Choir helps immigrant seniors belong

Posted by Karen Moxley on May 4th, 2009 and filed under Culture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Meet the the 4-11 Multicultural Seniors’ Choir. Once a week, 32 members – ranging in age from 55 to 92 – come together at a downtown seniors’ drop-in center in Vancouver to sing. English is the common language, but the seniors don’t mind trying out all kinds of tunes. This choir is only a few years old, but its become about much more than music. As Karen Moxley, found out this weekly gathering is about creating a community.

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