I’m VERY excited for week’s livestream with special guest, John Van Beek! Bring your questions and performance queries to the call and get ready to learn from a very talented and seasoned performer! See you then!

Thought I’d share my one hour set list for senior gig tomorrow - seems like a nice mix. This is for an adult day care center. B

I had to share this with the group. Last month at one of my senior facility shows a woman requested a song. It took her a while to recall the title and artist, but with a little help from the staff we figured out it was "Goodbye" by Kenny Rogers - written by Lionel Richie. I had never heard it before. She told me afterwards that she was married for 79 years and her husband had just passed recently. Said she was 93, but I wouldn't have believed it to look at her. Very spry and with it. (And now that I do the math I'm not sure it that all works out, but I'll take her word for it.) So this month I was really apprehensive about playing it. It's a very powerful and sad song. It wasn't easy. My voice cracked a little bit during the second verse. I could barely make eye contact with her while playing it. But she absolutely LOVED it and came up and hugged me afterwards. It was a little bit of a downer for everyone else. Not the best song to end on. But I couldn't really do it in the middle of the show either. But I'm so glad I learned it and made her day.

Does anyone provide lyric sheets for singalongs? One home asked me if I could help lead singing (NOT my strong point by a long shot). I’m willing to try 😁 I thought about providing words to at least half the songs and hope they sing louder than me. Anyone?

I just started doing shows after a move, I was doing them as a volunteer and I have done 5 this month to start to get established again. So my question to the group is if I decide to start charging how do I come up with a rate and how do I bill it? Thank you and having a great time with the residents.