Elvis Was In The Building!

On Friday, January 8th, we celebrated Elvis' birthday all day long at Juniper Village at Lebanon.  We started off with some Elvis trivia, surfed the Internet to find out more about his life, had a special Family and Friends Luncheon featuring his favorite foods, and wrapped up the evening with a screening of his movie, "Jail House Rock".  But the highlight of the day was when Elvis actually entered the building at 2:00 pm and treated us to an hour of his best numbers.  Residents, staff, and family members were dancing in the aisles, and ladies in the first row were swooning as he threw his sweat-soaked scarves into the crowd as souvenirs.  Elvis only took one break, and that was to let resident crooner Paul H. sing a Neil Diamond number, which the crowd also enjoyed.  It was standing room only, and Elvis shook everyone's hand before he left the building.  One interesting note: baritone John Garloff already had the voice down before this program, but he always had a full beard and moustache.  JUST FOR JUNIPER VILLAGE, John shaved off his beard and moustache that morning.  Even his own college student granddaughter did not recognize him when he made his entrance in his Elvis attire!  John immediately started growing out his beard after this performance, as this is the only all-Elvis show he plans to do!  We owe a great deal of thanks and a thunderous round of applause to John Garloff and his supportive family for making this event possible!