On Friday, August 20th, six members of the Farnum Family, an instrumental and vocal group from Galena, Missouri, played for two gatherings in The Mayflower Community. The first performance was in the Beebe Circle for Beebe Assisted Living and independent living residents. Then, they moved to the Health Center Courtyard to play for residents there.…
On Tuesday, July 20th, Mayflower residents were treated to the music of Nashville recording artist, Neil Hewitt. The Nevada IA native and ISU graduate entertained with his guitar and sound system in Grinnell’s Mayflower Community. He has visited us with his performances six times in the last three years. Neil’s music is soothing and at…
Guitarist/keyboardist, Ronnie Burgess, lives in Cedar Rapids IA. Ron played both the Beebe Circle and the Health Center Courtyard in The Mayflower Community on Thursday, July 8th. He mixes up things, sometimes playing keyboard and sometimes guitar. His music consists of old standards, country, and some gospel. Ron has been playing music since 1962. Ron’s…
Bill Lawyer is an acoustical guitarist from Marshalltown. On Tuesday, July 6th, Bill played outdoors for Mayflower residents in the Beebe Circle and in the Health Center Courtyard. He had played Mayflower previously with a vocal partner, Joan Grufe, who has since retired. Bill describes himself a “finger-style flat-picking guitarist.” Playing since he was 15…
Enjoying one of the last warm days of the season, residents and staff of The Mayflower Community were treated to a cookout and outdoor music on Tuesday, October 13th. A picnic on the Buckley Courtyard patio featured quarter-pound, all beef hotdogs; ground sirloin hamburgers; and brats accompanied by potato salad, coleslaw, and baked beans with…
The Mayflower Community is lucky. We seem to be on Neil Hewitt’s concert tour. Besides a gig last December and one last January, both in the Carman Center, Neil honored Mayflower residents by playing today (June 16th). Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Neil accommodated folks by setting up on the sidewalk in front of the Health…
Country music artist, Neil Hewitt, performed for residents of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) on December 16th in the Carman Center. Previously, Neil had been with us last January. Originally from Nevada, Iowa, Neil splits his time between Nashville and Iowa. He is a 2011 graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in…
On Thursday, July 31st the Farnum Family band treated over 70 Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) residents and guests to an hour of bluegrass, gospel, folk, Irish, and Western music. On their way to the county fair in Albert Lee, Minnesota, the parents and four kids stopped to entertain because a family member lives in Mayflower’s…