Email: 8th July 2014 Hi Graeme, We received our wonderful CDS last week and just wanted to commend you and your team on such a wonderful and professional job.They are worth every cent. I have wished for something like this since I commenced this job 11 years ago. The residents

Hi Graeme, It was nice to have a chat and to order the music books.  Thank you very for compiling such a quality music book which is very easy to play and I enjoy the tunes. The quality of the paper and the book is compiled to a very high

EVERGREENMELODIES PTY LTD Dear Graeme & Sandra, It’s arrived already! Thanks so much for your prompt response to my request for music in an impressive collection to say the least. Please find enclosed a cheque for $___ to cover costs. Your efforts in making music available to our residents in

Dear Graeme & Sandra, As I sit here listening to the most beautiful music being played by John Sidney, I have to thank you so much for the wonderful, beauty of this gentleman’s talent … For me, music doesn’t come any better than this, Cheers, Nancy BEST WISHES FOR A

Thank you – the books have arrived today!! I have not looked at them properly but from ‘flicking through’ them I am delighted – easy to read music and repeats etc highlighted – perfect!! Thank you again Carole

Dear Graeme, After 5 years for the blue book and red book and the magic that they bring I opened the green book with great excitement. Well, what can I say other than… You Delivered!!! Hooray and an enormous “thank you”. The introductions make playing of the pieces so well-rounded,

Dear Graeme, Thank you for the two green books that arrived yesterday. The quality of the layout and print is excellent. Your team really did a magnificent job of this project and I wish you every success with its distribution. Thank you for the bonus copy. On the web I

Dear Graeme and Sandra, Many thanks for sending the CD of ‘Easy Listening’ as requested by my friend Juele … The music of John Sidney has given me endless hours of enjoyment and I am very keen to hear all that is to offer! Please find enclosed my cheque for

Hi Graeme, Our residents love your musical quizzes and music without words so much so that a family member visiting yesterday took down your details. I have purchased remember that song music quizzes volume 1 & 2 do you have any more volumes? Regards, Kylie P

Hi Graeme, Thankyou for providing us with the Barry Hall DVD. It was a huge hit at Bupa Woodend particularly with residents that previously played the piano. The residents loved it so much many watched it a second time straight after the first viewing and danced along through out. All

Dear Graeme & Sandra, I have been swept away by John’s unique talent once again. Am ordering 2 more for my sisters who have fallen in love with it too. Thanks a million for your part in preserving John’s talents. Memories! ah! Juele

Hi Graeme, Hope you and Sandra are well and enjoying the start of another year – always exciting!! I just wanted to say say hi. I was just on the website downloading a few more bingo cards – these are a fantastic addition to our CD collection. In 2019 we

We have had such wonderful entertainment from the Red and Blue CDs since purchasing, and I was delighted to see these new additions. Can’t wait for them to arrive !!! Cheers, Peter

Hi Graeme. We printed off the first set of Bingo Cards for each of the Red, Blue and Green books, which we laminated – this is a bit time consuming initially but is a very cost effective measure when you have the finished product; I would think this is a

Good morning Graeme, Love the red and blue they have heaps of use at my facility, we will probably wear them out!! I would love to purchase this bundle: The Green Book CD Gollection and Musical Armchair Travels Training and Resource Guide $410 (Product code: ACT16GB16) Kind Regards, Deb Hagan

Hello Graeme, Our day centre has been using the Red and Blue Song Books for many years.  They’re our go-to because the playlists are based around the era of our clients’ ‘playlist of life’.   We have volunteers come in and play piano using the Red and Blue Song Books

I have been using the red and blue book recordings for the last couple of months and highly recommend them. I am a music therapist in a high care dementia ward. The backings are great, easy for the residents to follow and well recorded. They are better than the ones

Hello Graeme, What a wonderful resource these will be to aged care facilities. Simply wonderful idea. This will provide many, many, many hours of music therapy, reminiscing, toe tapping and fun to so many people. The lyrics will be a wonderful bonus to the CD’s. Our residents absolutely loved them

HI Graeme I did a lovely session again today with a mixed group on Aussie icons. We had the best time using as a quiz and discussion. I left 3 different flyers with RAO called Nelly so if she rings she will tell you I referred her. BEST WISHES Lauretta

HI Graeme I have finished checking out the armchair travel and the training program. It will be very useful for those people who have had little training and also those who are qualified as it is a very practical resource. It will be very useful for those staff who come

HI Graeme I have just been watching the training DVD and I think it really has a place in any aged care facility as part of ongoing training. more later when I have finished reading all the info. from Lauretta Kaldor Diversional Therapist self- publisher of resources for activity staff

Email received from Jill in Queensland: Hello Graeme, I just wanted to send a quick email to say thank you for discovering the amazingly beautiful music of John Sidney. I received my CD’s a day or two after you phoned me and I have had many hours of such enjoyable

Thanks so much Graeme, that is very thoughtful of you. The Port Lincoln Library is thrilled to have the Blue and Red Book CDs as part of our Library collection and as we are part of the state wide One Card network, they are available to share through libraries across

Thank you very much Graeme and Sandra, it was a lovely surprise. We are enjoying John’s music very much. Warm regards, Eva & Fred R…

Hi Graeme, It’s been nice to catch up with you, and I’m so glad to provide some feedback with the products we purchased earlier. As a public library services local community, we have purchased 5 sets of red and Blue Book CD Collection each in 2015. In the past year,

Hi Graeme, I hope you are going well. The CD’s have been a hit already. I was wondering if you know where we can purchase one each of the red and blue book? I am unable to find anywhere online that sells them – only the CD’s. Kind regards, Brooke

Hi! My name is Jen and I was a Diversional Therapist for 15 years here in Queensland. I discovered John’s music early in the piece and the oldies just LOVED the ol’ time feel of his music. I was wondering if you would be open to me mentioning John’s music

Hi Graeme, Hope you are well. Just a note to let you know how successful your Blue and Red books are at Bowral House. we often find ourselves short when the piano player can’t come in and now we are still able to hold sing along for our residents. Even

Dear Graeme & Sandra, Thank you for your prompt service to Fred with the CDs. Five minutes after they arrived he was playing them. He is 89 now and as a dancer in his young days he thought it was so good to find them. Enclosing cheque for $188 and

Hello Graeme, Just want to tell you that the presentation of the CD Collection of Barry Hall’s music far surpassed my expectations. It is truly a beautiful box-set of music. I want to especially acknowledge your personal story and how you were ‘guided’ to find this music. Also, to thank

Hi Graeme, Thank you for the prompt delivery of all the Blue and Red Book CDs which were sent to me in Sydney. They are very professionally packed in the two folders and I have enjoyed listening to the wonderful piano backing by Barry Hall. I was also impressed with

Dear Graeme, My colleague, Sally S… passed on your details for me to give you some feedback on the Blue and Red Book CD’s we have. We play them initially as background music for our residents while they relax in our sunroom or sometimes use them for reminiscing/reflection chat groups.

Dear Graeme, My colleague, Sallie S— passed on your details for me to give you some feedback on the Blue and Red Book CD’s we have. We play them initially as background music for the residents while they relax in our sunroom or sometimes use them for reminiscing/reflection chat groups.

Hi Graeme, Just to let you know that we have a set of the red and blue song books for our singing sessions and the residents really love to use them, both for reading the words, but also to help them select songs to sing. We have purchased the accompanying

Subject: RED BOOK AND BLUE BOOK: YOU COULD NOT BETTER THEM–MARTYN. Hello Graeme, They are superb and of such high quality. I am not surprised they are selling well. If I were a young man I would be out on the road selling them, feeling I was doing a worthwhile job

Dear Graeme & Sandra, Thank you for those lovely CDs you sent to me of John Sidney. They are just the best. I spend a lot of time listening to them they bring back a lot of memories of when I was young. Graeme, I have a lot of old

Hi Graeme, The package of CDs arrived this afternoon and I have been literally sitting here playing them for over 5 hours. Rich was out but when he came in, I started them over again. He’s been singing to them and they are all in his key.  We will be

I would like to thank you for bringing the music CDs to our attention. They are wonderful and the residents love them. We will have many hours of enjoyment and singing pleasure in the future. I have enclosed the promised payment by cheque for our purchase. Please feel free to

Hi Graeme, I spoke to via email a few weeks ago re the CDS Ulverscroft Red and Blue Songbooks .  We received them Friday.  Deby (w………m council) ordered them. I work with a group of elderly dementia suffers and we lost our panio player last year. The cds are amazing!!!!!

Hi Graeme, The books and CD’s have arrived and all are in good condition. Many thanks for the excellent service, having now seen what you have produced the wait was well worth it. I must congratulate you on their beautiful presentation, they are certainly going to be of great assistance

Email: 8th July 2014 Hi Graeme, We received our wonderful CDS last week and just wanted to commend you and your team on such a wonderful and professional job.They are worth every cent. I have wished for something like this since I commenced this job 11 years ago. The residents

I just want to tell you how much I enjoy my John Sidney CDS. Thank goodness I heard them on the radio one evening when I was in Yamba last November. It’s amazing how much house work I can get through with “John” playing along beside me, and gee!, he’s

Dear Graeme and Sandra, I wish I could write poetry – because your ‘angel’ given task of collection + sorting + producing a well presentable box of treasures in musical ‘drapes’ has given me hours of memories – tears and love already – now I want to share them with

Dear Graeme and Sandra, Am ordering another two CDS as I just love the ones I have. Am 84 years old and know so many of the songs, they certainly bring back lots of memories of my dancing days. I may get the Sing-A-Long sometime but for now will be

Dear Graeme and Sandra, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the CDS. I am not very well at this time but you have lifted my spirits to the highest and I couldn’t have wished for a most beautiful Christmas present. I must admit I had teary

Dear Sandra, Thank you for sending me the order form. Today I sent the order for 3 CD. I would dearly love to buy the set of 12. I am 80 and a pensioner, nearly blind and in a wheel chair. I have no family. Anyhow could you please send

Dear Graeme and Sandra, I would just like to thank you for the wonderful music that you are providing to people through Evergreenmelodies. I received the CD’s so promptly and we were not disappointed. I must also mention that it was a delight to do business with you, as it

Hi Graeme they love the music they say it relaxes them takes them back to the old days when the next market is on I will buy the other one’s as this is a busy period for us so thank you for the words have a merry Christmas and a

Hello Graeme, Thank you so much for the lyrics you sent me, I’m hoping to use them with the sing-a-longs I hold on Thursdays and Fridays. I also play the John Sidney CD during an exercise class on Fridays, and some of the residents sing-a-long while exercising. A sight impaired

These CDs were lovely all the residents just love them. Starting on the dance CD next week. Thank you. Margaret …

Dear Graeme, Many thanks for absolutely beautiful music of John Sidney. We have a lot of music here but this music is so special the melody – fantastic – wish I had this 25 years ago. Thanks again for being so prompt. Cheers, Helen … (Rec Officer) I received a phone call

Hi Graeme, A few months ago, after referring your website to a couple of people, I won a free CD and chose Easy Listening Piano Vol 1. I am a Care Manager of an aged care facility in … in Central Western NSW and my residents love this CD so I have

Hi Graeme, You did do quite a bit of work on those testimonials — there are a lot I had never read before. I liked Robyn Warren’s message about how alert the people became at mealtime when the CD is on. So many people are so appreciative that you had the

Hi Graeme, We wish you were able to attend one of our shows and experience the responses that we always receive when we play Sing A Long With John Sidney prior  to beginning our shows. We have used this CD prior to our shows for over 7 years and the response is

Dear Graeme, Thank you so very much for my CDs. Needless to say, I am listening to John’s wonderful music. He was such a talented man. And will be sadly missed. But thankfully, to your fore sight, his listeners can enjoy his music still. Being a senior myself (80) & having

Dear Graeme, Hi my name is Shelly Scarlett & I am the activities officer at Illoura Village, an aged care facility in Chinchilla. Rosalie Watt has passed on your CD to me & I have been playing it for the residents in both high & low care facilities in our

Dear Graeme, Thankyou so much, I have received my order. I have run my first class with my residents and I have never seen such a great reaction to a exercise class. I now have ladies that would never join in to classes lining up to get in. They love the

That’s fine to include my email if more aged care had these CDs we would have a lot mote residents and that is what I work for. Regards Robyn. I requested permission from Robyn to publish her previous email and this was her reply to my request. Graeme Pope

Dear Graeme, Thankyou so much I have received my order. I have run my first class with my residents and I have never seen such a great reaction to a exercise class. I now have ladies that would never join in to classes lining up to get in. They love

Hi, I purchased the full set of CDs at a Diversional Therapy conference in Melbourne several years ago. I played them at work and clients and visitors enjoyed them immensely. Since my retirement I am a volunteer in a small museum – craft gallery, and I play these CDs and

Graeme received this letter from Lila, a resident living in aged care Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Be sure to read his response below … Dear Sir, I live in the hostel at … retirement village and I got a (CD Sing-A-Long) by John Sidney. J… who looks after the entertainment here

20 August 2021 Hi Graeme, After what has been a busy week, your songbooks arrived today. I had the pleasure of unwrapping their many card layers after dinner and am very impressed with the quality and clarity of the print. I look forward to playing this weekend for fun at

19 December 2022 Hello Graeme, Congratulations on your innovative new song / music book to bring baby boomers in nursing homes, and elsewhere, age appropriate music to sing along to. I’m loving the choice of music / songs in the book. It will give this 75yr old “young at heart”

10 March 2023 Hello Graeme, Thank you very much, I did receive the replacement item in the mail. Other than that one, I have listened to the Barry Hall CDs. All good, and my favorite song was “Those Magnificent Men…….”, I thought that was a great version.   And I have

19 June 2023 Good afternoon Recently we purchased some books and the music editions. It has turned out to be great, the residents love the newer songbooks, so much so, I’d like to order another five books to accommodate them. Please let me know if this number of books is

04 June 2024 Graeme, Thankyou for sending me the Green Large Print Song Book Music Edition It is the best music book that I have seen Regards, Terry

13 August 2024 Hi Graeme, Many thanks for the records (CDS) I’m enjoying playing them. I continue to play them every day as I know the songs and we used to dance (to) them at the dances. I think they would be great in aged care places for people who

28th January 2025 Hi Graeme They have arrived and I can’t wait to start using them.  I will give the music books to our pianists to take home so they can learn some of the songs but we are all very excited. Thank you so much for all your help