HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-04-09, Page 13Huronlea Ha^genings THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,1997 PAGE 13.
Residents have super time with soup, song
By Olive Sproul
We've had an interesting half
month to report on. Starting with an
inspirational address on the third
Sunday of the month. Rev.
Cathrine Campbell preached
another interesting sermon on Good
Friday afternoon.
Palliative Care people hosted a
luncheon for their friends here. The
food was excellent, starting with a
choice of several kinds of soup,
(split pea proved to be super
delicious). There was also a
selection of both delicate and
hearty sandwiches, and assorted
cakes for dessert.
To add a perfect touch to the
jolly day, Lome MacKenzie played
piano and sang song after Irish
song interspersed with old
favourites from both wars.
The hosts were very well pleased
at the turnout. They greatly
exceeded their goal and reported
that this was by far the highest
turnout they'd ever had. All the
little towns, villages and hamlets
from 50 miles or more were
represented. It was a bargain at $4
each. Most of our residents
attended as did many staff.
Lunch was only the start of our
St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Most
of us rested up to be ready for the
after-dinner festivities. The foyer
was set up with tables and chairs
like a pub and Activation Directors
Cindy Fleet and Steve Cook served
green beer and green gingerale.
There were also pickled eggs,
potato chips and pretzels. Besides
the free-flowing refreshments, two
young men, Allan and Michael put
on the entertainment, Karaoke.
Allan, who acted as MC asked
everyone to request whatever song
we might prefer. We were also
asked to sing along with anything
we knew. They also invited
different people to come up and
sing a song of their choosing. They
had an amplifier which was hooked
up to the tape player and the mikes.
It was a fascinating setup. There
was an illuminated window on one
piece of equipment which rolled
the words across the blue-lighted
screen. It reminded me of when we
used to have sing-a-longs with the
words spelled out and each syllable
indicated by a playful, bouncing
ball.
They sang a couple of songs
each, then passed out lists of the
songs they might be enticed to sing.
Everyone was kind of shy at first.
Fortunately Graeme Craig was
visiting his dad, Harvey. Since
Graeme sings frequently, he had no
hesitation at all in going up to sing
a couple of songs. That seemed to
break the ice and Steve Cook, with
his daughter, did a rock and roll
tune. Michelle has a very sweet
tuneful little voice and that
father/daughter duet brought down
the house.
Michael and Allan each sang a
couple of songs after that. I got my
nerve up and went up and sang
Release Me. Steve sang a solo, then
Raymond Dalton decided to sing
Danny Boy.
Snacks were passed around and
the party was over. It was one of
the best parties I’ve been to at
Huronlea.
We have had a number of new
people move in during the last two
or three weeks. There's Malcolm
Jackson, who turns out to be an
older brother of my table mate
Violet Machan. Also in the wing
we have a second centenarian in
Jessie Engel. Reg Watson has been
here before in short-term care. It’s
nice for me, because he plays
cribbage. He's even been known to
beat me once or twice. Jack Rice is
new here, too.
We had our first mystery tour on
this past Monday; unfortunately, I
was unable to join the fun, as I had
a dental appointment. While they
were having fun checking out the
titanic artifacts on display at the
Huron County Museum in
Goderich, I was having my front
bottom jaw frozen.
The day after the party, was a
Phyllis Mitchell day. She
entertained for an hour. That was
also Coffee Appreciation Day. You
can figure out what kind of a party
we had. It was called Coffee
Lover’s Day and we were served
regular coffee or could choose
raspberry chocolate instead. With it
we had a delicious cranberry-apple
coffee cake. Mmmmmm good!
Thursday was News and Views
and Bible Study in the morning,
while the afternoon filled with
slides of Holland, which were
shown in the fitness room by Jean
Bewley. From there, we moved up
to the front foyer where we were
served ice cream sundaes which
were smothered in chocolate or
butterscotch syrup, whipped cream,
crushed pineapple and garnished
with a cherry on top.
After supper, we were treated to
an hour of Alf Sutton's music. Alf
is another 'old Faithful' who shows
up regularly to play and sing to us.
That week ended on the Satur
day afternoon with a piano recital
by Marion Eadie.
The cats are becoming very tame
and accommodating. Most people
can now pick them up^especially
Sylvia who was asleep on
someone's bed a few days ago. That
person was flattered all to pieces,
but we don't really want them
doing that, especially since they are
shedding - big time! Suzy Q is a
bit standoffish, but remains Sarah
Barbour's special pet.
Tuesday morning Cindy read
short stories to us for an hour. We
got quite a kick out of some of
them and fell to comparing things
that had happened to us to the
events in the stories. Everyone was
disappointed when Interlink called
to cancel their visit. We were
somewhat, disappointed because we
look forward to their visits with
joyful anticipation.
Wednesday morning we had
therapeutic gardening. It's more
difficult because the cats were
making a mess in the soil, digging
it out all over the floor and
trampling the plants as well as
sleeping on them. They're still too
frightened to do much disciplining
of them.
Our friends, the Old Tdnes,
played and sang for us after lunch.
Thursday was a very busy day with
ladies' breakfast first thing in the
morning, followed by Mass, news
and views and dining out at
11:30 a.m.
It never ceases to amaze me that
the staff will go to such lengths to
make a treat for us. But nice things
happen all the time here at
Huronlea.
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