Lunchtime music etc for elderly people

The weekly meeting of The Rotary Club of Kirkcaldy was held at the Dean Park Hotel on Tuesday 9^th May. There were 25 members and visiting Rotarian Past District Governor John Clark present and as it was Seniors Day there were 25 guests in attendance.

President Mark mentioned that it had been a busy week for gardening with various project being undertaken and he was pleased that a number of Pupils from Balwearie High had chipped in to help. Kids out has been confirmed as taking place on the 13^th June, this means that the Club Assembly will be brought forward to the 6^th June, and the Club Council meeting will be on the 5^th June. The District Directory and Rotary First had both been published and were available for collection.

Secretary’s notice was regarding the Rotary Club of North Fife holding a Musical Afternoon at the Craigsanquhar Hotel on Sunday the 11^th June. Drinks would be from 1:45pm with the music starting at 2:30, tickets are on sale for £17.50 each.

As it was Seniors Day the Rotary Club had invited guests from a number of care homes to visit. The day was well attended by Seniors from the following homes; Gowrie House, Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society, Bennochy Lodge Care Home, Chapel Level Care Home, Wilby House, Methven House, Abbotsford Raith Manor Care Home, Marchmont Care Home and Abbotsford Milton Road Care Home. Rather than having a guest speaker the Club had chosen to invite The Kinghorn Singers to sing to the guests. 12 Members of the Kinghorn Singers which including 3 fellow Rotarians put on a fabulous 20 minutes of choral with songs from England, South Africa, America and of course Scotland.

Les Soper gave the vote of thanks and presented the Kinghorn Singers with a donation cheque from the Club. Les invited the guests to provide feedback so that this pioneering event could be repeated again in the future. Les thanked Swapan and Debbu for organising the day. One of the guests, Chrissie asked if she too could offer her thanks and went on to say how wonderful she found the Care Home to be and how different it was to a Nursing Home, she also praised her nurse who she said would dance for us at the next occasion.