Seniors

For those of you who are asking how yesterday's performance was received, the audience reacation was very positive. A number of the residents made an interesting comment that we have heard repeated the past few weeks. We visited several new residences in February. The comment that we hear is how nice it is to hear classical music instead of the sing-a-longs which always seem to include songs like "Good Night Irene" (I am quoting a resident who used to play the violin) and other melodies from that era. I am not suggesting that the songs are not good but we need to start thinking about when these seniors grew up. Many are the WWII generation, their music was the music of Sinatra, Bing Crosby and others. Too early for me and I have not researched it. Might be an idea.

While waiting to perform, Len and I observed that the number of seniors' residences is increasing dramatically and many of them are now operated by corporations some of which are on the stock exchange. There is big money in these facilities run by companies like Chartwell Reit, Sunrise and Amica all of which are on the stock exchange making money for their stock holders. This is a growth industry. These new residences look luxury hotels with very nice dining rooms, spa like facilities and many amenties that we are surprised to see. A positive is that the residents appear happy despite receiving an overdose of Good Night Irene.