Saturday 04/19/2025
A mostly-unscheduled Saturday. By 10am I was bored and thinking, I should go for a drive. Where? Then I thought, how bout go visit Dennis, who is dealing with some bad medical news. So I did, and we went out for a walk and a coffee. I was back to CH in time for a late lunch.
In the afternoon I practiced my set for this coming Thursday. Then at 4:30, by arrangement, I went down and set up a microphone in Quad IV of the dining room. This was to support a big birthday dinner for Andrew. His wife Mary (I’ve performed with her and she is the producer of the annual music shows) had arranged this and managed to keep it a surprise to him. There were eight tables, so something like 35 guests. Several of their children and grandchildren and lots of residents. The entertainment was, believe it or not, a couple of opera singers. I didn’t get their names but they were very good, singing arias from a couple of Puccini operas. And the food service was special, not the usual menu.
Dinner started at 5:15. It was after 7 when I put the microphone away and 7:30 when most people were leaving.
Point being, this kind of party is organized by the residents themselves, in this case, Mary with the help of a couple of friends. And of course they paid extra to dining services for the special menu for 40 people, I wouldn’t care to guess how much.
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