A jolly January jamboree. We welcomed some new people to the group and they were treated to an afternoon of entertainment.
The very popular Andrew came for his second visit to the Reflections Friendship group.
Chatting was popular. As were the quizzes.
We had lots of sports, including darts and dominoes.
The dancing was a bit more energetic than usual too. Fortunately, it calmed down by the time all 51 group members, plus volunteers and visitors, made the move into the main room.
7th January 2020. A new year and quite a few of our group were unable to come along due to illness, hospital appointments, holidays etc,
Those that did come were treated to another singing session with the wonderful Emma.
Jamie provided the entertainment in the second half. A dazzling series of consume changes and memorable songs.
We danced and sang for the rest of the session.
We look forward to welcoming back everyone on 21st of January.
The 10th of December and Christmas returned! Some of us dressed for the event (you can’t buy style).
Janet and I wished everyone all the best for the festive season.
The Mayor (Mick Hayes) and Mayoress (Gillian) joined us – left their walking sticks and joined in the dancing.
Tony was in top form, as usual.
The dancing continued until it was time for home.
Best wishes for the New Year from all Reflections volunteers and trustees.
26th November – Christmas is approaching rapidly.
Emma started us off with some group singing-in-the-round. Popular as ever and a very seasonal sound.
There was an elf in every room to ensure elf and safety.
Viki raised the temperature, encouraging us to dance and interacting with members. A full-on delightful performance.
We all joined-in with the fun.
Tina came along to present us with a very generous donation – our second from the Kent Spiritual Teaching Group (the KSTG Facebook site is here) – thank you so much!
Next time… The Reflections Christmas Party.
On 12th of November Jamie returned to entertain us with some favourite tunes from the USA.
There was Carmen Miranda…
and someone else from the South Seas! Jamie’s ladies always seem to raise the most laughter. He had 13 costume changes (mostly men!) and sang a great variety of splendid songs.
We were packed, as usual. Thanks to everyone who came and joined in the fun.
We enjoyed a spooky afternoon with our most regular entertainer…
… young Tony. Who was as popular as ever
There was the usual dancing. A couple of our new members have taken the energy level up several notches – they must be taking some very good vitamin pills!
And we volunteers joined in with a spell of seasonal silliness. It was a fun afternoon.
Following and hour of chat, quizzes & puzzles – we welcomed our first visit from Julian.
– he proved very popular indeed.
The dancers quickly joined in and soon packed the floor.
and kept going until close at 3pm. We all agreed, Julian will be welcome back next year for more of the same.
What a great day for a sing-a-long
Emma came to give us another exercise in group singing – a very popular and loud group activity.
Jamie followed-up with his West End Nights session (I’m not sure about which musical featured this outfit!)
A whirlwind of costume changes and a wide range of our favourite tunes from the musicals
There was more singing and the usual enthusiastic dancing.
Our renaissance man, David, produced his new painting of the group – and he brought three of his latest poems, one of which is to accompany the poem. You can see some of David’s work here.
Thanks, once again, to our wonderful baking ladies for their lovely cakes. Thank you also to Natasha, from the Greenwich Carers Centre, for running another group of on-to-ones with carers.
It must be autumn, Shrewsbury House had the heating on!
More next time.
Back from Butlins and popular as ever – Jamie got a round of applause before he had even started.
The outfits and performance certainly had an impact on those who had not seen him before. And we all welcomed the return of old favourites, like Doddy.
As ever, there was plenty of dancing.
Prior to Jamie’s start turn, we also welcomed back Emma, for her second singing group session. Once again, she had everyone joining in.
We were very pleased that Janice, from the Carers Centre, ran their usual advice sessions. The feedback from these has been very positive.
Angelika, Marcelline and Martin from the Greenwich Dementia Reference Group popped in to say hello (and do a little dancing).
We were very pleased to welcome Emma for the first time. She had agreed to come along and run a 30 minute singing session. We were not sure how many people would be interested – we needn’t have worried, everyone joined in – 58 people singing together for the first time and sounding awesome !
How do you follow that? With a one-man Beatles tribute. Last time Chris was singing up a storm as Elvis here, this time he pumped-up the volume for an hour of our favourite Beatles tunes.
Everyone was full of energy and the dancing started with the first tune.
Yesterday’s Reminiscence Project mystery bride was keen to join-in.
Not everyone could be in the centre of the action, but the view from the door was enough for some. And they brought two friends who provided us with some wonderful cakes – thank you again.
And thanks to Sharon, from the Carers Centre, for coming and providing advice and support to group members.
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