The Woodlands at Furman releases flash mob video
July 20, 2012
GREENVILLE, SC – July 20, 2012 – The Woodlands at Furman has finished its full video from its flash mob featuring almost 200 residents and staff from this senior living community.
The event was created by Woodlands staff during the spring as a way of showing the vibrancy and vitality of senior living communities. The video starts with several residents sitting in the Woodlands’ main lobby when Katie Perry’s Firework started playing. One group of residents begins a choreographed routine.
They soon are joined by other Woodlands residents and then a large mass moves out the front doors, past the entrance columns and onto the main lawn to perform. The residents wore brightly colored shirts with Woodlands Flash Mob 2012 on the back.
We wanted to show that CCRCs are not stale, said Troy Cannaday, executive director at The Woodlands. And we wanted to highlight the creativity of our staff along with talent of our residents.
The routine ends with a banner being unveiled from the top of The Woodlands’ main building posing the question, What Will They Do Next? Residents also fired flicker confetti at the end of the song to go along with the upbeat Firework theme.
The idea of a flash mob routine came from, Andrea Payment, the Woodlands’ lifestyles director, and was choreographed by staff member Loretta Geisler. Twelve cameras filmed the event.
The Woodlands at Furman
The Woodlands at Furman is a non-profit, mission driven continuing care retirement community owned and operated by a local board of directors and managed professionally by Greystone Communities. The 22-acre campus, adjacent to Furman University, opened in March 2009 and consists of 132 apartment homes in addition to 32 assisted living apartments, 16 memory support suites and 30 skilled nursing suites. Residents enjoy a wide range of amenities – enabling them to continue an active and engaged lifestyle. For more information, please visit www.thewoodlandsatfurman.org.
