GUCI Friends
(This is the Sound of One Voice start at 1:54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e66rJn01_A )
You would think that 4 weeks would be quite enough
But everyday life without you guys is tough.
Together we make GUCI a blast!
And that makes the time go by way, way too fast!
GUCI friendships are tight
Candle 1 is for you tonight
Aunties
(Fireflies start at 1:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuRGfAaju4 )
You are my aunties, a large category for me
Some of you are staid and proper
and some of you are fancy-free!
No matter your style, your love is felt
All of you together (almost) makes my heart melt.
From one side to the other of my family tree
Come on up and light candle 2 for me
Uncles
(Better in Stereo start at 0:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsM1gRpyLXg )
You are the other half to my aunts
And complete my family
You are always fun to visit and
That makes you very special to me
I’ll ask my uncles to join me at the table
And light candle three as you are able
Cousins
(I’m On Top of the World start at 0:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5tWYmIOWGk)
I have cousins by the dozens –
It’s not just a rhyme, it’s all so true
I’m lucky because there are so many of you!
There are my first cousins and their children too
Then there are others,
Some are my father’s and some are my mother’s,
There are Nana’s and Papa’s added to the mix
There are so many, I’ll ask you to light candles 4, 5, and 6!
Nana
(What A Wonderful World start at 0:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE )
I would like to pause for a moment
And address my strongest proponent –
That is to say,
I would like to introduce my sweet Nana Renee
She loves to tell stories about the times we’ve had
To have her in my life, just makes me glad.
Nana, please come up here near me
We’ll light up the seventh candle with glee!
Eastwood!
(Royals by Lorde start at 0:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_WyB1Yunqw )
Orch Dorks, Choir Geeks, and Band Nerds, alike
You are my friends, we make quite a strike
Each day as we sit through class
So come bring your sass
Together we make Eastwood great!
So come on up and light candle 8
Teachers
(For Mr. Auslander, who couldn’t be here tonight – INSYNC Bye Bye Bye start at 1:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s )
You plan and you teach
Setting high goals for me to reach!
There is no way I couldn’t see
That teachers bring the world to me
Thanks to you for coming to dine
Come on up and light candle 9
Sam
(2CELLOS Wake Me Up start at 1:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-YuSKeFMxY )
My love of Cello comes from you, Sam
When I visit Chicago we love to jam
You teach me lots, be it Piano or Cello
Going to college; you’re such a great fellow
So please tell me when
You’re gonna come up and light candle 10
Neighbors
(Hey There Delilah start at 0:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQlPzrX8u0A )
I want to tell you all about a place close to heaven
That is our house in the Shire of Devon
Our neighbors have become our wonderful friends
For me, for my parents, and for Choco the dog
Our friends help us live high on the ‘kosher’ hog!
So, would all of our friends from our neighborhood Devonshire,
Please come introduce candle 11 to the fire?
Sisterhood
(Hey Soul Sister start at 0:49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JV74i4yvcA )
My mother is a Sister-in-the-hood,
Which often makes me feel good.
Like when I make cheesecake
or help them feed kids before a break.
Their help with my ‘Mitzvah project was essential
As it helped me meet the project’s full potential.
Now, it’s mom’s sisters’ turn
To help us make candle 12 burn.
Parents
(Fly Me to The Moon start at 0:0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxibHJOE5E )
My parents do so much
Toil and work and still have a gentle touch
Now relax for a night
Come stand by the candle light
Thanks for supporting my zoo
Now come on up candle 13 is waiting for you!