August 13, 2010 - Relay For Life, Brush Creek Pavilion Park

For the past several years, The Vail Valley String Quartet & Trio has had an opportunity to participate in a very special community event/fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Each year a "Relay for Life" walk is conducted and we've been able to offer our music as part of this special evening for the Luminary Ceremony as candles are lit in memory of those who have fallen victim to the ugly disease of cancer and as survivors are named.

This year's Relay for Life was held at the Brush Creek Park in Eagle.

 

As we arrived, it was dusk and we began to play as the sun was setting. Due to some complications, they started late and asked us just to play whatever we could while some bugs were worked out. We were happy to do so as our playlist was comprised of mostly solemn pieces, and so we paged through our folders and picked out some of our favorites which weren't very sedate. We played Denver's "Annie's Song", the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun", Buckley/Cohen's "Hallelujah", Delibe's "Flower Song", and Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro".

As they began the Luminary Ceremony, we went back to our playlist and began with Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus", Vivaldi's "Winter" from the Four Seasons, Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze" and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", Handel's "Largo" and Ivers/Keane's "Bygone Days".

As we finished, the DJ requested that we play Vivaldi's "Spring" from the Four Seasons as he lined up the music for the rest of the evening.

It was our honor to be asked once again to play for such a special evening.