Edelle McMahon nominated
Edelle, our daughter, was recently nominated by Alice Daly, Tydavnet, for a Volunteer of the Year award and we attended, with
Edelle and Alice, at the presentation of the awards which was held in the Garage Theatre,
Monaghan, on Sunday last. It was a wonderful event and terrific to hear of the great work being
done by Volunteers throughout the county.
Edelle was nominated for her work with people living with dementia. She was going to some
centres where people with dementia attended and then Covid struck. She knew that her work of
singing assisted those with dementia and had a very comforting effect. However with Covid she
was unable to go to the Centres and so decided to go live on Youtube each Monday and Thursday
evening from 7pm to 8pm and performed her music. She calls them - Sundown Sessions. There
was a huge reaction to this and many families reported a very positive outcome for those with
dementia. Initially it was meant for families living with dementia but very quickly many others
tuned in and it is now open to everyone every week and the Link will available here on
emyvale.net or singalongwithedelle on Youtube
Covid passed but Edelle decided to continue with her OnLine singing on Monday and Thursday
evenings at 7pm as she learned from families that dementia was difficult at that time of day and
so the families could tune in to her weekly performances and the family could watch and listen
with wonderful outcomes. If they were unable to tune in any of the days they can always link in
to it at a time that suits them. During her evenings there is a live chat opportunity where families
request certain songs and chat with other people online. Edelle has now 294 Online sessions on Youtube and these are being used
very regularly in family homes.
Alice Daly heard of Edelle’s Sundown Sessions and, having listened, she was amazed at the reaction online and realised the huge
benefit it was bringing to families with dementia in the home. As a result she nominated Edelle and she accompanied her to the
Volunteer Awards Event on Sunday last. Edelle, and ourselves, would like to thank Alice sincerely for the nomination.
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Panto in 1977. ……………………. HERE
Local Emyvale Awards ……. HERE
Cussie McKenna Birthday………. HERE
Local Walk …………………… HERE
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Edelle and Alice
The family
Edelle with the two musicians
who entertained us during an
interval - Paul and Mark.
Edelle with her aunt Maeve.
Edelle and her sister Paula.
Alice, Ann and Maeve read the
programme for the evening.
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Emyvale:
Edenmore NS History …………… HERE
Tidy Towns …………………………… HERE
Village Inhabitants ………………. HERE
Panto in 1977. ……………………. HERE
Local Emyvale Awards ……. HERE
Cussie McKenna Birthday………. HERE
Local Walk …………………… HERE
Walk No 2 ………………………. HERE
Poem By Kathleen Treanor RIP . HERE
McMahon Clann Reunion ………. HERE
Gary Run 2023 ………………….. HERE
Edelle McMahon nominated
Edelle, our daughter, was recently nominated by Alice Daly,
Tydavnet, for a Volunteer of the Year award and we attended,
with Edelle and Alice, at the presentation of the awards which
was held in the Garage Theatre, Monaghan, on Sunday last.
It was a wonderful event and terrific to hear of the great
work being done by Volunteers throughout the county.
Edelle was nominated for her work with people living with
dementia. She was going to some centres where people with
dementia attended and then Covid struck. She knew that her
work of singing assisted those with dementia and had a very
comforting effect. However with Covid she was unable to go
to the Centres and so decided to go live on Youtube each
Monday and Thursday evening from 7pm to 8pm and
performed her music. She calls them - Sundown Sessions.
There was a huge reaction to this and many families reported
a very positive outcome for those with dementia. Initially it
was meant for families living with dementia but very quickly
many others tuned in and it is now open to everyone every
week and the Link will available here on emyvale.net or
singalongwithedelle on Youtube
Covid passed but Edelle decided to continue with her OnLine
singing on Monday and Thursday evenings at 7pm as she
learned from families that dementia was difficult at that time
of day and so the families could tune in to her weekly
performances and the family could watch and listen with
wonderful outcomes. If they were unable to tune in any of
the days they can always link in to it at a time that suits
them.During her evenings there is a live chat opportunity
where families request certain songs and chat with other
people online. Edelle has now 294 Online sessions on
Youtube and these are being used very regularly in family
homes.
Alice Daly heard of Edelle’s Sundown Sessions and, having
listened, she was amazed at the reaction online and realised
the huge benefit it was bringing to families with dementia in
the home. As a result she nominated Edelle and she
accompanied her to the Volunteer Awards Event on Sunday
last. Edelle, and ourselves, would like to thank Alice sincerely
for the nomination.
Edelle and Alice
The family
Edelle with the two
musicians who entertained
us during an interval - Paul
and Mark.
Edelle with her aunt
Maeve.
Edelle and her sister Paula.
Alice, Ann and Maeve read
the programme for the
evening.
