Volunteer Voices: Join the Senior Choir at Beaumont’s Best Years Center

Beaumont Senior Citizen Activities – Join the Choir at Best Years Senior Center Music has a wonderful healing power, both for the listener and the singer.  Music also connects people. One song can bring up similar images for everyone who went to prom in 1958 (how about “At the Hop” by Danny and the Juniors) whether they were in Southeast Texas or Portland Oregon. One song can bring back all of the images of the civil rights movement (“People Get Ready” by the... Read More

SETX Senior Activities – Learn Crochet

Are you looking for a new Beaumont senior activity to share with friends? Many Southeast Texas seniors really enjoy crochet. Crochet is an art typically passed down from generation to generation. Crochet is a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook. The word is derived from the French word “crochet”, meaning hook. Crocheting, like knitting, consists of pulling loops through other loops, but additionally incorporates... Read More

Quilts- a Link to Family, History, and Heritage

Quilting has a rich history in Southeast Texas and across the American South. Frequently quilts are designed for, lovingly crafted to commemorate, and given on special occasions and to memorialize significant family events. In our family, my wife’s grandmother has designed a special quilt for each of her grandchildren to celebrate their birth and again to celebrate their weddings. For more than 30 years, the biennial Quilt National exhibition created by The Dairy Barn Arts Center... Read More

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