Some love to sing along, and even start dancing. Harrison, 59, who has played from childhood, used to be a school secretary, but a stroke in 2016 ended her career.
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Margaret Manderson and Peter Kyte and Lovey Selby and Tommy Hampson dance an impromptu waltz as Ruth plays at Alzheimers Taranaki s Tuesday to Friday Club in HÄwera. One side of her face was drooping, she had difficulty walking and her left hand twisted into a claw. “I had to drink with a straw and eat with a teaspoon, it was horrible,” she said. “I was absolutely beside myself, I couldn’t imagine life without my music.”