YOU JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE O’CLOCK UNTIL THEN, PAM WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. NOW
IT’S TIME FOR HOLIDAY CHEER.
THAT IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN
THE MAKING, THANKS TO SOME LOCAL
SINGERS, SENIORS WHO JUST LOVED
TO SING. OH, GOD. RESIDENTS FROM
ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT
LIVING, PERFORMED THEIR FIRST
HOLIDAY CONCERTS SINCE COVID
SILENCE THEIR SONGS. PAULA
TUTMAN WAS THERE AND PAULA, I
THINK I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA,
BUT WHY DON’T YOU TELL US HOW IT
WAS? YEAH YOU KNOW WHAT?
FABULOUS TO LISTEN TO THEM,
RIGHT? THESE SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS
REALLY MORE THAN JUST A CANCER
BECAUSE IT WAS A CHANCE TO
GATHER WITH OLD FRIENDS SEE
PEOPLE WHO HADN’T SEEN IN A
WHILE AND ALSO CONNECT THESE
COMMUNITIES AND IT WAS REALLY
WONDERFUL. IT’S A HOLIDAY
CONCERT FOR THE AGES. NO,
SERIOUSLY. THE AGES THE REAL
AGES AS THE WALDEN WOODS, SENIOR
COMMUNITIES CAME TOGETHER IN
CANTON FOR ONE BIG PERFORMANCE.
FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS. EACH
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PRACTICING
FOR THIS ONE BIG DAY, AN ANNUAL
EVENT THAT GOT BENCHED FOR TWO
YEARS BECAUSE OF COVID. WALTON
WOODS UNIVERSITY IN LAKESIDE
JOINED FORCES FOR EIGHT FULL
SONGS. IN THAT GROUP OF FORMER
OAKLAND COUNTY JUDGE WHO SAYS
PLEASE DON’T JUDGE HIM BY HIS
SINGING. HOW CAN YOU NOT REACH A
VERDICT OF PERFECT WITH THAT?
DEEP BEAUTIFULLY DARK AND SMOKY
BARITONE VOICE AND SOMETIMES
I’LL OFF KEY. BUT IT’S A JOY
PERFORMED AWAY IN THE MANGER IN
DECK THE HALLS. 12 BOOKS
PROVIDED IN BETWEEN
ENTERTAINMENT WITH LINE DANCING
. AND THERE, YOU FIND A RETIRED
TEACHER WHO HAS FOUND THE
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH WONDERFULLY
TUCKED IN HER FEET AND HANDS AND
HIPS AND HUMOR. I AM A VERY
FAITH BASED PERSON. AND I KNOW
THAT THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO DANCE
TO THE LORD BE JOYFUL, AND
THAT’S WHAT I DO. HILL HOSTED
THE EVENT. AND, OF COURSE, DID
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
CARRIAGE PARK ROUNDED THINGS OUT
WITH ANGELS? WE HAVE HEARD ON
HIGH THE BIG FINALE, ALL OF THE
SINGERS FROM ALL OF THE
COMMUNITIES 72 STRONG, JOINED
TOGETHER FOR WE WISH YOU A MERRY
CHRISTMAS. OKAY SO I KNOW YOU’RE
ALL ASKING THE SAME QUESTION.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS THE COMBINED
AGE OF ALL OF THESE SINGERS GET
THIS 6000. 120 YEARS. EVERY
BEAUTIFUL FACE HERE, EVERY
TAPPING FINGER EVERY SONG LIFTED
. ENJOY HAS A LONG HISTORY IN
THE BACKGROUND CUSTOM. BEING AS
WE SAY, UNDER FIRE, AND, OF
COURSE, UH, IT’S ENJOYABLE, BUT
IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK. COAL IS
96 YEARS OLD AND REMEMBER
SINGING AT HER MOTHER’S KNEE AS
A CHILD, AND SHE’S STILL
SINGING. IT’S WONDERFUL.
WONDERFUL MUSIC IS FOOD FOR THE
SOUL. YES YOU CAN SEE HERE AT
WALT WOULD CHERRYWOOD THEY ARE
KEEPING THE PARTY GOING. THESE
ARE ACTUALLY RESIDENTS. THEY
WERE TAGS, BRON SAYS SO HE CAN
REMEMBER HIS NAME. BUT HE’S OVER
HERE TRYING TO IMPRESS THESE
THREE. CUDDY’S ON THE COUCH
HERE. LISTEN THEY REALLY DO
THINGS UP RIGHT HERE. I WATCHED
THEM. I WATCHED THEM SPIKE THE
EGGNOG. THIS ONE HAS BOURBON.
THIS WAS HAD THIS ONE HAS RUM.
AND SO I THINK THEY’RE ABOUT TO
REALLY GET LIT HERE, AND I THINK
IT’S MILLER. TIME FOR ME TO BACK
TO YOU. WELL, PAULA, I, UM I
THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY
THE KIND OF PARTY THAT I WANT TO
GO TO AND MAKE SURE YOU LET THEM
KNOW THAT THEY TOOK ME FROM THE
STUDIO HERE TO MY FAMILY HOME
AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH
MY FAMILY. SO WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
PERFORMANCE THERE. IT’S GREAT