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Thread #50011   Message #3343073
Posted By: GUEST
25-Apr-12 - 10:39 AM
Thread Name: Playing nursing home gigs
Subject: RE: Playing nursing home gigs
I play accordion and sing at day centres to nursing homes; mainly 19 century songs thru 1960s. I have only got 3 shows left and I have a break in the summertime from May to August and then we decide what goes in the next set. One of the favourites, that they'd like to hear again, is my cousin Ian singing 'My Old Man's A Dustman' by Lonnie Donegan. The Friday gig don't find it funny but I like the words. 'I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts' was just too long. The 3 replacements are 'Round Scotland Tour' which is a medley of Scots songs, a Scots slower set of tunes known as Scots country songs and Moon River as well. The last two gigs are both afternoons. I would like to do 'Aura Lee' but the only problem is that most folks know it as 'Love Me Tender'!