The clip is a touching tribute by the Saltillo High School band in memory of Shelby Brown, daughter of band director Susan Brown, during the Saltillo Christmas parade Dec. 11. Shelby, 12, died that morning from injuries suffered while riding her horse two days earlier.
The 103-member band performs “You’ll Never Walk Alone” – the Rodgers and Hammerstein tune from “Carousel.” Leading the performance is Tim Ferguson, assistant band director. Kayla Parker, a Saltillo senior and drum major, said the song is special to the band, and the bandmembers wanted to perform it in the parade to remember Shelby and to show their support to the Brown family.
Jared Burleson, a Saltillo High School senior, filmed the performance and posted the clip on YouTube. I want to thank Jared for making the clip available for us to post on the Neighbors blog and djournal.com
Lyrics to “You’ll Never Walk Alone”:
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk
You’ll never walk
You’ll never walk alone.
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Bobby Pepper