“Singing is healing for Richard Haeata, who is refusing to let dementia take the joy of music”
“For the past seven years, Mr Haeata conducted the Sydney Maori Choir’s hymn at the Anzac Day Dawn Service at Martin Place.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-24/richard-haeata-singer-dementia-performing-anzac-day-service/102243504
pretty harmonies. i do remember when i lived in a suburb and a local islander family were grieving the loss of a family member and they were singing together at a home coming together a wake (I guess) the singing in the quiet of the day was quite heart warming a peaceful and certainly a beautiful harmony drifting in the air. I thought … what a beautiful way to farewell a loved one.
roughbarked said:
The hidden war stories of First Nations veterans
“It makes it so proud.” bad bad ABC.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
The hidden war stories of First Nations veterans
“It makes it so proud.” bad bad ABC.
We did the march in our brigade uniforms this morning, it rained all day and still is.
I cleaned up my fire boots yesterday but I had cooked my boots over summer which denatured the glue. Before I even started the march, both soles fell off and the rain water soaked up into my socks while waiting to start. Once we reached the memorial on the foreshore, we had to stand in the rain for an hour. At least it wasn’t raining bullets and shells.
Our town has a surviving ww2 vet that fronts up every year, and is now 102 years old.
Kingy said:
Our town has a surviving ww2 vet that fronts up every year, and is now 102 years old.
They talked about the last veteran of Tobruk has died. My dad was at Tobruk for more than 10 months before going to El Alemain and Syria where he was wounded and sent back to Australia. Afterwards he was sent to the Kokoda track.