<p>My son and his chorus spent hours last night singing at a local retirement community, first for the Alzheimers community and then for those who are just retired. It was so wonderful to see/hear them performing “Cheek to Cheek”, “Steppin’ out with my Baby” and other vintage tunes, a few contemporary ones too and just reaching out to this community. I was definitely thinking about how much I would enjoy experiencing these fresh-faced and energetic kids when I’m in a retirement home 20 years down the road. How sweet!</p>
<p>Something tells me it might be less than 20 years for me…
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<p>Yeah, I’m hoping for 10 at least, but I’m already getting old to shovel the snow…that we’re getting more of right now and my son is out driving in it.</p>
<p>^ Say it ain’t so! We just took all our snow tires off! *&^%$@</p>
<p>it is so…we just put the basketball hoop up this past weekend and now I am worried that the town plow will take it out in the dead of nite…we have it at the end of the property so the “noise” is away from the neighbors… we thought we were done with snow…talking 18 inches in the mountains… there might be an easter parade down a ski trail after all…</p>
<p>on a more serious note, roads were very greasy earlier this evening… 2- 16 yr olds killed today in separate accidents due to the conditions…one was a passenger (with other teens) in a volvo…the other was driving and hit a school bus head on…</p>
<p>so, getting back to the original theme of this thread…I am glad you had a wonderful evening listening to your son and his chorus… the songs they did sound like some of the ones that American Idol performed this week. Funny how things that are classic are just that, classic… who doesn’t love the son “Stepping out with my Baby?”</p>
<p>Good job kids! It’s great to hear they had a group singing secular songs, not the church kids doing their music for the nursing home crowd. I would have enjoyed hearing those songs, even though I’ve never heard of them.</p>
<p>Can you imagine hearing The Beatles and Rolling Stones along with all the other mellow music and hard rock when you’re demented those 20 years in the future? Or being in the same home as those singers…? Or some war protest songs of our past? I’ve noticed “elevator music”- mall, restaurant and store music has switched from my parent’s generation’s Big Band style to songs I heard as top hits. It still “freaks me out” (groan) that the next generation likes many of the hits my generation made popular (and our parents hated).</p>
<p>Weather- we got lucky again. Cold and very windy, but only snow showers. Cleaned and put away the heated birdbath when the temps hit 80, now pouring hot water into the metal birdbath to melt the ice layer and give the poor birds a drink (it’s way too early for the concrete one).</p>
<p>Addenda- Will they allow the future students to sing half the lyrics of those songs???</p>
<p>Oh, maineparent–so sad!</p>
<p>I worry like crazy when my son is driving in bad conditions. We’ve gotten at least 3 inches and it’s still coming down. I’m blaming my neighbor who says there’s always snow on the ground for her birthday (tomorrow0. Same with mine–March 17–we had a foot and a half this year on that date.</p>
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<p>That’s a funny thought! My son woke up to the Beatles this am…“I’d love to turn you on…” And then imagine rap music in the nursing home! Ha, ha.</p>
<p>Do you think that when we’re in an old folks home some chorus will come and sing vintage songs from our generation - hits like “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road” “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” or “White Rabbit” ? ;)</p>
<p>As long as it isn’t “Jeremiah was a Bullfrog!!” Hated that song when it first came out…still can’t stand it…</p>
<p>We were without power for over 12 hours today… tons of tree limbs down all over…no other fatalities that I am aware of…</p>
<p>finished The Caine Mutiny today…our most recent mother / son book group read…don’t think I ever read it… it was riveting… who doesn’t love classics!</p>
<p>We <em>only</em> got about 4 inches of snow and most of it has melted. I think we will be listening to those songs in the retirement home. They long ago made it into the supermarket. Agree about the bullfrog one, though!</p>