EDGEMERE RESIDENTS CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS Page 1

/ 8523 Thackery Street
Dallas, Texas 75225
Phone (214) 265-9100

News Release

Contact: Natasha Baker/Beth Wilbins, Forté PR
Phone: (214) 890-7912, (469) 939-6233 / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 09, 2009

Edgemere residents celebrate mardi gras new orleans-style

dallas, March09, 2009: Bright colors, beaded necklaces and New Orleans-style jazz music set the stage for“Cajun Night” atthe recent Mardi Gras celebration held at Edgemere retirement community. The “Big Easy” evening began in the Medici Dining Room at Edgemere where residents enjoyed traditional Cajun cuisine complete with chicken and sausage gumbo, boiled crab claws, crawfish etouffee, blackened chicken, and more. After topping off the Cajun-style dinner withbeignets and bananas foster bread pudding, residents gathered in the Henry S. Miller Jr. Theater to enjoy lively and rhythmic entertainment by well-known local jazz quartet Smokey and the Bearkats.

“The ‘Cajun Night’ celebration was exciting and upbeat for everyone who joined in the festivities,” said Lorraine Kendrick, lifestyles directorof Edgemere. “The community’s executive chef, Charles French, and Smokey and the Bearkats created an authentic atmosphere that was reminiscent of an evening in the French Quarter.”

Photos (left to right)

#1Smokey and the Bearkats featuring Ralph Lindsey, Jon Stutler, Ed Bernet, and Bud Dresser

#2Edgemere residents Kathleen Hughes, Mary Jane Cash and Ruth Glaze

#3Edgemere residents Madeline and O.Q. Quick with daughter Judy Quick and son-in-law Charlie Belt

#4Edgemere residentJane Henning with guests Ed and Pat McAuliffe

#5Edgemere residents Ruth Daniel and Martie Mathews

Photos by Natasha Baker

ABOUT EDGEMERE

With 304 independent living apartment homes, 60 assisted living suites,31 memory care private apartments, and 72 private rooms for dignified skilled nursing, Edgemere is the largest and most comprehensive life care retirement community in Dallas. The community is located in the Preston Hollow/Park Cities area at 8523 Thackery Street at Northwest Highway, Dallas, Texas75225. The Plaza Health Services at Edgemere located on the same campus at 8502 Edgemere Road at Northwest Highway, offers assisted living, skilled nursing, and memory support services for Edgemere life care residents, as well as for others in the community.

Edgemere is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit retirement community owned by Senior Quality Lifestyles Corporation (SQLC), a Texas-based nonprofit organization that owns sister communities The Buckingham in Houston, Querencia at Barton Creek in Austin, The Stayton at Museum Way under development in Fort Worth, and Mirador under development in Corpus Christi. For information, visit or call (214)265-9100.

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