Congratulations to Donna Brown and Mike McCann for their involvement in the 2011 Life Services Network Poster Session at the recent LSN Annual Meeting. Their entry, “Hollywood Dreams: How to develop, produce and film your own resident run short film,” served to demonstrate the process of filming a movie from the call to writers [...]
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Hollywood Dreams
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Celebrating Chinese New Year
Elegant dancers from the Chicago Northwest Suburban Chinese School recently staged a colorful performance for 150 Friendship Village residents and guests. Wearing stunning, elaborate costumes, the students created a cultural experience worthy of the Chinese New Year celebration. Dancers were complemented by music, songs and performers who threw yo-yo’s 15-feet in the air [...]
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Celebrating Chinese New Year
Elegant dancers from the Chicago Northwest Suburban Chinese School recently staged a colorful, performance for 150 Friendship Village residents and guests. Wearing stunning, elaborate costumes, the students created a cultural experience worthy of the Chinese New Year celebration. Dancers were complemented by music, songs and performers who threw yo-yo’s 15-feet in the air [...]
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Greek Traditions Honored at Friendship Village
A weeklong tribute to Greek heritage ended in a grand Greek fest complete with a feast of Grecian food favorites, authentic displays of Greek wares, Greek and Roman warrior reenactments, a skit spotlighting Greek philosophers, music and dancers.
“I really learned a lot about Greece this week — it’s been great fun,” according to new residents [...]
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“Let’s Dance” Movie Premier
Following the search lights that led fans to the Beatles, the Pope, the Rolling Stones and just last week, to Friendship Village, paparazzi clustered behind pillars and posts to capture photos of Let’s Dance movie stars as they exited their limousines, courtesy of A1 American Limousine.
When a not-so-successful dance instructor and choreographer, Don Zallejo, finally [...]
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Lights, Camera, Action – Friendship Village Movie
Friendship Village residents go ‘Hollywood’
Since October residents have been in the process of making their own movie under the guidance and direction of Director, Producer and Casting Manager, Rebecca Tulloch.
Tulloch said, “I played the role of the queen at King Richard’s Renaissance Faire in May. And I was really impressed with Friendship Village. [...]
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