Rick & Dorothy's "MOVING TO MUSIC FOR SENIORS" program trial in 2015

As part of our "show routine" centered around the Rick and Dorothy Piano-Keyboard Hour that I envisioned and invented in 2014 which ran for five years to 2019, Dorothy insisted we try an extra show she invented called "Moving to Music" based on what she had seen done by others in the monthly calendars for the retirement residences here in the Pheonix area. I had misgivings but thought we could at least give it a try and so we experimented with a Richard Simmons "one hour showtime" approach along with a Jack LaLanne chair-exercise routine using various inspirational and stimulating tools like batons, razzle dazzle party-streamer-wands, and inexpensive noise makers like dollar-store tamborines. It all worked, to an extent,  backed up with my 400 watt Alto amp and Yamaha E433 keyboard with built in party-loops. It was unique among the exercise-routine experts here in the area but I think it was risky too because we were not qualified exercise and movement professionals like other fitness activity leaders. I don't think we would be able to do, today, what we managed to sell 10 years ago. Today, vendors have to be triple qualified, insured, bonded and even finger printed! Still, it was interesting for the 2015 timeframe for us. Here are links to a five minute sample.

Dorothy is 80 here. I helped keep her performing in public to 2019 but by 2020 at 85 she couldn't go out anymore and finally transitioned to her next realm in 2025 at 90. She frequently contacts me through the aether via synchronicities at least once a day.

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