In The Mood

Aged care homes are a room like any other, and Phillip Campagna and Ailsa Page treat them that way. Since 2018 the pair have built shows for aged care facilities and private audiences around Melbourne, Geelong, Hamilton, Penshurst, Ouyen, Mildura, Shepparton, Sea Lake and Alexandra, mixing old favourites with trivia, humour and a bit of tap dancing. Their song bank runs past 300 titles across the 20s through to the 90s, with country, Australian and rock and roll picks chosen to suit the room, plus Christmas and themed sets. Their backgrounds pull in everything from classical piano recitals to rock and roll gigs in the snowfields, and they draw on adult learning, gerontology and music therapy thinking. They've released a sing-along DVD, Singsational, with subtitles, and it has sold across Australia. Setup is small: about 1.5 metres square, power preferred but not essential.