Parkinson’s awareness

Come and join our Parkinson’s Singing Group

Parkinson’s Wairarapa established the ‘Parkinson’s Songsters’ in 2017 in conjunction with a Speech and Language Therapist.  

It is a therapeutic community singing group that aims to help anyone who has Parkinson’s or neurological issues that have affected their speech, co-ordination, communication, posture.

Singing exercises your lungs, improves circulation and aerobic capacity.  Facial muscles get toned and the singing helps to improve posture and memory.  It can also help depression and anxiety, and can lift your mood and increase the feeling of wellbeing.

The classes begin with warm-ups, breathing and vocal exercises, followed by a wide variety of familiar and new songs held in a fun, relaxed environment.  

The ‘s’Parkin Songsters meet at the back of the South Wairarapa Workingmen’s Club in Greytown every Wednesday morning at 10.30am.  The cost is a gold coin donation and all sessions end with refreshments.  So if you have a free Wednesday morning please pop on in and join us.

For more information about our singing group please contact Marguerite Chadwick (coordinator) at cocktail443@gmail.com or 027-444-1781 or 06-379-5376

Anyone requiring further information about Parkinson’s in the Wairarapa please contact the local Action Group by email: wai.parkinsons@gmail.com or check us out on the Parkinson’s NZ website.