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What activity do you refuse to give up? How do you adapt to age?
Aging Well | Last Active: Jul 31, 2025 | Replies (153)Comment receiving replies
Musicals. I participate in at least one musical a year. I’ve been told by my older musicians when I was young that you keep playing and performing on stage until you fall off the stage dead. Of course it’s hard to fall off the stage when I’m in the pit playing below the stage but I understand the thought to never give up what you love.
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I'm 90
A musician who has sung for 87 years.
My sister had made up shows in our basement.
3 cents to look in the windows. 5 cents to come in. When my sister couldn't decide what to do next
She would have 3 or 5 year old me...sing
New York new york
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I am 83. And I just renewed my seasons with 2 towns. 12 total. If I cannot go I gift them.
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I LOVE IT! Many of my friends have rekindled their music hobbies in retirement - once the pressures of family and career are past.
One dear friend had his guitar at his bedside while undergoing chemo for several months. Other patients loved to stop by his door and listen, the staff knew if he was having a good day because he would play while waiting for his breakfast. Sadly, we lost him in April, but his music will live on - his favorite instruments were passed on to his grandchildren.