Monday, October 12, 2009

A Band Family is Forever

I know that I am behind on my posts but this needs to be put before anything else.
As many of you probably already know, American Fork Marching Band had a very tragic accident late Saturday night while driving home from a competition in Pocatello. Heather Christensen tried to save the bus from going off the road, in her efforts she did save everyone else on the bus, but lost her life.
Band is a family, once you're part of the band, you are always family. It breaks my heart to know about this tragic accident. My first year of band we lost a family member to another accident. It was hard to deal with, we had a lot of support from the community. Band was a big part of my life, I made lots of really good friends there. After each competition we would gather around the singing tree outside the band room and sing "friends" when we first started singing this it didn't mean much, but after our loss in 96 it meant a lot, even now reading the lyrics brings tears to my eyes.
On Tuesday night, the 13th, there will be many of us going to there competition at BYU, we will all be wearing red and sitting together. I hope that you all will join us to support the band. They will be dedicating this performance to Heather. I still remember walking out onto that field the night we dedicated our performance to Tanya...it was very emotional. I hope that everyone can be there for the band.
Friends
Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of you
I can't believe the hopes He's granted
Means a chapter of your life is through
But we'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem you've gone
'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long
To live as friends
And with the faith and love God's given
Springing from the hope we know
We will pray the joy you live in
Is the strength that now you show
We'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem you've gone
'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long
To live as friends
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long
To live as friendsTo live as friends
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long
To live as friends
No a lifetime's not too long
To live as friends

2 comments:

Jake, Megan, Ryder, Emma and Tessa said...

oh this is just so sad. For me too it brought back memories of our 96 season. i plan on going tomorrow night. i'll look for you.

Daisy said...

Thanks for posting Mandy! It is so true,and love to see how everyone is coming together over this. This gave me goosebumps! See you tomorrow!