Bristol PBCC Senior Boys Band Perform At Nursing Home Event
Saturday 19th July 2014 saw the Bristol PBCC band perform a number of songs for the elderly at Woodlands Manor Care Home.
The Guitars
Woodlands Manor is a family owned care home that was opened in 1994. Nursing Care is provided for 40 physically frail people in personal rooms all furnished to a high standard, many of which have en-suite facilities and has excellent size lounge and dining room areas. It was in the main dining area at the front of the building that the Bristol PBCC band performed on this occasion.
When the home was approached regarding a possible performance, they were very excited as they were in the process of planning an event, the special occasion of an elderly lady named Alice who was celebrating her 102nd birthday.
The Band with Alice
The band consisted of 5 young members of the Bristol PBCC aged between 14 and 16. The many, many hours of practise over the preceding weeks was about to pay off. They played a number of golden oldies such as ‘Rocking All Over The World’ along with gospel songs such as ‘Leaning On The Everlasting Arms’ and a nice country ballad which appealed to all those listening.
Drummer
During the performance members of staff were singing along with the songs and the elderly residents were joining in with waving hands and jigging feet. The main feature of the day was the celebration of the 102nd birthday of Alice. Alice, a very spritely soul, was extremely pleased and very thankful for the music, the crowning touch being when the boys put their instruments down and just sang Happy Birthday with everybody joining in.
Many of Alice’s relatives who were present thoroughly enjoyed the performance and expressed their appreciation and thanks.
As they were packing up the boys found time to stop and talk to some of the residents. It was obvious from the comments received that they were all very thankful. “We’d love to have them back again” the staff commented.
awwwwsome performance guys!!
when do you start recording?
he already has…
um…is this the band that plays in Brandon’s recordings?
u guys rock…come play in AU for us some day 🙂
ya like your recordings Brandon, come up to Canada and play some music for us!
hey could you come here and play for us?
couldn’t get any better, could we?
also wonderin if could have some mp3 versions of your songs?
Yeup!!! Where u from???!
from the continent on the other side of the world called North America…
good job!!
yo guitarist,
you have responded to lots of comments, but which “guitarist” are you, the bass guitarist, the lead guitarist, the electric guitarist, or the acoustic guitarist…???!
he is the guy that plays the AWESOME telecaster!!
not too bad for starters…great job boys!!
Rock on, lads…..I lllllike it!
Neat kit you’ve got there…sounds like ya can do it justice too! Nice to hear some fellow teens play some old classics so well… got some volcanic rhythm goin’ on there 😛
Goodun…crank it up!
Would totally second that Monobrow (think I know who you are) – classics are good!! Especially good to hear some of the melodious Merseyside music coming through!! Keep up what you’re obviously so good at – keeping the old ones going!!
Great Job Boys!!!!!!!
Would there be any way of getting MP3 of the songs?????
I like how u sang happy b-day!!
hi
great job lads!!!!
you r sooooooooo good!
sorry I got my mords wuddled!
awesome!!! grest dancer vince. please can we have mp3 music of it would be nice to hear the whole of ‘blessed be the name’ – it sounds great!
Awesome playing and singing guys!
hope you can play again some place some time.
can you please make sure we get the recordings of all the songs
Were has “the drummer” gone????
whadda ya mean?
he’s on the drums of course….
Lovely to see the old and young together, awesome playing, more please!
Hi Admin,
by the amount of comments requesting for the whole songs on mp3s be put on here, was wondering if you could make this possible for us?
we love the songs, we want to hear more!! 🙂
Unfortunately we cannot put them on ourselves as we do not have access to the editing of the site but we can speak to those involved and ask the question. Patience may be needed on this occasion…!
Hey Guitarist which one are you?
Ok, that makes sense, sorry…just wanted to know, because it seems that everyone seems to be asking for the whole songs, just wanted to ask the question, you know….:)
Well Done guys!!
awesome!
in the article, it was mentioned that you guys “put their instruments down and just sang Happy Birthday with everybody joining in”…but, there is no part of this in the video provided…was this a different time?
There were two occasions on which we sang Happy Birthday to an elderly person in the home, once at Woodlands Care Home and once at Windmills Residential Home. The video uploaded is of Windmills and we didn’t manage to video the part when we sang Happy Birthday on this occasion. Sorry!
No probs, just asking!! 🙂
Thanks for letting us know though.
Great job boys!! Congrats… also like how the audience got involved as well (i.e. the old ladies that even gave some dance moves…)
Is there anyway we could have the full mp3 versions of the songs? Would like to hear the whole song, not just parts….
Good going, you all sounded grate. Could you put MP3 music of the songs played?
Love this!
Any chance we could have separate recordings – Please 🙂
Absolutely amazing!! excellent voices and playing.
Brilliant to think you’ve cheered those old people up.
Greta talents..
.. Can we get recordings & lyrics??
Thanks
how’s the knee Vince?
Well done boys!! great playing and keep up the good work