“Well I Was Just 17...” When Carole Nicolosi met the Beatles, she was on cloud nine. It was on her 17th birthday, that young, impressionable age, when the Cleveland radio station where she worked had booked the Beatles for an interview for their in-town concert. “I helped Ringo Starr open baby presents sent by his fans for his newborn,” Nicolosi recalled. “I was spending precious time with a mega star doing something so ordinary!” Nicolosi was the envy of most American girls and her life was changed. “I couldn't even tell my dad about it without crying. He thought it was silly. I was speechless,” she recalls. Now, 50 years later, Nicolosi sang, “Well I was just 17,” from the Beatles’ song, I Saw Her Standing There, as memories flooded her mind. A resident at Menorah Park’s Stone Gardens, Nicolosi’s dream was to meet Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, and the D.R.E.A.M Team (Dare to Reach Every Amazing Moment) at Menorah Park made her dream come true, at least in part. They presented her with two tickets to Paul McCartney’s August 17 concert at Quicken Loans Arena, just a day before her 70th birthday. They also had artist Sheila Flannery create a rendition of Carole at 17, sitting with Ringo, with the Beatles playing in the background. The Liverpool Lads, a Beatles cover band, recorded a video of “Happy Birthday,” which was played to Nicolosi prior to the concert. Joe Koch, the “Ringo” of the Liverpool Lads, attended Nicolosi’s party to present her with drumsticks signed by the band. The D.R.E.A.M. Team also presented her with the front-page section of The Plain Dealer that featured a rehash of the concert that took place on Nicolosi’s 17th birthday. The D.R.E.A.M Team created a memory that will last a lifetime. For information on the D.R.E.A.M. Team or to be part of someone’s dream, contact jfox@menorahpark.org. More TiMe for You! Making your life easier with services in one location. Menorah Park One Campus. Many Solutions. One Person at a Time. ► Marcus Post Hospital Rehabilitation ► Home Health Services Skilled nursing and personal care ► Outpatient Occupational & Speech Therapies ► The Peter B. Lewis Aquatic & Therapy Center Aquatic and land-based Physical Therapy ► Adaptive Living Shoppe Emergency response and daily living products ► Door-to-Door, Non-emergency Medical Transportation ► Adult Day Center Daytime personal care and enrichment ► Housekeeping Plus Light housekeeping and heavy cleaning service ► Dialysis ► Menorah Park Aging Resources Information at your fingertips ► Center 4 Brain Health Support, education, assessments Residential Options: The R.H. Myers Apartments • Stone Gardens Assisted Living Residence • Wiggins Place Assisted Living Residence • Menorah Park Skilled Nursing Home • Helen’s Place Memory Care Apartments www.menorahpark.org 27100 Cedar Road • Beachwood, OH 44122 Call Beth Silver at 216-839-6678 42 Beachwood Buzz n October 2016 Carole Nicolosi gets a surpise visit from Joe Koch, AKA, “Ringo” of the Liverpool Lads; Drumsticks and The Plain Dealer edition of “50 years ago today” were gifted to Nicolosi; She was just 17; Nicolosi’s portrait, created by Sheila Flannery. Beachwood Buzz is online at www.beachwoodbuzzmag.com. Click on your favorite advertisers and be directed to their web pages!