Music not only speaks to people; it often speaks for them. Beneath The Vigils was composed in 2008 and first performed in 2009 by the Oshawa Civic Band and the Pipes and Drums of Branch #43 Royal Canadian Legion. Its purpose was to express a peoples’ compassion towards the soldiers and the families of those soldiers who make the journey along the Highway of Heroes; to carry people in thought to those journeys. The title of the composition reflects the path of that highway as it winds its way beneath the bridges on which have gathered the Vigils, the watches of citizens. This piece of music is also the voice of the highway, for through the lyrics, that highway speaks.

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