Singing Valentines

Saturday and Sunday were spent delivering Singing Valentines to about30 people in all kinds of situations. Some were delivered in restaurants to employees, and others to restaurants to customers we knew were dining out. Other venues included rehab centers, physical therapy offices, surgical center lobbies, nursing homes and retirement communities and first grade classrooms and elementary school cafeterias as well as private parties in homes and to a mom and her kids in her apartment. We sang in a bowling alley for a birthday party and at a church for a wedding shower! Anywhere and everywhere. We even sang to a lady who felt bad because she missed us - in an elevator! What fun! Here are some photos from the school Valentine...

We even delivered a valentine to a guy. So we had to change the words to one song to make the song appropriate...

We ended up delivering about 30 valentines. The quartet I was in delivered 16 in the two days and we sang a couple of times to groups that were not a part of that number just because the time and place was right for us to sing. On one occasion we sang in a nursing home and one of our guys noticed that as we sang a dementia patient who had been non responsive to most interactions seemed to come alive as we sang much to the astonishment of the nursing staff. Hummm. It seems our music is not only a joy to listen to, but has healing properties as well. I saw it first hand as it has the power to make grown men weep, ladies feel faint and everyone to smile.

Well, except for one little 3 year old boy at The Hardwood Cafe where we'd stopped for lunch. A birthday party for his 90 year old grandmother was in process and they asked us to sing to her after our lunch. The little boy(just after we'd sung to his great grandmother) on his way to the bathroom said en route - "You guys were boring." Tra-la - keeps you humble.

Then, just this morning I learned that the Sharp Edge quartet sang a valentine for a party Saturday night. A woman at the party is in charge of the up coming "Glass Slipper Ball" ($100/plate) next Saturday in Cranberry's Sheraton Hotel. She asked Chorus' Sharp Edge quartet (they really are good) to sing for the event. Awesome! (Needless to say, as the VP of PR I'm thrilled for them, and for our Chorus!) God is Good! Have a great day... more photos to come this week.