My Farewell... (entry by Torre)
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As I am writing this, I have millions of amazing memories going through my mind from the past 8 years of traveling with Bright Light Parade. Unfortunately, I am now writing this to simply say I will no longer be playing next to my sister anymore. Because I’m no longer playing doesn’t mean I want nothing to do music at all anymore; music will always be a part of my life. As of now, I am figuring out where God wants me. I’m not sure where I will be or where I’m going, but as long as it’s where God wants me, I will be happy. I am so blessed to have had the opportunity I did traveling with Bright Light Parade, and meeting some of the most amazing people I’ll ever know. You all made these 8 years so amazing and unforgettable. I can’t wait to see where this next chapter of my life will take me, and I cannot thank you all enough for all of the good times! I’m excited to see where my sister is going to bring Bright Light Parade, I know its going to be amazing and the best yet. Thank you all for your support, friendships, and memories. It's been a GREAT run.
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Much love,
Torre
HAPPY SEPTEMBER! (Torre)
WELL! This year has been a pretty slow one for BLP. So in March, my mom didn't want us sitting around the house so she made Lex and I get a job more than just our weekend one that we still have. So I started working part time at Jimmy Johns and Lex started being a nanny! Lets just say that our whole family had to get use to all of us on different work schedules! Lex just got done with her summer nanny job and now has a new one on her plate! She's so great working with the kids and doing fun stuff, sometimes I wish I could just skip a day of work and go hang out with her and the kids! hahaha. I am an inshop person at Jimmy Johns and just got a position as a pic which is a Person In Charge and I run shifts. I know scary right? I don't have many shifts, but I'm still getting use to the idea and blessed I have the hours that I do! :)
We are so happy to say that we started leading worship at a church in Owatonna, MN call Christian Family Church World Outreach. It's such a blessing to be working with such passionate people with such a great vision
We just got back from an amazing trip to Mississippi! We met so many great people and had a blast rollerskating and having a lake day while doing worship at night and ended the weekend with a concert! Now we are headed to Virginia Beach for 5 days or so in a few days! Make sure you follow us on Instagram, cause that's where I post lots of pictures on the road! @brightlightparadeofficial :)
Our new album IS out! We are so happy how it turned out! So lucky for YOU, we are having a giganticnourmous merch sale! Our t-shirts are 50% off and we have a grab bag with 2 shirts, a poster, bracelets, cds, and a photo for just $15 and everything is FREE shipping. www.brightlightparade.bigcartel.com I know, I know, I can't believe it myself! ;)
Well, I think that's all I have for right now! Hopefully we will stay more updated with everyone! Maybe Lex will write the next one so it won't be all over the place and make more sense. hahaha :)
Twitter- @BLParade
Instagram- @brightlightparadeofficial
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brightlightparade.bigcartel.com
I hope you all have a great September and here's some pictures from MS! :)
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| Us with Patrick, one of the best promoters ever. :) |
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| LIME GREEN GROUP! The small group we joined for the weekend :) |
New Year!
Labels:
2012,
Minnesota,
music,
Tour,
valentines day
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I realize that January is almost over, but I still wish you all a Happy New Year! One of my friends hates odd numbers, and so when 2012 came around, she was a VERY happy girl!
Anyways, as some of you may know, Torre and I have made a few trips down to Nashville the last 6 months writing new music. I am happy to say that we have NEW MUSIC ON THE WAY! (Rhyme not intended) We are so excited for all of you to hear it, and it should be very soon that that happens. We will start playing the new music live this weekend at a couple events!
The end of February we head out to the east coast for a 2-3 week tour! We will be playing shows in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York as far as I know right now, dates are still pending. Check our website to stay updated on where we will be playing!
Also, Valentine's Day is approaching quickly, and we want to see pictures of you and your Valentine or just deck yourself out in as much pink and red as you can! Post a picture on our Facebook Page, and we will send you and your special someone a Valentine's Card! It can be a new or old picture... we don't care! We just want pictures - lots of them!
We hope you're having a great 2012 thus far! Minnesota's weather has been tolerable lately... hopefully you've been staying warm!
<3Lex&Torre
It's the most wonderful time of the year!!
Hey everyone! I know I don't usually send out this many emails in a month! But there's just SO many exciting things happening!
- We are having our "Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest" again! So pull out your ugly sweaters and post them on our Facebook!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwUCOHsV7JQ&feature=channel_video_title - ANDRIOD PHONE USERS! We now have a FREE app that you can download and you'll see our shows, pictures, songs, Christmas song, and instant updates!
http://www.reverbnation.com/mobile-app/62829/brightlightparade - We are honored to be in a contest for Christian Connections 2011 Voters Choice New Artist/Band of the Year! But we need YOUR votes! Just go to this link and vote for Bright Light Parade!
http://www.facebook.com/questions/10150467432184489/ - And last but not least! We are having a SUPER DUPER Christmas Merch Sale!! If you like free stuff and shipping you should check out our page!
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150397437647791
Words cannot express how happy we are to have the frans (friends/fans) that we do. We are blessed beyond measure!
We hope you all have an amazing Christmas with your friends and family!
<33BLP
Don't take advantage. (Torre)
We have been going since I was 9 and Lex was 11. Its a weekend to get away and do "dad" stuff. Like shoot guns (I hate guns.. But Lex shot a pistol this year!), paintball, archery, build rockets, disc golf, have a formal dinner (Our dads write us love notes (: )and so much more. Lex and I cherish this time with our dad since he likes to be home while us girls go out on the road.
We always meet up with our friends the Mortensons, Asproths, and Thoreens when we get there and its tradition to play volleyball till 1am and play paintball daughters against the dads. (So far we usually win..) ;)
During Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday morning we have 4 sessions to dig into Gods word and then break out into sessions so we can talk about "girl" stuff with our friends. Its so awesome to catch up with our friends about life... oh and boys... ;)
Lex and I are so blessed to have the dad we do and this weekend is always a friendly reminder of that.
At the end of the weekend our group gets together, picks a rock for themselves or as a family, and we go to a rock pile that has been in the works for years. We all stand around it, read Joshua 4, say how thankful we are, what we learned during the weekend and pray with each other. As we were praying this year God put on my heart "Don't take advantage". Now.. If you know me.. I do NOT like crying.. and so everyone prayed and it was silent.. till one of the dads said "Girls.. If God is laying something on your heart.. share it.." I started crying and told everyone (mostly to the girls) "While we were praying God put on my heart to NEVER take advantage of our dads. We are blessed to have them and some people don't even have one. And if we didn't have our dads we wouldn't know what to do." While we were praying I was just going to say "bless our travels home.. thanks for this awesome weekend...etc.." and God THE MAKER OF EVERYTHING told me to speak out when I wasn't even looking or wanting to. When God wants it... He gets it.. :)
So I just wanted to blog about our weekend with our dad and hopefully some of you girls out there email us and ask us to come with your dads next year! It is so much fun! So I will be waiting ;)
Here's some pictures!
And that's our weekend at Father/Daughter.
Mail time!
Labels:
Blessed,
Bright Light Parade,
Mail,
Nashville,
Songs
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I just wanted to blog about our life a little bit!
We have new songs that Lex and our friend Eric worked on the last time we were down in Nashville and they sound so awesome! We can't wait for all of you to hear them! We currently don't have many shows for the rest of the year to take a little break and get refocused on the band and have time to spend the holidays with our family and friends. :)
We now have a P.O. box so if you ever want to send us a letter to encourage us or whatever heres the address :)
P.O. box 891 Faribault, MN 55021
We are planning to go back on the road in February and hopefully getting a new record out soon!
Thank you so much for keeping up with our craziness and blessing us along the way! You are all so amazing and we are blessed by you!
<3Torre
Nashville take 2! (Torre)
We are currently in Nashville writing some more with our friend Eric.
Lex is writing a song while I write this superly awesome blog! :)
This time we drove down here in my car to save money.
It was a 13 hour drive and Lex and I did it in one day.
Since then we've just been writing and hanging out with our friends that go to school down here, so its nice to catch up!
We checked out a church down here called Journey and it was such an awesome church! If we lived down here... pretty sure we already found a church :)
Have you guys seen that Lex's book she co-wrote is out now!? You should go buy 1.. or 2.... or 10! Its on Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and a bunch of other places!
If you wanna see some pictures that we took while we are in Nashville, go to www.facebook.com/brightlightparade and you can find them there!
Thanks for reading and supporting us!
<3Torre
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