Bridge the Generations, a Nashville- based nonprofit that connects seniors with professional visual and performing artists, is pivoting from a benefit concert at the Franklin Theatre to a traveling musical extravaganza! Bridge the Generations is growing its movement and spreading their mission of changing the way our culture sees, values and treats our often isolated and ignored senior population.
Timeless, A Traveling Musical Extravaganza
Sunday, May 22, 2022
1:00 pm Morningside of Belmont Community, 1710 Magnolia Blvd, Nashville
3:00 pm Windlands South, A Holiday Community, 3800 Sam Booney Drive, Nashville 5:30 pm Belmont Village Senior Living, 4206 Stammer Place, Nashville
Monday, May 23, 2022
11:30 am Somerby of Franklin, 870 Oak Meadow Drive, Franklin
1:30 pm Symphony Assisted Living Franklin, 1020 Harmony Hills Drive, Franklin 5:45 Brookdale Senior Living Franklin, 910 Murfreesboro Road, Franklin
Communities will be transformed into a 1940’s Palm Springs nightclub as residents and
their guests will be taken on a sentimental journal to that time through the great music of people like Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and more! The show features performances from Broadway performers Jessica Grove (A Little Night Music with
Bernadette Peters, Sundays in the Park With George, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Les Mis. Also the Madison Square Garden production of The Wizard of Oz, playing Dorothy alongside Mickey Rooney and Ertha Kitt), Alicia Albright (Wicked & Frozen), Ian Knauer (five Broadway shows and ten national, one West End show and films). We will also be joined by local vocalists, singer songwriters and performers, including Piper Jones, Shelly Fairchild and Casey Hebbel. A few local students will join us as well.
The concert at the theatre was set to help to fund Bridge the Generations Storybridge Program as well as other connection-based projects, outreach and education. Storybridge brings together a senior and an artist for six weeks of one on one conversations. The artist then uses those conversations as inspiration to create an original work. In almost 100% of the pairings, a friendship is born and conversations continue long after the six week period.
“From the first 30 minute visit, we realized a real connection”, said Sylvia of her time with Deonte. “We have talked about family, health, education, racism, dreams, joys, sorrows, faith and much more!” Sylvia continued by telling us, “Deonte came into my life just when I needed him the most, not long after my husband of 62 1⁄2 years had died. I was in the process of learning how to live without him. The Storybridge Program, and dear Deonte, have given me something very special. Their love and friendship with laughter and tears, have enriched my life.”
Gus, who lives at Windlands South Senior Community in Nashville, was matched with Broadway leading lady, Jessica Grove, who will be performing at our events. We are inviting Gus will be a VIP guest, and the two will meet there, in person, for the first time.
Come learn more about how Bridge the Generations wants to change the narrative so that people know just how much seniors are capable of and how much they have to offer all of us. By changing the narrative, we create more authentic connections and we allow seniors everywhere to feel seen, heard and loved.
ABOUT BRIDGE THE GENERATIONS:
Bridge the Generations is a 501(c)(3) and a movement dedicated to changing the way society treats seniors. So often, this generation feels isolated and overlooked. Through story-sharing and other connective programs, we listen to their stories, desires and dreams. We recognize their contributions as an integral part of our communities.
We believe that we will never reach our full potential as a society until we bridge the lonely gap between seniors and every other generation. When we more fully integrate seniors into our society, every generation will benefit!
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