{"id":128518,"date":"2023-05-04T12:54:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=128518"},"modified":"2023-05-04T12:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:54:39","slug":"oxford-civic-chorus-spring-concert-will-be-sunday-may-7-benefitting-memory-makers-respite-care-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-civic-chorus-spring-concert-will-be-sunday-may-7-benefitting-memory-makers-respite-care-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Civic Chorus Spring Concert Will Be Sunday May 7 Benefitting Memory Makers Respite Care Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oxford Civic Chorus<\/strong> will present \u201cWhen Memory Fades, a benefit concert for Memory Makers\u201d <\/strong>at 3 p.m. Sunday May 7<\/strong> at David H. Nutt Auditorium<\/strong>. The program is a touching tribute to loved ones with memory loss and their caregivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission is free. Donations received at the concert and at OxfordCivicChorus.org<\/a> through May 15 will go to Memory Makers<\/strong>, a nonprofit that serves people in the L-O-U community affected by memory loss due to dementia. The program offers socialization, activities and exercise for participants, and a much-needed break for their caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Cutterini<\/strong> is an elder law attorney with North Mississippi Rural Legal Services<\/strong> and board president of Memory Makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe whole idea of it is just to give the caregivers time off and the rest they need,\u201d Cutterini said. Because the caregivers get worn out faster than the people suffering with dementia. They get four hours to go take a nap if they want to, do laundry, do grocery shopping \u2014 all the things that you can\u2019t do when you have to watch someone.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chorus had planned the benefit concert in 2020, but had to shelve it when the pandemic hit. Likewise, Memory Makers had to suspend operations for a while but has expanded, moved to a new building, and is about to take on a new program manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to reintroduce ourselves to the community and let them know, \u2018We\u2019re here; here\u2019s what we do,\u2019\u201d Cutterini said. \u201cSo it\u2019s just a perfect time for Oxford Civic Chorus to pick us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The connection between music and memory is profound. A line from Robert S. Cohen<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cAlzheimer\u2019s Stories\u201d is \u201cLove and music are the last things to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can literally see that,\u201d Cutterini said. \u201cIf you ever go there when musicians are there, or even when they\u2019re just singing songs, they just light up. There\u2019s something in our memory that, no matter how bad off we are, we can go back to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program has room for more participants, and some scholarships are available. Find out more at MemoryMakersOxford.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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