Hot Outside, Cool Jazz Inside for FOSH’s September Meetup With Veterans

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Entertainment, Saloon NIght with Friends

On Tuesday, Sept. 3, Friends of the Soldiers Home hosted veteran residents to a delightful gathering to listen to the great jazz sounds of Herb Scott and Collin Chambers. In addition to booking the talent, Friends of the Soldiers Home ordered pizza and brought in volunteers to serve the food and drinks, and to socialize. It was indeed a special evening at Defender’s Inn on the Armed Forces Retirement Home campus! If you would like to be part of an upcoming Saloon Night, either to perform or volunteer, write Lori Lincoln at volunteerfriendsofsoldiers(at)gmail(dot)com.

The event occurs the first Tuesday night of each month at 6:30pm. Friends of the Soldiers Home and the community are honored to “give back” to the Home’s fabulous veterans with this special event!

Story and photos by John Hughes and Lou Avenilla  

Tickled Ivories, Tickled Fancies at FOSH Saloon Night in March

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Entertainment, Saloon NIght with Friends

George Gerich made the piano keys jump at the March version of Saloon Night With Friends. Soldiers Home residents enjoyed great music and pizza while Friends of the Soldiers Home volunteers mingled and enjoyed the fun. Join us for Saloon Night, which is always the first Tuesday of each month. Mark your calendars for April 2, when Saloon Night will feature team trivia!

Write volunteerfriendsofsoldiers(at)gmail(dot)com for details.

Photos courtesy of Lori Lincoln

2014 Saloon Nights Launch in Style With ‘Nobody’s Business’

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Entertainment

Photo credit: Zach Hartman

About a dozen Friends of the Soldiers Home volunteers invaded the Defenders’ Inn on the Soldiers’ Home campus for the first time in 2014 on Jan. 7. The Friends brought some friends — the outstanding blues/rock band Nobody’s Business. About 50 residents came down to the Inn for Saloon Night With Friends, and a wonderful, raucous time was had by all. There was dancing! Not too long ago there was still barb wire on the fence between the Soldiers’ Home and the surrounding neighborhood. Now community members and veterans were swinging and swaying with one another. Oh my. Aren’t we off to a wonderful start in 2014?

Photo credit: Zach Hartman

Friends Volunteer Year Begins With ‘Nobody’s Business’

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Entertainment, Saloon NIght with Friends

Friends of the Soldiers Home will host its first volunteer event of 2014 on Tuesday, Jan. 7, from 6pm to 8pm when the band Nobody’s Business entertains our veterans. The seven-piece band that plays funky blues, rock, soul, r&b and ‘a little country’ will kick start the monthly Saloon Night With Friends event that occurs exclusively for Home residents at the Defenders’ Inn on the Soldiers Home Washington, D.C. campus. Friends will follow up this activity with Jingo Night on Thursday, Jan. 9, from 6pm to 8pm. If you would like to volunteer at either of these events, drop a note to Mary Bucci at volunteerfriendsofsoldiers (at) gmail (dot) com. Friends did 40 volunteer events in 2013, and these are the first two for 2014, so come on board, it’s fun!

Nobody’s Business (Photo from their Website)