Category: Friends Group

A fun packed performance today, with lots of audience participation.

Mark was fired-up and looking good following his holiday in the sunshine.

Autumn may have arrived, but we still have some fancy blooms.

Mark had everyone singing and dancing right up to our close at 3pm. He is a very popular chap.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 10th October at 1pm. More entertainment and fun.

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

We enjoyed a non-stop 60s medley of great tunes.

Tony got people on their feet from the start.

In the first hour some group members were seen deep in concentration.

In the second hour Tony fired-up everyone in the room.

A lovely afternoon of entertainment and fun. We were pleased to welcome back Caroline, our local Asda Community Life champion. It is always a pleasure to have her come along and she brought some cakes and stationery items for the group. Thank you Caroline and Asda.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 26th September at 1pm. Mark will be back to entertain us with some swing tunes and others.

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

We enjoyed a non-stop 60s medley of great tunes.

Julian was on top form and (nearly) everyone was dancing from the start.

Before the entertainment we had crafts and a cuppa.

We were very pleased to kindly have donated 4 top quality jigsaw puzzles (we have still to complete the other two).

A full hour of dancing – where do they get the energy?

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 12th September at 1pm. Tony will be back with some top 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.

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.