The one and only Dora Morrow turned 101 recently. She attended a Y@H rehearsal and we celebrated with some cake and singing. Here is a video to mark the occasion. Happy Birthday Dora!!
The fourth child of a family of thirteen, Dora was born in 1922, in Hennings, TN. She is widowed and the mother of fifteen children, eight sons and seven daughters, grandmother of twenty-three grandchildren, and mother-in-law of Y@H’s long-time drummer, Billy Arnold. A 56-year resident of South Bend, IN, Dora currently resides in Holyoke, MA. She enjoys traveling, singing, flower gardening, and arts and crafts.
Dora joined Young@Heart in 2002 and has wowed audiences on dozens of tours and hundreds of shows including Melbourne, Australia, Manchester, England, Montreal, and Singapore to name a few. One of the all-time legendary members of the group, fans also know her from memorable appearances in the Fox Searchlight film Young@Heart, on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Ellen DeGeneres show.