Category: Friends Group

The Seaside Special Show

An explosive set from our master of the quick change.

The “explosions” were due to an electrical fault before the show, causing sparks to fly and equipment to fail. Everyone was safe and a solution was found – the show went ahead.

Every Friendship Group includes dancing and singing.

Jamie’s exotic characters added to the fun.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 29th August at 1pm. Julian will be back with some hot tunes 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.

Another powerful performance from a group favourite.

Mark got everyone singing and dancing. There were smiles all round as he encouraged us to enjoy ourselves.

Before the music, we enjoyed some colour and word puzzles.

Creative activities were popular this afternoon.

Mark’s backing group were in good voice.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 15th August at 1pm. Jamie will be back with some more outrageous costumes.

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

Reflections 7th Birthday Party.

Tony quickly got everyone joining-in with the singing and dancing. As he said – the group were LOUD.

Gyda created this birthday craft and Tony baked us some birthday gingerbread men.

Our carers’ library, run by Helen, is proving popular.

We had lots of dancing.

Lynne and Pearl were on good form.

Tony kept up a steady flow of danceable hits. It was a great celebration.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 1st August at 1pm. Mark will be back with some smooth tunes 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.

Today we had a popular selection of music, mainly from the 70s and 80s.

Julian gave us a well paced set – and a brief blast on his cornet.

Tony’s game returned – and there were plenty of players.

The word-searches were helped by some light nibbles.

Nearly everyone was dancing – including the new member who unclipped her oxygen tubes to join in. A great time was had by all.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 18th July at 1pm. Tony will be with us for his sing-a-long.

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

Mark gave us another powerful performance.

Dot was impressed with his approach to audience participation.

We might be tempted to run a summer sports day. Watch this space…

We have a talented group.

Mark got everyone dancing from the start.

and they sang and danced beyond our usual 3pm finish.

Helen and Pearl had missed the presentations for Volunteers’ Week. So this week Janet presented their “Thank You” certificates.

We were very pleased to have Salma visit from Age Exchange Blackheath and Janice from The Carers Centre Charlton.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 4th July at 1pm. Julian will be with us for his multi-instrumental performance.

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

Jamie’s “Thank you for the music” show went down a treat.

His choice of artist-appropriate outfits caused some comments and applause. Jamie is such a character. One new member commented :He is fabulous”.

I feel an exhibition might be the next step.

The dancers liked the challenge of ever decreasing circles.

We have some keen dancers, as well as those preferring the occasional soft shoe shuffle.

Janet, and partner, threw themselves into a Jive.

This week is Volunteers’ Week. To celebrate our wonderful volunteers, without whom we couldn’t run the group, we took this photo of this week’s team with their “Thank You” certificates.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 20th June at 1pm. Mark will be back with some smooth tunes 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.

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.