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One Student’s dedication to breast cancer research turned into an outpouring of love and support from a community. The Tanzbödeli Music and Art Festival was organized by Taylor Bilby, an ASUA student senator, who was inspired by her mother’s struggle and triumph over breast cancer.

“I think cancer really affects everyone’s lives and if we stand by and do nothing then we can’t say that we tried,” said Bilby.

Taylor’s brother, Logan also had a role in the planning of the event.

“She’s doing great, she went through chemo and radiation and the whole spiel and it puts everything in life into perspective.  You fight for things more.  You don’t take things for granted anymore.  Every moment of life is special,” said Logan Bilby.

Taylor and Logan’s mom, Cindi Stoneman, was proud of their hard work.

“I am extremely proud of Taylor.  She has taken this from an idea and a thought last summer and I know its something she used on her senator’s platform but to develop it to this today which of course means so much to me [with] her being my daughter, but also because I’m a breast cancer survivor.  So then it touches a really strong place in me that hopefully people can gather together and work towards finding a cure,” said Stoneman.

The art and music concert is named after the Swiss mountain Tanzbödeli that the family visited.  While there Logan summated Tanzbödeli and hid his mother’s LIVESTRONG bracelet at the top.

“I told him I want to go back and find where the bracelet is,” said Stoneman.