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Eunice’s ‘Best Years of Such Fun’ group held a Valentines Sing-a-Long for the residents at Eunice Manor on Feb. 14. The hostesses of the day were Cecile Duplechain, Elaine Deshotels, Debbie Leonards, Izetta Darbonne and Pamela Koch.
The hall was decorated following a red and white color scheme for this valentines sing-a-long. Lighted candelabras on white linens, a rose covered statue of a sweetheart fairy and cute little stuffed dogs that sang and danced adorned the table. Valentine balloons attached to heart vases rounded out the Valentine theme for this afternoon’s sing-a-long.
All of the women guests were wearing shawls reminiscent of a different era. The glittery shades of pink hues of net worn by the ladies, gave the illusion of starlit ballrooms that may have been attended by movie stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds. The handsome men wore rose boutonnieres also reminding one of famous movie stars like Clark Gable, Gene Kelly, or even Frank Sinatra.
Songs chosen for the sing-a-long ranged from romantic love songs like “Love Me Tender” by Elvis Presley, to a fun song like Pattie Page’s “How Much is that Doggie in the Window.” One of the funniest songs was about a frog that wanted to marry a mouse, “Froggie Went a Courting,” and “You Are My Sunshine,” everyone’s favorite closed out the singing for the evening.
During intermission resident guests played a fun sweetheart game. This game is played by calling out a famous person’s name or fictitious person’s name and having to guess who the sweetheart is. Example would be “Ricky Ricardo and _____. Could you remember? They did, Lucy Ricardo.
Through the melodies that the resident guests sung they were taken on a trip from lost loves to found loves to remembered loves.
As one resident guest said, “it struck chords in me that I haven’t thought of in years.”
Of course, no Valentine’s Day is complete without the Cadbury chocolate hearts. Each resident guest was delighted to finish off the afternoon with a box of chocolates and a poem written by one of the ‘Such Fun’ members and read to them by the ‘Such Fun’ group.
“Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, This Such Fun club had such fun with you. Wish we could stay, the rest of the day, But duty calls, to take us aways, But don’t be sad, For we will be back, to have another sing-a-long, so think of that. At this same time, see you next year, for you are the sweeties, that we hold dear. Happy Valentine.”
Eunice’s Best Year of Such Fun group would like to thank the staff at Eunice Manor for helping the group make the activity pleasant.