Salute To Seniors, Creative Aging
Saturday, June 24, 2017 • 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Colorado Convention Center • Mile High Ballroom
700 14th St. Denver, CO 80202
Free Admission, Free Parking at the Pepsi Center
Reservations Suggested: www.senioranswers.org or 1-855-880-4777
Entertainment Schedule
9:00 a.m. Doors Open
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Resource Fair
Wellness Fair
City of Denver Showcase
Midlife Crisis Car Exhibit
Canine Companions
Vietnam Listening Tour
Discovery Courtyard
Boomer Trivia Bingo
Free Food Samples
10:00 a.m. Skyliners 4-Part Harmony with the Sweet Adelines
10:45 a.m. Timberline Handbell Ensemble
12:00 p.m. The Nacho Men
1:15 p.m. Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald (Comedian/Veterinarian)
2:00 p.m. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
3:15 p.m. Grand Prize Drawing
3:30 p.m. Doors Close
Discovery Courtyard
Featuring creative, how-to demonstrations: learn a new skill, explore a
hidden talent or pursue a creative activity. Discovery Courtyard
Learn A New Skill
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Genealogy
Low Maintenance Gardening
National Park Programs
Painting
Phone Apps, Facebook & Selfies
Stained Glass
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Beading
Ryan – Companion Bot
Fishing and Streams
Play a Folk Instrument
Pottery and Ceramic Painting
Volunteering
Yoga, Tai Chi & Qigong
Salute to Seniors Emcee
Mark Koebrich
Currently, Koebrich volunteers at local charities and is a popular speaker.
For nearly 40 years Mark, was a trusted KUSA, Channel 9 reporter, and anchor. He started at the station in 1978 at age 28 and retired in 2016. Koebrich joined 9NEWS as the station’s southern bureau reporter in Colorado Springs after working in Louisville, Ky. He helped launch the 6 a.m. newscast and his co-anchors included Bertha Lynn, Linda Benzel, and Kim Christiansen. He covered the consumer beat, followed the Broncos and covered the Olympics in China, Salt Lake City and Atlanta for both NBC News Channel and KUSA. Currently, Koebrich volunteers at local charities and is a popular speaker.
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
Currently celebrating its 46th Anniversary Season, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is an international, cross-cultural, dance arts and educational institution rooted in African-American traditions, dedicated to excellence in instruction, performances and community programming for inter-generational students, artists and audiences. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is guided by the vision of dance as a universal language of movement – celebrating performance, individual expression, healing, and peace – thereby transforming the world into a sanctuary which transcends boundaries of culture, class, and age. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is committed to honoring diversity and inclusiveness throughout the global community.
Kevin Fitzgerald Comedian – Veterinarian
With a background that ranges from touring as a bouncer with The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Police, a 25-year career in veterinary medicine, and over 20-years of performing as a professional stand-up comedian; Kevin Fitzgerald is perhaps best known for his 10 seasons on the popular Animal Planet TV show Emergency Vets, Kevin’s passion for making people laugh is surpassed only by his unwavering dedication to all creatures great and small.
Despite maintaining a busy practice at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Kevin performs to rave reviews at nearly one hundred corporate and fundraising events annually. He believes that laughter is an incredibly important part of everyday life and that nobody could ever laugh too much.
The Nacho Men
Formed in 1980, The Nacho Men have used their special blend of music, costumes, choreography, and side-splitting humor to keep all generations of fans coming back for their high energy interactive rock and roll show.
The Nacho Men have performed coast to coast in the U.S. and Europe, including Las Vegas casinos, luxury cruise ships, Mile High Stadium and Red Rocks Amphitheater. They have been the opening act for The Doobie Brothers, The Temptations, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and more.
Timberline Handbell Ensemble
A community group that is an auditioned, volunteer handbell choir that performs locally. Timberline strives to broaden the appreciation of the art of handbell ringing by providing concerts and education.The group rings 5 octaves of Whitechapel handbells, 5 octaves of Malmark
The group rings 5 octaves of Whitechapel handbells, 5 octaves of Malmark hand chimes, and 3 octaves of Petit and Fritsen handbells. Whitechapel bells are manufactured in England. The lowest bell weighs 12.5 pounds; the highest bell weighs 6 ounces.
The Ensemble plays a spectrum of music such as Broadway music, Gershwin, Lion King, and Phantom of the Opera. Their repertoire also includes folk tunes, pop, musicals, religious, and classical music.
Ryan the CampanionBot
DU professor Mohammad Mahoor and his colleagues have been developing Ryan, a robotic companion for the elderly with dementia or depression and for kids with autism. Ryan reads human expressions, hears human speech and responds to both with an animated face as well as a voice. In addition, Ryan, the Companion Bot, has a torso with a touch screen tablet.
Dr. Mahoor’s company, DreamFace Technologies, has developed Ryan to interact with humans, assist them and be a companion. An early prototype, a teddy bear-like robot, interacts with children. Ryan, a new version of the first prototype, has a face that is an animated projection onto a face shaped mold.
In a recent study, DreamFace customized Ryan to entertain elderly assisted living residents. Ryan answered questions, narrated photo slide shows, cued up simple games to play by touch screen and even reminded residents to take their medicine.
Dr. Mahoor and his colleagues demonstrate this CompanionBot technology at the Salute to Seniors. Learn more about this fascinating technology and how it may impact the future of aging.
Skyliners
The Skyliners are a sub group of the Skyline Chapter of Sweet Adelines International, a 150 member chorus. The group was started in 2004 and have performed for many groups including hospitals, care facilities and corporate events. The Skyliners group has grown to include 30 members.
Each member of the group shares a love of barbershop music. The Skyliners repertoire includes traditional barbershop tunes, gospel, pop, show tunes, old fashion ballads and toe tapping tunes.
