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I received a copy of the newsletter from the formerly named group of Children of Parkinsonians Support(COPS) in California that had alot of information re:music therapy for pd and listed a number of Calif dates of support groups meeting and having music therapy trained therapists as the featured speakers. Any of the Calif group tried any of this therapy? One point in the article said that doing a daily activity like dressing could be improved/speeded up when a pwp was trained to do that activity to the beat of a specific tune. Jeanette Fuhr 49/47/44? ---------- From: Arthur Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Music therapy Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 2:00 AM At 02:07 PM 12/7/99 , Ivan Suzman wrote: > >Sometimes, when I sing, my PWP persona magically fades away, >and something special happens. I wonder if any of you out there in >PIEnet-land have similar experiences with singing(those of you who >still can do so). I credit singing with saving me from going almost >voiceless, like some of our less fortunate PWP family (notably Muhammad Ali). > Ivan, funny that you should mention that. Today, Wednesday, 8 December, PACT, in Denton, TX, is having a meeting where the topic is Music Therapy. Rena Porter of Texas Women's University will speak. From the flyer, "Music therapy is the prescribed use of music and music-related strategies to assist or motivate a person towards specific NON-musical goals. The meeting is at 1:00 PM in the First Christian Church. E-mail me off-list or call at 972-434-2377 (metro) for more details. Art