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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
Facebook- /brightlightparade
brightlightparade.com
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 :) |
Rock stars? Rock no thank you! (Torre)
Labels:
Bright Light Parade,
Facebook,
God,
Guitars,
Higher Ground,
Love,
Rock,
Shows,
Stars,
Tour
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Do you know what our days look like when we’re home? We spend time with family, clean the house, spend time at church, work at the Holiday Inn and spending time at home doing nothing.
Does that sound like a “rock star” to you?
When we’re on the road, this is what our days look like. We wake up (usually early..), get ready (takes about an hour..), load up the van or trailer, drive hours, get to the show, unload and set up, sound check, eat dinner, play a show, meet amazing people, tear down equipment, load up and drive either home, to a hotel or a host home and repeat this for as long as we’re on tour. J
Does that sound like a “rock star” to you?
If those make someone sound like a rock star then you’ve got it all wrong. When Lex and I were younger and started the band we wanted so hard to try and make it “big” with music and be like these other bands we looked up to. We tried acting like “huge rock stars” and it got us nowhere. We have realized that being a rock star is not what we want. We’re normal people with normal jobs and happen to be in a band that travels sharing Gods word and love. We have had the privilege to play with some bands that we have always looked up to and wanted to be like. We saw how they acted on stage and off. We couldn’t believe how they would stay in their buses all day, or play a show and not looking like they’re having any fun at all and acted like what I’d call “divas”.
We played a show yesterday at a festival in Minnesota called Higher Ground and here is all what went wrong during our set: Ears weren’t working, guitar straps broke, guitar strings broke, amps weren’t working, and to top it all off we were already running 10 minutes late with our sound check. But you know what? We were all still smiling and having a blast. When we got done and all loaded up we had a voice mail from our little helper that said, “You guys need to not dilly dally. There’s a signing line for you guys.” As I was walking to the merch table I was thinking “I bet when I get there, there’s going to be one person..” I got to the table and there was no one there. So I thought to myself “I knew it!” Our little helper handed us markers, pointed and said “Okay.. There’s the line!” All 4 of us looked at each other and couldn’t believe that many people would want our signatures, or even wait in line!
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| It may not look like a lot.. but it was a lot for us! J |
What I want this blog to get across is, we are not rock stars and we don’t ever want to be. God has brought us to where we are to be the difference the world needs to see. Just because we’re in a band does not make us more cool or better than anyone.
We do what we do because we love what we do. J
If you need prayer, or just want to talk write to us!
brightlightparade@hotmail.com
brightlightparade@hotmail.com
Or add us on Facebook! :)
facebook.com/lexbanderson
facebook.com/torreblp
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