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SENIOR VARIETY SHOW

in 2020 we are

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October 16, 2020

Celebrating Aging Through the Performing Arts

Greetings!

There are some people that you should really invite to your halloween party. Storytellers! I don't know if Charlie Andrews (above) ever told ghost stories, but he sure could spin a yarn! Funny how one person's plain ol' story can be so riveting when told by a real wordsmith. I'm not jealous. (Oh yes I am!)

Who are some of your favorite story tellers? What are some of your favorite stories?

Every Saturday you can find a brand new performance or a favorite flashback from one of our 25 shows on Facebook

Hint for our next featured performer.

An rare event this Halloween may have you standing alone. Don't lose Hart - this flashback has a happy ending.

What are you doing since Covid 19 showed up?

If you haven't started something, let's start something here. How about a Senior Selfie Gallery?!?! Send us a current (or relatively current) picture of yourself. I think it would be great to show us being silly, creative, and engaged DESPITE everything that 2020 has thrown at us. Maybe you even want to pre-view your halloween costume! You get your pictures sent in and I'll find that Brady Bunch grid...

You can send your quarantine projects and ideas to us at storycountysvs@gmail.com and we will share. Building community one project at a time.

Eureka!

If you are at least 60 and have an idea of something you would like to share as a featured performer on our Facebook page just email storycountysvs@gmail.com

Introducing Tai Chi and Qigong at the Senior Variety Show

Tai Chi and Qigong are exercise systems that were developed in China to help energy move through the body. Many of the moves are based on the martial arts but the emphasis is on working on slow, controlled movements and breathing. Qigong are individual or short sets of exercise while a tai chi form is a series of movements joined in one of several styles. Regular practice of qigong and/or tai chi has shown to have many health benefits including decreasing stress, improving mobility, decreasing muscular skeletal pain, improving the immune system and improving balance. In 2006, Marilyn Johnson asked the Heartland Tai Chi group if they would like to participate in the Senior Variety show and a group of tai chi players have appeared in most of the shows since trying to show a variety of forms. If you would have questions or would like to be on a list to receive information about classes, contact Virginia Dowling – ginnydowling@mchsi.com.

Social Media and Social Distancing

We had not heard of Zoom calls a year ago, and now SVS is zooming down the road with an Instagram account, updated website, as well our presence on Facebook.

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Email Envy

Do you know someone who would like these infomails? (I just made that word up.) We don't necessarily have emails for members of the larger groups that have been in a show, our fabulous audience fan base, or the kids, grandkids, friends, neighbors, and former accountants of our performers. Forward this to them and they can request being added to our list and getting the scoop on what SVS is up to.

Stay Safe,

Stay Engaged,

Stay Inspired

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