Summer 2023 Round-Up

June - July - August

2023

What a wonderful three months of care homes and dementia groups over the summer! I love meeting new people and seeing familiar faces at regular groups/places…the power of singing never fails to amaze me! I am grateful to God for every single moment of it.

June

The theme for June was “Songs from Italy” with Dean Martins 1950s hits “That’s Amore” and “Volare” as well as some famous Italian opera arias which went down a storm. (See my “Opera in care homes” blog).

July

July was “Seaside Songs” with Cliff Richard’s 60s hit “Summer Holiday”, and other summery tunes “I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts” and   “I do like to be beside the seaside”!

August

Last month was themed around “Afternoon Tea”…Doris Day’s “Tea for Two”, Frank Sinatra’s “When I take my sugar to tea”, and of course Binnie Hales’ “A Nice Cup of Tea”! Did you know? Us Brits drink an average of 900 cups of tea per year!

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Thank you so much to the following homes/groups who had me to sing over summer:

Woodlands Care Centre, Macclesfield

Ivonbrook, Matlock

Thornhill House, Bakewell

Belong, Macclesfield

Knutsford Friendship Cafe

Brookview, Alderley Edge

Haddon Hall, Buxton

Still Waters Dementia Cafe, Buxton

Abbey Court, Leek

Darley Hall, Matlock

Golden Memories Group, Tytherington

Southfield, Woodford

Mount Pleasant, Delmere

The Old Vicarage, Bakewell

The Argyle, Buxton

Eccles Fold Resource Centre, Chapel-en-le-Frith

Hope Green, Poynton

Welby Croft, Chapel-en-le-Frith

Hen Cloud House, Leek

Upton Grange, Macclesfield

Treetops Court, Leek

Shepley House, Hazel Grove

Cavendish Court, Alderley Edge

Elworth Grange, Sandbach

Hazelmere House, Wilmslow

The Hawthorns, Buxton

Parklands, Poynton

Abney Court, Cheadle

Hemming Hall, Macclesfield