{"id":4017,"date":"2019-11-02T06:33:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T06:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2019-11-02T18:54:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T18:54:40","slug":"thursday-drop-in-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/02\/thursday-drop-in-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Music at the Thursday Drop-in Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4018\" src=\"http:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance-330x206.jpg 330w, https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance-800x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-dance.jpg 844w\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/>The benefits of music to stimulate the senses of those with memory loss and dementia are becoming widely recognised and at St Edmund\u2019s Drop in Caf\u00e9 we enjoy singing and reminiscing through music most Thursdays from 2 until 4 pm.\u00a0We also enjoy plays and pantomimes performed by The Rah Rah Theatre company and musical afternoons when Sweet Harmony come and put on a show for us.<\/p>\n<p>Our latest entertainers were our youngest yet; John and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4019 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-NOVEMBER-Newsletter-sing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"237\" \/>James Stoner aged only 8 and 9 years came to sing and play the piano and were so talented and delightful and stole the hearts of many guests.\u00a0The boys attend St Josephs Parish Church in Bromley and John, who has a most beautiful voice, has just been selected as a chorister at Westminster Cathedral Choir School.<\/p>\n<p>We are lucky to have the keyboard skills and encouragement of Rose Remedios, and lately we have welcomed Joseph Gulliford, St Edmund\u2019s Wonersh seminarian, who is an all-round troubadour on keyboard, guitar and vocals.<\/p>\n<p>On November 7th we are being entertained by a Barber-shop Quartet so if you would like to join us, please do and come and enjoy the afternoon of music and light refreshments and a warm welcome.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicola Platman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The benefits of music to stimulate the senses of those with memory loss and dementia are becoming widely recognised and at St Edmund\u2019s Drop in Caf\u00e9 we enjoy singing and reminiscing through music most Thursdays from 2 until 4 pm.\u00a0We also enjoy plays and pantomimes performed by The Rah Rah Theatre company and musical afternoons when Sweet Harmony come and put on a show for us. Our latest entertainers were our youngest yet; John and James Stoner aged only 8 and 9 years came to sing and play the piano and were so talented and delightful and stole the hearts of many guests.\u00a0The boys attend St Josephs Parish Church in Bromley and John, who has a most beautiful voice, has just been selected as a chorister at Westminster Cathedral Choir School. We are lucky to have the keyboard skills and encouragement of Rose Remedios, and lately we have welcomed Joseph Gulliford, St Edmund\u2019s Wonersh seminarian, who is an all-round troubadour on keyboard, guitar and vocals. On November 7th we are being entertained by a Barber-shop Quartet so if you would like to join us, please do and come and enjoy the afternoon of music and light refreshments and a warm welcome. Nicola Platman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4025,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions\/4025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}