An OAP's final wish was granted as she celebrated her 80th birthday and last hoorah with a raunchy cowboy show at her retirement home - dubbed the "country and western Magic Mike".<br /><br />Katie Ingram, 44, enlisted the help of Lexy Burke, 28, and her Ranch Hands Cowboylesque dance group to give her mum, Barbara, a wild 80th birthday.<br /><br />Sadly, Barbara passed away in March 2022 but daughter Katie was happy she could see her mum have fun one final time.<br /><br />Lexy Burke, 28, director and creator of Ranch Hands Cowboylesque, sent her crew of hunky performers to the home after requested they give her mum Barbara a birthday number.<br /><br />According to Lexy, the whole home lit up and the ladies couldn't get enough of the strapping dancers.<br /><br />The troupe swapped their usual bar and nightclub setting for the care home and cleaned up their numbers for a more mature audience.<br /><br />Katie from Miami, Florda US said: "My mum was full of spirit and up for a good time. <br /><br />"She was a pianist and was really special, I was so glad to have her in my life.<br /><br />"I set the whole thing up because I knew it would be her last birthday.<br /><br />"She was singing along to all the words, she knew all the songs."<br /><br />According to Katie, her mum developed dementia in 2017 when she was 75.<br /><br />When Katie and her family moved out of Florida, they brought Barbara and her sister, Molly, 43, who has down syndrome with them- they loved living inThe Arbors at Willow Springs.<br /><br />She said: "She was so happy there, she thrived there. <br /><br />"My sister Molly was her roomate they had been together for 43 years and she calmed my mother's anxiety."<br /><br />Molly remains in the facility as she loves it so much.<br /><br />Lexy, from Nashville, Tennessee, US, said: "We had a guy reach out as it was his wife's mum's 80th birthday on Valentine's Day.<br /><br />"He wanted to do something special for her as he didn't know if it would be her last birthday.<br /><br />"We got the guys and some roses and little cards, and they performed a variety of numbers, but we cleaned it up a little bit."<br /><br />The full cowboy posse is made up of 10 men but only four - George Blick, Alexander O'Neill, Frederico Tonet and Max Berry - gave the OAPs a performance.<br /><br />According to Lexy, the show included a line dancing number and a seductive routine to She's in Love with the Boy by Trisha Yearwood.<br /><br />The men brought each of the lucky ladies a rose and a card.<br /><br />The Arbors at Willow Springs is an assisted living centre for people, and they provide Alzheimer's, memory and dementia care. <br /><br />Lexy added: "All the ladies were very chatty - they all wanted to talk to the guys in between.<br /><br />"They were hilarious. A lot of them were talking about how they used to dance.<br /><br />"One woman went into detail about how handsome her husband was and how one of the guys looked like her husband."<br /><br />The cowboys are used to performing on a full stage so had to adapt their performance to the residential setting.<br /><br />Lexy started Ranch Hands Cowboylesque in September 2021 as she was inspired to fill a gap in the market for a variety show.
