To the Editor:

Most of us know someone who has been affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Whether striking a close relative, a friend, or neighbor, this disease has an impact that is pervasive and devastatingly sad. Tremendous loss occurs before the final loss of the loved one.

Something that millions of sufferers do not lose, however, is a vital connection to music, which for many helps integrate their memory and lives. Music is a source of joy and inspiration, of grounding and life. In beautiful form, the documentary, Alive Inside, reveals the power that music has on memory.

The public is invited to a special screening of this film — a 2014 Sundance Film Festival winner — at the Garden Theatre, Sunday, October 5, at 10:30 a.m. Proceeds of the screening will benefit the non-profit Hopewell Valley Chorus Scholarship Fund.

Hendricks Davis

John Street