Piano finds ‘good home’ at Wiscasset Senior Center
With Ellie Tracy behind them on a donated piano, Wiscasset Senior Center members Cyndy Lewis, left, of Westport Island, Arlene Polewarczyk of Wiscasset, Rudi Rines of Dresden, Lewis’ husband Newt Blakesley, and Tracy’s husband Ted Tracy, sing “Sweet Caroline.” SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
The hands of Wiscasset’s Elly Tracy tickle the ivories March 19 on a piano a Dresden family donated to the Wiscasset Senior Center. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Denise Jasmin,left, and her mother Lee Damioli enjoy an evening at the Wiscasset Senior Center on March 19. Members sang for them and recognized the Jasmin-Melnicove family for donating a piano to the center. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
With Ellie Tracy behind them on a donated piano, Wiscasset Senior Center members Cyndy Lewis, left, of Westport Island, Arlene Polewarczyk of Wiscasset, Rudi Rines of Dresden, Lewis’ husband Newt Blakesley, and Tracy’s husband Ted Tracy, sing “Sweet Caroline.” SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
The hands of Wiscasset’s Elly Tracy tickle the ivories March 19 on a piano a Dresden family donated to the Wiscasset Senior Center. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Denise Jasmin,left, and her mother Lee Damioli enjoy an evening at the Wiscasset Senior Center on March 19. Members sang for them and recognized the Jasmin-Melnicove family for donating a piano to the center. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
It's always a good time at the Wiscasset Community Center's senior center when Ellie Tracy plays piano and fellow members of the center sing along. But the music had added meaning on March 19.
The members were honoring the Jasmin-Melnicove family of Dresden, for giving the circa 1920 piano to the senior center about a year ago. On hand for the supper and the singing were Denise Jasmin, and her 92-year-old mother, Lee Damioli.
“I think it's great,” Damioli said about the recognition the family was receiving for the donation.
“Thank you, ladies,” Rudi Rines said during a program for the guests of honor. Then he led fellow members in a round of applause for them.
While Tracy played the upright, Rines and a line-up of other members sang “Sweet Caroline.”
The singers had rehearsed in the community center's lobby before heading inside the senior center for the program, which also featured “Side by Side.”
“It was very sweet,” Jasmin said afterward. “I'm so glad (the piano's) being used.
“It's found a good home.”
The family, including Jasmin's husband Mark Melnicove, and their son Damian Melnicove, was ready to part with the second-hand, Willard Chicago Cabinet Grand when Jasmin's childhood piano was moved into the home.
The family put a note up at the community center, in an effort to give the Willard away for someone else to enjoy, Jasmin said.
The senior center took the family up on the offer. The piano, with Tracy at the keys, now entertains members and others at the center's weekly, Wednesday night suppers and other gatherings, Tracy said.
“I think it has added a touch more fun,” she said.
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