Spitz stories
Tales and anecdotes from our mission to spread #LiveMusicForWellbeing.
Names of residents have been abbreviated to ensure their anonymity.
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Thom Rowlands
- Jan 6
- 1 min
"Some jazz today I think!"
JC (resident) is usually a rock 'n' roller through and through...
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Alice Zawadzki
- Dec 29, 2020
- 6 min
"We should've had the mics rolling!"
It was a particularly cold snap at the end of December when I arrived at Bridgeside Lodge...
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Thom Rowlands
- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
“We’ll give you a hug through music.”
It was with a sense of determined responsibility that we made our way around...
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Thom Rowlands
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
Chicken & egg
“è troppo grande!" Said C, a recent arrival at Bridgeside Lodge, in her native Italian. “It’s too big!”
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Kate Millett & Thom Rowlands
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
Mic check...1, 2, 1, 2...
Today the dream took a momentous leap forward as we spent the day at a recording studio in Marylebone, laying down guitars, keys and vocals
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Ursula Sagar & Kate Millett
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
National Arts in Care Homes Day
Breaking from our regular Wednesday afternoon schedule, we kicked off at 11a.m. with the first of our two live acts,
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