{"id":3810,"date":"2017-06-05T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3810"},"modified":"2017-06-05T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:39:00","slug":"the-language-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2017\/06\/the-language-of-music.html","title":{"rendered":"The language of music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, I interviewed music students parading at the Pageant of Bands in Sherburne, NY.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 bands, from 20 different school districts came to perform at the event. Music brought them together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s interesting visiting new places and meeting new friends,&#8221; said a student from Mexico Central School, in Oswego County, NY.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d practiced and memorized the song, Ants Marching, along with his peers and they performed wonderfully. All the paraders were enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s fun to see the harmony, unity, and joy embodied by youth. It was nice to see the gratitude and pleasure embodied by spectators. I saw it as God&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3811\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2017\/06\/pagent-mexico-bandsmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3811\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2017\/06\/pagent-mexico-bandsmall-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Mexico Central School\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mexico Central School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3812\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2017\/06\/pagent-Afton-bandsmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3812\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2017\/06\/pagent-Afton-bandsmall-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Afton Central School\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afton Central School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, I interviewed music students parading at the Pageant of Bands in Sherburne, NY. 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