11-May-09 MIND Active

Third visit to this residential care home in Ashington. It was a very warm, sunny day and we were given an equally warm and smiling welcome by the Activities Co-Ordinator and the residents who had come to listen to us. We walked into the room with our three guitars and guitar stands, really pleased to see the room was full to capacity with an air of expectation for the afternoon's entertainment. It was super... Eddie played 'bones' throughout our two sets keeping time brilliantly - it was wonderful to witness the interaction with our music. Feet and hands were clapping and there were lots of smiling faces.

As usual we played two 30-minute spots with a short break for a gargle. We sang:

• Love At The Five & Dime (Nanci Griffith)
• Two Old Friends (Chris Simpson)
• Different Dreams (jiva)
• Back Home To You (Allan Taylor)
• Passin' Thru (Randy Scruggs and Johnny Cash)
• Dream On (jiva)
• Maginot Waltz (Ralph McTell)
• Some Way Home (jiva)
• When (jiva)
• One More Song (jiva)

After much applause we are asked if we would do an encore of 'Different Dreams' as they had perticularly enjoyed this one so much in the first half. We were more than happy to oblige.

We were each given a strawberry milkshake to cool down after a thoroughly enjoyable session - yum yum.

Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
MINDActive website