Just got to work from our gig at Tandum Nursing Home Windsor VA, it went great. I lost count of how many numbers we did, somewhere around 30. The residents had a great time and we had a lot of audience participation. My voice is shot and my fingers are soar, it doesn't get any better than this. :D
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
My voice is shot and my fingers are soar, it doesn't get any better than this. :D
No it doesn't!! :D 8)
Glad to hear you had a good time Tim.
Dan
"The only way I know that guarantees no mistakes is not to play and that's simply not an option". David Hodge
tim
glad it went good and you had fun, gargle with salt water 8)
even god loves rock-n-roll
Way to go Tim.
Glad you had a great gig. I also think it is wonderful that you played in a Nursing Home. The older folks do not have a chance to get out and listen to live music, glad you brought it to them. I am sure they enjoyed your music very much.
So that is a really nice thing to do. :D
Wes
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
Thanks guys, I really did have a great time. We play there every fourth Sunday. It's really cool when they announce over the intercom that our group will be playing and the folks come suffling down the halls. Our leader came up with a cool idea. We made up books with the lyrics to 50 of the songs we do. We pass them out to everyone in the audience. They get to call out the page number of any song they want us to do. So we get a lot of participation. :D
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
hmmm... by george, thats a GREAT IDEA!!! you don't mind if i borrow it do you?
hmmm... by george, thats a GREAT IDEA!!! you don't mind if i borrow it do you?
Feel free to :!:
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
WTG, Tim!!
That makes all the pain and soreness worth it, IMHO.
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
It's great that your playing at a nursing home, my aunt, her fiannce, and some other locals do the same things sometimes around here.
I'm kind of curious as to what selection of songs you guys play?
Vacate is the word...Vengance has no place on me or her...Cannot find a comfort in this world.
It's great that your playing at a nursing home, my aunt, her fiannce, and some other locals do the same things sometimes around here.
I'm kind of curious as to what selection of songs you guys play?
Mostly Oldtime gospel and Bluegrass gospel, some modern Country gospel like Randy Travis Josh Turner. We do a lot of Stanley Brothers material.
By the way we'll be there again this Sunday, can't wait :D
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
^That's awesome Tim, have fun!
Vacate is the word...Vengance has no place on me or her...Cannot find a comfort in this world.
Thought I'd report on today's; today's gig :wink: at the nursing home. Things went great, we had a bigger crowd than last month. The adminstration held us to one hour today (we usually do 1.5 to 1.75 hour). That saved my fingers and voice :lol: .I sang a solo today, Thy Burden is Greater Than Mine. It's a song that Hank Williams senior did, written be PeeWee King. I think I was in good form, it was well recieved. Our group had a great time and so did residents. We also had some of the staff join in, I think we're growing on them :wink:
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
