so much. Know that I will be listening to your music often. That is a special gift you have given all of us who have heard your play in person! You are an amazing, talented, kind person and I look forward to seeing you again one day on another cruise. Jeanne Wittress Seattle WA To: raycoussins@yahoo.com Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 5:50 PM Ray: This was our 11th cruise, but none was more memorable than the cruise aboard the Island Princess to Alaska, from August 25th thru August 31st. With your awesome display of talent and music appreciation. I thoroughly enjoyed your renditions of "Rhapsody in Blue", "Phantom of the Opera", and of course, "My Way"- - - - - now known as "the Perfect Trifecta" (I felt as though "Frank" was there acknowledging your talent and smiling in appreciation!) I am sure that I speak, not only for myself and my wife, but for all those "cruisers" who were delighted with your creativity and responded with thunderous approval, when I say the cruise and the Alaska experience was a "Masterpiece" highlighted by The Master himself---Mr. Ray Coussins.
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Hope to be able to enjoy a repeat performance sometimes during 2009. To a Gentlemen and truly " a friend " , we wish you well and much continued success. Jerry & Mil Kline Ray, we just got back for our cruise on the Royal Caribbean, Voyager of the Seas (Jan. 6 - Jan. 13) where we were regulars at your Schooner Bar performances last week. We thoroughly enjoyed your playing and singing. You were blessed with wonderful talent and have worked hard to cultivate that gift. You come across as fun and in a way that you just make people care about you. Your presence is both playful and genuine. Thanks for the memories. We will look for you next cruise. Sincerely, Tim Anderson Mid West	Dear Mr.Coussins, In January my husband, two friends and I took the seven day cruise from Galveston to the Caribbean. You astounded us with your music ! We listened every night, I cannot express adequately the pleasure you gave to each of us. There were two songs which I requested that you were gracious enough to play one from Les Miserable and the other, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing". Both songs remain in my memory today. You made our trip so much more enjoyable than it would have been otherwise. A heartfelt Thank You ! You told us that you had never visited Houston. Please know that we would be thrilled to have you visit us at any time . We are taking another cruise on Royal Caribbean aboard the Voyager again in April. It departs from Galveston on April 29th. This cruise ends in Barcelona; the Voyager is not returning to the US. It would be wonderful if your schedule would permit you to again entertain on this cruise. We can only hope that we could be so lucky ! We wish you only the best of luck, health and happiness in the future. Yours, Gloria Taylor
Dear Raymond, It was absolutely wonderful meeting you recently during our Alaska cruise. Just to help you remember me, you and I spoke for a few minutes after your session on our last night. I an tall and have short silver hair...I asked you to play Toot, Toot, Tootsie!!!! Remember? Anyway, you need to know that my friend, cousins and I really enjoyed your playing and singing such beautiful music. You are a tremendous talent and brought us great joy and happiness listening and humming along. Hope you are having a great time on your current cruise. Please drop me a line when you get a chance. Thank you for all the happiness you brought and most of all for sharing your beautiful smile and talents. Best regards, Jean Spencer	Dear Ray, Well, pardon the "first name" intimacy, but my daughter Cristina and I just felt we got to know you (as I know many must) with all your personal and amusing stories. Of course, all these things would not be so charming if they were not backed up by your considerable talent and professionalism at the keyboard. What an entertainer you are! I don't know how Princess was so lucky as to snare you. I'm writing an account of our trip (not for publication-just my own family's amusement), and just telling of our great evenings in the Martini Bar with you inspired me to write and thank you. Our chats and listening to you contributed greatly to the success of our cruise. Thanks and best wishes, Frances Raedeker
Good evening Ray; Attachment is the photograph Eric took during our Alaska Cruise, 25 Aug. to 8th of September. After reading the email posted on your website I wanted to say just how much we enjoyed your music. Although we had been on the Island Princess for two weeks the last Sunday (7th Sept) was the first time we had heard you play in the theater. The music was truly memorable and left me wanting to share it with everyone. Then of course the times we listened in the Crooners Bar and felt that we were friends. Your have a blessed gift of making people feel at home. A truly remarkable gift of entertainment that brings your music into our hearts. Your webpage is in the process of going out to all my friends to share with them the pleasure we had in listening to you. I truly wish for you everything you wish for yourself, . Kindest thoughts Claire Devisser Canada.
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