Silver stars
By Kirsten Ballard
Published in News on May 12, 2015 1:46 PM
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Members of the Senior Games Committee steal the show with their surprise chorus line performance at the end of the Silver Follies on Monday night.
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Turner Rushton, winner of the 2015 Silver Follies Best in Show, performs her award-winning comedy act at Paramount Theatre.
Turner Rushton is a funny woman.
Standing in front of a full house at the Paramount Theatre, she drew laughs from the audience with her comedic, geriatric routine.
She poked fun at herself, saying a doctor compared getting plastic surgery to hanging a new chandelier in a haunted house.
Ms. Rushton won Best in Show at the 2015 Silver Arts Follies on Monday night.
The evening was full of singing, dancing and comedy. There were 23 acts in this year's show.
The Follies are part of the Wayne County Senior Games. All participants were at least 50 years old.
Christie McDonald did an interpretive narrative as Tigger from "Winnie the Pooh."
"I do the parts that make people happy," she said.
She started participating in the games in 2008. She sang the Tigger song in 2010.
"I'm not a singer," she said, deciding to perform in spoken word this time.
She remembers last time, the emcee after her performance said, "Wouldn't you love to have her as a grandmother."
That's what she lives for.
Now a great-grandmother, Ms. McDonald continues to make people laugh with her "bouncy, trouncy, fun, fun, fun."
She served as the Games Ambassador from 2010 until 2013.
"It gets seniors moving and something to strive for," she said. "It's my heart ... it's the bragging rights."
She placed in the final for her comedic Tigger routine.
Line dancing and church songs were popular choices for the performers.
Patricia Curtis won the vocal performance for her rendition of "When I'm 64."
The Peggy Seegars Senior Center Song Birds won the vocal group category.
Sue Gregg won first place with her partner Norman Hooker for their small group dance. The couple performed a rumba to "Sway."
Ms. Gregg shocked everyone when she finished the routine with a full split.
Nobody acted their age at the Follies, which is the point of the Senior Games, games ambassador Jeanne Lovings said.
"The costumes are absolutely crazy," she said.
Ms. Lovings performed in the special Chorus Line additional performance while the judges deliberated.
The women wore crazy clothes and did a kickline.
"The worse we look, the better we look," she laughed. "It's so fun."
The Senior Games continue through the month of May, culminating in a luncheon awards ceremony on May 29 at Herman Park Center at 11 a.m.