Swinging into the season

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WINDHAM — Singing pianist Yvonne Aubert fills the foyer with swinging holiday tunes.A mingling Santa Claus cajoles arrivals coming in from the cold.At the ballroom door, ticket takers Maria Schroeter and Karen Burbank of Nesmith Library greet guests, tear their tickets and hand them stubs for the coming raffles.The neatly attired Windham residents sport collared shirts, red sweaters and glitter at Castleton Banquet & Conference Center.The annual Senior/Older Adult Christmas Party typically unfolds something like the above scene, the event held each year on the second Wednesday in December.For more than 30 years, the party has welcomed older residents for an afternoon to reunite with old friends and make new ones at a free turkey dinner rounded out with music, dancing and raffles.The past 21 years, Parks and Recreation Director Cheryl Haas has organized the gala.She is here in the Senior Center this Thursday in late August before lunch.She and…

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