2016 Jenks Center

the third annual Jenks Center "February Follies" -

uke skywalker

music Rx

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865646642/Why-guitars-and-drums-are-becoming-medical-equipment-in-hospitals-and-homes-across-the-country.html?pg=all



Strike up the band for better health
By Jennifer Graham For the Deseret News
Published: Monday, Feb. 1 2016 8:20 a.m. MST
Music doesn't just soothe the savage beast; it also has superpowers that can improve health. Here's why guitars and drums are becoming medical equipment in hospitals and homes across the country. (jelena jovanovic, hitdelight - Fotolia)

Music has charms to soothe a savage beast, soften rocks or bend a knotted oak, English playwright William Congreve famously wrote. But it also has superpowers that can improve your family's health.

Listening to music can reduce pain, help patients with dementia recover memories, and help stroke victims learn to walk again. Making musiccan lower blood pressure and alleviate stress. Accumulatingevidence of music's power to improve health outcomes has spurred hospitals and other medical facilities to employ musicians and music therapists, turning guitars and xylophones into medical equipment.

Massachusetts General, the largest hospital in Boston, employs four music therapists to work with patients and recruits professional musicians for live performances in waiting rooms and lobbies. Its environmental music program has been enthusiastically received by employees and families who say encountering live music in a hospital instantly improves the experience, said Lorrie Kubicek, a board-certified music therapist at the hospital.

World Play Your Ukulele Day Feb 2nd

Today (Tue 2nd Feb, 2016) is...
World Play Your Ukulele Day
Each year Play Your Ukulele Day gives you a chance to ‘change the world four strings at a time’ by playing your ukulele, sharing it, and teaching others to play. That is, presuming that you own one…

Do it ! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/play-your-ukulele-day/

Red Kettle 2015

December 19, 2015  Salvation Army Red Kettle bell ringing with ukuleles:

Something seasonal:
Aint no chimney in the projects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3jvDeHLkgo
and the lyrics of course


Lyrics:
When I was a child, I used to wonder
How Santa put my toys under the tree
I said, "Mama, can you tell me how this can be
When there ain't no chimneys in the projects?"

Ain't no chimneys in the projects (not in the ghetto)
Not in the projects
Ain't no chimneys in the projects

Mama sat me down and said, "Baby, Santa Claus does magic things."
As soon as you're asleep, a chimney will appear
And in the morning you will see all he brings.
Don't you worry that there ain't no chimneys in the projects."

Ain't no chimneys in the projects (not in the ghetto)
Not in the projects
Ain't no chimneys in the projects

Now I'm all grown and I see
It wasn't Santa who got that magic done
Mama, now I know you were the one
There ain't no chimneys in the projects

Ain't no chimneys in the projects (not in the ghetto)
Not in the projects
Ain't no chimneys in the projects

Music
"Ain't No Chimneys In the Projects" by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (iTunes • AmazonMP3)
Category  Music
License  Standard YouTube License
How many days of --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbM6U4ryn6o 

2015 at the Market Nov 21st

YT: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ocrE0tlpoAfUKNwfUOe6ex4KX1L8wqd
November 21st at Wright Locke Farm, playing at the last Farmers Market of the year