It has been a busy week, along with the various Music Memories sessions this week has seen some extra Christmas activities. On Monday evening we were Karaoke singing with the volunteers for their Christmas night out. It was a great evening, not much solo singing although Edith did do a couple of numbers. We all sang together, and it was true to say we all had a good time.
On Tuesday and Thursday, we were Carol singing with the Choir - Tuesday at Pentland Plants, where it was great to have six additions to the choir and we managed about an hour and a half. Thank you to the owners of Pentland Plants who gave us all a poinsettia, which was so kind (that’s Jean’s present taken care of for another year!). On Thursday we were in the Gyle, or should I say nearly in the Gyle as we were in the cube near Marks and Spencer’s, it was freezing. We had a great reception though and had two lovely ladies join us and they sang with us for half an hour. These opportunities give us the chance to share the story of Forget Me Notes and reach out to others who might benefit from our support.
We got a message from Alex at Capital Theatres to say that they were doing a recording of Gus’s song on Friday which would be recorded by STV and would the choir like to be a part of the filming. On Friday we gathered at around 10:30 at The Christmas Tree and recorded a piece for the news programme. Both Elaine and Ian were interviewed as part of the filming so it will be great to see it when it goes out. It should be this coming week that they show it.
If you haven’t heard Gus’s song, then here is the link. I think you will enjoy it, we think it’s great: https://capitaltheatres.ffm.to/christmaslikeitwasbefore
The song was written by those who attend the group Songwriting Sprint. This is part of The Capital Theatres Dementia support programme which is attended by some of those who attend Forget Me Notes. We are proud of the partnership we have with Capital Theatres - they are all just brilliant.
Hope you have a good week and manage to get all your shopping completed!