And you thought America has talent...
Leave it to the elders at Maple Crest to show off their talent. They even put on a show on Friday. The lineup included several musicians performing solos and duets, actors, and others too talented to describe.
Jamie Nygaard shares these photos of the event (see bottom of story)
Among performers were:
• Rosie Dosh and Debbie Mohr, the Maple Crest Song
• Olivia Spallinger, piano
• Gladys Simmons, 1934 Poem
• Rich Bucher and Jean Szabo, sousaphone and piano
• Lynn LaRue, 6-sided harmonica
• Kay Burkholder, piano
• Ruth Naylor, a reading
• Rich Bucher, accordion and
• Debbie Mohr, “Factory Worker” (back by popular demand).
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