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Singing show tunes helps fight off dementia, Alzheimer's disease: study

A recent research study found that those suffering from moderate to severe dementia did particularly well singing show tunes from movies and musicals such as 'The Wizard of Oz,' 'The Sound of Music' and 'Oklahoma!' in group settings and had a marked improvement in their remembering skills versus those who simply listened during the sing-alongs.

(singing) "The hills are alive with the sound of music"

Factual study: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013 ... ic-singing

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One reason: Show tunes are usually sung with more strength of feeling - maybe empathy due to a connection - then other tunes. They are, after all, written to convey strong feeling to an audience....

That strength and emotional connection not only fortifies the ability to remember it, but singing these strong songs reduces (vents) stress, which has a HUGE effect on Alzheimer's.

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I'm gonna die early, not a show tunes kinda person

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l have been singing showtunes for AGES. In my case, it hasn't made a lick of difference..

Meaning you still suffer from CRS?

[/quote]Meaning you still suffer from CRS?[/quote]

Are you sure it's CRS, and not C.R.A.F.T. (Can't Remember A Frikkin' Thing)

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Earl
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Nope! I'm pretty sure mrmarog meant (crs) "can't remember sh*t!"
pretty much the same, tho’

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Thanks for correcting the url chrisavis.

I would be curious what showtunes are sung at people's shows here. I think the only show tune I have ever sung was If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof. I've also sung movie songs, like All of My Life by Stephen Bishop, but am not sure that would really be called a show tune, or would it?

exactly! as one of my friends used to say... I have a mind like a sharp steel sieve!

let's see. I've sang wouldn't it be lovely - my fair lady
almost every song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
attempted several songs from Jesus Christ, Superstar and failed miserably
I don Quixote - Man of La Mancha
Impossible Dream - Man of La Mancha
The Internet is for porn - Avenue Q
most of the songs from West Side Story
If they could see me now - Sweet Charity
most of the songs from South Pacific
most of the songs from Sound of Music
I am the very model of a modern major general - Pirates of Panance
Never in Springtime - Camelot
I wonder what the King is doing - Camelot
Da Doo - Little Shop of Horrors
Mean Green Mother - Little Shop of Horrors
Sweet Transvesite and Time Warp - Rocky Picture Horror Show
Most of the songs from Chicago
Til There was You - Music Man

and a bunch of others that I can't remember at the moment. Sufficive to say, the list is quite extensive.

-James