A night I will always remember . . . . .

Oh what a night!

Take a room full of grade 12 students, and seniors that reside at the Bennett Centre in Georgetown, and you create a room of emotions and memories, and laughter and tears.

As part of a project with www.story-lines.ca and a woman called Nora, the students spent the last month interviewing and talking to seniors as part of their music class. This was possible through a grant from the Bennett Centre. They called the program "Bridging the Gap", the gap between the seniors and the students. The students were then told they had to write the words and score for a song that had to tell the story of the senior they were partnered with. They then had to present the song in front of everyone.

The talent in some of these kids was amazing, and being the non-partial person that i am (cough, cough) i think Brittany was one of the best! The senior they were singing for would be bought to the front of the room, and their song would be sung for them. Then they were handed a CD of their song, and the lyrics typed out for reading. Of all the seniors, only one felt strong enough after to say a few words - many were emotional, they used the word 'overwhelmed' and 'honoured'; and to see the way that the students held their seniors hands, hugged them when they arrived, and smiled at them the whole time they sung to them - it was amazing.

You can see by the look on the face of the woman in my blog, that they were enthralled. I was so honoured to be allowed to take photos, and the quote i received from Nora just made my heart soar "the photos express what i try to say in words, or do in action, i am so touched". That made the 4 hours of editing so worth it . . . . . . . and i came away feeling like a new feeling had been added to my heart.