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The Lodge Activities August 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

WEEKLY

SHOPPING

TRIPS TO

SUPER STOP &

SHOP

EVERY TUES-

DAY @ 1:15

(Bus Departs

from the Great

Hall

Activities & Program

Locations are Subject to

Change

1

9:15 World Events: Pub

10:00 What’s on your Mind:

Pub

10:30 Brain Gym

Media Room

1:15 Computers Made Easy:

Media Room

3:00 Meet & Greet with

Jinny the Mini Donkey &

Marshmallow the Mini

Horse in the Courtyard

7:00 Checkers: Activity Rm.

2


10:30 Strength Training:

Hollenbeck Room

1:30 Resident Association

Meeting: Hollenbeck Room

3:00 Flower Arranging w/

Gail Turnquist: Activity

Room

7:00 Concert Series at Geer

Nursing “The Two-Seventeen

Band”

3

9:15 World Events:Pub

10:30 Aquasize–

YMCA Pool

1:30 Chapel with

Debra Tyler

2:30 Plant Doctor–

Come get new plants

or bring your plants to

share: Activity Room

7:00 Dime Bingo:

4



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Outdoor Walking

Club: Great Hall

2:00 Activity Feedback

Committee: Pub

2:30 Scrabble: Pub

7:00 Happy Hour: Pub

5

9:15 World Events:

Pub

10:00 Bridge Club:

Media Rm

10:30 Morning

Stretch: Hollenbeck

1:15 Tea & Chat:

Pub

2:30 Old Time

Trivia Quiz: Pub

7:00 Saturday Evening

Movie

6

10:30 Catholic

Services with

Communion

1:30 Outing to

the Time out

Foundation

7:00 Dime Bingo!

Activity Room

7



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Word Games : Activ-

ity Room

Country Kitchen

2:30 Jeffrey Engel Presents

“ The Polka”

Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

8


10:00 What’s on your

Mind?: Pub

10:30 Aquasize: YMCA

1:15 Computers and Port-

able Media Made Easy: Me-

dia Room

2nd Floor Conf Rm

2:00 “Words & Conversa-

tions”

2nd Floor Conf. Room

3:00 Wii Bowling: Pent-

house

7:00 Bocce in the Courtyard

9



Hollenbeck Room

1:30 Crafters Guild Butterfly

Feeders: Activity Room

3:00 Root Beer Floats with a

Twist: Courtyard


Nursing “ Willie and Jan”

10

9:15 World Events:

Pub

10:30 Aquasize:

Meet in YMCA Pool

1:00– Outing to the

Sharon Playhouse

“Music Man”

1:30 Chapel with Rev.

Heidi Truax: Chapel

2:00 Penthouse Movie

Matinee “Their Finest”

Penthouse Theater

7:00 Dime Bingo

11



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 The Knit or Knot

Knitting Club: Media Rm

2:30 Country Cookers

“Peach Cobbler” Country

Kitchen


12

10:00 Bridge Club:

Media Rm


Movie

13

10:30 Catholic

Services: Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

14



1:15 Crossword Puzzle

Challenge: Activity Room

2:00 Play Reading Group:

Country Kitchen

2:30 Name That Tune:

Court Yard

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

15



Mind?: Pub

10:30 Brain Gym

Media Room



dia Room

2nd Floor Conf Rm

3:00 Wii Bowling:

Penthouse

7:00 Boggle-Activity Room

16



Hollenbeck Room

10:30 Outing for a Picnic

and Boat ride at Lakeville

Lake

2:00 Penthouse Movie Mati-

nee “ A Dog’s Purpose”

Penthouse Theater


Nursing “ P.T. & the Pick-

ups”

17

9:15 World Events:

Pub

10:30 Walk

Club :Great Hall

1:30 Chapel with Micki

Nun -Miller: Chapel

2:30 Concert with

Robin O’Herin: Hol-

lenbeck Room

7:00 Dime Bingo:

18



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Country Cookers:

Making Smores

Activity Room

2:30 Family Tree Projects:

Activity Room


19

10:00 Bridge Club:

Media Rm


Movie: Penthouse

20

10:30 Catholic

Services with

Communion:

Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

21



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Family Tree

Projects: Activity Room

2:00 Short Story Reading

Group:

Country Kitchen

2:30 Concert with Richard

Degenais and Elaine Zielan

Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

22



Mind?: Pub

10:30 Aqua size:

Meet in YMCA Pool



dia Room

2:00 “Words & Conversa-

tions” 2nd Floor Conf Rm

3:00 Wii Bowling: Pent-

23


10:00 Out trip to Torrington

Shopping at Target


Hollenbeck Room

3:00 August Birthday Marga-

rita Bash the Pub


Nursing “The TimeRider

Band”

24

9:15 World Events

10:30 Brain Gym/MR

1:30 Country cookers

Making Homemade

Peach Ice Cream

Courtyard

2:00– Lecture with

Joanne Wyszomrski

“Basic Foot and Skin

care” Chapel

3:00 Ice Cream Social

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

25



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Mary Sullivan Plays

the piano in the Great

Hall

2:30 Concert with Willy

and Jan: Hollenbeck

Room


26

10:00 Bridge Club:

Media Rm

7:00 Saturday Eve-

ning Movie

27

10:30 Catholic

Services w/ Com-

munion: Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

28



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Poker in the Pub

3:00 Music, Bocce and

Watermelon: Courtyard

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

29



Mind?: Pub

10:30 Brain Gym: Media R.



dia Room

3:00 Wii Bowling:

Penthouse

7:00 Trivia

Activity Room

30



Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Rite Aid Bingo:

Activity Room

2:30 Country Cookers Zuc-

chini Bread” Country

Kitchen

7:00 Dime Blackjack:

Activity Room

31

9:15 World Events:

Pub

10:30 Aqua size:

Meet in YMCA Pool

1:30 Chatting with the

Chefs: Pub

2:30 Left, Right Cen-

ter: Pub

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

The Douglas

Library

Presents

“Words

&

Conversations”

Hosted by Norma

Haight Colman

Every Other Tuesday @

2:00PM in the 2nd

Floor Conference Room

“What’s on

Your

Mind?”

With

Dr. Cory

Kalser

Every Tuesday

Morning at

10:00am Geer

Phone: (8

60) 824-8133

Fax: (8

60) 824-7024

E-mail: w

ww.geercares.o

rg

77 So. Canaan Rd.

Canaan, CT 06018

GEER MATTERS

Special P

oin

ts of In

tere

st

•Lecture with Joanne

Wyszo

mrski on basic

Foot &

Skin care,

2:00pm in the Chapel

•What’s O

n Your M

ind?

w/ Dr. C

ory K

alser:

Every T

uesday @

10:00am

•The Douglas Library

Presents “W

ords &

Conversations” h

osted by

Norma Haight Colman:

8/8 & 8/22

•Play Reading Group:

8/14

•Flower Arranging w/

Gail T

urnquist: 8

/2

Special E

vents fo

r August

Meet Jin

ny & Marsh

mallow

the mini Donkey &

Horse

in the Courtyard

8/01

Jeffery Engles p

resents: T

he

Polka! 2:30pm in the

Chapel

8/07

Robin O’Herin

in concert:

2:30pm in the Hollenbeck

Room.

8/17

Richard Dagen

ais & Elaine

Zielin

in concert: 2

:30pm

in the ch

apel.

8/21

Willie &

Jan Nininger in

concert2

:30pm in the Hol-

lenbeck Room.

8/25

For M

ore In

form

ation C

ontact

Jill Sim

mons

Directo

r of R

ecreation

& P

rogram

min

g

Phone: (8

60)8

24-3

831

Em

ail: jasimm

ons@

geercares.o

rg

Willie an

d Jan

Nininger w

ill

perfo

rm in

concert o

n Frid

ay,

Augu

st 25th

2:30pm at th

e

Lodge in

the H

ollen

beck

Room.

Willie o

n G

uitar an

d Jan

on vo

-

cals will sin

g a mix of “

Oldies

but G

oodies”

Robin O'Herin

is a Berkshire-b

ased, touring blues

and gospel m

usician

, specializin

g in historically rich

,

often

interactive co

ncerts th

at feature origin

al and

traditional D

elta blues an

d gospel. H

er instruments

are bottlen

eck and fingerstyle gu

itar, ukelele an

d

mountain

dulcim

er. Her co

ncerts are w

arm, affirm

-

ing exp

eriences w

hich she sh

ares with the au

dience.

Let her tak

e you on a jo

urney o

f musical exp

loratio

n

through the Delta an

d Piedmont regio

ns of the

South. Song selectio

ns may in

clude Robert Jo

hnson,

Blind Willie Jo

hnson and Robin's own origin

al blues

and fingerstyle b

allads. Robin has sh

ared the stage

with Paul Gerem

ia, Andy Cohen and Roy Book-

binder. S

he is cu

rrently w

orking on a new gospel C

D

and then hopes to

jump righ

t into a new blues an

d

origin

al CD. She teach

es begin

ning delta an

d pied-

mont blues gu

itar and songwritin

g and partn

ers with

raisingtheblues.org an

d guitarsin

theclassro

om.org to

bring the power of music in

the classro

om and hospi-

tals to reach

children and teach

ers in new and inno-

vative ways. S

he has served

as song lead

er in several

churches an

d led a trad

itional go

spel ch

oir.

Robin has perfo

rmed Appalach

ian gospel, b

lues an

d

origin

al music regio

nally th

roughout the United States,

as well as in

Italy, Norway an

d the Czech

Republic. In

August of 2001, Robin fulfilled

a dream

and spent a

week at B

lues G

uitar C

amp in Califo

rnia

(Intern

ational G

uitar S

eminars), w

ith guitar greats B

ob

Brozman, Woody Mann and John Renbourne, to

name

just a few

of the aw

esome gu

itarists who were th

ere.

We stu

died all d

ay and jam

med all n

ight. “It's n

ever

too late to

go to cam

p”. P

lease join Robin in concert

on Thursday, A

ugust 17th 2:30pm at th

e Lodge in

the

Hollenbeck Room.

Roots, B

lues an

d G

osp

el with

Robin O

’Herin

Rich

ard D

agenais an

d V

ocalist

Elain

e Zielin

will p

erform

a vari-

ety of S

wing M

usic an

d B

road

-

way S

how T

unes o

n M

onday,

Augu

st 21st 2

:30pm at th

e

Lodge, in

the C

hap

el.

Jeffery Engles - P

resents: T

he P

olka!

The Polka evo

lved in Bohemia during the 1830’s an

d spread

like

wildfire acro

ss Europe. ‘P

olkamania’ en

sued and the dance

would rival th

e waltz as th

e most popular o

f the cen

tury.

Polka origin

ated as a C

zech peasan

t dan

ce. Historic fo

lklore h

as

it that a p

easant girl n

amed Anna Slezak

invented the step

s one

day fo

r her own amusem

ent. T

he word “Pulka” is d

erived from

Czech

phrase fo

r “half-step

,” which refers to

the d

ance p

attern of

lightly step

ping fro

m one foot to the other.

Jeffery Engles w

ill presen

t the Polka on Monday, A

ugust 7th

2:30pm at th

e Lodge in

the ch

apel.

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