{"id":155,"date":"2017-11-14T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T20:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/?p=155"},"modified":"2017-11-14T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T20:27:27","slug":"war-time-songs-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/war-time-songs-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"War Time Songs &amp; Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/old.verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2017\/11\/courtyard_war-hero-500-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"Resident &amp; Veteran, Anna Paul \" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/11\/courtyard_war-hero-500-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/11\/courtyard_war-hero-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resident &amp; Veteran, Anna Paul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Proudly featured in The Richmond News, Courtyard Gardens Resident and Veteran, Anna Paul shared her brave story &amp; enjoyed War-Time songs.<\/p>\n<p>From The Richmond News article:<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ll be seeing you,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>In every lovely summer\u2019s day,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>In everything that\u2019s light and gay,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I\u2019ll always think of you that way\u2026\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em>It was one of the most popular wartime songs,\u00a0<em>White Cliffs of Dover<\/em>, being performed at Courtyard Gardens Retirement Residence last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The performance room was full of poignant music, along with laughter and tears.<\/p>\n<p>It was a special concert given by the Minoru Seniors\u2019 Centre glee club. All the songs performed were from the First and Second World War, when soldiers left their loved ones to fight for their countries.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 seniors, including Second World War veterans, attended the concert. They were singing along with the choir to popular songs of the day such as\u00a0<em>I\u2019ll see you again<\/em>and<em>\u00a0Land of Hope and Glory<\/em>, all of which brought tears to the audience\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, everyone in the room stood up and sang together, when the choir performed\u00a0<em>White Cliffs of Dover<\/em>, a song dreaming about a time when the war would be over and peace would rule over the iconic white cliffs of Dover (Britain\u2019s symbolic border with the European mainland).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nice for them to get a chance to sing it. It brings back their memories,\u201d said Nan Baardsen, music director of the glee club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of songs are very sad and make people cry, but it\u2019s also good for them. It\u2019s their memories; they are part of them,\u201d said Baardsen.<\/p>\n<p>War-time music is not unfamiliar to Baardsen, 91, who was a teenager in Scotland when WWII broke out. Her father, sister and two brothers served in the war, and one of her brothers was kept in an Egyptian camp for four years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the biggest grief for my family,\u201d said Naardsen. \u201cWar is horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some songs reflect Baardsen\u2019s own experience during that difficult time, when people dealt with the cruel reality with a positive attitute and a hint of humor, such as the song<em>\u00a0I did what I could with my gas mask<\/em>\u00a0(1941)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/11\/cyg_remembranceday.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proudly featured in The Richmond News, Courtyard Gardens Resident and Veteran, Anna Paul shared her brave story &amp; enjoyed War-Time songs. 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