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Making me think
Hi all. I volunteer at an assisted living facility as the song leader for vespers/chapel on Sunday afternoons. Following our service there is always entertainment at 3pm for the residents. Well today, as I was leaving, I noticed lots of people gathered in the common area where there is either TV watching or entertainment. I asked if they were waiting for the soccer game. The residents said no, they were waiting for the entertainment. Well, I asked the receptionist (who knows me) if something had happened and she said she was waiting for word. Well, the activity director had called the scheduled entertainer (15 minutes late now) and evidently the entertainer had forgotten to write today's show down on her calendar. I was so sad that I didn't have music with me to play because I would gladly have invited everyone into the chapel room and done something for them (as a gift of course) All those people who had gathered for entertainment went back to their rooms or whatever.
So I share this story for two reasons. First, I wanted to present a firsthand account of what it looks like when someone doesn't show up (not because you are sick or have car issues, but because you basically forgot) so we can all be very attentive to those details. Second, I am now committed to bring my tablet of chord charts with me EACH WEEK to the facility in case this EVER happens again so I am ready to respond. I wish I had all of my music memorized, but that's no excuse. I can easily walk in with my tablet because I do play sometimes at our services (when the regular pianist is not available). I never again want to feel unprepared to step in and help.
I hope this long post is helpful to all of you. If not, thanks for reading anyway.
Rebecca
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