{"id":35219,"date":"2024-06-07T14:22:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=35219"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:33:56","slug":"how-to-celebrate-world-music-day-in-your-senior-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/how-to-celebrate-world-music-day-in-your-senior-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Celebrate World Music Day in Your Senior Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Help your residents have fun celebrating World Music Day on Friday, June 21st. Use the day as a great way for your residents to enjoy their favorite music. Here are a few activities to try out:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Battle of the Bands<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Host a fun Battle of the Bands competition among your residents \u2014 first floor vs. second floor or men vs. women. Before the activity, place the two groups in separate rooms to decide on a song that they are going to play <\/span>musical instruments<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to. Then play the song and have residents play their musical instruments along with the song. Be sure to appoint a band leader to help organize the group to make sure that the sound from the instruments is complimenting the song. In addition, have the leaders understand that the battle is not just about sound, but also about performance. So, encourage the leaders to have a few members \u201centertain\u201d the audience as they are playing. Once the two groups have practiced, have them come together in your Activity Room for a fun Battle of the Bands, in which the spectators judge the best band.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Outdoor Concert<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Schedule a mobile entertainer to put on a fun outdoor concert for your residents in the evening. Plan to have the concert right after dinner, and pass out tasty<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>cupcakes<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for dessert.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Musical Posters<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Rock Star Karaoke<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Encourage residents to tap into their inner rock star as they compete in a fun <\/span>Karaoke<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a> <\/strong>competition. Invite residents and staff members to judge the best Karaoke singer in your facility. Award them with a fun <\/span>trophy<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Music Week<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

As a lead up to World Music Day on Friday,\u00a0 use the other days of the week to honor different musical genres. For instance, host Caribbean Day on Monday, in which residents participate in a fun <\/span>limbo<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0contest; Oldies But Goodies Day on Tuesday, in which residents play <\/span>musical bingo<\/a><\/strong>; Latin Day on Wednesday, in which you lead residents in a <\/span>chair Salsa<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0workout; and Country Day on Thursday, in which residents participate in a <\/span>country music sing along<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find more ideas from Notjustbingo\u00a0on the S&S blog here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Not Just Bingo<\/a>\u00a0is an online resource of fun, senior activity ideas for activity professionals of assisted living facilities. They have been providing fun activity ideas online since 2009, and continue to assist activity professionals across the country by creating meaningful and engaging activity ideas for their residents that go \u201cbeyond bingo.\u201d Not Just Bingo feels privileged to help activity directors better the living experiences of their residents while demonstrating that a senior\u2019s quality of life can actually improve when they move to a senior facility!<\/p>\n

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Help your residents have fun celebrating World Music Day on Friday, June 21st. Use the day as a great way for your residents to enjoy their favorite music. Here are a few activities to try out:\u00a0 Battle of the Bands\u00a0 … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":39609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[457,224],"tags":[495,3738,3079,2256,463,398,326,314],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Celebrate World Music Day in Your Senior Facility - S&S Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Help your residents celebrate World Music Day on June 21st! 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Provide residents with a <\/span>scratch guitar craft kit<\/a><\/strong> that they can use as decoration for World Music Day. Simply have residents use the scratch tools to etch messages in the guitars that can be hung as decoration for the day. For instance, create a guitar for each musical activity, and write the name, location, and time of the activity in the guitar. Then post all the guitars throughout your facility as a reminder of your musical events.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n