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Thread #31509   Message #3722127
Posted By: GUEST,geebee
08-Jul-15 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: need advice for performing in old folks homes
Subject: RE: need advice for old folks homes
I have recently started to sing in nursing homes and love doing it. I am 75 years old. They seem keen to have me back. I am singing and entertaining in 14 different homes and I am happy to do that as I try to have different songs each time I entertain in the same place. I do not charge anything and I'm happy to do that. My problem is that the homes seem keen for you to return but some don't appreciate what you are doing. I have been "Double Booked" a couple of times. Another time I was singing to three ladies they said they hadn't let anyone know I was coming. There was once when I had driven about half an hour and was setting up when I was told that there was something else on and I would not be needed that day. What is going on. My hour of entertaining seems to go well by the number of people who come and talk to me when it is finished.
Do I expect too much from the Homes?
Is it because I do it for nothing?
Some Homes are very good to go to but a few are not organized.