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Garden Villa avatar

Hi, I am new to Golden Carers. I am loving it. It has helped a lot in my activity department.

I am putting a Hoe Down day on my September Calendar.

Does anyone have any ideas I can use. It's my first time throwing a Hoe Down.

From Ontario Canada

Susan avatar

Hi Bridget

I have never done this, but it sounds like a parly with a lot of lively dancing

Are your residents able to do this?

Perhaps you could hire an entertainer

Perhaps you can invite a square dancing group

If you can't do that, then get a video or play lively music

This might be a good thing to ask the golden carer Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ActivitiesForSeniors/

Lisa avatar

Not sure where in Ontario you are but I hired Triple C Farms to do a petting zoo, we also play country music and played fall fair games.

Teena avatar

Hi Bridget

I LOVE doing this event. We decorated our main dining room with different western decorations....created a stage area, with hay on the floor and a saw horse with a saddle on it for our entertainer. We used wagon wheels, ropes, hay bales just to name a few for decorations. We uses checkered table cloths and served drinks from mason jars. our centerpieces were jars with sunflowers in them.

Hope this helps...

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A big thank you! Thank heavens for you and the wonderful people who post and share. We are so lucky! I absolutely love everything about Golden Carers - so many things to explore, ideas, and more. Thank you again!

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