Category: Friends Group

Tony returned for another sing-a-long afternoon.

Tony became so excited, he lost his voice at one point. Fortunately, the group sang on and he was soon back in full force.

The coronation theme seemed to help generate lots of fun.

A couple of our lovely volunteers had their birthdays pointed out.

Our volunteers did another great job. Here are Julie and Dot relaxing. We were very please to welcome Elizabeth, our newest volunteer.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 20th June at 1pm. Jamie will be back with his “Thank you for the music” show to entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

The ever popular Vikki threw herself into a great performance.

She danced around the room encouraging members to join in – which they did.

The coronation theme seemed to help generate lots of fun.

A couple of our lovely volunteers had their birthdays pointed out.

We over-ran a bit, due to the enthusiasm of the group.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 23rd May at 1pm. Tony will be back to entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Our favourite multi-instrumentalist gave us a entertaining afternoon.

There was much singing-a-long.

Badminton made a comeback.

David’s clay tilers were busy as usual.

The dancing became rather wild.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 9th May at 1pm. Vikki will be back to entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Mark was back for his second visit.

We were treated to an excellent performance of some great tunes.

Gyda was busy leading the paper crafts.

David had his ever popular clay tilers.

We enjoyed seeing some of our new members dancing the afternoon away with our regulars.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 25th April at 1pm. Julian will be back to entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

A 1970s themed poptastic show from our man of many costumes. Who remembers Lena Zavaroni from the 1970s?

Jamie dazzled us with his exotic outfits. He has been entertaining the group since June 2018 and is as popular as ever.

David’s group of clay modellers are progressing their designs.

The room was rocking to familiar tunes.

I enjoyed my visit to the group and the chance to meet Reflections’ friend Gwen (the Pearly Queen of Royal Greenwich).

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 11th April at 1pm. Mark will entertain us with his second visit to the group.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Tony warmed us up on a cold day.

Another great sing-a-long.

Amongst Tony’s tunes were “My Guy”:

“O Boy” and Blue Suede Shoes”:

Gyda was helping create more paper art.

David’s potters were busy pottering.

There was much singing and dancing.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 28th March at 1pm. Jamie will entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Another excellent performance from Vikki.

Some very familiar tunes had the group singing along.

You can hear (and see) more of Vikki here.

Gyda encouraged some colourful artwork and David enabled some members to create interesting clay tiles.

The singing and dancing continued until the close of play at 3pm.

Janet brought in some of the books from our carers’ library and Helen, our Reflection’s librarian, managed the lending.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 14th March at 1pm. Tony will entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Valentines Day. The sun was out and the group enjoyed some rousing tunes with our favourite multi-instrumentalist.

The boogie boogie bugle boy of Shrewsbury House.

Here is Julian singing “Reet Petite”:

You can hear Julian’s tunes here.

The Valentine’s word search was popular, accompanied by a cuppa and a snack.

You need to get your knees up! The volunteers are very keen on exercise.

Julian’s tribute to Frank Sinatra is here:

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 28th February at 1pm. Vikki will entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

A New Year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll party.

Buddy Holly, John Lennon and Nancy Sinatra all sang for us.

Here is Jamie singing “Rock around the clock”, “Jailhouse rock” and “Shake rattle and roll”:

You can hear more of Jamies’s tunes here.

Gyda’s craft for the day was Chinese New Year bunnies, for the Year of the Rabbit.

A packed room enjoyed Jamie’s “Dedicated Follower of Fashion”. We were delighted it was our biggest turn-out since before lockdown.

“The Locomotion” was a popular choice for a conga line.

Fans of Jamie may see his latest panto role here:

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 14th February at 1pm. Julian will entertain us.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

A new entertainer for the group.

He went down a storm. You can listen to a sample of Mark singing “Sweet Caroline” here:

You can hear more of Mark’s music here.

In the first hour group members had a chat and exercised their brains with word-searches and other fun activities. The nibbles helped things along.

Gyda and David encouraged the crafters with new ideas.

Everyone joined in the entertainment, whether standing or sitting. Mark is in there, raising the roof with joyful tunes. It was lovely to see so many people at the group despite the cold weather.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 31st January at 1pm. Jamie will entertain us with his New Year’s Rock and Roll dance party.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.