================================================ Subject: NCR: the relay for life results. From: "Taylour L Manly" To: Date: Thu 24 May 2001 09:53:50 -0700 ================================================ first off thank you paula and Elysium is the place where dreams are created and tis said that only people with pure hearts can enter, and my genral family nickname is angel. so i put two and two together. Thanks go out to those who prayed for the relay! it was long and hard but totally worth it! i got there with two of my friends around 4:00 to help set up, although they had been setting up since 11:00 that morning. we got there and helped set up tents and stands and fill luminaries. (over 1000 easy, closer to 2000) it was a pain hauling all that sand but we could listen to music so with Scott singing and the guys playing i carried on. but even after that there was no break because the luminaries then had to be filled with candles (one each bag) and set around the Stratford high school track. A BIG track!!! Our team was called team flimingo and it was so cool looking. after all the work of banners and signs and everything was done we finally got to take a break. then the families started coming and it was hilarious. there were people dressed up like aliens (for just one dollar you can have a loved one abducted!) that would come and take you away! there were games and food and karioke all night and i walked the track until i collapsed(i think i over did it!) the Ceremony they did to honor the people who have died of cancer or survived was beautiful. they turned out all the lights and the track was lit up beautifully. then they called out each persons name (and this makes me cry!) after that we took a silent walk around the track. when you looked in the bleachers, there, in unused luminaries was the word HOPE. it was burning bright and they played a song called 'Dance'. after the ceremony we played all through the night until breakdown at dawn, where we watched the sunrise and began a new day with HIGHER by Creed. it was so beautiful to watch the night turn to dawn and then watch the sun break through the clouds as Scott's Voice welcomed the day. i'm in love!!!!! well gotta go. bye bye now!! X.C.F. PS~ we raised over a million dollars total so thanks to everyone! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp