Members of the Hope House Blessings choral group , from Hope House Dover, NJ , brought smiles and cheers to Senior residents at Saint Francis Residential Community and Franciscan Oaks Health Senior Living Center on Tuesday July 5, 2011
The highlight of the day was watching the faces of the attendees light up as we sang our “oldies and patriotic” medleys. Members of the audience sang and swayed as Blessings vocalist, Retta Suttles the volunteer leader of this chorale , connected with every piano key possible to bring music alive in the room. Some danced with their canes, while others came out of their quiet selves, as familiar melodies and lyrics resounded about them. One dear woman stated,
“ You should leave your jobs and form a group, you’re GOOD!"
The only dim light of the day was that all the vocal group became stuck in the elevator with out air-conditioning performance for a short period right before their performance . However, their yellow paper plate sun props for their rendition of “You are My Sunshine” came in handy as emergency fans. Within minute the Hope House Blessings was performing and entertaining the gathering as if nothing happened.
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