Steve Turner: Shipping

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“The band played marching from deck to deck, and as the ship went under I could still hear the music.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 11

Music

“The final dive of the ship, as the bow lay submerged and the stern rose out of the water, was truly horrendous for all who witnessed it.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), pp. 153-154

Water

“In the last moments of the great ship’s doom, when all was plainly lost, when braver and hardier men might almost have been excused for doing practically anything to save themselves, they stood responsive to their conductor’s baton and played a recessional tune.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 11

Men

“The musicians had played on the deck as the ship went down. They had forfeited their lives for the sake of others. They had played the tunes of hymns to induce a spirit of peace and calm. They were heroic.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 13

Peace

“It was 11:45 at night according to ship’s time when the Titanic grazed along the iceberg that would send it to the ocean bed.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 137

Time , Night

“The image of the lighted ship sliding under the waves, while the band carried on regardless, captured the public’s imagination.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 7

Imagination , Light

“The ship’s orchestra of eight young men were standing knee deep in water playing.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 140

Men , Water

“When everything on the ship was being turned upside down, the music remained the same. In the midst of mind-jarring abnormality, it was the one thing that retained its familiarity.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 194

Music