"fun" song for a memorial service

[Muzzy4]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 10:05am

I have a friend who has terminal cancer. She has asked my high school choir to sing something "fun" at her memorial service.  I am at a loss for something appropriate. Any suggestions that would uplift her husband, sons, and 80 year old mother would be greatly appreciated.

[ntrackbar]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 10:07am

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

[Lot666]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 10:23am

"Come to the Fun Home" from Fun Home. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 10:32am

Umm, she's still alive... ask her!

[Back Row]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 11:53am

Joe Iconis' "The Goodbye Song" seems like a perfect choice. Appropriately solemn lyrics, but with a relentlessly upbeat refrain. It is a song that can be interpreted in more than one way, including as a celebration of a life.

The Goodbye Song

Updated On: 4/6/17 at 11:53 AM

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 1:11pm

if your choir can sing it, Walk Him Up the Stairs from PURLIE - or in your friend's case, Walk Her Up the Stairs

 

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 1:14pm

For some reason, the first song that came to mind was, "Now's the Time" from HALLELUJAH, BABY! 

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 1:15pm

Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage from Boy From Oz

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 2:10pm

The one I'd probably want performed at my memorial were I suffering the same fate is Hey There Good Times from I Love My Wife.  My father's choice was I'm on My Way from Paint Your Wagon, so when he passed away from cancer in January 2011, we blasted it to shake the windows.

[Zimmy]

Posted: 4/4/17 at 2:30pm

Heart and Music from A New Brain

[Miss Jezebel DuPree2]

Posted: 4/5/17 at 9:53am

"I'm Still Here"?

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 4/5/17 at 10:05am

No Time At All from Pippin!! 

[BroadwayBeebe]

Posted: 4/5/17 at 10:11am

Not sure it would qualify as "fun", but I love Anytime from Elegies by William Finn. What a moving and beautiful song about finding someone in the simple things in life after they've passed on. 

[Public User]

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:10am

Tread lightly on this one, your group could just create a giant gaffe trying to be "fun" at a memorial service, regardless of what the nearly departed says.