12-06-09 E mail Update to seniors and facilities
Warm greetings once again from ElderAudience! Looking toward the holiday there’s much to share…
**Reminder that Tapestry Theatre’s production of “1944 Christmas from Home” has returned!This Christmas season, journey back to the 1940s and immerse yourself in the golden age of radio. Swing with their band and singers to the great music of the era, such as “Shoo, Shoo Baby,” “Drum Boogie” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Watch and listen as everyday objects are transformed into sound effects – a jar becomes a bell and boxes of cornstarch create footsteps across a snowy field. Experience the power of the pen as letters are sent to loved ones far away, sharing the mundane and extraordinary, the pain and the joy of life in 1944. December 4 – 20 7:30pm Fridays and Saturdays;2:00pm Sundays Additional shows:7:30pm Thursday,December 17 and 2:00pm Saturday, December 19. Reserved seating! www.tapestrytheatre.org – 503-245-6919 $17 Seniors, Students or Groups;$10 Military Veterans LOCATION:Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard in Portland
**Theatre in the Grove (in Forest Grove) celebrates the season with a timeless classic, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella! A treat for all ages. Show dates/times:Dec 4,5,11,12,18,and 19 at 8:00 pm. Dec 6,13 and 20 at 2:30 pm. Senior tickets are $10 Location:2028 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, Or. Phone box office at 503-359-5349. Box office Hours:T,Th, and Sat 12-3pm. Read more about Theatre in the Grove in ElderAudience’s Theatre category!
**FREE EVENT! Thursday,December 10 at 7 p.m. Celtic Trill will perform a FREE PUBLIC concert at St. Andrew’s Care Center (on the historic register), 7617 SE Main Street (Mt. Tabor area), in Portland!This concert will be held in their beautiful chapel. The Gresham Community Chorus will also perform! You can learn more about Celtic Trill in the Music category on ElderAudience, and contact them to arrange a performance at your facility or event!
**FREE Holiday Show Saturday Dec 12!Head out to Canfield Place, at 14570 SW Hart Rd in Beaverton, to see and hear the Canfield Place Chorus at 2pm, followed by “Joyful Holidays” Solo Piano and Vocal concert featuring PatriciaJean at 2:30pm. Patricia Jean Labat is listed on ElderAudience’s Music category. Read more about her and arrange to have her travel to yourfacility or event!
**Five Star Holiday Bazaar: On the first day of Christmas you marked your calendar to attend Marshall Community Centers annual 5 Star Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 12th, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Shop from over 80 vendors. Admission is FREE; or a donation of canned food is suggested. Marshall Community Center, 1009 East McLoughlin Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98663. For details contact (360)487-7055.
**FREE SHOWS FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Go to see “The Holly Jolly Hullabaloo! Red Riding Hood Goes Green”, presented by JANE Theatre Company. “The Holly Jolly Hullabaloo!” is based on the grand tradition of British Panto. This year the theatre company offers their version of Little Red Riding Hood with a global warming message. Red is sent to Grandmama’s house with a basket of “green” items. Along the way she is enticed by a Wolf, befriended by a gaseous Cow, frightened by a lonely Bee, saddened by a wistful Polar Bear, serenaded by a group of Pigs and lectured by a well known global warming expert! Award winning songwriter Greg Paul applies his talent to clever lyrics and catchy tunes the audience will be singing all year long!”The Holly Jolly Hullabaloo!” will be performed December 3-27 (no shows 12/24 or 12/25)at 7pm on Th,Fri and Sat, and 2pm on Sat and Sun. Location: Theater! Theatre! 3430 SE Belmont, in Portland. FREE AND FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!
**NEW LISTING! I am very excited to announce that we have just listed the Well Arts Institute-Voices of Our Elders Project on ElderAudience. This project offers a variety of creative opportunities for seniors to engage in Memoir and Creative Writing, short story and poetry. Facilitators interact one to one with residents, with questions, encouragement, listening and scribing spoken stories or poems. The artist-assistants can act as scribes, allowing those with physical challenges to fully take part. Participants receive typed and bound manuscripts of their own writing, and and the facility also receives a collection of their residents’ writing. Actors present an on-site reading to celebrate and share the creative work with residents, families and staff!The Voice ofOur Elders project is suitable for Assisted Living, Residential and Memory care residents. Other options are available, such as short readings by actors, based on residents’ stories, which are followed by a Question and Answer session, as well as full blown stage productions with professional actors, which are open to the public. Contact Well Arts Institute and they will work with you to create a wonderful event for your residents! Learn more at their listing under the Storytellers, Theatre, Education/Instruction, or Miscellaneous categories on ElderAudience.Also, check out their website at www.wellarts.org
**NEW LISTING!!Proclaimed one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Japan, the Portland Japanese Garden is a haven of tranquil beauty nestled in the city’s west hills. The 5.5 acre Garden is composed of five separate garden styles ( A strolling Pond Garden, a Tea Garden, a Natural Garden, a Flat Garden, and a Sand & Stone Garden) and offers an unsurpassed view of Mt. Hood.Open Year Round. See our website for more information, and make plans to visit the Portland Japanese Garden!
**Just plain Good music!!!Let me give another shout out for long-time musician, Tego Burke.Tego loves performing for seniors. He plays guitar and sings a variety of styles, and he can even provide a “one man band” soundtrack suitable for dancing. A local facility reported words of praise for Tego, describing him “Wonderful!” Please read more about Tego Burke in the ElderAudience’s Music category and contact him to entertain at your facility or event.
**Staged reading of a Masterpiece! Profile Theatre is presenting a Staged Reading of Horton Foote’s adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, on 1/14-1/24, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays at 7:30pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm. Location:3430 SE Belmont, in Portland. In 1962 Horton Foote received his first Academy Award for his adaptation to the screen of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Harper Lee. Foote’s screenplay, constructed as a series of episodes recalled by its narrator, Scout, is set in a small Alabama town in 1932 and concerns the trial of an unjustly accused black man who is steadfastly defended by Scout’s father, a respected lawyer in the town. This classic tale examines the painful consequences of hate and prejudice and one man’s courageous efforts to overcome those powerful forces. For more information, check out Profile’s website at www.profiletheatre.org or call 503-242-0080. Also, read more about Profile Theatre’s upcoming productions in our Theatre category!
That’s it for now. Have a great week!
Pam
Pam Waldman
(503)245-7583
www.elderaudience.com
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