Harmony Café

Harmony Café

Friday July 20 @ 6:30

Dare County Center

Enjoy the  acoustic twosome that play mostly ballads and folksongs, with a strong Christian message

Sponsored by GEM Adult Day Services, Inc. and The Nags Head lions Club tickets are $5.00 and include desserts and coffee.

 

Call Gail Sonnesso @ 252-480-3354 if you have any questions.

 

 

 

 

Lion Angelo Sonnesso

Secretary,

The Lions Club of Nags Head

 

Harmony Cafe

Harmony Café

Friday July 20 @ 6:30

Dare County Center Manteo NC 

Tickets $5.00

@ include homemade  desserts & Coffee

Please Share!

Thanks,

Gail E Sonnesso M.S.

Executive Director

The GEM Center, Inc.

Where Group Respite is Therapeutic for both our Participants, and their Families.

(252) 480-3354

http://www.thegemcenter.org

 

 

 

 

 

Lion Angelo Sonnesso

Secretary,

The Lions Club of Nags Head

 

FW: NEW DATE -National Commemorative Candle Lighting (NCCL)

 

 

From: Gail E Sonnesso [mailto:gsonnesso@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:29 PM
To: 'Gail E Sonnesso'
Cc: David Evans
Subject: NEW DATE -National Commemorative Candle Lighting (NCCL)

 

	2012 St. Andrews By the Sea 2pm- 3pm Sunday November 18th Light refreshments to follow

 

 

 

National Commerative Candle  Lighting (NCCL) is an annual event to remember and honor Americans who were or are affected by Alzheimer's disease or related illnesses. This year, NCCL will be held on November 18^th

GEM will  hold an inspirational ceremony at St. Andrews By–the- Sea Episcopal Church in Nags Head at 2pm. Uniting individuals from coast-to-coast as they light "candles of care." To learn more call Gail @252-480-3354 or email gsonnesso@gmail.com .

 

 

If you can volunteer, provide light refreshments, or would enjoy singing at this event please let me know.

mailto:gsonnesso@gmail.com

 

Gail E Sonnesso M.S.

Executive Director

The GEM Center, Inc.

Where Group Respite is Therapeutic for both our Participants, and their Families.

(252) 480-3354

http://www.thegemcenter.org

 

 

GEM June events

The Sup+per Club people+people=a community of care and support for our elders     Promoting optimal quality of life, health and wellbeing for seniors A G.E.M. Adult Day Services Program Executive Director Gail Sonnesso, MS, Q.D.CP. Rehabilitation Counselor PH: 252.480.3354 EMAIL gsonnesso@gmail.com WEB: www.thegemcenter.org Address: P.O. BOX 3601 Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948

MONTH JUNE of 2012

 

Hi We have an exciting month and I hope to see you!

 

My best,

 

Gail E Sonnesso M.S.

Executive Director

The GEM Center, Inc.

Where Group Respite is Therapeutic for both our Participants, and their Families.

(252) 480-3354

http://www.thegemcenter.org

Press Release

Press Release

For Community Calendar

 

Discussion of Services for the Blind

Monday June 18^th

Perquimans Senior Center

Grub Street, Hertford 

11- 11:30 AM

 

ARE YOU having PROBLEMS WITH YOUR VISION?

 

Learn about services that will help you navigate visual impairments and assist with eye care. Angelo Sonnesso, Social Worker for the Blind and Visually Impaired, will provide an overview of programs provided by the North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind.

For more information call Angelo @ 252-202-1190. There is no charge and we will welcome your questions.

 

Angelo Sonnesso

Social Worker

Div. of Services for the Blind and visually impaired

252.202. 1190

 

FW: Jean Louise Dixon Elder law attorney to speak about how a Diagnosis of Dementia impact slegal issues

 

 

From: Gail E Sonnesso [mailto:gsonnesso@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 2:57 PM
To: 'Angelo Sonnesso'; William Philippi (Business Fax)
Cc: gsonnesso@gmail.com; Angie Brady-Daniels; Jaki Gray; Jana D. Underwood; Joe France; Laura A. Willingham; Linda Putnam; Linda White; Lucille; Lynda Hester; Pat Furr; Sandy Scarborough
Subject: Jean Louise Dixon Elder law attorney to speak about how a Diagnosis of Dementia impact slegal issues

 

	How an Adult Guardianship, or Conservatorship, Works

(Source: Caring.com) - If the person you are caring for is in good health, you may not be thinking about her possible need for a conservatorship, or adult guardianship. But if you're considering this step, you're not alone. The unfortunate truth is that many older adults have long periods toward the end of life when they're not able to make decisions for themselves - due to Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, a stroke, an accident, or some other serious medical condition.

If the person has an advance health care directive, the decision-making about her medical care, if she becomes incapacitated, may already be provided for. If she has a durable power of attorney for finances, there will be someone to take care of money matters.

If she has only one of these documents, neither of them or certain important decisions are not covered in those documents, that's where a conservatorship, or adult guardianship, might come in. It's not simple to arrange, usually requires a lawyer, and needs a judge's approval. But it might help solve the huge problem of who makes major decisions that involve her when she can't do so herself and there aren't enough other written directions.

Go to full story: http://www.caring.com

 

Hope to see you Next Tuesday at the Baum Center 3pm

My best,

 

 

Gail E Sonnesso M.S.

Executive Director

The GEM Center, Inc.

Where Group Respite is Therapeutic for both our Participants, and their Families.

(252) 480-3354

http://www.thegemcenter.org

 

 

 

 

FW: L-R Angelo Ruth Poe of (the Poe Sisters) and staff at Heartland

 

 

From: Gail E Sonnesso [mailto:gsonnesso@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 10:57 PM
To: sarah@musicforseniors.org
Cc: 'Angelo Sonnesso'
Subject: L-R Angelo Ruth Poe of (the Poe Sisters) and staff at Heartland

 

 

Article from the Bluegrass Unlimited March 05 issue. The Poe Sisters were both born in Big Creek, Calhoun Country, MS, Nelle in 1922 and Ruth in 1924. They began their career in October 1943 in Bridgeport, CT, where they were both employed as inspectors of radios for the General Electric Co. They appeared locally on radio over WICC, and on weekends toured the region with a troupe of entertainers. During this time, they played for servicemen at the famous Stage Door Canteen in New York City. When you saw the Poe Sisters in Mobile, AL, with Ernest Tubb's touring group, they were members of the Grand Ole Opry, joining the cast in June 1944. Ruth played a mandolin Bill Monroe loaned her during their entire time on the Opry. Ruth was married in 1945, and shortly after that, Nelle returned to Connecticut, breaking up the act. But within months, she was back and the duo resumed touring and working on the Opry. Nelle told this writer recently, "Our idols were the Delmore Bothers, and we tried to sing like them. The Solemn Old Judge, George Hay, said we were the 'female Delmore Brothers.' I can't say what kind of music we sang - some bluegrass, some country." Their repertoire included a number of Delmore Brothers songs, but they also performed material associated with the Carter Family, the Blue Sky Boys, Roy Acuff, and others. The Poes left the Opry for good in August 1946, at which time Ruth returned the mandolin to Monroe. Bill told her she could keep it, but she declined. When asked recently why she didn't keep it, she said, "Daddy always told us, 'Don't take any gifts from men.'" Several months after leaving the Opry, Nelle was married, and the duo decided to leave music altogether. When asked why they didn't continue playing after they were married, Nelle said, "We always did what our daddy said. He said when you get married, you should quit working and raise a family." The advice was unnecessary however, as Nelle soon moved with her husband back to Bridgeport, CT, making it impossible for the duo to continue the act. The Poe Sisters made no commercial recordings. During most of the time they were working on the Opry and touring, commercial recordings were not being made due to shellac and other material shortages caused by World War II. When record companies geared back up following war's end, they were concentrating on big sellers - in country music that meant Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, and Bob Wills, among others. Before anyone could approach the Poe Sisters about recording, they had left music. Fortunately, a number of air checks were made of their Opry performances, and ten of these miraculously survived. This material was issued on LP in Germany in 1989, the Poe Sisters, "Early Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry," Cattle LP 122, which is still available (LP only). Some of the recordings have suffered the ravages of time but it is a miracle that they have survived at all, so that is certainly not a harshly adverse criticism. In fact, if anything, it enhances the performances lending them authenticity and capturing the flavour of the age. There are no frills and fancies, no technological wizardry, just two young sisters harmonizing and playing in a style not vastly dis-similar to that popularized by The Carter Famiy. The songs are the type favoured by the mountain folk and the hillbillies and include the sad "In A Little Village Church Yard" by A.P. Carter, "As Long As I Live" from the pen of a young Roy Acuff and "False Hearted Girl" and "The Farmer's Daughter" courtesy of The Delmore Brothers. On "Farmer's Son" Nelle appears to have simply adapted the lyrics using exactly the same melody as "The Farmer's Daughter" but both versions are enjoyable. (In July, 2004, Nelle boarded a bus, and journeyed to Nashville. She and Ruth were interviewed by John Rumble at the Country Music Foundation as part of the Oral History Project. The two-hour interview is on file at the Country Music Foundation and Museum.) Angelo Ruth Poe of (the Poe Sisters) and staff at Heartland GEM photos05012012 006