Excitement reached fever pitch when staff and residents at Chestnut Gardens care home in Purley welcomed A list singer-songwriter, Emeli Sande, into their home for a wonderful afternoon of entertainment. On Thursday December 5th, internationally reknown singer Emeli Sande visited Chestnut Gardens to entertain the residents and their families, and sprinkle her Christmas magic along the way.
In a break from selling out arenas, Emeli Sande delighted everyone at Chestnut Gardens by performing an intimate gig just for the staff, residents and their families. The whole home was blown away by Emeli’s generosity in taking the time to come to the home and entertain them with her amazing vocals and her fabulous back catalogue of hits. It really was a dream come true for the home who literally could not believe their luck.
Chestnut Gardens General Manager, Gayane Selimyan, commented: “We are so grateful to Emeli for offering to come and perform a concert just for us, we really had to pinch ourselves to believe it was happening! Everyone was so excited! We all feel incredibly blessed that singing royalty like Emeli came to visit us at Chestnut Gardens. It felt like the best Christmas present in the world and one I am sure we will remember and treasure forever. We all want to thank Emeli from the bottom of our hearts.”
Sheila Smith, a resident at Chestnut Gardens, added: “Emeli has the most amazing voice, it was wonderful to hear her singing just for us. We all had the most fantastic time, it was so kind of her to come and visit us. It is all anyone can talk about, just how lucky we are that she chose our home to come and perform at! What an absolutely marvellous thing to happen!”
