Valentines Day Crowning at Brookdale

The Brookdale King and Queen were crowned this afternoon at a 2:00pm Valentines Day program. Marian and Gene Faszholz were the honored recipients. The folks on either side were first and second, runner ups. Nominations and final selection was done by vote of residents. This has become a custom here dating back to the initial crowning in 2010. This may be the first husband and wife crowned at the same event. The Faszholz have been very instrumental in community activity and certainly helped welcome us a few months ago. The 2010 King, continues to be a resident here in the Independent Living side, and appears to enjoy it. A Ladies Trio from Fremont, NE provided entertainment.

The Fremont Trio had recorded accompaniment and sang like the "Andrews Sisters" and others who were popular in years past. One of the ladies is the wife of Greg Spevak who had a dance band some years ago and had played at Utica among other Ballrooms. Another of the group was a music teacher who told of their setting around a kitchen table deciding whether they might reach the level of perfection to go public. They certainly have and even picked up the little nuances which emulate the Andrews Sisters. I suspect that the lady with Greg Spevak may have been a vocalist with the orchestra.