Senior Band Song Selection December 15, 2008

Senior events and decisions have been quickly coming and going. The yearbook pictures and composition are done; pictures are taken; the gown color is picked; the location is booked. I thought I wanted red gowns for graduation, partly because the gowns were red in High School Musical 3: Senior Year, but also because red would be really different and would POP on stage! Sadly, black barely won out over red. The optimist in me looks at the fact that I can now wear whatever shoes with my gown, whether they be red or leopard print! Another exciting moment happened today: my senior pictures arrived in the mail!!! I got a few copies of both a casual and formal pose (not the formal pose that is accepted by the yearbook, but the formal pose I like).

A little over a week ago, I went to the second meeting of the Senior Band. On Graduation Day, the band will play/sing “Lifesong” by Casting Crowns and “Legacy” by Nicole Nordeman (suggested by me). Some of the band members are also doing a very pretty instrumental. If truth be told, I was a little apprehensive about the meeting. At the last meeting, the ancient, “classic” Christian song, “Friends are Friends Forever,” by Michael W. Smith was suggested as a possible song. Some people like the song, while others (cough cough me!) did not really care for the song. Most of you know that I LOVE the famous blog, “Stuff Christians Like.” Well, this blog makes fun of typical Christian people, feelings, songs, etc., which obviously includes the camp-favorite “Friends are Friends Forever.” Naturally, I did not want to sing that song, even though it would make for a great story! Although I didn’t want to sing the song at graduation, I did want to completely bash it at the meeting if it came up. I was ready! Sadly, the song was not seriously brought up and I could not let out the burning passion within me. Thank goodness I have a blog! So, here is how I pictured the song scenario many times.

Homeschooler who doesn’t know better: “So, how about the song that gives me just as many chills as “Awesome God?” How about the song that true Christian friends sing? For those of you heathen homeschoolers that don’t know what I’m talking about, I mean “Friends are Friends Forever!”

Group of homeschoolers who are suffering from conformity despite missing out on public school: “Sure!”

 Me, after sitting quietly and practicing my compelling speech: “I REALLY don’t want to sing that song. Its so old and we should be able to find something better. That song was oversung when my mom was in college! I don’t want our graduation to look like a typical homeschool graduation. We’ll look like semi-Amish children who don’t know any good music outside of old Christian songs. I guess we would be a little bit scandalous considering Michael W. Smith is banned at Bob Jones University. You are all nice people and I would hate to mock you for the rest of Senior year, but I will do what I have to do. How about “We’re All In This Together” from “High School Musical 3? It has basically the same message.”

Senior band: “You are so right, Lydia! We will not be a stereotype! Bring on the new, cool songs! We’re all in this together!”

So, that is how the night would have gone in my head. Sadly, I probably wouldn’t say outloud all of the things I constantly think to myself. Its times like these when the whole “may feel superior to others” part of the career aptitude test is yelled over a megaphone in my head! The “may withhold true opinions” part is also speaking volumes. Maybe those two are really meant to be together! I am really excited about the songs the Senior band is performing! I think they are very relevant and and I can’t wait to perform them. The band members are very talented, nice people. They’re good friends. Even though our performances won’t be nearly as spectacular as the High School Musical Wildcats’ graduation performance, I can console myself with the fact that “Friends are Friends Forever” has been defeated…this time.

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