Dancing with Mary

Mary (not her real name), a lady in her 80's, was sleeping in her chair at the start of our visit. When she woke up and saw us, her face lit up and she gave us a big smile. Dippsy went over and introduced herself and Handsome, who was sitting at a table nearby with his ukulele.

Dippsy began singing "Moon River" accompanied by Handsome. Mary was delighted, joining in. Dippsy extended her arms toward Mary in the offer of a dance. Mary stretched forward in her chair with her whole body to take Dippsy's hands and the dance continued with Mary reaching and stretching her arms and body forward and upward and across her body. Handsome picked up the tempo and the dance got faster and faster with Mary using her shoulders, arms and torso in time to the ever increasing pace! She just radiated with smiles and laughter as she and Dippsy twisted and tu

In a short time Mary had gone from snoozing to amazing dance moves - all in her chair. She was clearly very happy and exhilarated at the end and she gently relaxed back into her chair with a beautiful smile on her face.