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Location: Yucaipa, California | Ok, so here it is: My Annual GETOUTANDPLAYTHERESTHOMES Message.
With all of the talent (both real and imagined) represented here on the OFC, I would encourage those of you who haven’t done so yet, to find a local Convalescent Home, talk to the Activities Director and set up a recurring time to play for the Dear Folks who are languishing there.
You don’t have to be good, you only have to be willing to give of yourself and your talent in order to brighten the day for someone else.
I play with my Church group “Elder Care Music Ministry” and our best “gig” is the monthly (1st Saturday each month) Rest Home gig. It really affected me last time (Feb 3rd.).
We were playing and I realized the one of the “regulars”, a Resident who never missed our performance, wasn’t there. I was told later that she had died the week before. It hit me then that our music that made her smile was the last time she had been happy before she died.
Please, go out and help them forget where they are living and why. Be a blessing!
Please try to keep this “on topic”…… :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Ok, back to your regular chaotic existence. :p
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Location: East Tennessee | Tim,
Thanks for the reminder. :cool: The Greatest gig going. I always enjoy my visits.
OK, now back to banjo bashing. :D
"There's nothing I like better than the sound of a banjo,
unless it's the sound of a chicken caught in a vacuum cleaner…"
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Location: SoCal | Tim, for a 909'er, you make good sense...... |
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Location: Vermont USA | Tim is right I go three times a month and they love it. From old hymns to Clapton it's all good.
A chicken in a vacuum cleaner. How about tying two cats tails together :eek: talk about deliverance.
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | You do n`t have to be good, you only have to be willing to give of yourself and your talent in order to brighten the day for someone else (Tim)
I agree, I mean like..I had to Suffer for my Art,Now it`s Their Turn !! ;)
There's nothing I like better than the sound of a banjo,
unless it's the sound of a chicken caught in a vacuum cleaner…" (G G G)
Yap,a banjo does sound better than a cacklin`vacuumcleaner
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I actually volunteered, which was a big step for me, since I rarely play or sing in public (meaning if anyone else is around). My neice is an activities director at a nursing home, but she is having real trouble getting the people who hired her to let her do anything. She is not getting any response from the residents, either, so she is talking about quitting.
Anyway, that didn't sound to promising, but if no one shows up, I can just play the same way I do by myself down in my basement.
(That didn't sound right, so I'll add that I should probably put on some pants if I play at the nursing home.) |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Mark,
One thing we also do is "HallCrawl"...that is, after the "show" some of the members walk through the halls and play/sing for the folks who couldn't make it to the show.
Remember that many of the folks will need special care just to get them to functions... care that the Nurses might not be able to give at that time.... so don't be discouraged if there are only a few at your "gig".
Do the HallCrawll afterwords and get the rest! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
(That didn't sound right, so I'll add that I should probably put on some pants if I play at the nursing home.) Good Idea. :D Some of the women might take a liking to you. :D
I like doing the hall thing. I remember an elderly lady dancing in the hall while I was playing one time at Baptist Hospital. I jokingly mentioned that Baptists aren't keen on dancing. She replied,"Honey I'm a Methodist and we dance." |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Originally posted by Tim Chapman:
It hit me then that our music that made her smile was the last time she had been happy before she died. Are you sure it wasn't the Jiffy Pop hat? :D
Keep up the good work, Tim. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...no, the Jiffy Pop Hat is ONLY for the 3 Wise Guys at the Christmas Program..... she was more likely just laughing at the banjo player....hey, wait a minit! |
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| Sounds like a great audience - now if you could just work out how to make them buy a ticket....
Keep up the good work. ;) |
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Location: NJ | ". . now if you could just work out how to make them buy a ticket . ."
No need to, as Tim's rolled it into a rather lucrative MedicAid scam . . .
Keep it up, Timster ;-) |
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| "No need to, as Tim's rolled it into a rather lucrative MedicAid scam "
There's just so much talent on this board.
If only some of it was musical. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...pssssst... hey Cliff, look under the table.... I've got some FEMA forms I don't need...... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I'm still looking for that form so the Government can pay me to not grow crops... |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by MWoody:
I'm still looking for that form so the Government can pay me to not grow crops... Let know me if you do. I've got about an acre I could turn into a guitar a year. :D |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I thought that only Money grew on trees..
Vic :cool: |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...I'm Impressed! We almost had a FULL PAGE before we went off topic! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | But Tim,..I Like Nurses..
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Ok, Here it is: Tim's Annual Request!