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Music Helps Me

Posted by Parus @parus, Oct 13, 2017

At times music can be helpful. I like the group Anthem Lights...A new discovery for me when I was perusing youtube. A Capella has always been my thing. I love to sing!!!!!

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Mar 13, 2020
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@gingerw and @hopeful33250 I thought I saw one of the ladies throw it on the floor at the end. This is one of the best ones I've seen for the Git Up Challenge.

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@johnbishop Hi John, I just now saw this post from Jan. What fun!

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ken82 | @ken82 | Mar 13, 2020
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@tjgisewhite, Welcome to Connect. Would you tell us a little more about how you experience music? Do you sing, play an instrument, dance, listen? I am interested to hear more about how you have used music as your therapy for your soul. (I like that phrase).

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There is a wonderful Music Therapy example in Indianapolis ...see link.. https://www.eskenazihealth.edu/programs/music-program

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ken82 | @ken82 | Mar 13, 2020
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@rosemarya

@tjgisewhite, Welcome to Connect. Would you tell us a little more about how you experience music? Do you sing, play an instrument, dance, listen? I am interested to hear more about how you have used music as your therapy for your soul. (I like that phrase).

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When I have been at Mayo MN there has often been a piano playing in the lower level of the Gonda /Mayo Bldg. lobby.. it does make people ...at least me... feel better about being there.. The Art in the lobbies also serve as distraction ... and that is very good.. Ken

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Mar 13, 2020
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When I have been at Mayo MN there has often been a piano playing in the lower level of the Gonda /Mayo Bldg. lobby.. it does make people ...at least me... feel better about being there.. The Art in the lobbies also serve as distraction ... and that is very good.. Ken

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@ken82 Last Oct I was in that building, also. As I was on a tour, I think it might have been rude for me to sprint away [as fast as me and my cane can go!] to go sing along with the piano player ;))

Music has such a power.
Do certain pieces evoke a particular memory, be it happy, or sad, or melancholy? Does a certain piece ever take you, in your mind, right back to a place in time, including people and all? It does me!
Ginger

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Mar 13, 2020
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@ken82

When I have been at Mayo MN there has often been a piano playing in the lower level of the Gonda /Mayo Bldg. lobby.. it does make people ...at least me... feel better about being there.. The Art in the lobbies also serve as distraction ... and that is very good.. Ken

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@ken82, That is our favorite place to sit between appointments. I once heard the pianist play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Old MacDonald Had a Farm for a child in a wheelchair - and everybody in the lobby sang along!

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Mar 13, 2020
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@ken82, That is our favorite place to sit between appointments. I once heard the pianist play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Old MacDonald Had a Farm for a child in a wheelchair - and everybody in the lobby sang along!

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@rosemarya What a sweet story! I can just picture that happening at Mayo.

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peach414144 | @peach414144 | Mar 13, 2020
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Thank you. My name is Tammy and I am a recent liver transplant patient at Mayo. I sing at home and in the car...lol. We didn't always have TV when I was growing up, but we always had a radio. Music has always had a special way of touching me and bringing out the very best in me. Thank you again for asking about my interest in music.

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There is an old movie called "Radio Days" that depicts what we are discussing. Quite entertaining and revealing. Music rocks the mind and body.

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cherriann | @cherriann | Mar 13, 2020
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@ken82

When I have been at Mayo MN there has often been a piano playing in the lower level of the Gonda /Mayo Bldg. lobby.. it does make people ...at least me... feel better about being there.. The Art in the lobbies also serve as distraction ... and that is very good.. Ken

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I love the piano playing at Mayo! I remember the first time I went there and was nervous about finding my way around - hearing the piano being played and the people listening nearby gave me a feeling I was at a place where people cared and wanted me to feel welcome.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Mar 14, 2020
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@ken82

When I have been at Mayo MN there has often been a piano playing in the lower level of the Gonda /Mayo Bldg. lobby.. it does make people ...at least me... feel better about being there.. The Art in the lobbies also serve as distraction ... and that is very good.. Ken

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@ken82 My husband had his kidney transplant at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla [CA]. They also have a piano sitting prominently in the center of the main floor welcome area. And some beautiful art on the walls in all areas. Until I went to Mayo last October, it never dawned on me that they were taking a page out of Mayo's book and creating such a beautiful space. When you go downstairs to the cafeteria, you have the option of sitting outside and looking out over the Pacific Ocean when the weather is nice.
Ginger

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Mar 16, 2020

Music is relaxing for most of us. It is an artistic medium that soothes and inspires. When it comes to music, I like most of it! Jazz, classical, rock, church music. What venues do you enjoy most? Concert halls, symphonies, jazz clubs?

Will you share your favorite music with us?

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