Music students living at Cleveland retirement home

[Johnny Vinyl]

Caught this report on CBC News the other night and thought it was worthwhile sharing.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/music-students-living-at-cleveland-retirement-home-1.3311116

 

[amirm]

What in incredible idea and documentary. It nearly brought me to tears. When I was dating my wife she was living with her grandparents so I spent a lot of time with them. There are life lessons that I have learned and expressions I use to this day. This was in Florida where the young and old are very much segregated. But not for this twenty something when I lived there.

Same is true here. A story that started with college students playing music for older generation quickly morphed into far, far more value than the just music. Music was the catalyst to much greater things. I hope this gets replicated in much larger scale elsewhere.

Thank you so much for posting it John. Much appreciated. I hope many people watch it (great use of 10 minutes of your time).

 

[Alpinist]

Johnny,

Thanks so much for posting this. I enjoyed every minute of it. My mom went into a nursing home two months ago and I have spent many days there with her. I never had the opportunity before to spend a lot of time with seniors but it has been a life altering experience. I have such respect for their wonderful personalities, knowledge and amazing life experiences. There's always something to be learned in this world and sometimes it's where you least expect it.

Best,
Ken