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 Thank you to James McStay who entertained the residents with musical bingo yesterday afternoon. 

The residents enjoyed identifying musical clips and then checking their bingo cards to see if they had the song title on their card - the winner was the first person to have all their song titles scored out. 

This was a first time trying the musical bingo which the residents loved (especially the winners!) so hopefully we’ll see James back again in the not to distant future.

  Thank you to Avondale Radio who recorded their show from the Abbeyfield lounge on Tuesday. It was a great afternoon for the residents made extra special as they were encouraged to make personal requests and shape the show whilst being able to listen to it all in person. 

 Yesterday we celebrated Mr Frank McCarroll’s landmark 90th birthday in style with a party in the Abbeyfield Lounge featuring a brilliant performance from Colin Bryce, The Tartan Tenor. 

Colin was brilliant as always performing a wide variety of old classics often assisted by Frank who everyone knows himself loves singing at any opportunity. The performance was then followed by a delicious buffet and birthday cake during which it was really special to see Frank enjoying himself surrounded by his family and also his little ‘Abbeyfield family’

 On Wednesday we hosted the Abbeyfield Visual Arts competition in partnership with Strathaven Academy. Pupils from S1 - S3 were kind enough to display their artwork in the Abbeyfield lounge for the residents to see whilst the judges picked a winner. This is the first time the competition has taken place since 2019 having stopped due to COVID-19. It was really great to get the competition up and running again and to see how happy the residents were to be involved and to chat with the young artists. 

Thank you to the teachers and students of Strathaven Academy for providing such a wonderful variety of artwork to a very high standard and to our judges Les and Mhairi who did not have an easy job picking the winner. 

We look forward to hopefully making this annual event once again building on the success of this year’s competition. 

The winner was Alice Anderson with her entry displayed below.